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P1F
The boys and girls in P1-F have been working hard to read and write high frequency words: a, at, in, it, is, on, of, if, or, I….. They had fun using ‘Phonics Cubes’ and ‘Letter Tiles’ to help.
The boys and girls learned about the British Legion Poppy Appeal. They created a poppy to wear and took part in a two minute silence at 11am.
“It’s to remember the people who died.” – Freya
“I was making a-n (an) with Lily.” – Alba
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P1M
P1M painted ‘Fields of Poppies’ this week. They finger printed the petals and printed little black dots for the centres. They later added the stalks. The class looked at pictures of poppies and discussed why we wear them in November.
‘’I liked putting paint on my fingers.” – William
‘’My picture was good.” – Ryan
‘’My flowers have delicate stems.” – Archie
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P2
P2 went outside for maths. They sorted different objects into groups i.e. different ways, as an introduction to handling information.
In science, we started learning about electricity. We worked in groups to share what we already knew about electricity.
“The computer has a cable that makes it work.” – Ella
“There’s a water power station at Tongland Bridge.” – Jak
“Do not put your fingers in the socket. It might give you an electric shock.” – Aylah
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P2/3
In p2/3 we have been learning about Remembrance Day and making art work to show our respect.
We have been improving are basketball skills with chest passes, dribbling and team work.
“I have been really enjoying learning a new sign every day.” – Elena
“I liked doing our poppy paintings.” – Fearne
“I find Rekenreks help with my learning.” – Tommy
“We loved playing proper bingo.” – Heather, Patrick and Ross
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P3/4
In p3/4 we have been learning hockey. We have been learning to pass and control the ball.
In Art, we created clay houses that represented the houses in Kirkcudbright.
This week our focus has been Remembrance Day. We have been learning about the importance of the poppy and why it is used to symbolise Remembrance Day.
Lydia said, “I have enjoyed doing math challenges this week.”
Willow said, “We designed a cover for our Viking topic. I like to see what they used to do “
Yixin said: “We played games at PE. We used sticks to play hockey.”
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P4/5
In writing, we are continuing to develop our word class knowledge and apply this when upskilling our sentences.
In maths, we have been working on our 4, 6 and 7 times tables this week with Mrs Davidson. We have also been working on area with Mr Wild. It was very fun!
In topic, we are continuing our fact-finding skills around the Vikings and the Galloway Hoard.
In art with Ms McLeman, we have been learning about the traditional painted houses of Kirkcudbright and recreated them with clay.
In PE, we continued to practice our dancing introducing choreography to the Greatest Showman and the importance of counting the beat for each move.
P4/5 have been learning all about Remembrance Day. Every pupil made a poppy to create a giant reef for our display wall.
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P5
We launched into our Vikings topic this week and found out about long ships. We measured out how long they actually are in metres in the playground. We also had fun playing the glockenspiels in music and followed a simple tune as well as playing the C major scale.
Yilin said, “The Viking long ship was much longer than I expected.”
Sam said, “I was surprised at how many men could fit in a long ship.”
Mia, “I enjoyed playing the glockenspiels this week. We made a good sound.”
REMINDER
On Monday afternoon, we will be visiting the Viking Hoard at Kirkcudbright Art Gallery. Please make sure your child brings in a warm waterproof coat for the walk and also for each day for outdoor activities. Thank you.
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P6
We created Scottish landscape paintings, shading and tinting with one colour, to learn about tone. We then stuck on silhouettes for Remembrance Day.
After the one minute silence, on the 11th day of the 11th month at the 11th hour, we wrote down our thoughts and feelings.
Isobel: “I enjoyed learning about making different tones in painting.”
Sylvie: “It was interesting finding out about how brave the soldiers were.”
Ava: “We learned more about Scottish soldiers in the wars.”
REMINDER
On Monday 15th November, we’ll be visiting the Kirkcudbright Galleries
to see the ‘famous’ Galloway Hoard.
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P6/7
Every week we do the ‘Daily Rigour’ challenges. This week, we had a very interesting problem about bed times. It was very interesting to find out what time we should go to bed at. The father of tiramisu, Ado Campeol, died at age 93. We had to work out how much mascarpone would serve 24 people if the recipe serves 6. “I felt the tiramisu question was quite easy but I still enjoyed it.” –Arabella.
