Another Busy Week in P1a!

It has been yet another jam packed week of learning at Balornock! Here are some photographs that capture some of the highlights of our busy week…. We read a story called ‘Jenny and the Bear’ which taught us a little bit about the dangers of second hand smoke. The bear in the story wasn’t feeling very well and we learned that this was because Jenny’s mum and dad were smoking in the

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A Very Busy Week!

We have been very busy learning lots of new things this week in Primary 1a. Have a look at some of our highlights… Mrs Harris and Mrs Woolfries joined us in class for our Hear, Say, Play and Write lesson. We had to think of a name for our witch and then have a go at writing it! Here are a list of some of the fantastic names that we

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Literacy Challenge

It has been a very busy couple of weeks for the Literacy Challenge!  Please read all our exciting news. Hear, Say, Play, Write Hear, Say, Play, Write began for the Primary 1 and 2 children.  They had a fantastic time listening to the story Room on the Broom written by Julia Donaldson read by Mrs Woolfries.  All the classes enjoyed joining in with the story and listening out for the

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Happy Birthday Bloom!

Yesterday, our class bear Bloom celebrated turning age 6…Happy Birthday Bloom! Bloom asked us for some help; “He asked us if we could help him design some cupcakes for his birthday party!” said Leon. We all agreed that we would be more than happy to do that for him. However, Bloom gave us some very special instructions to follow; We had to make the design symmetrical. “That means they have to be

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Highlights of the Week!

It has been another busy week in Balornock. The boys and girls in Primary 1a have been learning lots of new and exciting things! Here is a sneaky peek at our week…. “I liked adding the counters!” said Adam. “I liked making my own tartan!” said Madison. “I liked when Mrs Woolfries came in and read Room on the Broom!” said Georgia.            

Keep Scotland Beautiful

This week, the boys and girls took part in an Eco competition. We had to design stickers for ‘Clean Up Scotland’ to help them say thank you to all the volunteers who are helping to keep Scotland beautiful. The winning design will be made into stickers which will be included in the ‘Clean Up’ kits that are used. Thank you to all the classes that took part this week and good luck to everyone!  

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Welcome to 2018!

Happy New Year from everyone in Primary 1a!! We are very excited about the new year and all the learning opportunities that await us in 2018. Stay tuned to be the first to hear all about it in our weekly class blog!  

Christmas Panto

What a fantastic morning at Balornock Primary. Hopskotch Theatre Company visited us to perform their Christmas Pantomime The Wizard of Oz. We all thoroughly enjoyed us and we are now all very much in the festive spirit.