April 26, 2019
by Ms Wilson
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This week we started our new Social Studies topic on Europe. We looked at the position of Europe on a world map and compared its size with the other continents. Then we located some of the countries in Europe. A few pupils could identify Italy, UK and France from the shape of their outline.
We have also been practising for the Sports Championships which begin on Monday. Good luck to all P6s and P7s.
April 26, 2019
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We have been learning about forces in science. The 2 forces are push and pull. We tied to experiment with push and pull forces using toy cars on different materials. We Discovered that some materials made the cars go faster and some made them go faster.
April 26, 2019
by Mrs Miller
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This week in p6/5 we have been learning to recall our times table facts.
During Art & Design we investigated the artwork and designs of Charles Rennie Macintosh.
During ICT time we were learning to type and were also researching information about spring.
March 29, 2019
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This week we have been learning how to sort items in different ways. We are getting really good at it so we have started to sort using Carroll Diagrams. Help us look for things to sort at home.
March 29, 2019
by Mrs Johnstone
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We have been experimenting with different art materials to complete our fruit bowl picture. First we drew a fruit bowl from still life and used gouache paint to add colour. The bowls were designed using paint or collage materials. Finally, we used watercolour paint to create the background. We are very happy with the results!
Some of the class made origami rabbits with Mr Du. We had to fold the paper very precisely.
Coding, using SCRATCH, has been our main focus on the computers. We can create games with a sprite that collects items while being chased by enemy sprites. We are becoming more confident and started to develop our own games. 
March 29, 2019
by Mrs MILLAR
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P3 having been using “Carroll diagrams” to sort natural materials. They sorted into lots of different ways from colour, size and where they came from. They even extended their learning to sorting 4 ways! Excellent work P3! 
March 29, 2019
by Mrs Miller
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This week, we enjoyed taking part in the BBC Live Lesson as part of the Blue Planet television show. We learned all about how our oceans are being polluted by plastic and what we an try and do to help. Turtles can’t tell the difference between their food jellyfish, and plastic bags so end up eating plastic. Card can dissolve in water but plastic will never disappear.
Here are some tips for you at home:
March 29, 2019
by Mrs Miller
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This week we took our numeracy work out to the playground. We worked in groups and had great fun creating a shop. We sold things like leaves, sticks and pine cones. We had to make price tags and take turns to be a customer or a shopkeeper. We also had turns at playing hopscotch which helped us count on and back. The other thing we enjoyed doing was drawing our own number lines with chalk. We tried to count in 2’s and took turns to find missing numbers. It was great to be learning and playing outside.
March 29, 2019
by Miss Frew
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We can now reveal that our final total from our Fairtrade enterprise was….
£126.83!
We are incredibly proud of the pupils who ran the enterprise and would like to thank everyone who bought a cake from our stall. We will be sending our donation to the Fairtrade Foundation.
We would also like to thank the parent council and local Co-Op for their kind donations of ingredients and also thank Ian Cairns who took the time to come in and teach us about Fairtrade.
March 25, 2019
by Mrs MILLAR
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P6/5 had a great time doing maths outdoors this morning. First we collected, counted and sorted a variety of natural materials. 
Some children arranged them into a symmetrical picture and some sorted them into categories by colour, shape, size or where they came from. We then used the natural resources to count and create a bar chart headed “Natural Resources in our Playground.” To develop our understanding of fractions, we used sticks to create our own equivalent fraction walls. Well done P6/5, great work!
