Our topic in term 1 has been Climate Change. When we heard about primary 1 making posters to tell other classes about saving energy, we knew we could help out. We put all of our new knowledge to great use by creating exciting talks for the classes so that they could understand why saving energy is so important. Our teacher choose two hard working groups who had put lots of
We had a visit from Jack and James (P7b) to talk to us about ways to save energy by switching off the lights when they are not needed. We thought about times when we should switch off the lights to save electricity and these included: “When we are leaving the classroom!” said Kourtney. “When we are going to sleep!” said Aaron. “When we are using the Smart Board!” said Paige.
This session our pupils will be using Sumdog to enhance their learning experiences in Maths. Sumdog is used in thousands of schools worldwide. As the children play, they answer questions. Sumdog personalises these questions for each pupil, and tracks their progress through the school curriculum. And the best bit? Lots of Sumdog is completely free. We would like to invite you to a Sumdog Parents Information Workshop on the 31st of
As part of their weekly homework, Primary 1a were given the creative task of using lots of different resources and materials to spell some of their common words or words containing their phonemes. Look at the amazing results… Well done everyone!
Primary 1a have been very busy this week undertaking lots of reading, writing and spelling activities. Here are some of the learning activities from our busy week…. Using our phonemes to make, blend, read and write lots of different words Reading in groups Reading on our own Reading to a partner Whiteboard spelling for our common words “My favourite activity was spelling the words on the whiteboards!” said Isla. “I liked
Primary 1a are aiming to be a very healthy bunch this year! We have been talking about healthy snacks that we can bring in for playtime. We thought of lots of healthy snacks including bananas, strawberries, blueberries, apples, grapes, yoghurts, crackers, cheese….the list is endless!!! Let’s aim to be as healthy as we can this year. “We can bring in fruit or vegetables!” said Pheobe. “We need to look after
Although it has been a short week, it has been a VERY busy week! Here are some of the different things that we have been doing in class… We drew amazing self portraits. What a lovely bunch we are! We created our Class Charter and signed it with our handprints. We also took part in lots of play activities including reading books, making models with the octagons and having
BALORNOCK UNIFORM BANK Multi Jacket Swap Shop Bring in a child’s jacket and swap it for another Tuesday 26th to Friday 29th September 2017 2.30-3.00pm in Balornock Primary or Wednesday 27th September 2017 1.30-4.00pm at the Community Fellowship Northgate Road Supporting Zero Waste Scotland’s Recycle Week Helping Balornock Primary School maintain their Eco Schools Scotland Green Flag Status
Balornock Primary Rag Bag Appeal The ‘Rag Bag’ recycling scheme has been developed to provide regular fundraising for schools in Scotland. The scheme increases awareness about textile recycling and by increasing recycling rates we can help the environment by ensuring less material goes to landfill. We will be collecting in school from Tuesday the 26th of September 2017. Please fill the bag provided with any wearable clothing, paired shoes, handbags
Primary 1a have had a very busy week. Here are some of our highlights… We took our learning outdoors as part of Maths Week and we made human bar graphs. We had a visit from our music teacher and we used lots of different instruments to keep a steady beat. We also practised writing our common words of the week a, at and the! What a busy week indeed!
