Term 3

16.2.26 – 6.3.26 – This week’s blog is by Lola and Hallie!

We went to the woods and we searched around to see if there were any signs of Spring. We saw some flowers beginning to blossom. – Lola & Hallie

Angus built our new doll house for outside. – Lola

We were making pictures of pancakes. My one had chocolate chips, strawberries and bananas. – Hallie

We were so lucky that we got to have pancakes on Pancake Day! – Lola

It was very yummy! – Hallie

For our last gymnastics session we made up routines to show the class. – Hallie

We have been doing some work on time and some other maths activities. – Lola

There have been different maths activities going on in class. My group were picking 2 cards and then we had to times them together. – Hallie

Lots of people were interested in jigsaws last week during wet playtime. Ruairi and Angus also made a den outside. – Lola

We have been doing some football with Fraser from Queen of the South! We were practising dribbling, passing and shooting! – Lola & Hallie

We have been making a space report to finish off our topic. In groups we acted out doing a news report. – Lola

For soft start, we have been making loom bands. I made a bracelet! – Hallie

We’ve been choosing a card with a picture on it and writing sentences describing it. The P1’s were writing words. – Hallie

Some children went with Mr T to the children’s ward at the hospital to deliver the presents we got them that we raised from our Christmas night. – Lola

Miss Cochrane came in and taught us some coding on ‘One Hour of Code’. – Lola

We learned how to get onto the laptops and get onto Glow. We then emailed each other. – Hallie

We were making monsters for a competition called ‘Monster Mayhem’ and someone will win a surprise goody bag. – Hallie

We have been doing some reading comprehension with our new cards. We were also using personification to make objects better. – Lola

We were learning about our rights in school.

We were writing and drawing positive and negative emotions. – Hallie

For our new topic reduce, reuse and recycle, we were sorting objects into the right places and we made a poster of the definition of each one. – Lola

Mrs McCubbin littered all over the class then we sorted them out into the right places. We then cut out the objects and put them in the right bin. There was the normal bin, compost bin or recycling bin. – Hallie

We made Chinese puppet dragons. We used paper and different materials. They can shrink and expand. – Lola

The sun came out and we went outside for a game of dodgeball! – Hallie

The P5-7’s went to Springholm for a day of singing and dancing the Scottish Opera. At the end our parents and carers came to watch our performance. I enjoyed doing this, we even got costumes but it was very tiring. – Lola

We got to dress up in costumes for World Book Day and everyone had to guess who we were. Asa’s was the hardest! We had a mystery where we were finding out who stole the books – the Gruffalo stole the books! We made a book cover and then we talked about our favourite book each. We dressed up as Dog Man and Glinda! – Lola & Hallie

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9.2.26 – 13.2.26 – This week’s blog is by Ella and Fergus F!

We built bird camps so we could sit and watch the birds for the Big Bird Watch! It was very windy and hard to put up the dens for some people. We saw a lot of birds! – Ella & Fergus

Here are some things the yellow class have been doing this week. The P1’s were doing tasks up to 20. – Fergus

We made space posters with facts about space. My group made it about Jupiter and Saturn and we printed out pictures of our planets and made them 3D. – Ella

We were making rockets out of Lego and Duplo. We then drew them after and showed the rest of the class. My one was very big! – Fergus

We were reading different food packaging and traffic lighting them to see if they were healthy or not. – Ella

We made the planets using paint. – Fergus

James came in to talk to us about business and enterprise from our Christmas Celebrations evening. – Ella

Here are what some things people made using the Jenga and Kapla during wet play. – Ella

We were describing objects by giving them a human action. We were also writing out our stories. – Ella

We were making Valentine cards with a ladybird. I made my one for Rudolph! – Fergus

For Safer Internet Day there was a live show that was talking about artificial intelligence. We were doing worksheets, playing a safety game and also made up some dramas about being mean to people online. – Ella

We were doing some gymnastics. I managed to do 4 forward rolls in a row! – Fergus

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2.2.26 – 6.2.26 – This week’s blog is by Shola and Fergus H!

We have salmon eggs at our school. Morag came in to talk about them and learn more about their life. She showed the different types of salmon. We were drawing pictures of the salmon and doing some puzzles. She brought in little fish that we looked through a microscope. – Shola

We made stars by stabbing holes in the black paper and then put the torch behind it so you could see the light shining through. It was cool! – Fergus

We were ordering the planets and coming up with mnemonics for them. My one was ‘My Mother Only Served Us Nine Pizza’s’. – Shola

We had the frame out for gymnastics, we were climbing over it and doing balances on it. – Shola

Jenny was helping our class with gymnastics. I liked jumping off the boxes. – Fergus

We were making healthy plates from stuff in the class. Our one was a full plate, we had a cup of water, spaghetti, carrots and some potatoes. – Fergus

We also made healthy plates and had to organise types of food into the right places on the plate. – Shola

We were making our sounds out of Play-doh and making words. – Fergus

We were ordering the story ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ so we could re-make our own story. – Shola

When the big ones were away playing badminton we decided to have a go as well. We were throwing it to each other. – Fergus

We were playing time games for maths. We were playing a snap game. – Shola

My class were doing different maths activities. We were writing our numbers and matching the numbers. – Fergus

We were making a hideout for Capy and Scooby-Doo out of Kapla. – Fergus

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19.1.26 – 30.1.26 – This week’s blog is by Jenny and Zara!

