We have been very busy this week getting our video ready for our friends at Melville International School in New Zealand. After spending the week filming, we spent this afternoon editing the video. The class have put in a fantastic amount of effort, and we hope that we’ve managed to answer the questions that Elizabeth from Melville International asked us . . . Watch our video below:
Bikeability – Remember your bikes tomorrow
Swimming – Group A – last swimming session
Yesterday, after the fantastic peformance of ‘Slim McBride and the Lost Tribe’, the video is now ready. Unfortunately, due to a technical failure we’ve lost a section of ‘chop and build’, however you’ll see an overview of the fantasic performance. Apologies for the shaky hand – Mr Cook tried to stay as still as he could. Watch the video below:
What an excellent day we had today with the Scottish Opera company. We worked hard between 10 and 12, putting together the words which we had learned with Mrs Hunter and in class, adding in the choreography and movement from the team at Scottish Opera.
After lunch we performed our dress rehearsal to the P3/4 and P4 – it was great to have a real audience for our dress rehearsal.
At 2.15pm we performed to parents/carers – and what a spectacular show it was . . . It really made us think about the rainforest, demonstrating the key messages within biodiversity and sustainability.
We’d like to thank Mrs Hunter for all her hard work when learning the songs, in addition to the team at Scottish Opera (including Roger’s visit earlier this month) for all their hard work!
Mr Cook is busy putting together the video which he filmed with a somewhat shaky hand – it should be available later on in the week . . .
See you tomorrow,
Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice
Scottish Opera is tomorrow at the CCC. Please make sure that you wear your PE kit, as you need it for the performance. You also need to make sure that you have a packed lunch with you, which we will be having at the CCC.
Parents/carers – The performance will start at 2.15pm. Please arrive between 2pm and 2.10pm at the CCC for the performance.
P7s – interested in Athletics, Hockey or Music? The IRA have invited you to join their after school clubs for the last few weeks. An information leaflet will go out tomorrow to all P7s. The string group does not begin until the 13th of June.
Over the weekend, Inverness experiences some glorious sunshine – perhaps that is summer finally here (we’re hoping so as our ECO Garden Party is 4 weeks today).
On Saturday, Lochardil took part in Inter-School Sports at Bught Park. It was an extremely successful day, with Lochardil receiving placings in many of our events. Check out the photographs below:
Well done to everyone who took part, and in particular, Mrs Brown who led the training each week.
See you tomorrow,
Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice
We’re still requiring a few more parents to walk the children to and from the CCC next week when going to our Scottish Opera performance at the CCC. If there’s anyone who can help – please give the school a phone on Monday.
Firstly, thank you to the Geography department at the IRA for having the P7s this afternoon. Everyone really enjoyed visiting the Geography department, and taking part in an activity which meant investigating all of the areas of the school. Raring to go to the visit days in a few weeks now . . .
Our friends at Melville International, New Zealand, have responded to our questions, using a video to give their responses. The Depute Principal who commented on our blog yesterday features in the video also. To watch the video, click the link below:
REMINDER : Group A need their swimming kit for tomorrow
It’s been a day of culture today – kicking off with the Travelling Art Gallery. The bus pulled up at 8.50am and took pupils from P4 – P7 into a world of contemporary art. It was great to see how artists used the theme of childhood in their pieces.
We also received another comment from Melville Internation School in New Zealand. We decided this morning that we’d like to find out more about the culture in New Zealand. We’ve comprised the following questions which we’d like to ask Jamie and her class mates. We’re also hoping to make a Scottish themed Lochardil documentary to share with them. We’d like to thank them for mentioning us on their page. Check it out . . .
Over the weekend some of you may have seen the comment which we had from a school pupil in New Zealand. This was really exciting as it’s the first person to comment on our blog from another country – and New Zealand – we couldn’t have got much further away.
Jamie – a pupil of Y7/8 got in touch as she is investigating Scottish Cultures. She is from:
We’d love to have a Skype conversation with the class, but because we’re in school at different times because of the timezone – we’re not really sure it is possible. Maybe we could send them a video message from Scotland? If you have any ideas – let us know . . .
See you all tomorrow – Mr Cook can’t wait to get back into the classroom after being away the past two days, and in Loch Insh last week.
Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice
It’s good to be back to normal, and have everyone back together today.
Over the next few weeks in Maths we’re going to be looking at angles. Today we started with categorising the different type of angles. See how you get on with this game below, you need to be quick or it will be game over:
What a week P7 had at Loch Insh. We’ve arrived home safely – 34 extremely tired pupils and 4 staff plagued with fatigue who can’t wait for the weekend to begin.
We hope you all rest over the weekend, and we’ll see you back on Monday, rested and raring to go for the next 6 weeks!
P6 had a great week with Mrs MacLeod and are excited to get all of the Loch Insh stories on Monday.
Have a great weekend!
Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice
Roger was very most impressed with your singing this afternoon. Remember his advice – Don’t let a little problem grow into a big problem. If you’ve not learnt your words yet, spend some time over the next week learning them. Our final performance is on Wednesday 29th May.
