A huge well done to everyone in P4/5N for a fantastic assembly performance this morning! Everyone was so impressed with all the French that you have learned and shared so confidently. You should be very proud of yourselves and Miss Noble certainly is too. BRAVO!

When someone kindly handed in a real birds nest they had found to Applegrove for the children to have a look at, the P1-3 Outdoor Explorers were inspired.  We decided to collect our own natural materials to build our own birds nests.  We worked together to arrange the sticks, twigs, moss, grass and loose flowers to create a cosy and safe home for a family of birds.  We even had a bird castle from one group!

Two pupils gave up their playtime to come into the Wee Room to share their skill of making bubbles with just hands and soap.

The children in the Wee Room are learning about keeping their hands clean this week and it was a lot of fun to mix washing our hands with making bubbles.

As you can see from the video it’s harder than it looks to blow a bubble but the quality of the teaching was exceptional.

On Saturday 7th May, Ashley Donald (P7) represented the school at the Scottish School Badminton Championships in Perth.

There were about 60 girls playing in the singles matches.  Ashley comfortably won all her her pools games putting her into the knock-out round with 31 other girls.
Her badminton skills were put to good use again as she beat a girl from West End in the first round and a girl from Ayrshire in the next round.  She was now into the final 8 girls! Despite playing to her strengths she was unfortunately beaten by the same girl who knocked her out last year! After a long day of playing, she was very happy to rank within the top 8 🙂
At Applegrove, we are all proud of her achievements and wish her continued success.

The P4-7 TOPS Model Making group have been very busy over the past few weeks, getting their creative caps on and experimenting with different materials.

We started off by making our own “Pocket Pals” out of salt dough then finished them off with a lick of paint. Don’t they look great?

This week we used different types of construction to see what masterpieces we could make. From vehicles to buildings to fashion accessories, the possibilities were endless!

Lego Club is BACK!

After the success of Lego Club last term, it started again today.

Each child chooses a model to make, and then follows the instructions carefully to build their Lego model.

Here are some photographs showing what we built today.

We were really impressed by the concentration from all the children. Well done Lego Builders! We could teach Bob The Builder a thing or two!

Tuesday April 26th was the day of launching the Daily Mile across the whole of Moray in the form of the Moray Mile. Applegrove has had the Daily Mile up and running (pardon the pun!) since October so we chose to open it out to Mums, Dads, Grannies and Grandads!

Today 6W were the first class of the day to go out for their Daily Mile. We were pleased to welcome six grown ups and a little one in a buggy. It was good to see everyone having fun and fresh air together.

Later in the morning, parents joined P6/7M and P2E for their Daily Mile.

On Saturday, 23rd April, Applegrove were well represented at a national primary schools cross country event in Kirkcaldy.  Roslyn McRitchie performed very well as Applegrove’s only girl, coming in 36th place, showing a strong kick at the finish.  The boys team earned 3rd place in the P7 boys race.  Scott Perry was 11th, David Spencer 13th, Bruce Evans 21st, Alistair Clark 27th and Aidan Matthews 49th.  Very well done to all the runners and thank you to parents for travelling the distance.  Left to Right; Alistair Clark, Scott Perry, Bruce Evans, David Spencer and Roslyn McRitchie (missing from the photograph is Aidan Matthews who left early)