We have been really busy over the past few weeks!

“Last Wednesday, we went on a trip to the Whitelee Wind Farm and took part in 3 activities. A guided tour, a workshop were we tested sources of energy and an exhibition.” Erin G

‘I enjoyed the guided tour and we loved hugging the wind turbine!” Anna

“In the exhibition there was a bike were you could test your speed

and a tunnel where you could feel the energy from the wind turbine.” Sophia H

“Lots of people shared presentations and achievements. Check out the photos below.” Jamie

“Today we had a special assembly to celebrate the P7s ;leaving. My favourite song was the Leaver’s Song.” Menaal

“Recently in writing, we have written persuasive farm park leaflets. Some people wrote them out and others chose to use chromebooks. I enjoyed using the chromebooks.” Lana

“We took part in a Kahoot quiz about Fair Trade. We played 2 rounds and I really loved it!” Millie

“On Tuesday, we watched the P7 dress rehearsal. I heard all about it and it was outstanding!” James

“In P.E. recently we have been  doing dance. I thought it was a lot of fun!” Edward

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“Hi readers and welcome back to our blog!” Anna

“On Monday, with Miss Bishop we were learning about electricity  and doing different stations. Some included making circuits and some were matching diagrams. I’d like to do this  again!” Erin H

“This week we were busy completing our NSAs on the chrome books about different subjects (reading, writing and numeracy.)” Millie

“There was a little survey at the end – I love it, I liked it, I didn’t  like it – I hated it. I picked I liked it!” Edward

“On Wednesday, we had Mrs Dunbar for P.E. and we were practising team passing. We played a game like rounders and it was really fun. I got 106points!” Ava

“On Thursday with Mrs Hobson, the hall was out of action so we did a warm up with a daily mile in the playground and I thought this was really fun and a little bit of a change. We also did yoga in the class to cool down.” Jaxon

“Today we made text maps based on a persuasive leaflet in groups. We made a plan so we can make leaflets about our own farm parks.” Oliver

“When we were creating our text maps, Mr Chrystal and Mrs McGuigan came in and joined us to see what we were learning.” Sophia W

“We were creating our own farm parks, I plan to put a cool café in the middle of mine!” Sophia H

“Some people went to a tennis tournament over at a different school.” Millie

“We played Uplawmoor and got into the final!” Ruaridh

“I hope you enjoyed our blog!” Menaal

“Have a fabulous weekend!” Emma Rose

‘Today, we took part in the colour run and I am now very colourful and very drenched!’ James

‘It was sunny at first then it turned rainy but luckily we were inside by then!’ Alina

‘It was the best day of my life!’ Christian        

‘This week we did our P4 show You are Special! We did lots of singing and acting in the past few weeks. I thought it was fun!’ Anna

‘We did a dress rehearsal on Wednesday and we showed it to the P5s and they loved it. They said lots of good things.’ Sophia H

‘If you came I hope you enjoyed it!’ Jaxon

‘Last week there was mysterious star that was in playground and it wasn’t there before. We came up with ideas were it came from and our teacher got inspiration from it and read us a story all about a star. It was amazing!’ Edward

‘We made text maps to retell Alfie’s Star and it was very fun.’ Alexander

‘We then wrote our own story about a star falling from the sky.’ Oliver

‘Some people were this weeks target team and they got a sparkly sticker if they achieved their target.’ Menaal

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‘In P.E. we played rounders in the MUGA with a tennis racket and I thought it was really fun!’ Samuel

‘On Wednesday, we read a text all about science and you had to use dictionaries to look up words.’ Jaxon

‘On Thursday, the hall was in use so we did yoga in the classroom instead! It was really calming.’ Menaal

‘We also took part in a science experiment. We were investigating which solvents dissolved in water. I found it really fun and exciting.’ Erin G

‘On Friday, we were practising for our Spring show and we sang some songs. My favourite is All Stars.’ Ava

‘We also wrote letters back to Maximus and I completed it and got a sparkly target achieved sticker.’ Christian

‘In IDL, we learned about the Roman gods, my favourite one is Neptune the god of the sea and earthquakes. He rode on dolphins and horses.’ James

We also learned how to use some new technology on the chromebooks and heard all about Break the Rules day, which is next week.

