Primary 2 have been busy during maths time this week.
Some children used an interactive SmartBoard Sweet Shop game to add coins to make a total.
Others used play coins and a price list in the class shop. Some children practised their mental addition skills by completing a “Five minute Frenzy” grid while others played maths apps on the i-pads. You have been very focused on your learning, well done P2!
Today P1a explored a variety of 3D shapes.
P5 have had a busy morning making cheese and bacon potato skins. First we had to cut cooked potatoes in half, then we had to scoop out the potato and put it into a bowl with some bacon. We mixed the potato and bacon together and used the mix to refill the potato skins. We then sprinkled some cheese on top.
Mrs Martin tasted our potato skins and we got to try them too.
Erin M and most of the class said- “It was so amazing! I will be making these at home!”
Primary 5 would like to say thank you to Mrs Green and Mrs Smith!
In the kitchen this morning some children from P3 prepared and made a Moroccan Potato Salad. The children experienced chopping potatoes, cutting parsley and making their own vinaigrette.
Then all the children had a taste and the majority of the children enjoyed the salad but a few children didn’t like the red onion.
Mrs Martin joined us afterwards and had a taste and she was very impressed. She was very surprised to hear that we made our own vinaigrette and she absolutely loved our potato salad.
Today in in class the children used chalk and pastels to create these wonderful winter tree pictures. The children enjoyed blending the chalk and charcoal with their fingers. Super effort.
Some members of the choir sang Christmas carols for the residents of Auchengeich Gardens Sheltered Housing and in the Co-Op today. They sang very well and everyone who heard them really enjoyed it.
Our Primary 7s continue to help raise funds for our school. Tonight’s work involved packing bags at our local co-op. Different children will be working all week from 3.00-5.00pm. Come along and see us.
Well done boys. 
As part of our winter topic we have been learning about how to stay warm. We all carried out an experiment to see what materials are best at keeping in heat.
We covered 4 beakers with different jackets ( paper towel, t-shirt material, thick wooly sock, bag of cotton wool balls) and also had a beaker with no jacket. Mrs Inglis added hot water, we took the temperature waited 20 minutes and then took the temperature again. We discovered that all the water had got a bit cooler, but the water with the woolly sock jacket and the cotton wool jacket stayed the warmest.
This is just like our big wooly and puffy coats that we wear in cold weather to keep us warm.
Everybody enjoyed being scientists and filling in our science reports.
A huge congratulations to the winner of our whole school talent show. Our P2/3 pupil won the most votes for playing Emmanuel, one of our Christmas songs, on the piano. Well done we are all very proud of you.
Primary 5 have spent the afternoon turning the classroom into a Christmas grotto. We decided to make some handmade Christmas decorations to add to our mini tree. We have also been writing our Christmas lists. Let’s hope Santa thinks we have all been good this year!
2 weeks until Christmas and we cannot wait!!!