We were writing persuasive letters to all the teachers asking them to help on Children In Need day. We are asking them if they could help by letting all the pupils throw soaking sponges at them. As it’s for Children in Need, they would be doing it for a good cause. “I think it would be a good opportunity for the teachers to get drenching wet!”- Maya.
We have signed up to Scottish Power and Glasgow Science Centre Renewables Challenge and this week we studied wind turbines. We used a hair dryer so we could test out our turbines. Molly said, “I had lots of fun making the windmills and it was very interesting to see how they worked.” We had to estimate whether we thought that the flat blades or the folded blades would work better. In the end the folded blade worked better.
REMINDER
On Thursday you can come to school in outdoor clothing (old shoes, wellies etc.) for our ramble to the Barrhill Woods with p1F.
P7’s will need their outdoor PE kit for Tuesday afternoon when the visit the Academy.
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P7
We created a class display for Remembrance Day.
We took part in a live online lesson about the Climate Emergency and how we travel.
We found out about Scotland’s National War Memorial.
Eva T. – “I used oil pastels for my poppy because the colours were more vibrant.”
Eva McG – “I tried hard with my bridge silhouette. I think it looks good.”
Ryan – “Scotland’s National War Memorial is at Edinburgh castle and it is to remember all the Scots who died in war.”
REMINDER
This term’s homework task has been given to pupils. Due date is Monday 13th December.
Each week we will endeavour to share something from each class but this may not always be the case. For further details and information about our school, please head over to our Facebook page at Kirkcudbright Primary School | Facebook
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P1F
This week we have been learning about adding. We looked at and discussed red/blue dot patterns and recorded what we saw as an adding sentence, using the symbols + / =.
Note
P1 pupils will enter the school independently in the morning, leaving their parent/ carer at the gate. This will begin on Monday the 8th of November.
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P1M
We had a visit from Rory who taught us some singing games and rhymes.
We worked together to help each other do some tasks e.g. jigsaws.
On Friday, we learned about Guy Fawkes and Firework Safety.
“I liked all the colours in my firework painting.” – Craig
“I liked watching the fireworks display on the computer and the music with it.” – Evie L
“We liked singing with Rory and the rhyme with the ball.” – Amy and Olivia
Reminder
Please try to log onto Teams.
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P2
We have been busy learning about numbers to 100 this week. We have practised counting in 10s, 5s and 2s. We have made some paper rockets too. We coloured them and made them look fancy, with sparkly bits. We also thought of adjectives to describe our rockets and other fireworks we might see on bonfire night.
“We were making rockets because it is nearly bonfire night.” – Freya
“We counted in 10s to 100.” – Amelia
Reminder
PE is on a Tuesday and Wednesday. Please remember your PE kit.
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P2/3
We have been keeping up to date with COP26 by watching Newsround and we also watched ‘The Lorax’.
We have been doing lots of different activities with 100 squares. We have been using Renkenreks for the first time too.
“I really liked playing with the paint for our Christmas cards.” -Ross
“We must all help Earth.” – Lucy
“I thought the Renkenreks were very fun.” – Aria
“I found the COP26 information interesting.” – Duncan
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P3/4
This week in P3/4 we have been learning about COP26, climate change and considering ways to look after nature and our environment. Also, we have been learning how to write descriptive sentences. We designed our own alien and thought about size, colour, shape and texture.
Damian said, “We need to recycle bottles made of glass and plastic.”
Eilidh said, “It’s not good to chuck away your rubbish because it can hurt the animals.’’
Brody said, “Always recycle because it’s good for humans and animals.’’
Millie said, “In Glasgow there’s a meeting about climate change. They are talking about ways to save the planet.’’
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P4/5
In writing, we have been learning about up-skilling and expanding sentences using nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, connectives and determiners.
We have been learning different multiplication strategies.
Our topic is the ‘Vikings’, so this week we have been learning about them and the Galloway Hoard.
We watched the Lorax COP26 performance over there amazing mission to save the planet. We then did some work around climate change and what we can do to protect the planet. We discussed what might happen if we do not take responsibility for our actions.
