We have been trying different types of learning to help us remember our multiplication tables. Today we played ball games indoors and outdoors and learned some songs to help our brains reinforce each table.
What an amazing experience to sing at the Grand Hall with 3 other East Ayrshire Schools.
P5/6 performed with confidence and all staff were extremely proud of how smart everyone looked and how engaged everyone was with their performance.
Mr Houston even made a guest appearance to listen to us perform.
A fun and exciting way to promote our wellbeing during Health Week.
Art students from the University of West of Scotland came to work with us today. They taught us about the importance of wellbeing and using expressive arts to promote positive wellbeing and linking it to nature and the world around us.
First thing in the morning we went outdoors and listened to the sounds around us and used some breathing techniques to help us relax and connect with our surroundings.
We then went on a nature hunt to find some natural objects from our school garden that we found intersting.
We took our objects indoors and used some observational drawing techniques to sketch our objects.
After break we created our own paintbrushes using natural materials. We listened to some calming muisc as we designed and used our technical skills to create our tools.
We then took a break for lunch and in the afternoon used chalk to sketch some large drawings inspired by nature in our playground.
We learned how to make natural paint using water, flour and food colouring. We finally used our paintbrushes to paint our chalk drawings. You can see by the smiles on our faces how much we enjoyed this day.
Feedback from everyone was that this was a fun, positive and calming day. Everyone was engaged with the activities and found their inner artist.
The student art teachers commented again on our excellent behaviour, enthusiasm and creativity.
What a great start we had to Health Week today! We started our morning with a Karate Lesson with Sensai Liam from Senjokai Karate. We learned some warm up moves and karate drills and all about Japanese culture.
In class we took some time out of our busy day to relax and have a Massage in Schools break in class.
During lunch we had a visit from a very important potato! Super Tattie came to visit and we took some photos and had a conga through the playground.
After lunch we helped the HWB School Improvement Committee by creating class worry boxes. We will deliver these to every class later in the week.
After lots of planning with Lynsey, our Active Schools Coordinator, the Primary 6s organised Sports Day for the ECC. It was an afternoon of potted sports.
Primary 5 supported their buddy by taking them around all the potted sports and helping them at each activity. We then presented all our Buddies with a medal and a certificate that we had made.
All the ECC parents commented on our behaiour saying that we were excellent role models and that we were very patient and kind to our Buddies.
We had a great afternoon and went home very tired!
On Friday we enjoyed our last visit to Hallhouse Care Home. We had juice and biscuits and chatted to our buddy about what we had learned and enjoyed about our visits. We wrote Thankful Thursday notes and took them to everyone in Hallhose, including Claire who helped co-ordinate this topic with Mrs Ross.
We have learned so much from all our visits and this has been a positive experience for everyone involved.
Gracie- “I liked learning how to interact with older people. I definitely enjoyed this topic”
Joey – “It was fun and I liked getting to know Margaret”
Elvie – “I will remember how good it was playing games with Irene. I am not used to speaking to older people so it helped me learn what to say”.
On Friday we took our Buddies outside and practised potted sports for Sports Day. The Primary 6s delivered the session and the Primary 5 s supported the ECC pupils and gave them encouragement. We had a great afternoon and we can’t wait for sports day on the 19th May.
During lunch we had a visit from a very important potato! Super Tattie came to visit and we took some photos and had a conga through the playground. 
