Monthly Archives: September 2013
Coffee Afternoon Success!
Everyone in P6/7 just want to say a massive thank you to all that contributed to our Coffee Afternoon to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. We were overwhelmed by the number of cakes brought in by pupils and parents – so thank you all very much. We now have to count all the money we raised which will go towards helping people who are fighting cancer.
We made a whopping £822!! It’s fantastic, so well done!
Here are some pictures from the afternoon . . . thank you again,
From all the pupils in P6/7, Mrs Macleod, Mrs Prentice and Miss Shaw.
Macmillan Coffee Afternoon – Tomorrow
A reminder that the Macmillan Coffee Afternoon, organised by the P6/7s, is tomorrow, Friday 27th September 1.45pm – 2.45pm. There are 3 ways in which you can support the event:
1. Provide baking for the Coffee Afternoon – to be handed in Friday morning
2. Attend the Coffee Afternoon – Friday 27th September – 1.45pm – 2.45pm
3. Allow your child to purchase a cake by providing them with a donation of £1
Thank you for your support with the event!
Term 1 Week 6
Spellings (x2) Write 4 sentences and use some exciting verbs
Maths – Place Value sheets. (write answers in jotter)
Language booklet – verbs page 5
Baking and Money for Macmillan Coffee Afternoon
Pr 5 are getting creative
We have been making fabric collage junk food pictures. We are also entering an exciting competition from Dobbies Garden Centre. We are designing our own ECO garden and have written letters and illustrated our ideas. The prize is £500 towards our school garden developments and the winner gets to cut the ribbon at the opening ceremony on October 11th 2013. We have thought of putting in a veggy plot, lots of birdfeeders, a pond, a bat shelter, a hedgehog house, flower beds and even a waterfall. Our entries are nearly ready to be sent away. We’d love to be one of the winners!
Achieving Pupils in Pr 5
Congratulations to our first Pupil of the Month – Aimee. She was chosen for being a thoughtful, cheerful pupil with a lovely smile who gives everyone a fair chance.
We have had two Class Table Winners! The Cheeky Chimps were successful in week 4 and chose a surprise for their reward. The Millionaire Meerkats chose to have less homework in Week 3 when they won!
So far we have had two Star Pupils at the end of each week. Ava and Adam have proved to be very hard working and helpful. We are delighted with the great start!
We enjoyed having parents, relations and friends along last week for our Meet the Teacher event.
Term 1 Week 5 Homework
Spellings (x2) in jotter. Write list out in Homework Diary in alphabetical order.
Maths – Place Value game (nothing to write down in jotter) Other side of sheet – write in homework jotter.
Language – Adjective Poem page 5
Food choices survey
Watch some food TV adverts and look for features of a good advert – colours, music, product shown, who is targetted at, slogan or song…
Remember photographs on Thursday or Friday
PE – Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
Term 1 – Week 4 Homework
Spellings (x2) Write 4 sentences using your words and underline adjectives.
Maths sheet :Subtraction (Write answers in jotter) Only do numbers 1,2 on Pupil Sheet side and all of Trog side as chimney sums.
Language: Pg 4 Adjectives
PE: Hockey on Tues/Fri and Tennis on Thurs.
Remember new Dinner sheet and money to be returned.
Meet the Teacher Thursday 12 September 1.45 pm – 2.45pm
PR 5 on LITTER DUTY this week.
Take turns as House Groups
Tuesday Ashie
Wednesday Broom
Thursday Duntelchaig
Friday Ruthven
Meet The Teacher – FEEDBACK
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Collective Nouns
Some ideas for our Collective nouns this week…
A saucer of aliens, An invasion of aliens, A galaxy of aliens.
A staff of teachers, A school of teachers, A meeting of teachers
Food all over the place!
We hope you like the name we have come up with for our Food and the Consumer topic!
We had the best weather for a brisk walk to Asda on Tuesday afternoon. We split into three groups (Fruit/Veg, Meat/Dairy, Cans/Packets) and checked labels and displays for the country of origin of a range of products. We completed a table and then made a tally chart in class today. We used atlases to locate the countries around the world.
We followed the journey of a banana from Grower to Packer to Shipper to Importer to Wholesaler/Retailer and finally Consumer.
“It was really interesting to find out all the places that our food comes from.” Kelly and Amy
“It was exciting.” Andrew
“Fascinating to find out that food does not all come from just one place.” Kathryn
“Coke – tastic” Struan (As we were leaving, an Asda shop assistant accidentally knocked her trolley into a display of Coke cans causing one to erupt and spray a few of us nearby!)
Lochardil School Fete
Lochardil Primary School Fete is on:
Saturday 14th September 11.30am – 1.30pm
LOCHARDIL PRIMARY SCHOOL
We’re looking for your help in the way of donations:
Filled Jam Jars for the Tombola & Home Baking
We look forward to seeing you there –
The Parent Council
Homework Term 1 Week 3
Spellings (x2) Write 4 sentences and underline nouns. (Spelling for Thursday)
Maths Trogball sheet and Pupil sheet 14 (Write answers in jotter)
Language – Collective nouns Page 3
PE kit for Tues, Thurs, Fri
Story writing – How to open a story in an interesting way. “Disaster at the Disco” – using setting and character descriptions to interest the reader. Story written over two weeks.
Remember to return Musical Tuition form for Mr Lusher by Wednesday.
Cross Country Permission letter to be returned by Thursday
On the move and getting settled in
We had a busy day on Friday moving three classes. Our new location in Rm 12 has lots of good things about it and we hope to get settled in quickly. Pr 5 did a fantastic job with helping the teachers and Mr Grant with “the move”.
We are off to Asda tomorrow afternoon to investigate where our food is coming from. We have thought about some of the issues that farmers face and we will link this together with our findings after our visit.
Our topic questions are…
| How can we make healthy food choices?
What influences our food choices? Where does our food come from?
What kinds of foods do people around the world eat? Why are so many people overweight and addicted to sugary fatty foods? |