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P5
This week we had the opportunity to watch a performance of the Lorax from The Lyceum theatre in Edinburgh on Tuesday, which we watched and enjoyed very much! This was linked to thinking about issues being raised at COP26. We also learned about Greta Thunberg’s campaign and we designed our own petition banners with Mr Wild.
Rory – “I liked it when the Onceler chopped down the trees in the Lorax.”
Kornelia – “My banner read STOP! We need to act faster to stop climate change!”
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P6
We have been comparing and researching lives of people in the past to our lives. (Vikings)
We have been learning about COP26 and what the young people want world leaders to do.
“It was fun learning about Vikings. We found out more than we thought.” Sylvie
“We learned about how Vikings lived and their lifestyle.” Hari.
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P6/7
In P6/7 this week, we have signed up to the Glasgow Science Centre ‘Renewables Challenge’. We had two interviews with engineers about their jobs. Joseph said, “It was challenging and I really enjoyed it.”
Our class is in charge of planning a ‘Children in Need’ day for our school. This week, we started planning all the activities we will be setting up to help raise money for this charity. “I really enjoyed it because we are doing it for a good cause,” – Maya.
For the past two weeks, we have been learning Scottish dancing. The dances are called ‘Strip the Willow’ and ‘Dashing White Sergeant’. “The dancing was fun but very tiring.”- Jessica.
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P7
We learned how to say the names of fruit and vegetables in Spanish.
We created ‘Fireworks over Kirkcudbright Bridge’ art in the style of Jackson Pollock.
We are taking part in weekly group sessions to build self-esteem and encourage good mental health.
Ryan – “I chose orange, red and yellow for my fireworks because they are warm, bright colours.”
Gary – “We pulled the brush with our fingers to get the splatter firework effect.”
Danielle – “Me gusta los platanos means I like to eat bananas.”
Reminder
Spelling homework will be due on Thursday (11th) next week.
Each week we will endeavour to share something from each class but this may not always be the case. For further details and information about our school, please head over to our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/KBTPrimary.
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P1F
The boys and girls in P1-F enjoyed engaging in Hallowe’en activities throughout the week.
They investigated pumpkins to help write a report. The boys and girls identified and named key parts and described the pumpkin.
This week we started ‘Buddy Writing’. Each child has a P6/7 buddy who will help them talk about, think about and self-assess their piece of writing.
“I liked carving the pumpkins and taking the seeds out.” – Sam
“The pumpkin gunk didn’t feel nice!” – Harry
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P1M
P1M had a lovely spooky Friday making and designing witches, doing some spooky maths, writing about our pumpkins and playing some fun Hallowe’en games!
“I liked making the witches, it was cool.” William
“I liked cutting up the paper to make my witch.” Millie
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P2
P2 came to school on Friday in fantastic Hallowe’en costumes. They did Hallowe’en activities and had a spooky music lesson. They were using drumsticks to make loud and quiet sounds.
“It sounds like rain.” Freya
“It sounds like thunder.” Piper
“I was rubbing my drumsticks together to make a fire. It’s getting warmer!” Raine
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P3/4
In primary 3/4, we have been writing a report about Kirkcudbright and thinking about all the places people can visit.
We have also been learning about Sikhism and Guru Nanak.
On Friday, we enjoyed Hallowe’en activities and dressing up.
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P5
We got creative and very active with hoops in P.E this week. We moved around the space using the hoop in lots of ways, using different parts of the body to control our hoops.
Lots of P5 enjoyed dressing up for Hallowe’en and went into a lot of effort with their costumes. Well done P5!
Rhys – “I pushed the hoop and made it come back.’’
Xena – “I swirled the hoop around my arm.’’
Tyler – “I used lots of fun paint for my zombie outfit.’’
Reminders
Please make sure your child has suitable shoes for in school and for P.E on Monday and Thursday. Thank You!
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P6/7
This week we visited the Galloway Hoard in Kirkcudbright Art Gallery. There were lots of ancient artefacts and we played lots of fun games. Molly said, “I really enjoyed the hoard; my favourite thing was the golden bird pin.” There were lots of silver armbands and there was a vessel that was filled with lots of valuable artefacts.