Loch Insh – P7 pupils going to Loch Insh, you are reminded that you will need to bring a packed lunch for Monday, and should wear your school uniform to school. We will change when we arrive at Loch Insh.
We’ll still be collecting tinned potatoes and biscuits for the Highland Foodbank next week – any donations will be appreciated.
Have a great weekend!
Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice
REMINDER: NO swimming tomorrow – we have Scottish Opera in the afternoon
Lochardil Primary School is supporting the Highland Foodbank. We have been asked to support the Highland Foodbank by donating tins of potatoes and biscuits. We’ve got until next Friday, 17th May, to make a donation. Let’s see if P6/7 can really make a difference.
Well done to the Netball team – you all performed excellently at the tournament yesterday. It was great to see you in with your medals today.
Loch Insh rooms – find images of the room plans below. Please note that some of the rooms will have different furniture (e.g. bunkbeds) which may not be on the floorplan.
Keep rehearsing those Scottish Opera words – Roger is here tomorrow!
Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice
I can hardly believe our kids are at the end of P7 already – where have the last seven years gone?
To help make their last days at primary school even more memorable, it falls upon us parents to organise their last school disco/party.
If you would like to help I’m organising a get together next Wednesday at 7.30pm (15.05.13) at my house. Please text me if you can attend on 07990803584.
There is NO bikeability for P7 today due to Safe Highlanders. The next Bikeability day will be Wednesday 22nd May. In the meantime, why not play the game which we played in class on Friday. Click the link below:
The Primary 7 pupils are going to the IRA on Friday 24th of May from 1.30pm – 3pm for a Geography Transition visit. We’re still requiring two additional parent/carer helpers to assist with walking the pupils to and from the IRA.
REMINDERS:
Bingo tonight @ 6.30pm for 7pm in the School Hall
P6 – Specialist Group A Swimming – need swimming kit tomorrow
P7 – Flag Football Group B need PE kit tomorrow
CALENDAR
Since term 4 is a little, what might we call it, chaotic in P6/7 in terms of events and excursions, we’ve sent home a calendar with all of the important dates for May and June. You’ll see that the calendar still has to add Sports Day, End of Term Service and the Talent Show. These dates will be confirmed at a later date. You can find a PDF version of the calendar below in case it has gone walk-about.
Today we had another successful afternoon for our Biodiversity and Sustainability topic. Our Garden Party date has been set for Monday 24th June 2013 – keep this date in your diary to see our showcase of our hard work.
The ECO Art group busied away on doing their floral paintings. We’re well on our way to having them finished for the big day.
The ECO Gardeners were busy planting, weeding, raking and tidying. The garden is looking fantastic.
Mrs MacLeod’s science group found that the seeds actually germinated better in the DARK rather than the sunlight.
Mr Cook’s science group found that soda water provides seeds with excellent nutrients. Our seeds that were ‘growing’ in vinegar unfortunately died.
Check out our fantastic pictures below:
See you tomorrow – with your PE kit!
Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice
Scottish Opera is tomorrow at the CCC. Please make sure that you wear your PE kit, as you need it for the performance. You also need to make sure that you have a packed lunch with you, which we will be having at the CCC. 
Firstly, thank you to the Geography department at the IRA for having the P7s this afternoon. Everyone really enjoyed visiting the Geography department, and taking part in an activity which meant investigating all of the areas of the school. Raring to go to the visit days in a few weeks now . . .
Our friends at Melville International, New Zealand, have responded to our questions, using a video to give their responses. The Depute Principal who commented on our blog yesterday features in the video also. To watch the video, click the link below:
It’s been a day of culture today – kicking off with the Travelling Art Gallery. The bus pulled up at 8.50am and took pupils from P4 – P7 into a world of contemporary art. It was great to see how artists used the theme of childhood in their pieces.
We also received another comment from Melville Internation School in New Zealand. We decided this morning that we’d like to find out more about the culture in New Zealand. We’ve comprised the following questions which we’d like to ask Jamie and her class mates. We’re also hoping to make a Scottish themed Lochardil documentary to share with them. We’d like to thank them for mentioning us on their page. Check it out . . . 
Over the weekend some of you may have seen the comment which we had from a school pupil in New Zealand. This was really exciting as it’s the first person to comment on our blog from another country – and New Zealand – we couldn’t have got much further away.
Over the past two days we’ve been completing an interesting science experiment using washing up liquid, food colouring and different liquids.
Lochardil Primary School is supporting the Highland Foodbank. We have been asked to support the Highland Foodbank by donating tins of potatoes and biscuits. We’ve got until next Friday, 17th May, to make a donation. Let’s see if P6/7 can really make a difference.
Well done to the Netball team – you all performed excellently at the tournament yesterday. It was great to see you in with your medals today.
To the parents of P7 pupils,
Today we started learning about ‘The Food Chain’. We learnt what the terms ‘Predator’, ‘Prey’, ‘Consumer’ and ‘Producer’ meant.
Here’s some blogging homework for Tuesday. The question you need to answer and post your response to on the blog is:
REMINDERS:
