P1 and 2 had a great time at our Christmas Party. We played party games and did some Scottish Country Dances. We all enjoyed our lovely snack. At the end of the party we had a surprise visit from santa, who brought everyone a present.
Category Archives: Events
Mrs Ledgerwood visits Primary 7
On Wednesday 14th November, Primary 7 had a visit from Mrs.Ledgerwood, a real evacuee in the 1940’s. She told us about her life in World War 2 and it was very interesting. I remember her telling us that a bomb did not explode but if it did it would have killed her. We asked her questions about her evacuation family, her feelings, rationing and more. It was interesting to hear a real life story from an evacuee. She had 2 sisters and 3 brothers. The brothers were evacuated together and so were the girls. Her evacuation family were terrible. They were outside the whole day and only came in to get their tea. One even thought she was telling lies when she was telling the truth. We enjoyed her visit and found it very enjoyable.
Callendar House Visit
Last week primary 7 went to Callendar house for a World War ll workshop. We got to pretend that we were getting evacuated to the countryside. We got our own identity cards, luggage labels and our own ration book. We got on the train and got taken in by Mrs. Doobuyfull and her husband. They lived on a farm so that they could dig for victory and she wanted us to get up at 6:00am and work on the farm all day. At the end of the night she wanted us to go to bed at 7:00pm. After we pretended to be evacuated we got split up into 2 groups one groups went to see artefacts like the A.R.P. wardens helmet and bomb shells. We had a great time and enjoyed ourselves!
Eco Challenge Results!
Three weeks ago we set the school an eco challenge! We asked each class to aim for a total of 190 bottles to contribute to our new greenhouse.
This week we found out which class had collected the most plastic bottles for our greenhouse. Every class tried really hard and here are the results –
8th – P2/1 35 bottles
7th – P6 42 bottles
6th – P1 48 bottles
5th – P2 57 bottles
4th – P3 81 bottles
3rd – P5/6 127 bottles
2nd – P7 179 bottles
1st – P4/5 219 bottles
We are still collecting bottles so keep saving them up at home! Thanks!!!
Digging our Pond
A couple of weeks ago Primary 7 were building a pond with Jennifer from Jupiter. She helped us design and build it. We also had a visit from a lady who works at Dobbies to help us get plants for our Inside Outside Eco Pod. Some of us used trowels and some used shovels but we all had a go at each of them. We have found some wildlife living in it already. It took us about 2 afternoons to dig the pond. Once we dug the pond we had to line it with tar pollen and carpet to make sure the water did not drain away.
Brilliant Bananas and Super Strawberries dipped in Fair-trade chocolate
Ingredients
1. First we got 2 bananas and we cut them up into about 7 slices.
2. Then we did the same with strawberries but we cut them in half.
3. After that we stuck cocktail sticks in them.
4. Then we got Dairy milk fair-trade chocolate and broke it up and melted it in the microwave for 4 minutes.
5. Next we dipped the fruit into the chocolate and then we left them to dry.
6. Now they are ready to enjoy!
The strawberries we used were from Perthshire and the bananas are fair-trade. We made sure our peelings and fruit waste were put into our brown compost bins!
One Planet Picnic
On Wednesday 19th September our school held a special event for the opening of our outdoor classroom, The Inside Outside Eco Pod and our one planet picnic.
The foods or ingredients were all local, seasonal or ethically sourced. There were bananas and strawberries with chocolate, flavoured milkshakes, pavlova, smoothies and much more.
Some guests came like the provost, Tony Bragg and parents. There were free sausages and burgers and the parents had a barbeque. We sat on mats with our food. We had 3 tickets to spend on the food. Every class had prepared a snack. The provost cut the ribbon to open the Inside Outside Eco Pod. I showed Tony Bragg and the Provost around the Inside Outside Eco Pod. The speakers were led in by Jordan Montgomery.
Show Racism the Red Card
On Tuesday 18th September 2012 P7 went to the Falkirk Stadium to learn about racism . We went to 3 different workshops. They were really interesting and we learned lots about being kind to people. At the end we got a goodie bag and it had a poster in it and we got an autograph from three football players. We also had a raffle and Chloe got a free Show Racism the Red Card T-shirt. Sophie and Jack had their picture taken for the Falkirk Herald!
The opening of Inside Outside Eco Pod
Yesterday the provost came to our school to open the inside outside eco pod and our one planet picnic. Our one planet picnic was all about local, seasonal and ethically produced foods. High school pupil Jordan Montgomery came and piped us in with his bag pipes, some people spoke and the provost cut the ribbon. Miss MacAulay and a few pupils put the sign on the gate. There was a BBQ for the parents, we got all different kind of fruit foods and they were all yummy! The rain came on and we got soaked and so did all the mats that we sat on and the tables.
Dollar Park Trip
On Wednesday 20th June Primary 5N and Primary 5Mac went to Dollar Park to see the tennis finals! We were invited along by Kirsty Humphries who was teaching us how to play tennis. We walked along from our school and it was a lovely sunny day. It was nice watching the other schools play tennis and we enjoyed playing rounders and at the park. The winning school got to do a lap round the court with a real Olympic torch! We asked the torch bearer if we could get a picture and he said yes! It was cool seeing a real torch! 🙂 After lunch we got a chance to play tennis ourselves on the courts. It was a great day out!
