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11.5.26 – 22.5.26 <\/em>– This week’s blog is by Asa and Bobby!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We planted pumpkin plants outside with Joyce! – Bobby<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The blue class were learning about cyber hygiene. We made a poster to raise awareness on how to stay safe online and have good cyber hygiene. – Asa<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We made little Water Cycles. We got plastic packs, then we wrote the Water Cycle on them. We then put some water in them and some cotton wool balls. We then put them on the window. – Bobby <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We were making up sentences by taking an adverb and a verb from each pile of cards. We were also doing some sequencing. – Asa<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We made a big dominoes tower with little spirals! – Jesse<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The P1’s were writing their tricky words. – Bobby<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the blue class we have been playing a new game called Kaboom for maths. To play you pick lolly pop sticks out of a cup, each of them will have a sum on a certain times table or it will have Kaboom, if you pick this you have to put all your sticks back. No one ever actually wins! – Asa<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We have been practising our Sports Day activities such as floorball, wellie boot throw and the co-operative skis. – Asa & Bobby<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The school value was honesty and Asa and Bessie won it! Ainsley and Angus got Pupil of the Week!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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We went to Lochrutton for the Barbour cup. We played in a series of matches against Lochrutton and Kirkgunzeon. We came 2nd place by 1 point! – Asa & Bobby<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We had a pre school afternoon. We had the parachute out, building blocks, scooters and chalk to draw. – Asa & Bobby<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We had Active Schools in to do Highland Games. We played ‘Trolls Den’ where we were in teams and had to get the bean bags from the middle. – Asa<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We seen how our Water Cycle’s changed. Mrs McCubbin took the packs down and opened them up and poured the water into a jug to see how much was left. – Bobby<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Devyn brought in her sister’s Frenchie called Graham. – Asa <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We were making dramas about emotions. – Bobby<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We had our Ram Tam performance where family could come in and see what we have been doing with Claire. – Asa & Bobby<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We made Pop Art of volcanoes. Pop art is when you use very flat colours of paint and<\/strong> black oil pastels. – Asa<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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We made butterflies using bits of paper cut up. – Bobby<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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We had a book delivery that brought in a bunch of new comic books. – Asa<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The school value was independence and Devyn and Arlo won it! Jesse and Isla got Pupil of the Week! <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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27.4.26 – 8.5.26 <\/em>– This week’s blog is by<\/strong> Jesse and Zamari!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We went to Stirling for a lacrosse tournament against schools in Scotland. We<\/strong> came 4th place in it! It was fun, we worked well together and everyone tried their best. – Ainsley<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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We put cups in the plant pots to see how much rain water is collected. We filled up jugs with 100ml of water into the trays to show evaporation. Then we drew out the water cycle! – Jesse & Zamari<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here are some activities that have been going on in the yellow class with the P1’s! – Zamari<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The P6\/7’s have been doing bikeability. We had a slow race, I won once, Ella won once and Aria won twice. We went around the village and practised left and right turns. On the final day we went on a 6 mile cycle! I enjoyed doing this a lot! – Jesse<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I made a notebook bag using crochet. – Jesse<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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We thought what colour each emotion would be. Then we got paint and used our finger print for each little face and then drew on the face and wrote the emotion underneath. – Jesse<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We went outside and looked for dandelions and leaves, we then painted the flower and pressed them onto the paper and took them off to leave a print. We then done the same with the leaves and stems. After that we added bees to the picture. – Zamari<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We have had the Solway Sharks in to do some floorball with us. We were in different teams and went against each other! – Zamari<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The school value was kindness and Asa and Bessie won it. Shola and Bobby got Pupil of the Week!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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We have been doing an after school club for netball for a competition coming up called Fun Fivez. – Jesse<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Families came in to have a look at our work and around the school. – Zamari<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

They also had a look at our School Charter and our new behaviour policy. – Jesse<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We made ice lollies with different types of drink. Liquid when frozen becomes solid! We then seen who could melt an ice cube the fastest, I just kept rubbing it between my hands! – Zamari<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For Ram Tam we were hitting our instruments to the beat on the cards at the same time. – Zamari<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We were drawing fish and making sure they were 1 metre long! – Zamari <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The school value was effort and Shola and Zara won it! Mirren and Alexander got Pupil of the Week!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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20.4.26 – 24.4.26 – This week’s blog is by<\/strong> Mirren and Fergus F!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We made wind socks using plastic cups and coloured crepe paper. We then put them outside and spread them in different places around the playground so they didn’t get tangled. – Mirren & Fergus <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We were highlighting linking sentences, 3 micros, 1 macro, punctuation, time connectives and technical language. This writing was on the water cycle. – Mirren <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We had out the boom whackers, they make different sounds. – Fergus<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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