10th Birthday Celebrations Commemorative Tea Towels.
These are still available to buy from the school office.
£3 each or 2 for £5.
Commemorative Tea Towels
Our Weekly News – Friday 14th February
This week the school celebrated its 10th birthday! Pictures from the day have been shared from Mr Sam Kelly’s Facebook page, as he very kindly photographed events for us. More photos on our school Facebook page also.
On Friday, we welcomed visitors into school to talk about bagpipes. We were shown the chanter and the bagpipes. Please contact the school or local pipe band if this is something you would like to have more information about.
Primary 1
This week we have continued to learn in our groups. In our groups we have a variety of different ways to learn. Working in groups make up most of our learning in P1.
Duncan – “I like doing cutting and sticking in groups.”
Fraser “I like learning new things and doing new things.”
Tom “I like learning and doing my words.”
Primary 2
P2 has been developing French language. The boys and girls learned the names of some French food and how to ask for food and share their likes and dislikes. P2 tried some French food during a French tea party, to celebrate the school birthday.
“It tasted nice.” Ethan
“The croissant with chocolate was good.” Brody
“The cheese was too cheesy!” Mabel C
Primary 2/3
This week we went out and about to try and find the original location of Kirkcudbright Castle.
We also learned about why a castle would be built in a certain place and where the stones from that castle went once it fell into disrepair.
Primary 3/4
In class we finished off our dog fouling posters for Andrew.
P3/4 has been helping put a ‘History of Sports Day’ board for the open day.
Mia – “I’m really proud of mine and Aaron’s poster.”
Gavin – “I have been working on my pencil control.”
Cael – “I have enjoyed thinking about what future sports days would look like.”
Primary 4
Our main focus this week has been our Scottish History projects. These have sharpened up our note-taking skills, our research skills and our organization skills. They’re shaping up to be quite a collection!
Seumas said, “It was really good fun trying to figure out fractions, take away and division.”
Abbi said, “It was fun learning new things on the subject we were researching.”
Have a lovely break!
Primary 5
This week we have been learning how to make riddles and here is an example of Keir’s riddle… “What never comes back until tomorrow?” Leave your answers in the comments section.
We went back in time and finished our diary write up as a Celt.
We went on Zoopla and compared todays houses and the Celtic homes. We made a PowerPoint about the Celts and showed them to each other.
Paige said – “The diary write up was fun.”
Ryan said – “Our houses are bigger and better than the Celts lived in.”
Primary 5/6
We have been learning about the dangers of drug and alcohol misuse. We had PC Brown visiting our class to discuss the consequences.
We have been working hard towards completing our 500 words creative stories.
We have also completed our home for the Borrowers. This completed our learning of design, construction and material choices.
“We are close to finishing our 500 words to put forward.” Elle
“We had PC Brown to come in to talk about drugs and drug medicine from a Doctor.” Aaran
Primary 6
This week, as part of our Scotland topic, we created stained glass windows with tissue paper, using Charles Rennie Mackintosh as inspiration.
This week it was ‘Safer Internet Awareness’ and we discussed how we can stay safe online and protect ourselves. For more information please visit www.thinkuknow.co.uk for some excellent guidance.
In writing we have been writing clear instructions for a partner to follow. After this we tried to write them in Scots!
Eliza – “I learned about beats in music with Mrs Pearsall.”
Asha – “In maths set we have been learning about time zones.”
Kaden – “I have learned how to use speech marks accurately.”
REMINDERS
On Monday 24th February, P6 are curling. Please remember warm clothing, clean trainers and a packed lunch.
Our Lockerbie Manor assembly is on Friday 28th of February at 2pm.
Primary 7
We’ve started to read our new class novel – ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ by John Boyne. We compared a variety of covers the book has had. We thought about why each cover was chosen and how it made us feel.
Mrs Thorburn and some S1’s and S6’s came to visit and talk to us about the Academy. We were able to ask questions and we each got a copy of the prospectus.
We spoke about how to stay safe on the internet for Internet Safety Day. We learned about our online identity and what is safe to share.
