2024-25

23.6.25-27.6.25

We got a helicopter made for us from Community Pay Back. It’s made out of solid wood and we can sit in it and play with it. It’s a lot of fun to play with! – Leo

We had an experiment to see what would make ice melt faster. We put the ice in different cups and timed them using stop watches. My group used salt for one, sugar for one, put one in the fridge, one in washing up liquid and one in hot water. We also tried one with warm salt and then one with warm sugar in water. The one that melted the fastest was the one in warm water! – Amelia

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9.6.25-20.6.25

The P1-3’s went to Kirkudbright for Galloway Games. There were lots of other schools there. We played 21 different games! Both of our favourite activity was the tug of war! – Ollie & Finley

We had a football tournament for Guid Nychburris. There were 20 schools there and it was just girls teams. We done pretty well, we won 2 games and lost 2. I scored 4 goals in the whole tournament! – Sophie

We were making flowers for our rainforest display! – Aurelia

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2.6.25-6.6.25

We were doing some World of Work. We were sticking the correct people with what they use in their jobs. For example, the bus driver needs a speedometer and a builder needs a measuring tape. – Arleigh

Our new P1 came for a visit and stayed for lunch. We then had a fun afternoon for pre school kids and under. We read a book called ‘Steve Terror of the Seas’. We went on the climbing frame and we went outside and played dodgeball. We also had some shortbread and sweets! We then got some free play time! Darcie, Gracie and Lilah came for a visit and to have fun before they move house, we will miss them very much! – Indie

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19.5.25-30.5.25

I play for Lochar Thistle FC and we had a festival at Heston Rovers. We played a tournament with referees there. There were over 10 teams, most of the teams split into 2 teams. I was in the white team and both teams played half of the games each. Our team played well! – Arleigh

We finished our pictures of rainforest animals. I made a toucan using paint and oil pastels. I got Artist of the Week with it! – Ollie

We presented our Knex siege machines to the class in our groups. My group built a battering ram and we also built a catapult. We done well as a team and the catapult actually worked! – Aurelia

We got building pieces to make a den and we also made a roof. We then took it outside. We all worked well together making it as a whole school and it’s fun to play in it! – Finley, Millie & Rosa

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5.5.25-16.5.25

We played a football tournament called the Barbour Cup. There were 3 schools there, Shawhead, Kirkgunzeon and us. We were in the red, and there was a P4-7 team and a P1-3 team. We played well together and came second, Kirkgunzeon won it! – Aria

We made some Nebula art. This is dust that forms when a star is dying or being born, there are 5 different types of Nebula, but there could also be 7. We put on masking tape to make the shapes of what we wanted the sections to be. We then painted them different colours and took the tape off! – Arleigh

Breakfast club fun!

The P7’s went to Dumfries College for a STEM day. The things we done were engineering where we had a machine you had to practice welding with. Then we had password safety online. The final thing we done was draw out our own film. At lunch we could go around and talk about what job they had and every question you asked you got a raffle ticket and one person gave me a full row! It was a fun day! – Sophie

With the Knex, we made a siege machine which is stuff people used to use in the wars. We worked in groups, it had to be able to stand up and be under 30cm but my group didn’t do that, it was taller! My group made the siege engine. We are going to present these to the class. – Indie

We were making rainforest art. We went outside and drew animals and plants that we could see, some people saw dragon flies! When we went inside we were able to get pillows, iPad and books to look at rainforest images and animals. I’m drawing a parrot on a branch with a Scottish rainforest as a background. – Amelia

We have started a lunchtime club of Galloway Games with Active Schools. This week we had some jumping practice with hurdles. We also had a go at shotput and javelin throwing as well. – Ollie & Leo

The P1’s planted potatoes outside in the playground in a big plastic pot. We hope we get lots of potatoes! – Finley

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14.4.25-28.4.25

We had a coffee morning for families and the community to come to. People made food for it, my favourite was the pancakes and Sophie made them! We also had a tombola with Easter chocolate, my grandparents won 2 but they gave 1 of them to me! We raised £95.10 for Lochrutton School Association. – Aurelia

We had a technology day on the first day back. We had Lego Spike out which it building blocks that you can code to different things. We played on Purple Mash. We used Adobe Express on Glow, for this you could make a bunch of different pictures, I made a baby drinking boba tea! We also used the Microbits to do different codes. My favourite bit was Adobe Express! – Aria

