P6 were out in force again this week using the placards and slogans they have made to try and discourage people form parking near our school at pick up time and to encourage people to park responsibly.

Be Cool Park Away from our School!

P6 have been learning data handling in numeracy this week.  They used the data we collected from Walk to School week to draw bar graphs of how people in different classes travelled to school.  They also interpreted the data to find out which class had the most  people walking to school during the week.

In art this term p6 will be learning about and creating different types of collage.  This week we were inspired by the forthcoming Platinum Jubilee celebrations and used collage to create some colourful postage stamps.

Michael McRobert  came into the school this Thursday  to deliver Taekwondo taster sessions. P6 really enjoyed their session.  Here are some pictures…

P6 have been working hard on algebra this week.  They have explored function machines, created and solved equations, they even made their own loop card game to play.

This week P6 have been involved in  number of activities for  Mental Health Awareness Week.

On Wednesday we took part in a dance session with Miss Thorpe then chilled out with some mindfulness colouring and today we finished off our week with some yoga.

The pupils had fun today visiting  Dumfries House as part of the Boswell Book Festival.  We learned about James Boswell and  also had a tour around Dumfries house.  We then had the opportunity to listen to the author David McPhail tell us about his new book and ask him lots of questions.

Primary 6 had some time outdoors today with  a walk  around the Lagoons.  We saw a swan on its nest and created some land art.

As part of the upcoming Walk to School Week and our Columba 1400 leadership project,  P6 have decided to tackle problem parking around the school.

The class worked together to create slogans to encourage parents to park away for the school gates and created posters that will be making an appearance soon…

We have been trying out some new creative spelling activities, including building our words with Lego and using spelling outlines to create pictures using our spelling words.