Nairn – “So far in our novel we have met Bruno who has moved from Berlin to the country and is not happy about it.”
Mahsun – “I asked if they sell sweets at the Academy. Some others asked if there was any bullying.”
Tal – “We completed a quiz about internet safety and I got 70%.”
Reminders
On Thursday 27th of February we have our P7 class photo.
Our Weekly News – 31st January
Our Weekly News – Friday 31st January
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 website at https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/dg/kirkcudbrightprimary
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Primary 1
This week we have been learning how to do gymnastics with Mrs Brown, and again with Mrs McMillan and Mrs Rozniakowska. We had fun rolling over and over on the springy mats! We enjoyed balancing on the floor and even doing partner balances.
In P.E, we were looking at different types of balances. We balanced on benches and twirled off them afterwards. We then moved on to movements and using apparatus.
Lucy – “I really like climbing up the climbing frame hoops.”
Lacey – “I like balancing on the bench and doing a twirl.”
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Primary 2
This week, P2 has been learning to perfrom gymnastics. The boys and girls can:
– Travel across mats in different ways
– Create and hold balances e.g. dish, bridhe, table…
– Perform rolls e.g. log, forward, egg…
The boys and girls are working hard to sequence what they have learned to create a performance.
“Forward rolls are fun,” said Damian.
“The one foot balance is tricky,” said Ethan.
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Primary 2/3
This week we have been creating a colourful underwater picture of what we thought it would look like under the sea of The Island of Struay. We did this as it was linked to our class topic.
KJ said, “It was really fun.”
Anna said, “We were being very creative.”
Lucy said, “I liked it and it was a new experience.”
Maisy said, “I liked how we coloured it in nicely.”
Noah said, “I liked the detail.”
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Primary 3/4
In class we have continued with co-ordinates and received a secret message.
Andrew Hay (community warden) came into visit to ask for help designing dog fouling posters.
We read the story of Greyfriars Bobby and all had a good greet!
Ava – “I enjoyed designing the dog poo posters. I worked with Kirstin and ours said, “Watch out, poop about. Keep Kirkcudbright clean.”
Eva – “We had a star co-ordinate activity. I really enjoyed it.”
Jack – “I found it frustrating!”
We received a secret message this week in our co-ordinate treasure hunt. If you plan on turning up, you MUST have an adult with you! (KBT Harbour Square on Sunday at 2.15pm).
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Primary 4
We have started researching our personal projects on Scottish history, choosing our topic and asking 3 research interesting questions. We’re still writing our beautiful poems too!
Adam said, “I’m improving my research skills!”
Sunny said, “I’ve been enjoying adding rhythm, rhyme and Scots words to my poems!”
We will be visited by Mr. McClure’s uncle, Douglas McClure, on Wednesday afternoon. He’s a retired art teacher and a coin expert who will show some historic Scottish coins to the class.
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Primary 5
This week we did lots of work in reading groups and we really tried hard to focus on our task. Reading in the groups was fun.
We went on the computers and Googled houses now and Celts house. We were comparing them. We found lots of differences between the two.
We used think boards for multiplication; we loved exploring them and then using them to help us achieve more in our multiplication!
Paige said, “I enjoyed reading groups!”
“I liked using think boards in multiplication his week!” said Courtney.
Ksawier said, “I enjoyed doing the Celts research when we used Google to compare the houses!”
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Primary 5/6
We have been learning about how to develop and improve our creative writing.
Our P6’s have been taking part in the K’Nex challenge.
We have been learning our Scottish poems ready for the judging panel.
“The p6’s done a K’Nex challenge and they had to make a bridge.” – Tanya
“Introducing creativity to learning gives it a super boost.” – Ralph
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Primary 6
This week, all of P6 took part in a K’Nex competition. Our challenge was to design and build a bridge with the added challenge of the bridge lowering to open, so to allow a boat to go through. There were some wonderful models but congratulations to Polly , Lucas , Imogen and Stuart who have qualified for the cluster heats later this term.
We have completed all of our letters to Famous Scots and we will be posting them next week.
We finished reading ‘Billionaire Bairn’ this week. We really enjoyed reading and trying to understand Scots language.
