Writing

All the P3-7 classes have been working very hard on their After Writing Strategies this week. We have been looking at self-assessment, peer assessment and celebrating our work with an audience.  Primary 6 did a fantastic job with peer assessing. They used their success criteria to say what went well in their partner’s Recount Writing. A big well done to all of them.    

Facts About Spain

We have been learning  about Spain.  We know the population is 47 million people and the capital city is Madrid.  For many years it was ruled by General Franco but now Felipe is the king.  We also did some more Picasso inspired pictures.  

A Busy Week in Balornock!

This week, the boys and girls from Primary 1a have been extremely busy. Here are some of the different activities that we have been doing…… We took our learning outdoors and went on an Autumn Hunt. “We had a checklist of things to find!” said Ellie. “We saw some leaves on the ground and some on the trees!” said Alicia. “I saw some brown leaves!” said Georgia. In music, we

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Writing

This week all our Primary 3-7 classes have been working on improving our during writing strategies. We have been using our planning sheets, class tools and success criteria to help us write some wonderful recount stories.     Here are some great pictures of Primary 3 in action. Well done P3! Good Job!

The Braehead Clan meet The Balornock Clan

 We were very lucky to get a fantastic visit from some real members of Glasgow’s professional Ice Hockey team, The Braehead Clan! They had lots of advice on how to become a professional sportsperson and even more gory stories of broken bones and ice skate injuries! We had loads of thoughtful questions, and they managed to answer them all! We have also been creating some beautiful glittering, sequinned artwork inspired

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P7a’s Wonderful Week

This week we have been taking part in lots of different active literacy lessons to help us with our phonics and spelling. We  had to work together and test our partner’s knowledge of phonics on the whiteboards.   We practised our basketball and gymnastic skills during P.E, and started to learn how to Salsa dance! For maths this week we have been exploring negative numbers, and have enjoyed working out

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Healthy Eating in Primary 5!

In Primary 5 we are doing healthy eating at 2:00pm everyday. We bring in fruit and water and we have a brain break while we eat it and drink it . We like to be healthy in p5 and we really want to keep it up . We hope you try it out! by Tiegan, Darcey, Melny and Kelsey P5

Blue guitars

As part of our topic on Spain we have been looking at the art of Pablo Picasso.  We painted a guitar using different tones of blue.