We had our first week practise with Mr Golding this week. It was loud and loads of fun. Continue reading
February 9, 2024
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November 10, 2023
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Arcade Fun
Yesterday the class joined in with the Create-a-long session broadcast in Teams by Digital NL and Education Scotland as part of #CSScotland23. We had a bit of bother with the sound, so had get caught up this morning. The session showed how to make a simple maze game with Microsoft MakeCode Arcade. The class changed … Continue reading “Arcade Fun” Continue reading
November 10, 2023
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Banton Mill
Last Friday we went a trip to Banton Mill. The was organised by Mr Carter, Mr Morecroft & Mr Barrie. Mr Barrie is the owner of the mill which is now the headquarters of Calders and the home of around 30 businesses. Mr Carter & Mr Morecroft are local history experts. We learnt about how … Continue reading “Banton Mill” Continue reading
October 31, 2023
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HALLOWEEN MAGIC
We had our Halloween party on Friday last week. We took photos of all the Biggies against a green screen. Today we took the photos and used the remove.bg site to take away the green background to make transparent versions. We then found suitable background and created these images in Keynote. This allowed us to … Continue reading “HALLOWEEN MAGIC” Continue reading
September 18, 2020
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Things we Love and Hate
More poems this week. We have been reading Edwin Morgans Poem: A view of things. We worked on our own poems. We enjoyed the lack of punctuation and made some great images with words. Continue reading
September 18, 2020
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Tiktok Photo walks: shadows
We have been watching some of Dave’s Tiktok Photowalks to learn more about photography. Today we worked on shadow and texture: Continue reading
September 11, 2020
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Poems on the Table
We have been reading Table a poem by Turkish poet Edip Cansever translated by Richard Tillinghast. The class have been writing their own poem basted on the ‘shape’ of this poem. Click the titles to read the poems. The featured image on this post is Our Table by cogdog on Flickr shared as Public domain Continue reading
September 4, 2020
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Highlights This week: pretty decent kids
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 19, 2020
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New Biggies Logo
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
June 23, 2020
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Farewell Primary Sevens
A farewell to our lovely primary sevens. Some memories and goodbyes from across the school. Continue reading
