Health Week – Wake Up Shake Up

We have had a fantastic week at Wake Up Shape Up. The turnout has been brilliant. Pupils and staff were left feeling energised and ready for the day of hard work ahead. Wake Up Shake Up Wednesdays will start on Wednesday the 24th of May at 8.30am. All pupils, parents and carers are welcome.

Health Week @ Balornock Primary School

This week is Health Week at Balornock Primary. We will be focusing all our learning on a range of health matters including stranger danger, summer sun safety, internet safety, physical and emotional health and sexual health and relationships. Classes throughout the school will have the opportunity participate in increased physical activity during Health Week including a local walk and taster sessions in Zumba, Football, Boxing and Orienteering. As some of our

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Sound of the Week

This week we have been learning all about the sh sound. We can think of lots of words with our new sound. Have a look at our word list below…. wash shark shampoo flash ship brush shy shadow sheep Ashley  

Reading Buddies

We had a lovely trip to our school library with our Primary 7 reading buddies! We each read a book from one of the story sacks and we even got to use the puppets and play with the games! Can you guess which books we chose to read?…… “I read The Bad Tempered Ladybird!” said Leia. “I read The Gruffalo’s Child!” said Ridhwan. “I read The Very Hungry Caterpillar…the caterpillar

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3D are here and there, 3D shapes are everywhere!

This week we have been learning all about 3D shapes. “3D shapes are fat!” said Lucas “A cuboid looks like a parcel box!” said Lacey. “A sphere looks like an orange!” said Barry. “A cone looks like a party hat!” said Cody. “A cube looks like an ice cube and a sugar cube!” said Amber. We have had great fun this week learning all about 3D shapes and have particularly

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New Eco Mascot

All of the boys and girls in Balornock Primary worked hard to create upcylced mascots as part of eco week last week. Take a look at some of our superb models. Well done everyone!     Each class then voted on which mascot they wanted to go onto the final, where the eco council will decide which upcylced model is Balornock’s new eco mascot.  Here are the models that are in the

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Waste Week

We have been very busy in Primary 1a during Waste Week at Balornock. We have all been Eco Superstars in the jobs that we have undertaken to make our school even more eco-friendly!   “I liked doing the junk model” said Lacey. “I liked doing my writing inside the bins….We will not waste food” said Leia. “I liked singing our Eco song…we made it ourselves!” said Charlie. “I liked designing

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Literacy Week @ Balornock Primary

We have had an amazing Literacy Week at Balornock Primary. The boys and girls have taken part in a variety of Literacy based activities including library visits, author readings, paired reading and storytelling. The children have also carried out a number of literacy based writing activities in class including authors plans, story retells and book reviews. Lots of these activities were shared and celebrated at our Literacy Week assembly led

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Rookie Rockstars Update

The Rookie Rockstars are back and have been working with the boys and girls preparing them for our concerts next week.   Our concerts last year were a huge success. We have no doubt that this years will be even better. It is the expectation that all pupils attend and perform in the concert. If your child(ren) are unable to attend please contact the school to notify us. Concert times

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