January 29, 2024
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Well last week went a bit too quicckly for me to post this. Famous Buildings We have started another Makerspace project. The class are going to make models of famous buildings. After some research, organising groups and working out sizes and designs we started on Tuesday. The first stage mostly involved cutting big sheets of … Continue reading “Last week’s Biggies Highlights” Continue reading
May 5, 2020
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What an amazing class. The Biggies have posted nearly 180 posts to their e-Portfolios since the school closed. Some children even posted over the holidays. This post should give you a bit of an idea about the range of things they have been learning about in that time. They have certainly kept me busy reading … Continue reading “Learning at Home” Continue reading
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
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
November 29, 2019
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We have crammed in so much this week that it is hard to remember it all. We also were so busy that we took far fewer photos than usual. We continued our preparation for the Christmas Fayre, 3 group organising the making tree ornaments, Santa faces and some cookies. The children did really well under … Continue reading “Highlights of the Week 29-11-2019” Continue reading
November 22, 2019
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It has been a short week but enjoyable week. The Biggies impressed me with the singing they are preparing for the Christmas Show. Mrs Rae has got them all singing with great enthusiasm, they sound great. A couple of children ticked off their Health and Wellbeing targets by improving their press ups and filming for … Continue reading “Highlights of the Week 22 November” Continue reading
September 26, 2019
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We have just returned from our joint sports day at Chapelgreen where Banton were again victorious. Even better the behaviour and attitude of all the children was brilliant. Our teams lead by their team leaders all worked hard. Alana was mentioned by several staff from both schools as being particularly encouraging to her teammates. Grace … Continue reading “Highlights of the Week 26 Sep 2019” Continue reading