Some of us presented some lovely Roman fact files.

Tune in after Easter for more. We hope you have a wonderful break!

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‘On Monday we used Micro:Bits to make a night light! It was quite fun.’ Emily

‘Then on Tuesday we also learned how to play rock, paper, scissors on the Micro:Bits. (They are wee mini computers.) When we shook them it would pick an icon that was either a rock, or paper, or scissors.’ James

‘When we were doing this lesson, it was hard to get it working and sometimes it would repeat the same icon. Some people got it working and some had to problem solve this. Most people figured it our in the end!’ Millie

‘In the afternoon, during RME we learned about Islamic patterns. We created a sun catcher that you can attached to the window. We used black paper and cut out shapes and added tissue to the back. I enjoyed it and I made a smiley face design.’ Jaxon

‘On Wednesday, we took part in a Kapla challenge and made different shapes and buildings. Our topic is The Romans and we’ve been learning about shape in Maths, my group made the Colosseum which is an oval shape.’ Finlay

‘On Thursday there was a special box in the middle of the room. Inside were different Roman replicas that were found in Scotland. We had to investigate with our table.’ Ava

‘Inside the box we discovered a barrel, a money bag with coins, a perfume bottle, a tartan cloak, a broach and a medical instruments. I like looking at the barrel.’ Annie

‘My favourite replica was the brooch because I liked seeing what the Romans fashion was.’ Erin G

‘For writing we were going to do something but then we found an old Roman letter in the museum box we borrowed! The letter was from a Roman boy and decided to write a letter back about our life today!’ Connie

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‘On Tuesday we brought in books for a book swap and on Wednesday we swapped them across the school. I picked Horrid Henry!’ Ava

‘I picked The Mystery of Holly Lane!’ Lana

‘On Thursday, we learned about a famous author for World Book Day. It was Dr. Seuss. We did some research about him.’ An

‘Did you know Dr Seuss was American?’ Alina

‘We also made a poster about him and some people’s really stood out for their designs.’ Millie

‘On Friday, we finished our Dr Seuss fact posters. Mrs Hobson picked 4 and they won marbles and a smelly sticker.’ Jaxon

‘We also designed book corners for a competition. My theme was calmness and mindfulness. We put in plants and lavender to make ours feel calm.’  Anna

‘In IDL, we were learning about what the Romans did for fun. Did you know they enjoyed going to the bath house and watching chariot racing?’ Erin H

‘For P.E. we were doing basketball in the MUGA. We had stations for throwing and dribbling.’ Erin G

‘In gymnastics we practiced rolls, like teddy bear rolls. I found these tricky.’ Menaal

‘We split into groups, we had gymnasts and an audience. Once the gymnasts had shown a skill, the audience gave them a positive point or a helpful hint.’ Sophia H

Some of us took part in a gymnastics competition, outside of school. Have a look at their fabulous medals!

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‘On Friday, we created posters/leaflets about famous Roman landmarks. First we had to discuss photographs with our table and answer some questions on them.’ Ava

‘After that, we selected 1 Roman landmark and researched information on the iPads and mine was about the colosseum.’ James

‘Did you know if you jump into the Trevi Fountain, you’d get a 500 Euro fine?’ Gregor

‘Did you know each year 700,000 Euro is thrown into the Trevi fountain and donated to charity?’ Anna

‘Did you know that the Spanish steps have 135 steps?’ Millie

‘Did you know more than 7 million people visited the colosseum?’ Emma Rose

‘In P.E. we were practising rolls in gymnastics. We learned seal rolls, teddy bear rolls and forward rolls with our partners.’ Erin G

‘In Maths, we were learning more about 2d and 3d shape.  After that, we took part in a Sumdog shape challenge, it was fun but a bit tricky!’ Lana

‘This week, we got new green jotters for starter task time. So far, I’ve added spelling, spelling bee and made notes about Romans.’ Ruaridh

‘Next week we are taking part in World Book Day and we are having a book swap and lots of other activities.’ Aaniyah

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Welcome back everyone!