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24.3.25-28.3.25

For Red Nose Day we came dressed in red clothes! We had a red nose hunt around the school, then we drew our own red noses and made them into masks! We also played Red Nose Day dodgeball! As a school we raised £35! – Leo & Finley

For Ram Tam this week, the older children were away so the younger ones learned some new songs. We sang ‘Burnie, Burnie Bee’ with a toy bee. We also played to glockenspiels. This was our last Ram Tam, I have enjoyed it! – Ollie

We had a fun afternoon for pre school and under. First we used the climbing frame to play on, we then had some fruit and juice. After that we went outside to play dodgeball. We then all told them a story together and then ended off with some free play. I had a lot of fun with them. – Indie

P4-7’s with Shawhead went to Park Farm for cross country. There were 4 different races – the P4/5 girls, P4/5 boys, P6/7 girls and P6/7 boys. I came 3rd in my race out of about 70 people! Sophie also came 3rd in her race. Indie came 68th, Amelia came 58th and Gracie came 38th! Then the P6/7 girls team got 1st place! I feel proud of myself because now I’m on track to be like my big sister! – Aria

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17.3.25-21.3.25

We were playing the ukuleles. We played ‘Giant Crocodiles Eat Anything’. Mrs Bielinski also showed us the different chords for the ukulele. – Aurelia

The P1’s were reading a book called ‘Go Away Cat’. – Rosa

We were practicing the tin whistles. We were playing ‘Tobar Tobar’. We were practicing because we had the show this week. – Indie

We had a lacrosse competition at CDHS. There were 6 teams from different schools and we came 4th place! As a team we planned what we were going to do together and it worked well! I was the goalie and it was good but also kind of hot! I had a nice day. – Gracie

On Wednesday we had a Ram Tam concert. We sang and played instruments for 6 song. They were ‘The Elephant Song’, ‘Bubble Gum Song’, ‘Peter Taps’, ‘My Maw Says’, ‘Tobar Tobar’ and ‘Up in the Morning’. We also sang ‘A Ram Tam Tam’ song too. I really enjoyed it and my mum came to watch! – Amelia

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10.3.25-14.3.25

We had a map of the River Forth, and we were seeing where the Scottish army and English army were for the Battle of Stirling Bridge. We used different coloured pencils to show where they were, we used blue for the Scottish and red for the English. We learned that the Scottish won the battle! – Arleigh

We were practicing our running for the cross country competition. We were running around the whole school and down the field. I ran 2 laps the second time but 6 the first time! – Gracie

We were practicing for our Ram Tam concert next week. We played the ‘Ram Tam Song’, for this song we are using the drums, glockenspiel and shakers. We also played ‘Peter Taps’ and ‘Bubble Gum’. We are playing ‘Tobar Tobar’ on the tin whistles. – Amelia

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3.3.25-7.3.25

Last week’s school value was achieving and Arleigh won it! Rosa got Pupil of the Week!

We went up to the back of the playground to look at our plants that have now grown. – Millie

We were doing a bleep test. This is where you run a certain amount of meters before the next bleep goes off. I ran 42 the first time and 50 the second time! – Aria

Last Friday we done a presentation of our K’Nex tow trucks. My one had a car and 6 wheels. Everyone had trouble with the turning mechanism. When we finished we got a piece of paper and wrote down our questions from everyone else. We then wrote what we could have done better and my one was for the breaks to be better. – Amelia

The P1’s made paintings of themselves. We were holding up signs in our paintings They said to save our planet and animals! – Finley

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24.2.25-28.2.25

Me and Aria went to Springholm for a K’Nex competition. There were 6 different schools. We built an exercise bike, it had to have a stand, pedals, seat, handle bars and the wheels couldn’t touch the floor. We worked well together but sadly didn’t win! – Gracie

We were playing some floorball and lacrosse for PE. I am very good at scooping up the ball for lacrosse, I practiced a lot!- Ollie

We made tow trucks in groups with K’Nex. They had to move forward and be able to pick up things. My one can fly! We are going to be presenting these to each other. – Aurelia

We finished our endangered animal pictures. We then presented them to class. The class then said nice comments about them and things you could have done better. – Aria

Active school has started a lunchtime club. We were doing some running practice and we made up a track with the cones. I ran 4 laps! – Leo

We made parrots using paint. We made them very colourful! We also used paint to make some leaves for the background and cut them out! – Lilah

For climate change we were seeing what information was fake and what was real. We watched a video and had to guess which one was which. The first one was someone going down a river in a massive pumpkin and we said this was fake. The second one was a toddler car powered by feet and we thought this was real. The third one was a plane turning back to get a school girl and we thought this was fake. But they all turned out to be the opposite way than we thought. The first was real, the second fake and the third real. We were very confused by the pumpkin floating down the river! – Arleigh

A nurse came in with Purple Flossie to talk about toothbrushing. She said you need to brush your teeth for 2 minutes and also brush in circles. – Millie

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10.2.25-14.2.25

Last week’s school value was safe and Amelia won it! Lilah got Pupil of the Week!