In PE this week we have been learning how to do the Dashing White Sergeant, which is a Scottish country dance. Everybody enjoyed it. “I thought it was very good because I have never done Scottish country dancing.” –Sunny. “I loved the dancing and liked how we learned a new dance.”- Reagan W.
Lots of the class dressed up for Hallowe’en and we all played fun games and we got to decorate a skull for Day of the Dead. Alexander said, “I really enjoyed dressing up”.
Reminders
The Dumfries and Galloway Sumdog competition is live! It runs until 8pm on Thursday the 4th November. Please login and get us up the leaderboard.
Don’t forget an outdoor PE kit for Mondays this term.
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P7
We visited the Galloway Hoard at the Art Gallery. We enjoyed a hands on session and finding out about the artefacts.
We created portraits of Frankenstein in the style of Pablo Picasso.
We attended a live virtual lesson with the National Museum of Scotland about Biodiversity: Life in Scotland. We found out about Eco Systems and wild life in Scotland.
Elle – “It was really interesting how the hoard items lasted over 1000 years.”
Lucas – “My favourite item was the little bird pin.”
Ollie – “Sheep’s jaws move from side to side to help them chew grass.”
Tanya – “Insects are really important. We need them so our Eco Systems survive. “
Reminders
PE days this term are Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays.
Homework for Nicola – 3 times spend thirty mins doing something you enjoy.
Each week we will endeavour to share something from each class but this may not always be the case. For further details and information about our school, please head over to our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/KBTPrimary
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P1F
This week we walked through Kirkcudbright to spot features within the town; for example, the Kirkcudbright Galleries, Marina and the bridge. We have created art work to show the marina. The paintings were in the style of Jim Sturgeon.
We have settled well into school life and have had a great first term!
“I liked the castle because Repunzel was there.” – Libby
“I liked the Marina.” – Hollie
“I liked when we painted the colourful sky.” – Jake
Reminder…
Look out for The Galloway News. Our class photo has been sent in.
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P1M
This busy week, we have been making fabulous posters about the Tolbooth after our walk around Kirkcudbright. After that, we discussed what we had learned and what we liked about the Tolbooth.
“I liked looking at the chains they put around people’s necks.” – William
“I liked the boat on top of the weather vane.” – Penny H
“I liked seeing the bars on the windows.” – Craig
“I liked helping to stick all the things onto the poster.” – Murray
Reminder…
Please remember to keep practising your sounds during the holidays.
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P2
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P2/3
In p2/3 we have been learning about the Rowan Tree. We made lanterns with its leaves for the Light Festival which is happening this week.
We really enjoyed watching the Vikings fight in the playground and learning about how they lived.
“I liked making our art this week.” – Duncan
“We enjoyed watching Luca on the last day.” – Kylie
“We made trees and leaves by using cue tips.” – Aria
“I asked a Viking to chop my arm off!” – Fraser
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P3/4
This week we have been making signs for Greta Thunberg linked to climate change. We thought about ways to look after the environment. Also, we have been swimming. William and Alina got merits for being so good in the water! We have finished a 2 week block of swimming.
Holly said, “We went into the deep end in swimming. It was fun!”
Another quote was from Billy and he said, “I have learned breast stroke, front crawl, back crawl and the mushroom float.”
Fergus said, “I learned the push and glide in swimming.”
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P5
P5 have been having some fun using their cardboard shapes to tessellate with some chalk on the playground. P5 also particularly enjoyed indoor P.E when they were working in groups and passed balls through the hoops in the hall as a team. We have been adding challenges each time we dropped the ball.
Abbie and Elma said, “We made an ice cream out of an equilateral triangle and rectangle.”
Frazer and Kyle said, “We made a tessellating pattern with an isosceles triangle.”
Mia said, “It made my arm sore holding up the hoop so high.”
Reminder…
Have a good break and remember to return to school in P.E kit on first day back to school.
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P6
We made Buddhist mandalas. A mandala is a symbolic picture of the universe. It helps people to meditate and make sense of life – working towards ‘Enlightenmnet’.
“It helps you concentrate on feeling calm.” – Hamish
Have a lovely holiday!
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P6/7
This week in p6/7 we have been presenting our projects. Everybody really enjoyed how fun it was listening to each other. Everybody asked questions and learned something new. “I liked the fact we had so much freedom over our project and what we used to do it.” – Arabella.