Jessica – “I learned how to say some new French weathers e.g. Il pleut means it is raining.”
Archie – “I learned that I was better at my poem than I thought!”
Alfie – “I learned that the UK is leaving the EU today!”
Next week we are at Lockerbie Manor from Monday to Wednesday.
Please bring all of your kit for 9am and double check you have everything you need!
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Primary 7
We have been developing our football skills, focusing on passing and using the inside of the foot.
We are doing well with our Accelerated Reader targets. So far the class have read 13,461,992 words.
We have been updating our classroom displays. We have created Blitz pictures, models of WW2 planes and camouflage soldiers.
Freddie – “I’m enjoying using passing drills to practice my football skills.”
Lewis – “I’m reading the ‘Beast of Buckingham Palace’ at the moment.”
Eden – “I used a pencil to create tone in my soldier portrait.”
Lion King trip next Wednesday. Children should wear school uniform and bring a packed lunch. Approximate time of return to Kirkcudbright is 8pm.
10th Birthday Celebrations
Attached are details regarding our 10th birthday celebrations. We hope to see you all then! (click on picture to open a larger copy)
Our Weekly News – 24th January 2020
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 website at https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/dg/kirkcudbrightprimary
A reminder that there is a drop in session from 4.30pm – 6pm on Tuesday 28th January, where you are invited to come into school to look over your child’s learning.
Also, all pupils are reminded and encouraged to keep practising their Scots poems!
Primary 1
This week we have been learning about money in class. We had fun working out the prices of items we could buy at the shop. Mrs Rozniakowska helped us to set up a class shop of our own. We sold a variety of things including bananas, strawberries etc. The whole class enjoyed playing roles such as a shopkeeper and customers.
Patrick – “I liked being the shop keeper.”
“I liked to do the shopping.” – Aiden McC
Duncan – “I liked playing with the till.”
Primary 2
P2 have been learning about water. The boys and girls learned:
– Where water comes from
– Why water is important
– How to change the ‘state’ of water – liquid to solid, solid to liquid and liquid to gas.
– How to make water less transparent (see through) by dissolving.
Eilidh – “When you put water into jar and into the freezer, it can turn hard and into ice.”
Albie – “You boil water to make gas. It bubbled lots.”
Primary 3/4
This week, in maths, we have been learning about co-ordinates.
In language, we have been learning how to take notes.
Also, we have been drawing polar bears in art and working with cool colours.
Mia – “I enjoyed doing the co-ordinates treasure.”
Xena – “Finding out about co-ordinates was quite interesting.”
Hannah – “My dad writes notes for his work.”
Rhys – “My dad writes notes for his exams.”
Primary 5
In P5 we all have been using thinkboards in class maths. We had lots of fun doing maths this way.
We made a PowerPoint about the Celts. Power points are more fun to work with.
Like last week, we learned more about French colours.
We learned lots of different adjectives! This was extraordinarily fun!
Scott said, “Think boards are fun!”
“Learning about adjectives was fun!” said Lucas
Jessica said, “It was amazing to choose our different backgrounds for our Celts PowerPoint!”
“I enjoyed learning French colours.” said Amy R
Primary 5/6
We are preparing for the BBC radio 2, 500 words writing competition. We have been outside, developing our ability to describe our environment and increasing our vocabulary.
We have been learning how to use gymnastic equipment safely. We then moved on to jumping/ landing and movement / rolling skills.
P5/6 are in a competition with each other to see who can read the most words in Accelerated Reading.
“This week we learned how to land with two feet on the mat. We jumped off the mat then landed with two feet. We also learned how to use equipment safely.” Tanya
“Entering 500 words as a class! I think it’s great competition, persuading children to write stories!” Ralph
Primary 6
As part of our Scotland topic, we have been listening to different Scots singing. So far we have enjoyed Lewis Capaldi, Biffy Clyro and The Bay City Rollers. Leave your favourite Scots musicians in the comments section!
In PE, we are developing our fitness by completing different activities as part of a circuit, such as: bench jumps, sprints and skipping.
