September 9, 2020
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Mandala Designs Yesterday we were told to make Mandala designs. Mandala Designs are like circles with loads of different designs. Some of the designs are very very cool. How to make them You can make them by drawing a dot in the middle of the page. Then you draw a circle round the dot. Next … Continue reading “Mandala Design 8.9.20” Continue reading
September 7, 2020
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Some fantastic work today with our handwriting joins. The children also analysed and explored our poetry book Underneath My Feet. Children identified rhyming patterns, discussed stanza structure and debated how certain words rhyme by considering different accents around the United Kingdom. Continue reading
September 4, 2020
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Today the boys and girls were put through their paces by the NLC coaches. They practised movement patterns and listening to game instructions. Continue reading
September 4, 2020
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Circle Time We started working on our discussions skills last Friday around the Firepit and have continued this week. Talking about feelings and well being and our lockdown experiences. We have been working on making Talking Sticks, which are looking good. We hope to have some photos on the blog as soon as we have … Continue reading “Highlights This week: pretty decent kids” Continue reading
August 26, 2020
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North Lanarkshire Council Community Partnership Team in partnership with Banton Swingpark Group were delighted to announce that a new play area in Banton was completed in August 2020. Pupils were invited to enter a competition to design a sign and think of a name for the new play area. The winning entry will then be … Continue reading “Play Park Design a Sign Competition” Continue reading
August 19, 2020
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We needed a logo or icon to represent our class. This will be used in Teams and here on the blog as a site icon. We though a bit about logos and how they are designed to stand out and look good at different sizes. The class had some great ideas and designs as you … Continue reading “New Biggies Logo” Continue reading
August 14, 2020
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Over the last couple of days we have been learning about Vedic squares. We started by making a times table square and then working out the digital root of each answer to get a vedic square. When the experimented with the patterns made on the squares. Next we repeated the square using numbers on our … Continue reading “Vedic Square Experiments” Continue reading
August 13, 2020
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Today I asked the children what they wanted from school this session in 4 words (hat tip to Mr Minchen on twitter for the idea). 14 Fun 7 Cooking 5 Creativity 4 Gym 3 Independence 3 History 3 Art 2 Smartness 2 Learn 2 ICT 2 Fires 2 Education 1 Work 1 Woods 1 Maths … Continue reading “4 Words – What do you want from school?” Continue reading
June 23, 2020
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A farewell to our lovely primary sevens. Some memories and goodbyes from across the school. Continue reading
June 22, 2020
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Hi Biggies, Only two and a half days to go. I am not going to put up any work for this week. I would like you to continue showing your learning from last week. I have loved what has been done so far. It is really worth the effort to get a few memories on … Continue reading “Last Week of Term” Continue reading