The P5-7’s went to Shawhead to do some art. We used oil pastels to create a picture of a vase and flowers in it. We couldn’t draw any stems because we needed to have that many flowers in the vase that you couldn’t see them. – Sophie

We took part in the Big Bird Watch in the playground. We found Blue Tits, Magpies, Rooks and House Sparrows. We saw both female and male Blackbirds but we didn’t see any Wood Pigeons. We saw about 4 Finches and I saw about 31 Starlings. – Arleigh

For Ram Tam this week Claire came in. We got the instruments out and were in different groups with them. We then played ‘A Ram Tam Tam’ song. We were using the instruments for different beats. I was on the drum! – Leo

The P1’s were writing out their word box on a whiteboard. – Finley

Yesterday we built Super Scooters in groups. You had to have breaks, more than 2 wheels and it had to have handle bars. You also had to be able to turn the front wheels. We built a person to ride it! We then presented them to the class. – Amelia

We were doing spelling with Mrs Bielinski in our books. My group is on unit 14. – Indie

We planted an apple tree in the front playground. We had to put soil in the hole with the tree. I was the only one wearing wellies so I had to stand on the mud to push it down! I am excited to have the apples! – Aurelia

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3.2.25-7.2.25

We both go to an afterschool club for Judo at DG1. We have been practising bunny hops, army crawl and monkey crawl. We took part in a test where we had to do different types of Judo moves. One of the moves we did was where you grab the other person and lift them up and throw them on the mat. We both passed the test and got a certificate and a new belt – we are now on the red belt! We are both loving Judo! – Leo & Ollie

For climate change, we were choosing what picture went with what sentence. We were sorting them into sinks or sources. The sinks were the good things and sources were the bad things. The windmill was in the middle of them because it wasn’t a source or a sink. – Arleigh

The P1’s, Ollie and Leo went outside with Miss Drysdale to put bird feeders out. We filled them up with bird food and then got to pick where we put them in the playground. We hid them because we are going to be doing some bird watching next week and then the birds can’t see us watching them! – Finley

We are making pictures of endangered animals. They are endangered because of climate change. We are using paint, oil pastels and chalk to make these pictures. I am a making a turtle! – Aurelia

We went to Dalbeattie Campus for the Day of Dance which is Scottish country dancing. There were 5 schools there altogether. We danced to 8 different songs and 2 of them we learned whilst we were there! There was a man playing an accordion live for us. We all enjoyed it! – Sophie

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27.1.25-31.1.25

It was our last week of floorball with The Solway Sharks. Fin the Shark came in to see us who is Solway Sharks mascot. We got to clap Fin and give him high 5’s and fist pumps. We also played a game Sharks vs Lochrutton. Fin was the goalie for them. We made pictures for the Sharks and put them together and we are going to give them it! I have found floorball great fun! – Leo

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13.1.25-24.1.25

Happy New Year!

We have started ‘Ram Tam’ for the whole term with Claire. Ram Tam is music. On this day we sang a few songs, one was called ‘Cobbler Cobbler, mend my shoe’. I really like music and singing. – Leo

We have been playing some floorball. The Solway Sharks ice hockey team came into our school to take it. We had a warm up which was tag. We got put into teams and played matches against each other. It was fun! – Ollie

We are learning about climate change. We were seeing how climate change works and the stages it goes in. We also learned how burning coal affects the world and how we should be using more wind and water. – Amelia

We are drawing pictures of animals that are affected by climate change. We are drawing them with pencil and then painting them. I have drawn a beaver which also helps climate change because it builds dams that stops water coming into places. – Arleigh

We have been doing some Scottish Country Dancing with Mrs McGoldrick. We have been practising them for the Day of Dance coming up. The dances we practiced were ‘The Flying Scotsman’, ‘Canadian Barn Dance’ and ‘The Circassian Circle’. We also changed partner for each dance. – Indie

We went to Shawhead to make lanterns. We made them for the Robert Burns parade. We used sticks to make a triangle shape and used tape to stick them together, then we filled the holes with more sticks. We then soaked pieces of paper in glue and put them around the sticks and then left them to dry. Everyone got very sticky! – Aurelia

Active Schools came in to present an award to Mrs Barbour for doing the after school football club every Monday. Sophie and I got whistles and chocolate for helping out at it as well. I like being a helper. – Aria

We had a Haggis Drive at Lochfoot Village Hall. We played the haggis drive, bottle slide and bingo. We also ate some haggis, neeps and tatties. I won the haggis drive for the kids and Susan won it for the adults. At the end it was only me and Millie left and we filled ourselves with sweets and Irn Bru! We raised £210 for the school. – Sophie

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16.12.24-20.12.24

We used K’Nex to make time machines. My time machine looked like a rocket. We also wrote stories about them. My time machine took me to the ice age! – Ollie

Merry Christmas Everyone!

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9.12.24-13.12.24

Last week’s school value was happiness and Rosa won it! Millie got Pupil of the Week!

Reverend Peacock came in for assembly and he spoke about Christmas. He spoke about the story of Jesus and brought some Christmas cards – one was of Jesus and his mum Mary. – Finley

We have been building K’nex. We have been building different things. We did a presentation of our castles we had made. We have also started building time machines and writing stories about them. I travelled back to the dinosaur ages. Then I also travelled back to the jungle. – Amelia

The P5-7’s went to Shawhead to do some ICT with a CD High School teacher. We were finishing off our Ferris Wheels and we gave them a bit more coding. We made our ride scary by making it start spinning slowly, then very fast and finally a scary song played while it was on. – Gracie

The P5-7’s also went to Shawhead and had an art lesson with a CD High School teacher. We made gingerbread bunting. We had to trace around a hat or a jumper then we decorated it using paper of different shapes and colours. – Sophie

We had our Christmas lunch and I had some turkey! I ripped my party hat! My food was yummy! – Lilah

Lochrutton had a team for an indoor curling tournament. There were lots of teams there. We played well together as a team but it was quite tricky! – Aurelia

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25.11.24-6.12.24

We wanted to make you aware that our school now have a working/active defibrillator in the school – which is absolutely fantastic!

It was donated by the following…

On behalf of Wee Emma’s Campaign, which has been organised and led by Emma Currie, we would like to donate to your Primary school a free Zoll AED Plus Fully Automatic Defibrillator (AED). These AED devices will be supplied at no cost to the school and are dedicated to the memory of Emma Ross who suffered a cardiac arrest at Heathhall Primary School in 2014. 

These devices will include:

1. A portable Zoll AED Plus Fully Automatic Defibrillator which includes batteries and pads:
2. A prep kit, which should be stored near the AED device which includes scissors, razor, wipes etc.

Together with Wee Emma’s Campaign, the DH9 Foundation have come together to help supply all schools with these devices – amazing.

https://gofund.me/4fb30b02

We would like to say a huge thanks to Emma and The dh9 foundation! Thank you so much!

Kind regards

Gordon

The P5-7’s went to Shawhead to listen to Ross MacKenzie, who is a book author. He read a bit of his new book to us. Then we all got pieces of paper and we drew anything we wanted in a room from our imagination. – Gracie

We finished off our castles. Our castle was called Statue Castle because there is so many statues in it! We also made a wall around it so no one can get in! – Leo

We had a fun afternoon with the pre-school children. We first played on the wall bars, and we also had the horse and mats out. After that we read a story, ‘The Very Silly Sheep’. Then we had some free play and at the end we played a game of pin the bandana on Pudsey. I think the pre-schoolers enjoyed it! – Aria

We had a Fairtrade coffee morning on Monday. We made Fairtrade posters and leaflets, and put them around the village as an invite for people to come. Some family members also came. We sold Fairtrade items, and people made home baking which everyone got to eat! We were raising money for Fairtrade and also for our school. For Fairtrade items we sold £100.50 worth of products. For donations to the school we got £60.75! The school will get back a percentage of the sales of Fairtrade products, but it still has to be confirmed how much this will be. – Amelia

We put up the Christmas Tree in the hall. I put a Christmas bauble on of a disco ball! – Finley

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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