Last Thursday P6b enjoyed a visit to the local library. We learned how to use the code cracker to help us find non-fiction books. We also enjoyed hearing the librarians favourite story and she told us about the library’s five finger rule to help us see if a book is too difficult. We then had a chance to look at the books and some of us even chose a book to bring
Last week P6b enjoyed taking part in lots of different activities to help us learn about how we can reduce the waste we throw away. We used junk that we would normally throw away to create an upcylced mascot as part of a competition for the schools new eco mascot. Last Thursday we went on a litter pick around the local community and collected loads of rubbish! We
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
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
Are you ready to rock? We are! The Rookie Rockstars will be working hard with our children next week in preparation for our Rookie Rockstar Concert performances. Tickets for both shows are now on sale at the school office. Tickets are priced at £5 each and will be sold on a first come first serve basis. Ticket order forms were sent out with pupils today. Performance times will be
This week Balornock Primary took part in a ballot to choose our school mascot as part of our Rights Respecting Schools Project. There were lots of fantastic entries and 13 amazing finalists to choose from. Every class had a chance to vote. It was a very exciting day for everyone.
We have all had a very busy term and are looking forward to a much earned rest. The staff and pupils at Balornock Primary would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a fantastic New Year. Stay over the holiday period and we look forward to the start of Term 3 on Thursday the 5th of January 2017.
We are on the countdown to Christmas. We have lots coming up over the next week in school. Click on the links below for more information. countdown-to-Christmas newsletter-dec-2016
Today, Primary 6 a&b performed an assembly about slavery and discrimination in front of the school and visiting parents. This was our topic for term 2. We sang two songs that were about discrimination, ‘If I had a hammer’ and ‘Something inside so strong’. The songs made us think about how we should treat each other fairly. Here are some pictures of us earlier; “I really enjoyed reading my
Last Friday we held our annual Christmas Fair. What a fantastic success it was. We even had a special visit from Santa! Thank you for everyone who came along and made it such a fabulous day. Thank you also to all of the pupils, parents and staff who donated their time and effort to help us prepare and set up. A special thank you to Mrs Coyle our Christmas Coordinator. She put
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