Some of the primary 7 pupils took photographs of the work that is being done in our school grounds. We are very lucky to have some new raised beds. I wonder what we’ll plant in them?

Pr 7a and Pr7b were invited to take part in a PE lesson at Barrhead High School. After we got changed  we started our Basketbal lesson with Mr Russell. We played games in teams of four and applied dribbling, passing, marking and shooting skills throughout the session. It was a brilliant and we can’t wait until we are back for our next visit.

The pupils of Primary 7 had a fantastic week at Dounans Outdoor Centre in Aberfoyle from Monday 12th March -Friday 16th March. The activities, which included, Leap of Faith, Catwalk, Raft Building, Burn Scramble, Archery, Hill walk, Living Outdoors, Night Line and Orienteering were challenging but great fun. All of the pupils were so proud of what they managed to achieve throughout the week.    

In gymnastics we  have been developing skills in  inversion, balancing, control and strength. We really enjoyed working on doubles, trios and group balances. We worked together to make a sequence which had to include some rolls, flight, inversion, different levels and a group balance.

Primary 7A, 7B and Primary 6 were extremely lucky to visit Flip Out Trampoline Park in Glasgow for a free hour long jumping session. What a talented group of children we have!We were very impressed with some of the jumping sequences that were being performed. Thanks to Miss Graham for arranging this fantastic visit.

Primary 7A and B had a fantastic afternoon at Arthurlie House at the very start of term when we took part in the Safety in the Park experiential Learning Event. We moved around the various stations in our groups and took part in workshops where we  had discussions about things that we can do to help us  keep ourselves safe.

Bikeability 2 

We have been doing Bikeability since March with P6b.

The Barrhead Cycle centre checked out all our bikes.

First we did some sessions in the playground where we learned how to perform an M check – to make sure our bikes were roadworthy.

We learned how to carry out a safe start plus the safe stop. Then we did the fast race and the slow race to improve control also we did an emergency stop.

After that we learned how to do left turn, right turn and a U-turn and we did overtaking a parked car. (We used cones as a car.)

Next we went out on the road for a few weeks using Tinto Drive and Pentland road. We practised other manoeuvres:- passing a side road, left turns, safe stop etc.

We had Craig helping from Bikeability Scotland and Mrs Burns and Mr Ogilvie helped during on road training. A big thanks to them.

We also learned about road safety, road signs and the highway code and sat a theory test. Our final assessment was on the 8^th June – we hope we did well.

Ross – Bikeability is fun and gets us outside in the fresh air.

Kenzie – I have enjoyed Bikeability, I have improved my cycling skills.

Jamie – It is interesting to learn the correct signals.