Thank you for all your hard work this term. I hope you all have a super break. We still have our Fort George and Culloden trip to look forward to and it will be exciting to start a new topic. Well done to Ruthven who won the Group Points this week. Don’t eat too much chocolate! Happy Easter.
We had an interesting morning at the local library and museum today. The weather was glorious for our walks there and back, although some of us found it long! We had three brief sessions in the library and then looked at some Jacobite items in the musuem. Many thanks to our parent helpers for coming along.
“I enjoyed seeing the oldest and book smallest books in the library.” Emily
“I liked searching for fiction and non fiction books in the children’s section.” Nina
“We liked seeing the old newspapers on microfilm in the reference section.” Sophia
“I liked listening to the Harry Potter story by Sarah.” Iona, Emma, Angus.
At the museum we saw some real artefacts from the Battle of Culloden and some hair believed to be from Bonnie Prince Charlie. We were on the hunt for “white cockades”.
EDEN COURT YOUNG VOICES
My name is Claire Campbell, I’m a local musician, music teacher, song writer and performer, I teach piano and violin privately as well as being a Youth Music Initiative tutor, I am also involved with Music Plus as a mentor. I write and record my own songs. I was recently approached by Eden Court to help run their Young Voices workshop – please see attached poster for timings.
The classes will be accessible, fun and friendly with repertoire ranging from the Beatles and ABBA to current pop hits, the singers will be encouraged to choose their own songs which I will arrange for the group, there will be vocal techniques and songwriting included in the weekly class. All melodies and lyrics will be learned by ear, there will be no auditions for the group and no previous experience necessary – all welcome! As well as focusing on vocal techniques and singing the class aims to build confidence, improve memory and build social skills and networks, this class will suit aspiring and established singers as well as young people who are looking to be part of something new and fun. The class is open to anyone age 9 – 17 years old and will run on a Monday after school starting after the Easter break.
Spellings (X2) Write 4 sentences using as many of your words as possible.
Maths – Perimeter sheets
Language – Idioms page
(Wednesday Storywriting – Genre:Imaginative letter. Write a letter to a relative or friend about being in the Battle of Culloden. We will use research facts and information from our Jacobites topic on Tuesday afternoon.)
Remember Library and Museum trip on Thursday morning.
Our entries are ready to be forwarded for the Four Seasons Competition. Well done everyone on all the planning and collecting of resources to make your entries so interesting.
We all looked bright for our Comic Relief Dress in Something Red day! The dinosaurs came in a variety of sizes and names. Our class winners were nomimated by the Cook and she chose Caitlin’s as the overall winner.
Thank you for your generous contributions to this cause.
An exciting opportunity for P4 – P7 pupils to take part in a Duathlon (run – cycle – run) in Glenurquhart has arisen. If you’re interested, download the information below. The event is on Sunday 24th March 2013.
For Mothers Day our gifts were a great success! Lots of people said their Mums loved it! We made cards out of felt, buttons and cupcake cases.
We also made great trinket jars out recycled dessert pots. Caitlin quoted: My mum thought it was excellent!
Gregor said: My mum thought it was a brilliant idea recycling the dessert pots.
Nina said: My mum said it was very, very pretty and lovely.
Sophia, Adam and Angus
Last week’s winners for the group race was Duntelchaig. They won a pencil and some chewy sweets. Well done Duntelchaig! We are sorry we didn’t post the week before, but Broom won anyway.
(Posted by Sophia, Adam and Angus)
This is our trophy:
Hope you were good to your mums on Mother’s Day!
Spellings (x2) Vowels and consonant count
Maths – Area and Perimeter sheet
Language – Metaphors page
Red Nose Day Comic Relief – Pupil Council Competition. Design and name a dinosaur. Best one selected by class and displayed in the school. Wear something red and make a small donation.
On Wednesday we will be writing a personal account of “My Bedroom.” It will be a descriptive text including what your room looks , smells and feels like! We will discuss features of a personal account on Tuesday and look at a model story. Maybe you should tidy your rooms before writing about them…
Bookfair Wednesday afternoon. Bring some money if you wish to buy a book.
We’ve had super fun this week with World Book Day being an especially favourite event. We spent the day in pyjamas and did lots of book related activities. Our Book Day Bunting is hanging up encouraging everyone to pick up a book and enjoy a great read.
The Rubies reading group are reading “Toro Toro!” by Michael Morpurgo. The main character, Antonito, sadly discovers his family, friends, home and village have been killed and destroyed by fighting in the Spanish Civil War. We wrote poems to express Antonito’s feelings at his loss.
The grief is infinite
My family are no more
The sound of gunfire echoes in my ears
The fire is everburning in my mind
And my dear bull gone.
I ride the hills on my horse with no hope of survival. (Angus)
As the inferno burns my hope
My hands flood with tears
The shooting, the murder, the grief.
I ride my horse to my death and only eat raw food
To see the sky filled with smoke. (Griffin)
I feel like I’m in a box with no-one to talk to
I feel alone like I have been ripped apart.
My house burned down
My family gone
I will never say never again (Amy)
We took in Fairtrade wrappers for Fairtrade Friday. “Fairtrade Fortnight” finishes on Sunday 10 March. Well done to everyone who supported farmers worldwide by buying Fairtrade.
Our entries for the JDP Four Seasons Art Competition are coming together well after a very, very messy art session! Results are creative and show variety. We enjoyed writing our entries for the Bookfair Character competition too.
Excellent effort again Pr 5. It was good to have so many of you along to discuss your progress with your parents. We’re all proud of how well you’re working.
Homework
Spellings (X2)
Write four facts about Fairtrade
Maths – graphs sheets
Language – Similes page
Please note other important items
World Book Day Thursday 7 March. Bring in a book to share with a friend and you can wear pyjamas if you want!
Fair Trade Friday – Bring in something that has the Fairtrade logo. How many of us have been able to support Fair Trade Fortnight? Support our ECO Schools work (Sustaining our World)
Friday – Four Seasons art competition:make sure you have all the necessary items to make your creations.
We had some interesting results for last week’s Fruit survey homework. Strawberries and bananas were the most popular.
