Primary 4FL are learning our tables. We are using doubles to help us eg 4x table is double our 2x table. Sumdog also has tables challenges for us to work on and we have our passwords so we can use this in school or at home.

P2C, P4FL and P45C all marked Remembrance Day by doing a 2 minute silence at 11am this morning. We had the radio on so that we could hear Big Ben chiming in London. We made poppies to decorate the stair and laid wreaths we had made as well.

We went outside to look for signs of Autumn and used what we found to write Actostic poems.

It’s been a busy week at home for P6/7M as many of them have chosen to complete the baking task set for their homework. The task was to bake some Space related cookies, biscuits or cakes.

As you can see we’ve had a variety of delights from constellation cookies, moon brownies, nebula biscuits, asteroids to planet cupcakes as well as ones with hidden surprises and popping candy! All were shared amongst the class and each one has been delicious 🙂

Mrs McRitchie is looking forward to receiving copies of the recipes so she can have a go making some at home!

Well done to the 12 swimmers who took part in the Moray Schools Swim Trials today – Ailsa Allan, Ashley Anderson, Lauren Anderson, Josh Angell, Bruce Evans, Rachel Gallacher, Cameron Jones, Erin McIntosh, Roslyn McRitchie. Leigh Morrison, Neve Morrison and Ellie Sutcliffe. All pupils were commended by the parent helpers on both their swimming performance and their behaviour and attidue. They were a credit to the school and we are proud of them all.

Each pupil participated in 2 different events and lots of PB times were achieved. Bruce won Silver Medals in his 50m Fly and 50m Freestyle races and Roslyn won a Gold Medal in her 50m Breast and Silver Medal in her 50m Fly. Congratulations to them both 🙂

The girls relay team of Erin, Lauren, Leigh and Roslyn swam strongly and vame home with the Gold Medal – fantastic achievement girls!

Many thanks to the parents who supported them at this event.

Please note that the school will be closed to pupils on Monday 14th and Tuesday 15th for In- service teacher training.

P1M have been learning to identify 2D shapes from their properties.  We worked with a partner to make some 2D shapes using different materials and then we checked we had been successful by counting the sides and corners.

P7H accompanied Primary 1 to Grant Park to assist them with their learning context ‘Swings and Roundabouts’.  Both classes are studying forces, so this was an ideal opportunity for the P7s to help the P1s understand the forces push and pull as well as think about their own gravity, friction and air resistance studies.  The children were split in to three groups – forces at work in the play park, gravity experiments at the chestnut tree and a game of tug of war on the grass to investigate friction.  Great fun was had by all!

What a fantastic time everyone had at the Disco’s this evening. Everyone was in the mood for dancing and the beats didn’t stop.

The costumes were amazing and it was extremely difficult to choose a winner. Eventually decisions were made – Miley McKail at the P1-3 and Cerys Farquhar-Watt at the P4-7.

A big thank you to the PTA for organising the disco and to all the parents and teachers who helped on the night. The night wouldn’t have been a success if it wasn’t for DJ Mrs McIntosh who kept the decks spinning.