{"id":482,"date":"2019-11-15T14:40:15","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T14:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcudbrightprimary\/?p=482"},"modified":"2019-11-15T14:40:47","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T14:40:47","slug":"482","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcudbrightprimary\/2019\/11\/15\/482\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Weekly News \u2013 15th November 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we are still developing our website and Facebook page, there are only 3 classes work displayed. As the weeks go on, more classes will be sharing their learning so look out for more updates from the school.<\/h4>\n

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Primary 5\/6<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week we have been learning about the design process. The 3 steps we looked at were: 1 \u2013 Initial ideas, 2 \u2013 Development, 3 \u2013 Final solution (product).<\/span><\/p>\n

By using these steps we have been able to create Christmas tree decorations for the church festival.<\/span><\/p>\n

We have also been learning about persuasive writing and have planned letters for Mr Stevens. We hope to share some of these with you soon.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been practicing \u201912 Days of Christmas\u2019 for the Christmas Carol service.\u201d\u00a0 –\u00a0 Tanya<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been learning about stamina in PE through basketball.\u201d\u00a0 –\u00a0 Emily<\/span><\/p>\n

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Primary 6<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week we have been taking part in a Dumfries and Galloway Sumdog competition. This involved 112 classes and over 1,530 pupils. We were delighted as we WON!!!. We finished top after a week of maths questions. Not only that but we had one of our class finish in the top 10 student leaderboard, what a great achievement!<\/span><\/p>\n

To mark Children in Need day, we took part in a fun online quiz and put our knowledge to the test. Here are our winners after some very tricky rounds and questions, \u2018The 4 Quizzoteers\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

In maths we have been working on percentages and their equivalents, such as 25% = \u00bc = 0.25. Please test our knowledge at home and see how well we can transfer between decimals, percentages and fractions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hazel\u00a0 –\u00a0 \u201cI enjoyed learning about Louis Pasteur from the Victorian Era.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Lucas \u2013 \u201cI learned how Joseph Lister helped prevent infection in operations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Gracie \u2013 \u201cI learned that workhouses were horrible and you had to do lots of work.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n