After a very busy week performing our school show, we decided to have a Friday fun day. We made our own play dough, made Christmas cards and hama beads. We also decorated our door to make it nice and Christmassy!
We really enjoyed our Christmas lunch and the chocolate cake was AMAZING!!!!!
By Skye
We have been so busy practising for the school show this week. The children are all looking and sounding amazing!
For the final week of our literacy homework focus month, we are asking P7 to do a piece of writing of their choosing. They can write a story, a poem or even something we have been focusing on in class, like a report or a recount. They will be issued with some A4 lined paper on Monday morning and we would love to see their finished pieces by next Monday (9th December).
Well done to those who completed their handwriting homework. We’re very impressed by the high standards of the ones handed in!
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.
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.
We have had such a busy week back in P7. We have been getting organised for our Upcoming show, ‘Cinderella and Rockerfella’ and have been auditioning and assigning parts this week. All of the speaking roles have been given out, along with the scripts, so we are looking for as much help as possible to practice learning the lines at home.
We have also started our new Multiplication Masters challenge in class where we will be really focusing on learning our times tables. Each week we will rotate through 3 activities: a ‘Say’ activity, such as using the flashcards to answer multiplications facts with a partner; a ‘Make’ challenge, where we will use materials to build the tables; and a ‘Do’ challenge, such as the timestables.co.uk website.
We were also given a lovely Hallowe’en challenge from Mrs Govans to decorate two pumpkins for our local Pharmacy. The children worked so well in two small teams to design them, and I’m sure you’ll agree they look amazing. We’d like to say a huge thank you to Catrine Pharmacy for donating the Pumpkins and be sure to check them out in the window if you are passing by.
We can’t believe we are at the end of Term One already. It has been such a busy term and P7 have all worked so hard and been super role models.
The children had great fun today down in P1, playing with their buddies. They were especially pleased to see the dressing up box out. I don’t know who had more fun, the P1s or the P7s!!
Have a lovely October holiday and we’ll see you on Tuesday 22nd October for the start of Term Two.
We had great fun at Rugby this week, with our visiting specialist, Blair. The children listened well and worked in three teams to play against each other.