We have been testing our knowledge on French days and months and we have also been learning the Spanish days and months too!
Alex – “I learned how to tell the time in math set.”
Murray – “I learned how to pronounce different Scottish words.”
Ewan – “I learned that a factor is a number that fits in another number e.g. the factors of 8 are 1, 2, 4 and 8.”
Primary 7
On Wednesday, we went to the Academy to learn about some signs of a chemical reaction in the science labs.
In Spanish, we have been learning about how to ask and answer “How are you?” and say good morning and afternoon and good evening.
This term our RME topic is Judaism. We`ve been learning about kosher foods and Jewish food rules.
Sean – “I learned some of the signs of a chemical reaction: sound, light, heat, changing state. I enjoyed using the Bunsen burners.”
Nico – “Spanish was fun. I enjoyed learning some new words.”
Ruby – “I learned that Jewish people aren’t allowed to eat dairy and meat together.”
Our Weekly News – 17th January 2020
Our Weekly News – 17th January 2020
Welcome back to our weekly sharing of our learning. 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 website at https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/dg/kirkcudbrightprimary
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Primary 1
This week we have been singing ‘Ickle Ockle’ and practising rhymes such as ‘Sally Go Round the Sun’ which was a class favourite liked by most pupils. We had fun singing them with our Music Specialist Mrs Picken. ‘Ickle Ockle’ was a song liked by most of the class too. We all stood in a circle around our class, held hands and sang the rhymes and songs, putting our very best effort. We had such fun doing all of this and hope to do it again very shortly.
Aria – “It was good fun singing ‘Ickle Ockle’”.
Lucy – “I liked Sally Go Round the Sun’ especially the word boom.”
“I liked the words for Sally Go Round the Sun” – Kylie
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Primary 2
In maths, P2 have been focusing on symmetry. The boys and girls have learned:
– Different ways to find a line of symmetry.
– How to check shapes and pictures for symmetry, sorting them into symmetrical / asymmetrical
– To create a symmetrical picture.
“It’s where something is the same on both sides.” Jay
“You fold to find the line.” Emily
“I liked cutting and matching the houses.” Damien
REMINDERS: Remember to practice ‘The Snowman’ Scottish poem.
Please find ‘Termly Overview’ in the reading folder.
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Primary 2/3
This week we have been doing some fabulous art with Ms McLeman so we could change the wall displays.
Also, we did a problem solving / co-operation activity making sure the Struay Island jigsaw had houses coloured in matching colours.
Emily said, “The wall display is excellent!”
Maisy said, “The colouring is very neat.”
Lucy said, “It was good to work together.”
Jack said, “I enjoyed it. It was fun.”
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Primary 3/4
In maths we have been playing adding bingo and adding card games. We started our topic ‘Famous Scottish Dogs’ and we have been learning ‘A Lugton Dug’. We have been learning a poem by JK Annand. We have also been talking about our hopes and dreams for 2020.
Bailey’s dream for 2020 is to go to Belgium “I am looking forward to seeing my aunt and uncle.”
Mia – “I liked learning about letter shape spellings.”
Kyle’s hopes and dreams are, “I’d like to see a real turtle and get one for a pet.”
Gavin – “I really enjoyed the carol game Mrs S taught us.
REMINDER: pupils have a poem to learn. This can be found in their homework bags.
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Primary 4
P4 have started working on fractions this week. We can find fractions of a quantity (e.g. 1/3 of 21) and can compare fractions of shapes (e.g. 1/3 = 2/6).
“I thought this would be really hard but then I realized I just needed to use my table facts!” – Sophie
“It’s a different way of writing values so it could be confusing!” – Alexander
Next week we’ll try using Scots words in our poems of the day. Does anyone have any favourite words to share with the class? If so, please leave your words in the comments section.
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Primary 5
This week we started playing and getting familiar with ukuleles. We are just getting to know the instrument and hope to improve during the time we have learning the instrument. We are enjoying the experience so far .Also, we have been learning about lots of different colours in French.
Emily said, “Learning a song on the ukulele was fun!”
“Learning some French colours was brilliant,” said Ruth.