On Tuesday, we were learning basic greetings in sign language such as, good morning, good afternoon and good evening, which all look very similar. We enjoyed learning the greetings and trying them out on each other. “I enjoyed learning how to sign the alphabet and greetings. It was very fun.” – Aimee
We have been busy doing PE and taking part in the Stewartry Sports Athletics Challenges. There were 20 activities to complete. “I don’t normally enjoy PE but I really enjoyed this because it was super fun and there were so many activities to complete.” – Abbi.
Reminders…
Enjoy the holidays! On the first day back (Monday 25th of October, we will be going to the gallery to see the Galloway Hoard. Remember your jacket!
Check out our Twitter page ‘@P67andMrMcClune’ for daily updates.
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P7
We have walked up to the cemetery and found out about all the old graves in the oldest part of the cemetery.
We created designs for an Autumn or Hallowe’en cake for a competition.
We have been taking part in the Daily Mile every day. So far, we have walked and ran 1009 miles!
“I enjoy trying to do as many laps of the playground as I can for the Daily Mile. My best is seven laps.” – Scott
“My cake is a two layered chocolate cake with vampire teeth, spiders, leaves and broomsticks.” – Leigh
“We found out the oldest grave belongs to John Shaw and is from 1620.” – Ollie
Reminder…
Enjoy the holidays! On the first day back (Monday 25th of October, we will be going to the gallery to see the Galloway Hoard. Remember your jacket!
Each week we will endeavour to share something from each class but this may not always be the case. For further details and information about our school, please head over to our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/KBTPrimary/
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P1F
The boys and girls in P1F have been busy learning about letters-sounds and shapes. They have enjoyed lots of multi–sensory activities to help them learn. The class has also been practising reading simple words by sounding out the letter sounds and blending them together.
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P1M
This week we have been busy practising our sounds and making things starting with ‘e’ and ‘h’.
We also found out that making something helps us to remember the sounds. We used scissors, followed instructions, as well as working with others to share materials. This week we have made astonishing elephants and designed lovely hats.
“Making my elephant helped me remember the ‘e’ sound.’’ – Archie
“I liked decorating my hat with glitter.’’ – Olivia
‘’I liked picking different materials to stick on my hat.’’ – Aria
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P2
As part of their maths topic about shapes, Primary 2 have been looking around our school for different 3D shapes in the environment. They have enjoyed using polydron to make 3D shapes and finding out how many faces they each have.
“I’ve made a cube, it’s like a dice!” – Ellie
“Mine is a cuboid, it looks like a pet carrier.” – Aylah
“I’m trying to make a football – it’s hexagons and pentagons!” – Jack
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P2/3
In P2/3 we made a description bubble about a classmate.
We spent Friday morning in our houses making lanterns
We have been singing about conkers!
“I loved making the lanterns, I thought it was really nice.” – Heather
“I would really like another house day very soon.” – Lucy
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P3/4
This week, we have been learning about climate change and created solution trees. Fiona and Ethan were teachers for the class on climate change.
Albie said, “I really enjoyed learning about the trees giving out oxygen and sucking in carbon dioxide.”
We have also been making lanterns and Molly said, “I really loved making the lanterns because we got to use the different colours.”
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P4/5
We have been building and developing our non-chronological report writing skills using connectives and paragraphs.
In maths, we have been developing our number knowledge using strategies like partitioning and bridging for subtraction.
We have been finishing our learning of angles by creating triangle art and investigating the properties of 2D and 3D shape.
The P4’s have started swimming lessons. This will help to develop and build confidence in and around water.
In topic, we have been comparing the different artistic styles between Hornel and Oppenheimer and creating our own landscape art.
Reminders
All P4’s swimming Monday to Thursday. Remember to bring your goggles and a towel. Come to school wearing your swimming clothes under your uniform.
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P5
For Maths Week Scotland, P5 have been having fun playing maths games outdoors. They tried out a game called Tapatan, which is a lot like noughts and crosses, except you can move your opponent’s objects (fur cones and bark).
P5 have also explored symmetry and painted symmetrical pictures with some lovely colourful oak leaves.
