Whole School

18.11.24-22.11.24

On Children in Need we could come dressed as Pudsey, wearing spots or wearing non uniform. We did some Pudsey themed activities. First we did a Pudsey scavenger hunt in the playground. Then we did some Pudsey drawings and we also painted Pudsey. At the end of the day we played musical spots! We raised £27.40! – Aria

We had our last gymnastics session. We were using the spring board to jump into shapes. We were using the beam to walk along and we also played a little game in teams where one person was on the beam and another person was saying things to twist, spin, turn, rewind and fast forward. Then we used the mats for rolls, we did doggy rolls, pencil rolls, bear rolls, forwards rolls and backwards rolls. We also used the mats for doing different balances and positions, we even did some in groups! – Arleigh & Leo

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11.11.24-15.11.24

On Remembrance Day we went to the loch where there is a war memorial bench. Sophie put a cross with poppies on it into the ground at the bench. Mrs Fitzsimon played the horn for us all and then we did our 2 minute silence and she continued playing the horn for us. – Indie

For assembly Mr Peacock came in and spoke to us about Remembrance Day and respect. We also said a prayer and the older children did a poem about Remembrance Day. – Amelia

We made poppies in groups. We put red tissue paper on white paper and after we put a circle of black material in the middle. Then we cut them out. – Lilah

We made poppy fields with paint. We also used glue spreaders to scratch the bottom of the paint to make it look like it has been pushed by the wind. – Gracie

Tomorrow we’re having a Pudsey day for Children in Need. We made these posters and signed them. We need to wear spotty stuff and bring in a donation. – Sophie

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4.11.24-8.11.24

The P5-7’s went to Shawhead to do some ICT. We used Lego Spike which is a programme that you code Lego. We went into the same groups as 6 weeks ago. This week we made a Ferris wheel and we coded them so they could spin. – Sophie, Gracie & Aria

Our group put it on full speed and repeat and then it went around 100 times! Gracie put a dog on top of the Ferris wheel and it flew off! – Sophie & Gracie

My group put eyes on our Ferris wheel! – Aria

The next day we went to Shawhead again, this time to do some art. We made poppy fields. We used an ombré effect for the sky so it went from dark to light. We used a thin brush for the flowers and put a lot of detail in them. We used the paint brush to do big long streaks of different kinds of green for the grass. We think they look amazing! – Sophie, Gracie & Aria

We have been doing some gymnastics in school. We’ve been practicing balancing on the beam. We’ve been jumping off the spring board and doing some tricks. We’ve also been doing some moves on the mats like different types of rolls and cart wheels. Gymnastics is hard but fun! – Amelia

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28.10.24-1.11.24

On the first day back the P4-7’s from Lochrutton and Shawhead went to Dumfries Ice Bowl for ice curling. First we worked with a couple of college girls called Charlotte and Amelia and they helped us warm up. We then went straight over to the ice. We started by pushing off with 2 stones and then we did it with an arrow and then if we felt confident enough we could do it with one stone. At the end we played a game of curling but from not that far away. It was fun! – Sophie

Active Schools came in to do some floor curling. We started by practicing how to roll the stones. Then we got told how to win and it’s basically the closest stone to the middle. The middle is called the button and the circle is called the house. We then played some matches! – Indie

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7.10.24-11.4.24

The School Values Award last week was happiness and Arleigh won it!

The pupil of the week was Amelia!

We had a pre-school fun afternoon. We had the climbing frame, benches and mats out that we played on. We also went into the play room and we played with the house, the magnet tiles, the water tray and sand tray. We then finished with a story called ‘The Day Louis Got Eaten’ and we had some Haribos! It was great fun! – Aurelia

The P7’s went to operation safety where we took part in different activities about keeping safe. There was water safety, fire safety, ambulance safety, police safety, electric safety and a youth club. My favourite one was the ambulance. There was a dummy lying on the floor because he fell into the cables whilst being silly, so we had to turn off the electricity and then remove the cables. We then had to check the body for ABC – A stands for airway, B stand for breathing and C stands for circulation. The body was all good in the lady’s fake story. It was a good day and I learned a lot. – Sophie

For our topic – forces, we made little obstacle courses for a magnetic ball. We used another magnet to get the ball through the course. In my group we had 2 different paths and one was a trick path. The other was an actual path to the end. It had a bridge which was difficult to get up! We also got a go of trying other people’s courses! – Arleigh

Our clay has now dried so we painted them! They are moths. I did mine with a honey pot and the moth is on top of it. I painted mine gold, red, blue and green. – Amelia

This term I have been going over to Shawhead on a Thursday to take part in Living Life to the Full. This is where we have been learning about emotions, filling out our books and playing games as a group. We have also been using some fidgets that help us concentrate. – Sophie

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30.9.24-4.10.24

We have started a new award called ‘School Values Award.’ This is when each week we will focus on a different one of our values. This weeks value was being safe. How we voted was that each of us got to vote in private about who we thought had shown how to be safe, and supported others to be safe. The most votes were for me! – Aurelia

Lilah got pupil of the week!