Gary said, “Reading groups was fun.”
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Primary 5/6
This week we have been learning all about the dangers of smoking and vaping. We have been researching what they do to our bodies.
We have also started the construction for our house we are building for the Borrowers.
We have been looking at what Glow has to offer.
“It’s nice to watch people chop wood but it’s better to chop wood yourself.” Richard
“We have been learning about smoking with Mrs Pearsall and we found out there’s tar in it. Some people chew on tobacco!” Eva
REMINDER: all pupils can access Glow from home as well as in school.
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Primary 6
This week we started letter writing to a ‘Famous Scot’ of our own choice. We learned the features of a formal letter and asked our chosen Scot some interesting questions. We’ll be sending our letters next week.
We have been continuing our class novel – ‘Billionaire Bairn’. This is ‘Billionaire Boy’ (by David Walliams) but in Scots. We really enjoy learning new Scots words and reading in Scots too. Our new favourite word is bahookie!
We have been continuing our Daily Mile challenge and recording our weekly laps. After this week, since August, we have travelled a combined total of 1834 miles! This means that we have ‘travelled’ to: Riga – Latvia (1,790 miles), Dubrovnik – Croatia (1,747 miles) and Lisbon – Portugal (1,714 miles).
Eliza – “This week I learned the Scottish word ‘Mirk’. It means gloomy, dark or dull.”
Kirsten – “I learned that a Scottish man called John Logie Baird invented the television.”
Hazel – “I learned that there are 25 prime numbers between 1 and 100.”
REMINDERS: Keep practising your Scots poem.
Remember PE kit for Monday and Tuesday.
Remember to bring in a reusable bottle for class.
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Primary 7
We started our new topic about World War 2. We learned about the Treaty of Versailles.
We held a ‘Titanic Launch Party’. Parents came in to talk to us about our work and to look at all of our fantastic homework projects
For the next 5 weeks we will be developing our football skills with Ben Pearsall.
Eden – “It was good to get a chance to speak to parents about how we made our Titanic projects.”
Olivia – “I enjoyed learning passing skills in football.”
Angus – “I don’t think it was fair that German representatives weren’t involved with deciding the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.”
REMINDERS: Homework project sheets have been given to children.
Due date for projects is Friday the 6th March.
On Wed 22nd we will visit the Academy for science.
Our Weekly News – 20th December 2019
This week has been full of fun and exciting Christmas activities throughout the school. Here are a selection of photographs from this past week.
From us all at Kirkcudbright Primary, we would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their help and support throughout 2019 and we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
P7 Titanic Launch Party
In the new year, Primary 7 will be holding a ‘Launch Party’, to showcase their work about this term’s topic, ‘Titanic’. More details can be found in the letter attached.
Our Weekly News – 13th December 2019
Reminders for the whole school:
Monday – P5, P5/6, P6 Christmas party (afternoon)
Tuesday – P7 Christmas party (6pm – 8pm)
Wednesday – P1, P2 and P2’s from P2/3 Christmas party (afternoon)
Thursday – P3’s from P2/3, P3/4 and P4 Christmas party (afternoon)
Friday – Church Service 10am
Primary 1
This week we have been learning social dances for our Christmas party. We enjoyed dancing with our partners and can’t wait for our party next week!
Duncan said, “I found them easy to learn.”
Ross said, “I liked dancing. I liked the circle dance.”
Aria said, “I liked turning under the ‘arch’ in the St. Bernard’s Waltz.”
Primary 2
The boys and girls in P2 have been learning how to dance traditionally ceilidh dances (The St Bernard’s Waltz and the Circassian Circle).
The dances will be a part of the Christmas party.
“You need to look at the partner you are dancing with,” said Mabel C.
Lydia said, “I keep in time with the music.”
“They’re ceilidh dances,” said Archie.
Holly said, “I like the Circassian Circle!”
It is our Christmas party next Wednesday from 2pm – 3pm. Please come to school in your party clothes.
Primary 2/3
In Drama we have been acting out conversations between Plop the Owl and his father. The conversations were really good and it helped with our reading skills for the script and expression in acting it out.