In P.E we learned a new game called ‘Cat and Mouse’. The cat was the ‘tigger’ and the  mice have a bib with a tail and the cats try and get the tail away. – Millie

On Thursday we did gymnastics and we were practising travelling where you have to travel along the mat using your gymnastic skills. – Finlay

On Wednesday in P.E there were two teams in the MUGA. We had a basketball and we had to throw it across the circle, developing our ball skills, it was a new game and it was fun. – Menaal

In these pictures we are doing maths and our group was choosing out of a bag of different 3D shapes and then you had to choose what shape you thought it was. – Sophia W

Some people were trying to follow directions and then once you finished you then had to write down the directions you took on the back of the paper. – Alina & Connie

In maths some of the groups at the end of their work played Sumdog on the Chromebooks and we had to do some shape challenges. – Jaxon

Some people in the class had made a fact file on the Romans when we were given time on the chrome books and they told us four facts about what they used to help them live. – Sophia H

On Friday we were doing limericks in writing. We had to do five lines or more. I did seven paragraphs! – Ava

After we finished our limericks some of us read it out to the rest of the class. – James

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“In P.E. we set up exercise stations and it was really hard!” Alexander

“One of the stations was the plank station, I thought it was difficult.” Samuel

“On our other P.E. lesson we split into 2 groups and practised controlling the ball and it was really fun!” Ava

“In topic we were learned about Roman houses and what they looked like. If they were wealthy they would have had a big house called a villa.” Sophia H

“Did you know, the Romans invented underfloor heating?” James

“On Friday, we learned about Robert Burns and his poetry. We wrote about things we love in our own ode poems. I wrote about gymnastics.” Millie

“My poem was about my mum!” Menaal

‘At assembly, we learned even more about him and one of his poems is A Red Red Rose!” Oliver

“In Maths, we were learning about time, I thought it was a bit difficult but I tried really hard!” Alina

” Some people worked on o’clock, quarter past, half past and quarter to times. We also added on 15 minutes to times.” Theo

“During French, we learned the numbers up to 30. It was a bit difficult but worth learning.” Edward

“We did this by playing a game with our table and it was tricky but we did it!” Jamie

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Happy New Year readers and welcome back to our blog!

‘At the start of the week, we all got new reading books. Mine was called Extreme Sports. We partnered up with someone in our group, answered questions and shared our opinions on sports. I would like to try base jumping because I think it looks fun and the view would be nice from high above buildings.’ Erin G

‘On Wednesday, we made New Year’s Resolutions. We drew our face in the middle of a page and wrote our resolutions around it.  I hope to level up in golf in 2024.’ Edward

‘One of my resolutions is to learn a new trick in gymnastics.’ Lana

‘In Maths, some of us were writing raps or made posters based on learning the amount of days in each month. I thought it was challenging to remember all the information. We might display this work on the wall.’ Gregor

‘Some people were learning more about time, matching ice creams and cones with the same time. I though it was a bit challenging.’ Alina

‘On Friday, we had different stations in Literacy and we completed 2 and 2 will be for next week. 1 of the stations was called Dance Mat Typing on the chrome books and another was creating a Kung Fu punctuation instructions. I thought it was really fun and everyone was really creative.’ Millie

‘The other 2 stations were a thesaurus task and the other was writing with Mrs Hobson. I’m looking forward to trying the dance mat typing task next week.’ Erin H

‘In P.E. on Thursday, we were doing fitness. 1 of the stations was doing step ups on a bench. It was fun, tiring and hard!’ Ava

‘There were 6 activities altogether and my favourite was doing push ups because you learned an easier way and a harder way. You could practise each one.’ Sophia H

‘We started our new topics ‘The Romans’ and we created questions   that we want to find out the answer to. I am curious about the gladiators in Roman times.’ James

‘Bye and see you next week!’ Emily