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Primary 4B – Art

Primary 4B have been celebrating the Turner Prize coming to Glasgow by looking at Scottish contemporary artists. They loved the bold colours used in Jolomo’s paintings and were inspired to replicate the cottage and lighthouse scenes. Pupils enjoyed mixing colours and exploring how shades effect the emotions of their painting. We then created our own ‘artist’ names using the first two letters from our first, second and surnames. Here are a selection of our paintings.

Collage 1

Collage 2

Collage 3

Collage 4

If you are interested in seeing the paintings which inspire Primary Four, Jolomo is exhibiting work in the Mitchell Library, Glasgow during 20 -26th November (excluding Sunday 22nd November).

Miss G Mckay

Father Paul’s Visit

On Thursday Father Paul gave up his time to come and talk to us about the Sacrament of Baptism. He told us about the Baptism service. He showed us three special oils, there was one for the sacrament of the sick, one for Baptism and a Chrism oil also used for Baptism. He also talked about Holy water and how it symbolises your sins being washed away. He showed us the record of Baptism which the church keeps. At the end of the visit we got to smell one of the oils and it smelled like a perfume.

He came into school to talk to us as part of our Faith Journey in preparation for our Sacraments this year.

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Thank you very much Father Paul for visiting us.

Primary 4b and Miss Mckay

Primary 4 – Science

Have you seen the moon?

By safely observing and recording the moon at various times, I can describe their patterns of movement. SCN 1-06a

As part of our science topic this term we are learning about the phases of the moon. During November and December the darker nights make it an ideal time for pupils to try and spot all phases of the moon.

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See below for dates of the main phases.

3rd November 11th November 19th November 25th November 3rd December
Last Quarter New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter

We would appreciate your continued support in encouraging pupils to look out for the different phases.

Miss G. McKay

Happy Halloween

We had a great afternoon celebrating Halloween. There were witches, zombies and many more amazing costumes, well done to all! A big thank you to all the Mums, Dads, Grannies, Grandpas, Brothers, Sisters and anyone else who helped the boys and girls get ready.

A special thank you to the Parent Council for our juices, sweeties and crisps. Also a big thank you to the mums and dads who sent in home baking and more sweeties.

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Miss G McKay