It is British Science Week and today we held our science open afternoon! We had an amazing turn out of parents and carers who came to support the children and explore some fun activities with them. Some of our P5-7’s took the lead at tables We explored coding, conducting electricity and forces such as magnetism, buoyancy and friction testing. Our lemon volcanos and cornflour slime stations were particularly popular…and messy!
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With St. Patrick’s Day coming up this Sunday, Donna and Natasha came back to the school to make more crafts with both classes – this time with a green theme! P1-4 made leprechaun masks and paintings, whilst P5-7 made leprechaun gonks, as previously asked for by Ry. We do try our best to listen to our pupils’ suggestions when we can! Both classes had a fantastic time and will bring
Now that Mother’s Day is over and we no longer have to keep these secret, here are some photos of our lovely children in P5-7 making their cards in the classroom. Thank you to Donna for the great ideas, supplying the crafts and helping both classes make these fabulous cards. UNCRC 31 – Every child has the right to take part in creative activities SHANARRI – Included
Last Wednesday, 6th March, Ry, Rubie and Ava G. attended the annual Burns Recital at the Ryan Centre. Ry recited ‘King O the Midden’ by James McGonigal, Ava G. recited ‘Last Nicht’ by Aimee Chalmers and Rubie sang ‘The Skye Boat Song’. All 3 pupils represented our school wonderfully and spoke with fluency and expression. Rubie placed joint third in her singing category! Each pupil reached a Walter Wellbeing certificate
The whole school took part in a fantastically-planned World Book Day! Our morning began with a relaxed paired reading session where the older class paired up with the younger class and read from each others favourite books. Thorin brought in a selection of books which he gave to all those who needed one for the reading session and he has kept his books in the school for others to read
It is Fairtrade Fortnight and P5-7 learned first hand how world trade works and how it is definitely not always fair! Each group were given a country: USA, Ireland, India, Brazil, Kenya and Tanzania. The groups were instructed to make shapes of different values to make money for their country. The shapes had to be the exact measurements specified or they would not be accepted. Unfortunately, as in reality, the
This week the whole school took part in The World Day of Prayer which was on March 1st. The country focus for this year was Palestine. Both classes learned about the country of Palestine and the difficulties faced there. We also learned about the importance of olive trees there as olive production is a main source of income for the Palestinians. P1-4 made their own olive trees and added their
The Enterprise Group are very busy preparing for World Book Day on the 7th of March. The group have come up with ideas together, designed posters and sent home leaflets asking everyone to bring in their favourite book for the day. The children have given the choice of dressing up as a book character or coming in non-uniform. Some activity ideas being discussed are: buddy-reading between both classes, bookmark making,
Today we combined digital technology with our literacy lesson on clarifying word meanings and got active in the classroom! The groups at the tables worked together with a chapter from our class novel to highlight words that they didn’t know. They then used clues from within the text to try and work out the meanings without using a dictionary. Each group also had a chance to work at the interactive
P5-7 are loving rehearsing for their Vikings Scottish Opera performance. We had so much fun learning the moves to the songs on Tuesday. Keep practising at home everyone! UNCRC 31 – Children have the right to rest, relax, play and take part in cultural and creative activities SHANARRI – Active, Included