We also debated in 2 groups. Nocturnal vs Diurnal. We respected views of others and putting our views across kindly.
We visited the Museum to find out all about different kinds of birds. We found more than 70 types of birds at the Museum!
Noah – “It was great fun!”
Kamelia – “It was really interesting.”
Anna – “I found a golden Eagle!”
Primary 3/4
This week we have been learning more about Antarctica and Penguins.
“I didn’t know children were not allowed in Antarctica.” – Gavin
“I didn’t know people could live in such a cold place!” – Madison
“I didn’t realise penguins could live in warm and cold places.” – Rhys
Our class party is on Thursday. Please bring a change of clothes to change into at lunch time.
Primary 4
We’ve moved from sound waves to light waves. We have been learning about colour and experimenting with inks.
We’re enjoying the environmental themes in ‘The Iron Woman’.
“I felt scared when the men turn into fish in ’The Iron Woman’!” – Lachlan
“I like when we talk about the things we see in our minds.” – Sylvie
Primary 5
This week we wrote letters to the Grinch. We had fun telling him what we wanted for Christmas. We don’t think he’d be very pleased with our letters as he hates Christmas and all of the lights on our Christmas trees.
In P.E we have been learning about Scottish dancing. We have been doing dances such as the Dashing White Sergeant.
In maths we have been learning about negative numbers. Negative numbers are the numbers that are below zero.
Lucas said, “Writing to the Grinch was good as he might reply!”
Paige said, “I learned a lot from the dancing.”
“It is nice learning a new thing I can do in maths,” said Carla.
Primary 5/6
We have been learning about the proportions of self-portraits in art.
Our homework challenge for the week was to bake some form of bread, cake or biscuit from scratch, with an adult at home.
We have learned how to safely use a variety of tools, including saws and hammers. We will soon be building houses for the Borrowers.
“This week we have been making tables out of wood and card board with hammers and nails.”- Ollie
“We all did a performance in the Church. There was lots of singing, snacks and stalls.”- Elle
Can all P5/6 please remember to bring a reusable water bottle for class use only.
Primary 6
This week we finished our class novel “Street Child” By Berlie Doherty. After finishing the book we all did accelerated reading tests on it. As a class so far we have read 10.6 million words!
After loving the book so much we decided to do an informal book review, Amazon style! First we looked at real examples on Amazon to see what they were like. From there, we then wrote our own opinions and rated the book out of 5.
In class we have been practising multiplication. Some groups have been working on all of their times tables up to 10 x 10. Others have been multiplying two digits by two digits.
Fraser said, “I learned how to use negative numbers when doing co-ordinates.”
Anelle said, “I enjoyed using Microsoft Sway and recording audio.”
Ayla said, “I learned how to write an Amazon book review with our class novel ‘Street Child’.”
Reminders for next week: Projects are due in on Monday. If you want to, you can bring in board games to play on Friday.
Primary 7
We used Code.org to experiment with coding for ‘Hour of Code’.
Dr Davidson from the Academy visited us to do some work about forces.
We coloured in a picture and then viewed it in an augmented reality app. It was amazing!
We investigated how chemical rockets work by carrying out experiments with vinegar and bicarbonate of soda and with water and vitamin C tablets.
Evan – “It was fun to learn about chemical reactions and carbon dioxide.”
Carlie – “It was fun using the Van de Graaf machine giving Nico a shock.”
Tyler – “It was cool seeing my turtle picture come to life.”
Finlay – “I learned how to use repeat code to program a function of building a house.”
P7 Christmas party is on Tue 17th of December from 6pm-8pm in the school hall.
Wider Achievement
Congratulations to our wonderful dancers who travelled to Castle Douglas to take part in a Stewartry competition. Out of all the participants, the girls were awarded 1st place! Congratulations and thank you to everyone involved!
Our Weekly News – 6th December 2019
Reminders for the whole school:
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On Tuesday evening we have our Christmas Celebration at the Parish church. Further details are attached.
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Christmas Lunch is on Wednesday.
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On Friday, we have our Christmas Jumper day, in aid of Save the Children.