We were making bird houses by using recycled bottles and then painted them! I painted different coloured flowers on it. – Jenny

My one was like a rainbow! We then put them in the trees! – Zara

For gymnastics I managed to do a teddy bear roll for the first time. We were jumping onto the horse using the spring board! – Zara

I was able to do a cartwheel on the beam and also a straddle onto the vault! – Jenny

The P1’s were practising their numbers. – Zara

I drew a picture of my similes I used. I also made a word search for my homework on Space and then everyone had a go at trying it out. – Ainsley

We have been learning about time. They were putting the cards in the right order. – Jenny

We made the sun, Earth and a moon that all spin together. – Zara

We were finding out facts about all the planets in Space. Each group got a different planet, my group had Neptune. – Zara

My group had Venus! – Jenny

We were making healthy plates. My group had blueberries, banana, and beef on the plate! – Zara

We had a preschool fun afternoon where preschoolers could come in and visit. We had building activities, puppet making, den building and stop motion on the iPads. – Jenny

Here are some of the things the blue class have been doing in maths. – Jenny

We have been been playing tennis and practising our racket skills. Rosie and I were in a group and we named our ball Diddle. – Zara

We have started practising and learning the songs for the Scottish Opera coming up that we are going to next month. Every school has a different country and our one is India. – Jenny

We were making the different moon phases in groups using Oreos. We even got to eat one after! – Zara

We were learning about the solar system. The sun is in the middle and we were putting where each planet goes around it and how close. I was Uranus. – Jenny

We had a video chat with an English school who’s topic is Scotland. Some people said their Scots poems to them. I said my one to them! – Zara

The P7’s got their leavers jumpers. We are so happy! – Jenny

We went to Dalbeattie School for Jigs and Reels. We took part in some Scottish dancing with lots of different schools. We both enjoyed this. – Jenny & Zara

The P5-7’s had Ruth come in to do some clay models with us. We were making birds for her exhibition, I made a penguin. We also made monster faces to take home! – Jenny

We have been working together to make up our behaviour policy. – Jenny

We were making new football tops for Queen of the South FC. They decide who the winner is out of all the schools then they’ll make the new top for the team and wear it. – Jenny & Zara

We have stuck our planets onto black paper and added more detail with oil pastels. – Jenny

Dougie Doonhamer came to visit us from Queen of the South FC. He gave us all a free ticket to Saturday’s football match. – Jenny

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12.1.26 – 16.1.26 – This week’s blog is by Devyn and Angus!

We were making bird food for the birds! We mixed grass seeds with butter to make balls to hang on the trees. We also put cheerios on string for them. – Angus

We have been crocheting for soft start! – Devyn

Mr T’s son came in and built our new tuff trays for outside!

For gymnastics, Ross came in and I managed to do a back walkover on a flat mat! – Devyn

I done a ginormous jump off the springboard! – Angus

We were ordering the 3 little pigs story before we went on to write about it. – Devyn

We were drawing planets and coloured them with pens. – Angus

We were making problem solving sheets for other people. I made mine for Mr T! – Jesse

We have started some Scottish dancing for Jigs and Reels coming up. – Devyn

Me and Rosie made a story at home each, my one is about a police car and a thief. Rosie’s is about a lost egg. – Fergus F

We were making the number by using the sticks and squares. – Angus

We were writing alliterations on the table using special pens! One of mine was ‘Dreamy Devyn’. – Devyn

We went a walk around the village to hand out posters of our pre-school afternoon. Everyone is welcome to come! – Angus

The P5-7’s went to the village hall for badminton with Anne. We were practising hitting the shuttlecock to each other. – Devyn

We had a Curlew Rights Meeting today. We were talking about how much we raised at the Christmas celebration evening and the pre-school afternoon coming up. – Devyn

We even got biscuits! – Angus

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5.1.26 – 9.1.26 – This week’s blog is by Jaxson and Bessie!

For soft start this week we have been making things with paper, Asa and I made a robot. Other things going on were Microbits and knitting. – Jaxson

We were building JCB’s and trucks, we were also threading beads on the pipe cleaners. – Bessie

The P1’s were doing number work and we were playing a loop game where you answered the question for the next card, it looks like an ambulance. – Bessie

We made pictures of ourselves and wrote what our goal was for 2026. – Bessie

We also made these and a vision board for the new year, one thing my one had is that I want to go to Ikea again. – Jaxson

We were making shape buildings form drawing around the shapes in the class. We traced round them in oil pastels. We are going to paint them soon. – Bessie

We were making optical illusion pictures. We used a ruler to make sure they were straight lines. We then coloured them in. – Jaxson

The P1’s were organising the pictures in order from the story Jack and the Beanstalk. – Bessie

We had some snow arrive! I made snowballs. – Jaxson

I made a snow angel! – Bessie

We were practising balancing with the racket and bean bag. We then threw them across the room to see who would get the furthest. Alexander got the furthest! – Bessie

We were making a rocket in groups with the Kapla! – Bessie