“I thought it was really fun to play Tapatan.” – Hannah
“I found it very peaceful when I was leaf printing.” – Alba
“It was fun fiddling with nature outside with maths.” – Isis
Reminders
Remember to come in your P.E kit on Monday and bring your P.E kit to school on Thursday please.
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P6
This week, we have been taking part in the Active Schools Athletics Challenges. This has involved testing our running, jumping and throwing skills and we keep trying to improve our scores.
“It’s challenging and fun,” said Hari.
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P6/7
We have been learning the alphabet and how to sign our names in sign language because it’s a valuable skill. Molly said, “It was good fun and I managed to sign my name.” Next time we sign we will be learning basic things like greetings and feelings.
On Wednesday, we were lantern making with P7 for the Festival of Light. They were made out of wicker, masking tape, strong tissue paper and lots of a messy mix of glue and water which went all over us! “I thought that working with the P7’s was really fun and we got lots of laughs out of it.” – Maya.
On Monday we were doing report writing about Kirkcudbright. We had to choose three categories to write about, for example, leisure, history and jobs. “It was really fun because we got to write it in our own words.”- Seumas
Reminders
Remember your PE kit on a Monday and Wednesday.
Make sure to bring your project in for Monday.
Check out our Twitter page ‘@P67andMrMcClune’ for daily updates.
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P7
We have made willow lanterns for the Festival of Light with P6/7 on Wednesday.
As part of Maths Week Scotland, we created curves of pursuit art work. We learned about maths in baking too.
We learned more about COP26 with Glasgow Science Centre Live!
“I worked to help my partner and he helped me when we were building our lanterns.” – Ksawier “It was really cool how you can turn straight edge shapes into curved art.” – Grace
“It was clever how the curves appeared in our art.” – Amy
Reminders
Homework project is due on Tuesday the 6th of October.
Have a go at the numeracy trail which starts at the tourist information centre in the Harbour Square. It is running until the 3rd of October.
Each week we will endeavour to share something from each class but this may not always be the case. For further details and information about our school, please head over to our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/KBTPrimary/
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Primary 1F
P1F has been developing knowledge and understanding of stories. The boys and girls identified ‘who?’, naming characters . They worked to create Elmer, the main character from David McKee’s story.
We have also been developing our digital literacy skills. We practised our mouse skills ‘click and select ‘ and ‘drag and drop ‘. We had fun creating faces and pizza!
Jaiden said, ‘’I liked sticking the patches on Elmer.’’
Mirren said, ‘’I liked making pizza on the computer.’’
Next week, please bring an empty plastic bottle to school. This will help with a technologies project on the school ‘House Day’.
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Primary 1M
Primary 1M went on a walk around the town as part of their Environment topic. We talked about all the buildings and places we saw on the way.
Evie L said, “I liked the walk because I got to see things I haven’t seen before.”
Charlie said, “I liked looking at the windows with the bars at the Tolbooth.”
Next week, please send in a plastic drinks bottle for Friday. We are going to be making lanterns.
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Primary 2
P2 have enjoyed finding out about Kirkcudbright as part of their topic. We know St Cuthbert is the patron saint of Kirkcudbright and had fun spotting pictures of him and his name around town.
“We spotted St Cuthbert on the lantern and near the church.” (Ella)
“We saw St Cuthbert at the museum. We saw his name on St Cuthbert street.” (Cameron)
Remember to bring your reading folders every day.
Please bring a empty plastic drinks bottle – any size. This is for a lantern making activity.
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Primary 2/3
In primary 2/3, we have been writing descriptions of our playground and our animal dens.
We really enjoyed their visit to the opera. We loved Bubbly McBee and Shauny.
We were learning to communicate and work as a team by moving tyres.
“I liked going in the Barrhill woods.” (Noah)
“I liked making the houses for the animals.” (Ella)
“We made a monkey house.” (Heather)
“I liked the opera show.” (Patrick)
On Wednesday we are going on an estuary trip. Helpers needed! We are leaving at 9:30am.
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Primary 3/4
This week in p3/4, we have been learning about so many things, such as Malala’s story. She was shot by the Taliban in Afghanistan but luckily she survived and managed to help loads of women and girls go to school.
We saw a show about sea pollution and we wrote our own story about sea pollution to try to show people that by our actions our wonderful planet gets affected by this. To help our stories we added pictures about the show.
