February 28, 2020
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The main highlight of my week was the Sharing of Learning for Parents on Thursday. The class made me really proud. Even though we only rehearsed this week, they did a brilliant job, speaking clearly, dancing and singing well. For a wee school Banton makes a lot of noise. We shared our news films about … Continue reading “Highlights of the week 28 Feb 2020” Continue reading
February 21, 2020
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We have been working hard on creating news programs for some of the main events in the Scottish Wars of independence. This has involve, research, writing, finding images and audio to use (and attributing those), filming against a green screen and editing. We think we have used many different categories of skill. Today we took … Continue reading “Movie Skills” Continue reading
February 20, 2020
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The Biggies had a very exciting morning with Mr Dorman from the @PedagogyTeamNLC. Quick reactions included: We enjoyed the challenge. It made us use different sets of skills. It really made us think. We used our maths skill. We will reflect on our learning and post some more. Continue reading
February 14, 2020
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We used a ton of skills this morning. Continue reading
January 31, 2020
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A week ago we looked at the poem Sweetieraptors which as a lot of Scot’s words and is great fun. The biggies wrote their own verses, being careful to rhyme and follow the rhythm of the original. We put together the movie to show our poems. Each pupil made a keynote slide to cary the text and … Continue reading “The Bantiraptors” Continue reading
January 31, 2020
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Yesterday Afternoon, Mr & Mrs Carter Came in to show us some animal skeletons including a human named Sarah. The skeletons were found by Mr & Mrs Carter, These were badgers, foxes, a human and two roe Deer, one from Dow’s wood and one from Denny. The fox they found in their garden shot and … Continue reading “Dem Bones 🦴” Continue reading
January 14, 2020
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January 10, 2020
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A few nice things from this school week. We were doing some character description in our writing today. We watched The OceanMaker, which is a great video and the pupils wrote short pieces of text focusing on describing Katrina. They produced some great work. Jonah came up with: Katrina was gently holding her big wound. … Continue reading “First Week Highlights 2020” Continue reading
January 9, 2020
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I have achieved my health and well-being target. I can do 20 press ups and 20 sit ups. Tips -when you do press ups keep your eyes on the ground. And keep your back Straight. -when you are doing sit ups keep your feet on the ground. And keep your hands under your shoulders. Continue reading
January 7, 2020
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The Biggies are always enthusiastic about making things. Today we spent an hour reviewing and making examples of different ways we could join Cardboard. The joins included, flanges, gussets, L- Braces, slots, tabs and several more techniques. We hope this will stand us in good stead later in the term. Continue reading