Ollie and I went to Castle Douglas Primary School to take part in different types of sports. There were lots of children there from different schools. We also had a snack there. It was brilliant! – Leo

One of the sports we played was when we were sat down and we had to knock over the skittles with a ball. We also played some floor curling. We played a game where we flipped the cones the right way round. We got a certificate at the end. I had lots of fun! – Ollie

We got to use clay! We each got a block of clay and we had a decision to make: to make a moth on a plate or a moth on a pot. I made my moth on a pot! We could use different techniques to make the pot like making a big sausage and rolling it up or making a plate and curving it round to make a pot. After we were finished, we put them on a paper towel and put them in the other classroom to let them dry out. We will paint them when they are dry. – Arleigh

We got a partnership team together and went to King George V to compete in a hockey festival. There were 5 teams altogether. We enjoyed it and worked well as a team. – Aria

The P5-7’s from Lochrutton and Shawhead went to The Bridge to do different STEM activities related to our topic – forces. We made bridges out of paper and tape. In the first try my group used 3 pieces of paper and it didn’t work but the second time we used 4 pieces and it did work. We then put Play-Doh cars on top to see if it held its weight. – Gracie

Next we made 3 3D shapes. They were a rectangular prism, triangular prism and a cylinder. We then went over to the sinks and each got a jug and a cup and then sat the jug on top of the paper shape to see how much water we could put in the jug, and which shape was the strongest. Our cylinder worked the best, it was going to over flow until Gracie touched it and then it soaked me! We also made paper aeroplanes, we then put them in a launcher to make a fair test and they flew. – Sophie

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23.9.24-27.9.24

In hockey we were hitting the ball with a bat and someone on the grass would run to get the ball and then they would give it to the teacher so the next person could get a go to hit it. – Lilah

The P1’s were seeing what could twist, push and pull from stuff in the classroom. We sorted them into groups. – Finley

We were doing our topic ‘Forces’, when we had an open afternoon where our parents came in to see what we’ve been doing. At the time we were making helicopter blades and frogs. – Arleigh

I showed my mum my frog and around the classroom. – Rosa

We were doing hockey. I was holding a hockey stick and moving the ball with it. We were playing that the ball was a dog and we were taking it on a walk with it’s lead. – Millie

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16.9.24-20.9.24

We were doing cricket. We were throwing the ball and trying to knock the bigger ball off a cone. We were also batting the ball to the next person. I am enjoying doing cricket. – Aurelia

We were practicing bowling the ball. We were also batting the ball. I think cricket is very good. – Ollie

On Monday The P5-7’s went to Shawhead to do some ICT with ‘Spike’. Spike is when you get a box of Lego pieces and you link the electronic pieces to the computer. The first one we made was a Fastlane ticket machine. It was quite challenging! – Sophie

We worked in groups to make these. We got the ticket machine to change colour when you held a coloured ticket in front of it. It was very fun because we got to play with Lego. – Aria

We went to Shawhead again on Tuesday and did some art. We were working on drawing with black pens with patterns. It was a web design because of the book we’re reading ‘Charlotte’s Web’. We had to make different patterns inside of the spiders web. – Sophie

I drew circles and zig zags, I also did some waves. I enjoyed doing this. – Gracie

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9.9.24-13.9.24

We have started a lunchtime cricket club. We started with some throwing and catching practice. We also played a game where we were in teams and we had to throw the ball up and clap once and then throw the ball up again and just keep repeating that until all the balls were gone. Then you ran to the cone and threw the ball at the stump. – Leo & Indie

I liked it because I also do cricket at my Nanas. – Indie

My favourite thing was bowling the ball. – Leo

With our topic Forces, we were told we could make ramps to slide a toy car down. The experiment was that we could change one thing each time but it had to be the same thing. You could change the height, length and surface of the ramp. My group changed the height to be taller each time. When it was steeper, the car didn’t go as far! – Aria

My group used a fire truck and a car. The fire truck didn’t go very far but the car went to the end of the classroom! – Finley

The P1-3’s planted daffodil bulbs in the wild garden. I found it quite tricky to dig because I was using a trowel but I got there in the end! They should start appearing in Spring! – Arleigh

I dug a little deep hole and then I put in the bulb. I then put the mud back on top of it. I am excited to see them grow. – Ollie

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2.9.24-6.9.24

Most of the class have finished their moth pictures now. I think they look very good! I also got artist of the week! – Amelia

A hockey coach came in to teach us some hockey skills. We learned all the safety rules with our sticks. We were practising moving the ball with our stick between the cones and we were practising passing it to our team mates. We also played some games. – Indie

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26.8.24 – 30.8.24

We are back, we hope you all had a nice holiday! I am now a Primary 7 and I’m excited to be the oldest! – Sophie

We have had 4 Primary 1’s start this week. They are all very kind and I am excited for the year with them! – Sophie

This week we played a game with lady bird spots. We matched them to the number. – Millie

We made our names out of Play-Doh. – Rosa

We caught some moths in a pot but also let them go away. – Finley

We have played ‘Snakes and Ladders’ altogether and I found it fun! – Lilah

Our new topic is Forces. The forces are push and pull. We played a game where there were pictures on a mat and whatever one you landed on you had to say if you pushed it or pulled it. – Aria

We then made ramps, we used boxes, books and cardboard to make them. We put a toy car on top of the ramp and let it roll down and seen how far it went with the force. – Gracie

Our topic last year was Living Things. We had Mr. Haddow come in to do some moth trapping. We first set up the moth traps, which had egg boxes and little cones in them. Then we put the panel with the glass top on it so the rain couldn’t get in. The moths would hit the panel and fall in and sleep in the egg boxes. We set one up in the playground and one at the loch. – Arleigh

The next morning we checked them and found loads of moths! There was a giant one! We also saw 3 beetles and a tiny ladybird that was yellow and had 10 spots! I had fun looking at all the different moths! – Indie

We then took them inside and drew a picture of them, we used paint and oil pastels to colour them in. We got all the different details with a magnifying glass. – Arleigh & Indie