We have been working hard designing our own t-shirts about women and girls right to an education.
In maths, we have been very busy learning to order tens, hundreds and thousands.
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Primary 4/5
We have been learning maths in the playground this week. We were using sticks and stones creating sums on the stones. We were using the sticks for lines of symmetry.
In class, we have been learning: note taking for report writing, taking part in mental matsh challenges using vertical sums and place value, and studying Kirkcudbright artists as part of our topic.
We got to see the Scottish opera on Thursday! They came on a massive lorry and told us a lovely story and sang. We were on the 6pm news!
“I enjoyed creating our own sums with stone.” (Lexi)
“I enjoyed making lines of symmetry with branches.” (Lucy)
“I really liked that they added dance moves in to the singing.” (Zed)
“They played the instruments in time with the singing.” (Alisha)
“My favourite was the bass guitar.” (Ethan)
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Primary 5
We all went for a walk down our beautiful St Mary’s Isle to explore our local area. We sat on the rocks and used our senses to capture the atmosphere whilst sketching. On the way back from our lovely walk we were lucky enough to pass a farrier changing the shoes of two beautiful horses.
“It was exciting seeing the horses,” said Kirsten. “I loved watching the tide come in,” said Brooke.
Next week is Bike to School week and we can reduce our carbon footsteps.
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Primary 6
Last Friday, we went to a Viking encampment trip. We learned how to make dyed wool and how to make string. We learned lots of things like how to fish, forge and baking. The thing we liked most about it was turning the quern stone.
On Thursday, we took part in some outdoor maths. We did symmetry using parts of nature. We also used our bodies to look at angles. We worked in groups of three to make different types of triangles.
On Wednesday, we did Liverpool Maths with Ross. We did maths activities like tangrams and polygonal shapes.
“Turning the quern stone was really hard work. I got my knees covered in flour.” (Jack H)
“We made angles with our bodies. It was great fun.” (Sylvie)
“Liverpool Maths was hard but we persevered and got there in the end.” (Kayla)
“It was fun making symmetrical patterns with materials from nature.” (Adam)
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Primary 6/7
This week, the Active Schools Athletics Challenge was testing our skills. We were practising things like aim and sprinting. “PE this week was testing my skills and I enjoyed it a lot.” –Magnus
Ross from the Dumfries and Galloway STEM team came and gave us a visit with some fun maths activities for Maths Week Scotland. The majority of them were puzzles and the rest were brain games. “It was really fun. I don’t normally like maths but really liked the activities he brought.” –Abbi.
We were reading ‘Stormbreaker’ as our class novel. The book was all about spies and adventure. All of us really enjoyed it and Aimee said, “I liked it because there were a lot of a cliffhangers and that kept me interested.”
There is one week left to complete our homework projects, they are due in on Monday 4th of October.
Log into Sumdog at home and take part in the national Maths Week Scotland competition.
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Primary 7
We took part in a COP26 workshop, looking at carbon footprints of countries and how we can all help the climate emergency.
We were writing reports about the features of Kirkcudbright.
We took part in a Funmaths problem solving workshop. We enjoyed all the fun maths activities.
Our song of the week is ‘Everybody Hurts’ by R.E.M. We really enjoy listening to this song, it is amazing.
“The maths was fun but challenging and you had to stick at it to get the answers.” (Lucas)
“The maths helped me work with a partner. We had to keep trying to get the answers.” (Gary)
“I enjoyed writing the report because I know a lot of facts about Kirkcudbright.”
-Maths Week Scotland – Log into Sumdog at home and answer as many questions as you can!
– Remember! Homework projects are due on Tuesday the 5th of October!
P5 had a wonderful day at Abernethy, Barcaple on Tuesday in brilliant sunshine. They all got drenched on the lochan when kayaking, baked tasty bannock bread by the camp fire and enjoyed the challenges of the new climbing wall. A big thank you to all the instructors and staff at Barcaple who made it such a memorable adventure.
Here are some of our learners in the ‘Galloway News’.
Art teacher, Ms McLeman tasked pupils to create their own masterpieces using spaghetti and toast. Here are some examples and why not give it a try if you haven’t already done so.