Primary 1
This week we have been making some tree decorations and we linked them to some 2D shaped triangles. We used different things to decorate them.
Patrick said, “I liked the glitter and pom poms.”
Anya said, “I liked the feathers and glitter. We made them triangle shapes.”
Primary 2
In science we have been exploring sound. We have used instruments to experience vibrations and pitch. Mabel H’s mum came to visit, talking about her job and explaining how a cello produces sound. We made instruments – a spin drum and jam jar lid guitar to explore and create pitch and vibrations by singing and plucking. It was great fun!
“You can use horse hair to pluck strings on a cello to make a sound.” – Mabel H
“If it’s a quiet sound it doesn’t travel far.” – Lydia
“When you pluck or strike, it vibrates and makes a sound.” – Demi
“The sound waves travel everywhere!” – Chris
Reminders for next week – If you haven’t already done so, please send a scarf to school.
Primary 2/3
In class we have been decorating candle holders for selling at next week’s church presentation.
Also, we were making Christmas decorations while following the instructions. We were using A LOT of glitter and had so much fun!
Brooke – “I liked making the candles!”
KJ – “It was lots of fun using glitter.”
Anna – “I enjoyed collecting the jars.”
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Primary 3/4
We have been learning about penguins and the Polar Regions. We have also been measuring different things around the school and down the street.
I enjoyed watching ‘The March of the Penguins documentary.” – Hannah
Maddison – “I enjoyed making a 3d Christmas wreath.”
Jack – “I didn’t realise that penguins and polar bears lived in different places.”
Primary 5
This week we made golden tickets from our class novel, “Charlie and the Chocolate factory”. The golden tickets are a ticket to get into Mr Wonka’s famous factory. We enjoyed making the tickets out of paper and then painting them with shiny gold paint.
We also decorated our class Christmas tree with wonderful bright coloured baubles. We enjoy looking at the twinkly lights hanging from the tree with tinsel around them.
As well as decorating the Christmas tree, we learned about the water cycle.
Molly said, “Making the Golden Tickets was fun.”
Gary said, “It was cool to learn how we have rain.”
Primary 5/6
We have started our learning of some popular Scottish Ceilidh dances, including the ‘Gay Gordon’s’.
Our current book study is ‘The Borrower’s’. We have been learning about the qualities of different materials as we will soon start our Borrower home construction.
We carried out some tower building, looking at structure and strength of materials.
“We all had a big smiles whilst we danced.” – Elle
“On Tuesday we described the qualities of materials” – Ollie
Reminders for next week – Can all P5/6 pupils please make sure they have a water bottle in class.
Primary 6
This week we have been using Microsoft Sway. We have been creating a Sway all about what we have learned in P6. We are learning how to do new things including recording audio.
Every Friday, we go to the P2 classroom and look over their writing with them. We look through their checklist to find: capital letters, full stops, finger spaces, neat writing and to see if it makes sense.
Every day we all run or walk “The Daily Mile.” We run or walk for fifteen minutes a day. Four laps of our playground is roughly a mile. We record our laps and transfer them to miles. So far we have travelled 1331.75 miles, which means we have reached Barcelona. Our target for the end of term is Morocco.
Anelle said, “This week I learned how to set out co-ordinates into four quadrants to make pictures.”
Stuart said, “I learned how to add backgrounds in Microsoft Sway.”
Murray said, “I learned how to use persuasive language in a letter.”
Primary 7
We investigated how Titanic sent distress signals. We created our own circuits and designed switches to send Morse code messages.
We investigated how the distress rocket from Titanic got so high in the sky. We designed and created our own rockets and tested them out. Sean, Yasin and Mahsun’s rocket went the highest. You can see videos of our experiments on our class Twitter feed (P7andMissG).
We visited the town library and learned about the Dewey book categorisation system.
Ruby – “I learned that the larger the force, the higher the rocket went.”
Sophie – “We used paper fasteners and card to make a switch and the touched our switch on and off to send an S.O.S signal.”
Freddie-“I learned about streamlining to make my rocket go higher.”
Reminders for next week – Chosen homework task due in class by Thursday 12th December.
