After finding Leo in the reading corner last week reading a book, when we walked into the classroom today we found him busy with the chalk board and a piece of chalk. He’d written us a little message. We’re glad that Leo has been listening to Mr Cook and Mrs Sutherland when they’ve been teaching.

We wonder where we’ll find him next . . .

Mr.Cook

Today we have been learning about The Magic Roundabout. P1C are making a display in the corridor for Lochardil’s 50th Birthday. We found out that The Magic Roundabout is also having its 50th birthday this year.

We learnt about six of the main characters: Brian, Dougal, Zebedee, Dylan, Ermintrude and Florence. We used words to describe how each of the characters look.

We’re looking forward to learning more about The Magic Roundabout.

Mr Cook and P1C

Today we started learning about the Commonwealth Games. We learned that they are held in Glasgow this year and athletes will compete in 17 sports over 11 days.

Thank you to all of the mums, dads, grannies, grandads and friends who came to support the Sunflower Park Opening today. It was great to have you in for us to share the learning about our park, have a cake and a cup of tea, and help us plant our seeds. We’ll be planting them in the garden over the next few weeks.

Thank you for all of your lovely baking . . . it was yummy!
Mr.Cook

Sunflower Park opens its doors to you all tomorrow. We’re looking forward to your visit!

We have chosen Hannah this month as she has been working exceptionally hard on her word building. She is sounding out words in reading and is able to make words of her own. Well done, Hannah. We’re very proud!

This week we have been learning about measuring using non-standard units. We have been using our hands and feet to estimate and measure the length, width and height of objects, we have used different objects in the water to estimate and measure volume, and we have used the scales to estimate and measure the weight of different objects.

We celebrated Buddha day by learning about how people celebrate Buddha Day across the world. We then made Buddha pictures using crayon and gold and silver mosaic.

Our 50th Anniversary plans are well under way.

Could you assist by – helping organise one of the events, sponsoring one of our events or assisting with the set-up of the events during the week beginning 25th August 2014?

We’d love to hear from you. Email lochardilparentcouncil@gmail.com for more details!

Inspired by our name – Sunflower Park – we created a sign today. The photos don’t quite do the sign justice – so we’re looking forward to you attending our Official Park Opening on Tuesday 20th May 2014 at 1.30pm.

Let us know what you think . . .

Mr.Cook

We had a great time today at Dobbies. We got a special tour around the shop. We learnt about different herbs and how plants grow. We got to taste some yoghurt flavoured with the herbs we found. We planted some lettuce that we have taken back to the classroom.

Thank you to Fiona and Debbie at Dobbies for being great workshop leaders. We really enjoyed our cakes! We’d also like to thank Dobbies for the seeds that they donated to us for our Park Opening in two weeks.

Thank you to the mums, dads and grannies that assisted us today.

Mr.Cook and Primary 1

Today you will have received your official invite to the Sunflower Park – Official Opening. The event will be held on Tuesday 20th May 2014 at 1.30pm in our classroom.

Have a great long weekend. Enjoy your lie in on Bank Holiday Monday. See you on Tuesday,
Mr.Cook