P6 Health

During Relax Kids Primary 6 have been learning about the functions of different parts of the brain and  how we can use this knowledge to develop a more positive individual / class ethos. Today we enjoyed moving around to music and greeting everyone we met. Later everyone wrote something nice about Sean and he was showered with lots of compliments. Remember your homework task is to try to do a

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Primary 3 Science – The Human Body

This week Primary 3 have been learning about our human bodies. We have been finding out about our skeleton, what it’s purpose is and naming the different bones we have. Today we learnt about the longest bones in our bodies which are in our arms and legs. We measured the humerus, ulna and radius bones in our arms and compared with our friends. We learned that our longest bone is

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P7 Life Skills – CPR

Primary 7 enjoyed a visit from the local Fire Brigade who taught them how to administer CPR in an emergency. The children paid very close attention and were able to demonstrate their learning by using the blow up dolls provided. Each group did very well and some very unusual names were chosen for their doll!

P7 Shinty

P7 have been enjoying Shinty lessons from Mr Thomson of Uddingston Grammar. They have been comparing the rules between Shinty and Hockey.

World Book Day in Primary 3

Primary 3 had a fantastic day celebrating World Book Day. We took part in a book scavenger hunt, played a guessing book character game, read our stories and listened to Mrs Devine read to us. Mrs Devine spoke about her favourite story, Oh the Places You’ll Go by Dr Seuss. It’s her favourite story as it inspires the reader to be who they want to be and make their own

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Famous Scots in Primary 3

Today was the end of our Famous Scots Interdisciplinary Learning Topic. Each co-operative learning group presented their Powerpoint presentations on a Famous Scot of their choice. The Powerpoints were outstanding. Each group managed to include some facts, photos and even used creative transitions between slides. We discussed who our favourite Famous Scots were and how they affected our lives and lives of others. Well done everyone!

Aitkenhead’s Book Day 2018

Today the boys and girls had a great day dressed up as their favourite character from a book for our rescheduled World Book Day. See if you can guess who they are!Some children even came in their pyjamas and brought their favourite bedtime story! The children in Primary 1 enjoyed having a story read to them by their Primary 7 buddy. Thank you also to the parents who came in

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