It’s been another busy week in P7 as we get into full swing for the school show, Cinderella & Rockerfella. The stage is up, the props are almost finished and we are working hard on our singing and stage movement.

As well as our show we have been busy with our protractors, measuring angles, identifying them and calculating missing angles. We have also been been practising for Sports Hall athletics.

We had great fun creating our own gingerbread men after watching a clip from Shrek. We then animated our characters using software on our Chromebooks. We love the results. Check them out.

Once again the Primary 7s have shown themselves to be excellent role models in our school.  Caleb D, Curtis, Lucy and Olly all volunteered to go down to Primary One to help gift their Book Bug Bags as part of Book Week Scotland.  They took turns describing each book and then Caleb read one of the books to the class.  The Primary Ones absolutely loved their story session and Mrs Ferguson commented on how responsible and mature they all were.  We are so proud of how they are promoting reading in our school.

On Thursday afternoon we had a Rugby session with Blair from Cumnock Rugby club.

The children have all been working so well on the show.  They have been learning their lines as well as the words to the songs.  They have also been busy with behind the scenes activities such as set and prop designing and preparing costumes.

On Tuesday we had our literacy morning.  Some of the P7s volunteered to help in the P2 and P3 classes. They were receiving their Read, Write and Count bags, and as part of the Reading Leadership Group, the P7s created some activities for them to do relating to the books. Both Mrs Campbell and Mrs Withers were so impressed with them  and wish they could get them to plan their lessons every week!

On Thursday afternoon we  attended a fantastic anti bullying show and workshop in the hall.  It was about a successful singer called Hope, who returns to her hometown for a concert and meets someone who bullied her badly in school.  We flashback to see the awful events happening, and in the process, we learn about the background of the bully and understand what motivates some people to act the way they do.

On Friday, we had our annual lantern making session in the hall for the upcoming ‘Make  Catrine Sparkle’ event.

Our second homework focus launched yesterday and is Literacy. Over the next four weeks pupils will be issued with weekly homework as follows:

• Week 1 – Big Talk (issued and in school bags yesterday)
• Week 2 – Reading Challenge
• Week 3 – Handwriting
• Week 4 – Writing

All class talks will be heard on Monday 25th November.  This term’s talk is ‘Me, Myself and I’.  More information in school bags.

Primary Seven worked so well in PE with Mrs McCaig this week.  They are focusing on fitness and completed 3 rounds of their circuits where they moved round several different exercises. They also completed a run too.  It was hard work but they all persevered.

We had a fantastic time at our Halloween party on Thursday. Our room was the music room and we had great fun dancing away! We also had the opportunity to chill out and watch spooky movies in P5 and do some Halloween colouring in P6, as well as dooking for apples in the open area.