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What – a – week!

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Blink, and it’s gone. By ‘it’s’ we mean the week. This was an extremely busy and action packed one. Between Scottish Opera, Findhorn and Sports Practice, it’s reached Friday extremely quickly.

On Monday, we have some pupils helping at the P3 Tennis Tournament, and the Drummond Sports. We’re hoping that Mr O’Parka is going to be in on Monday also – so it will be a busy ‘un. 

What a glorious week of weather we’ve had – remember to check out the weather blog – Fergus and Cameron recorded it as 18 degrees this morning:

Weather Blog – CLICK HERE!

 

Our friends at Melville International School tried Irn-Bru this week after our recommendation. Check out the video in which you can see their reaction, drinking it for the first time. $3 (New Zealand Dollars) for a can – quite pricey indeed:

Melville Intermediate – Irn Bru VIDEO!

Have a fantastic weekend!!!
Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice

Fame – Fortune!

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Just a quick reminder that we’re at Eden Court tomorrow for Scottish Opera. We’re leaving school around 11.45am. Please make sure you’ve got a packed lunch with you.

We’re famous – after our FANTASTIC video that we made last week for our friends in New Zealand – as you can see from the post on Friday, many people from their school have commented on our video. The link that we’ve established with Melville Intermediate School is excellent – a brilliant way to learn about different cultures. They’ve written about us on their blog; some other schools have commented saying what excellent ambassadors you are for Scotland. Check out their blog:

http://melvilleroom8.blogspot.co.uk/

As part of our writing this week, we’re learning how to write an artist’s résumé – using humour. These are going to be ‘showcased’ at our garden party, along with our artwork. For homework for tomorrow, you have three tasks:

1. Choose a “posh” name
2. Select an “interesting experience” you’ve had as an artist – the more exaggerated the better
3. Give an “interesting fact” about yourself – this can be a white lie

Many of you have posted this on the blog already (we’re loving the suggestions so far) – it should be posted on the blog by tomorrow, ready for writing!

See you in the morning,
Count Cook, Madame MacLeod and Princess Prentice

Hello there New Zealand!

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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:

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Scottish Culture Video – CLICK HERE!

Check out the Melville International School blog:

http://melvilleroom8.blogspot.co.uk/

Just to let you know – Mr O’Parka still isn’t feeling well, so will not be here on Monday.

We’d like to thank all the parents and carers who helped in Swimming Group A – that is their slot of swimming finished now.

We hope you have a great weekend,
Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice

A video response . . .

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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:

Meville International – Questions Answered

We hope you have a great weekend! . . .
Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice

Let’s link with NZ . . .

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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.

Find out more by visiting:

http://www.travellinggallery.com/

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 . . .

http://melvilleroom8.blogspot.co.uk/

What is your national anthem?

What are your traditional foods?

What is the weather like where you live?

What is the story behind your flag?

What time do you start and finish school?

What religions do people follow?

How big is your town?

What’s homework like in your school?

What’s the national plant?

What music do you listen to?

Do you have any traditional dances?

What sports do you do?

What languages do you speak?

Is your town, Hamilton, named after the town Hamilton in Scotland?

Has anyone in your class been to Scotland?

We’ve attached it as a word document for our friend at Melville’s also if that’s easier . . .

Lochardil Questions for Melville Intermediate – CLICK HERE!

See you all tomorrow –
Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice

Our first international comment . . .

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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:

Melville Intermediate School, Hamilton, Waikato, NZ

The Y7/8 class have an excellent blog, and Mr Cook’s language group responded to her questions today during writing.

If you want to help Jamie learn more about Scotland, why not go and answer some of her questions?! Visit their blog below:
Melville Intermediate School – CLICK HERE!

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 . . .

Mr.Cook, Mrs.MacLeod and Mrs.Prentice