Term 2

15.12.25 – 19.12.25 – This week’s blog is by Devyn!

Here are some of the stuff the elf has been up to this week!

We had some Christmas maths to do. We had to find out who the next reindeer was going to be for Santa. There were sums on the sheet to find out who it was.

We made catapults using a paper spoon, 9 lolly sticks and 5 rubber bands. First we got 7 lolly pop sticks and 2 rubber bands and tied them together. Then we got the plastic spoon and tied another lolly stick to it. When it was built we seen what went furthest out of a marshmallow and a cotton wool ball. The marshmallow went the furthest!

We made some Christmas cards for family and friends and we used stencils to draw around and put glitter on.

We had a Christmas celebration night that we first set up. We sang loads of songs on the stage and then we sold our things we have made at school and then they played the games. From the hampers we made £325 for the school. From the crafts and games we made £264 for the children’s ward at the hospital.

We were playing a game called ‘roll a reindeer.’ We had a dice, a whiteboard and a sheet. Whatever you rolled you drew that part of the reindeer. Whoever drew it first won and shouted ‘reindeer’.

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1.12.25 – 12.12.25 – This week’s blog is by Asa and Arlo!

The elf arrived and the yellow class got to name him, we named him Buddy! Here are some things he has been up to this week! – Arlo

The P7’s decorated the hall and put up the Christmas Tree! – Asa

The blue class made art folders, this is where we are going to keep all of our art. – Asa

We had a video call with a school in England. The school is called Stafford Grammar Prep and their topic is on Scotland so they were asking us questions and about our culture. – Asa

They all had a question card and they asked us what our favourite food is and I said spaghetti bolognese! – Arlo

The P7’s went shopping for our Christmas craft night. We went to lots of shops to find different things. We also got a Greggs! – Lola

We were writing words on a whiteboard. – Arlo

We were doing fitness circuits and the P5’s and I made the stations. – Asa

I liked the wall sits! – Arlo

Ella, Ruairi, Jesse and Angus put up our Christmas tree outside the school. We were kindly donated it and hopefully it grows to be very big by next Christmas. – Asa

We stacked the cubes up for the right amount. We also wrote our numbers in the right order. – Arlo

We had a Christmas craft day to make our things we are going to sell. We made hot chocolate reindeer bags, snowmen bags, reindeer food, ‘do you want to build a snowman?’ bags and pet crackers. We then painted our salt dough tree decorations. – Asa & Arlo

We had a fun afternoon where any new P1’s who wanted to visit could come. We were doing the den building station and it was a lot of fun. Some of the other things people were doing were Kapla, stop motion, wreath making and reading. – Asa & Arlo

We got a new dartboard and we were all playing with it. We use this for maths, I nearly got a bullseye! – Asa

We were doing a finance lesson with Mr Tennant. We were using excel to make a spreadsheet to show the costs of all the things we are going sell at our Christmas market/celebration. – Asa

We made lanterns for Las Posadas in Mexico for our topic ‘Christmas around the world’. – Arlo

We were doing printing. We got a square of styrofoam and we made imprints in it with a pencil and we covered the top of it with ink then pressed it down on the paper leaving behind the pattern on the styrofoam, we repeated 3 more times to make a continuous tile. I made a bee. – Asa

Yellow class made a background with trees and added birds. We then splashed some snow on it. – Arlo

We went to the Dalbeatie curling competition. There were 14 teams there, we did not win but we gave it our best shot and that’s all that matters. – Asa

The yellow class have been doing tessellation and made a Christmas tree with lots of little trees.

We went a walk around the village and posted our Christmas celebration leaflets. – Asa

Jacqui came in to tell us the result for dance club and we won best overall performance! I am very proud of us! – Asa

Watch the dance here!

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24.11.25 – 28.11.25 – This week’s blog is by Shola and Fergus H!

In the blue class people were making things for a bakery with Play-doh! – Shola

For maths, we were ordering our numbers and we were putting the pom-poms in the right box. The P2’s were matching the number to the next one. – Fergus

For maths, one group was writing on the table maths equations, one was working from the textbook and another was playing a shape game. – Shola

We were making decorations for Christmas trees. – Fergus

We made them out of salt dough and next week when they dry we will paint them. – Shola

P5&6 have been working with Matthew from Youthwork. We have been talking about emotions and feeling and today we made a friendship web. – Shola

We went to Lochrutton to play indoor curling. We were in teams of 3 or 4 and played against each other, the final was a Shawhead team and a Lochrutton team and in the end Shawhead won! – Fergus & Shola

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17.11.25 – 21.11.25 – This week’s blog is by Ainsley and Isla!

We had Children in Need last week. We came dressed in our pj’s and brought in a donation. We also brought our teddy in and played ‘guess who’s teddy’. In the afternoon we coloured in some Pudsey eye patches, we had a scavenger hunt outside finding Pudsey’s and played ‘pin the eye patch on Pudsey’. We raised £57.97! – Ainsley & Isla

We were spelling out the picture on the card and we were putting a peg on the first sound of the word. – Isla

Group 2 were doing some writing and matching the picture to the word. – Isla

For soft start in the blue class we played Jenga, we done some typing practise on the computers, we had Pudsey art and we played with the Play-doh and made our imaginations. – Ainsley

There were different maths activities going on in the class. – Isla

With Mrs Bielinski we went outside and got flat leaves to paint and stick onto a piece of black paper which made a cool leaf looking effect when you removed them. – Ainsley

We have started learning about shape. We were making different things with the shapes. We made a very big rocket! – Isla

In the blue class we made 3D shapes out of Polydron like a tetrahedron. – Ainsley

Me, Asa, Mirren and Ella went with Lochrutton pupils to CDHS to take part in a lacrosse event. We were practising our lacrosse passes, taking shots and catching. I would do this again and I recommend it! – Ainsley

We went outside and had a look around the shed since it’s now finished, I love it and my favourite part is the stars. We then worked in partners and had a scavenger hunt around the playground looking for the different colours we could find. – Isla

We were making pictures of people from the Rainbow Village, this is a book. This is for our class charter. – Isla

We played a game with dice and we made sums out of the 3 dice. – Ainsley

The P1’s were writing out words with a partner for help. – Isla

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10.11.25 – 14.11.25 – This week’s blog is by Lola and Bobby!

We made ‘day of the dead’ bunting with coloured paper and scissors. We folded the paper then we cut out little shapes on the paper and then unfolded the paper. – Lola

Yellow class have been using the chalk pens for maths. They have been doing 10 before and 10 after a number and also different sums. – Lola

We had a Kapla challenge, we had to build the tallest and most stable building. Then Mrs McCubbin shook the table. – Bobby

My building was the tallest! – Lola

We made poppies for Remembrance Day. We used paper and paint to make these. – Bobby

On Remembrance Day we watched BBC news for the 2 minute silence. – Lola

We made dramas for kindness. In my drama Arlo was sad and I helped him by asking him to come and play with me. – Bobby

For PE we were doing circuits, we had a plank challenge and Ainsley won it. – Lola

For maths we were playing times table snap, the older ones were writing out sums for the P3’s and we were playing a rounding game. – Lola

The P1’s were practising writing out some words. – Bobby

We were writing evaluating sentences about Holes. – Lola

We had a Curlew Rights Matter meeting altogether. We spoke about Pudsey Day, Christmas and the new P1’s coming in. – Lola & Bobby

We were writing a response piece on Holes and we wrote them on the laptops. – Lola

We went a walk around the village and delivered leaflets about our new P1 Open Afternoon! – Lola

All new P1’s come and visit us!! – Bobby

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3.11.25 – 7.11.25 – This week’s blog is by Devyn and Angus!

We had a Halloween quiz using Blooket. We then searched up some other quizzes about our topics. – Devyn

I built a jigsaw of a digger during wet playtime. – Angus

Someone also made a domino run. – Devyn

We learned about firework safety and coloured pictures in. – Angus

Group 3 cut out a big circle and a small circle then Mrs McCubbin put a pin in both of the circles so the small circle moves and we can make some words. We then got a whiteboard and wrote the words out. – Zara

They were writing 10 more and 10 less from a number using chalk and pens. – Devyn

We were matching the number to the picture and putting them in the right order. – Angus

For PE we were doing some circuits. We were star jumping, bear crawls, balances, high jumps and a ball game. My favourite was the ball game. – Devyn

My favourite was the bear crawl! – Angus

We were learning about firework safety and we made some posters to warn people about fires and what to do – stop, drop and roll. – Devyn

We made firework pictures. We used paint with our fingers to make the bonfire! We painted fireworks and used pastels to make people. – Angus

We made poppies for Remembrance Day. We painted a background then painted poppies on top. We then stuck on words with things like ‘peace’ and ‘no more wars’. – Devyn

Reverend Peacock came in to speak to us about Remembrance Day.

We are on week 2 of our dance club and we have picked our song. There is a little video of us practicing. – Devyn

We made firework pictures out of leaves in pairs. My groups started out like fireworks but ended up looking like an owl! – Devyn

We had a tall stick that was like a big firework shooting out. – Angus

We have been making words. – Angus

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27.10.25 – 31.10.25 – This week’s blog is by Jaxson and Hallie!

We put the words together that were in the bowls to make a sentence, then we wrote them on the whiteboard. – Hallie

We chose a picture of a ghost and put it on black paper. We then painted around it and took the picture off it, it showed the ghost on the black paper. – Hallie

We were drawing pictures of Tim Burton inspired self portraits using art pencils. My portrait has a long nose in it. – Jaxson

For PE we were doing circuits. At each cone you did something different like jogging, squatting, star jumps and high knees. My favourite station was the high knees. – Hallie

We first drew a pumpkin then painted it. When it was drying we made a cat with black paper and cut it out and stuck it onto the pumpkin. We then drew some stars, ghosts and moons using coloured pastels. – Hallie

We were playing doctors with the bandages, I was the patient! We were also drawing and playing games during soft start. – Hallie

We went on a litter pick to the lay-by’s in Shawhead. We found lots of stuff! We do this to help the environment. – Jaxson

I enjoyed doing this and using the litter pickers! – Hallie

We have started a dance club for 4 weeks. We’re going to make a dance to a Christmas song and then it will get filmed and sent away for judging. – Hallie

Today it is Halloween. We had a parade around the hall to show everyone our costumes then said a joke each. Hallie is Shrek and Jaxson is Jason. We are about to go for a Halloween party at Lochrutton! – Jaxson & Hallie