Yesterday we had the trials for the upcoming Coatbridge Cluster Cross Country Competition. Mr Gall and the P7s helped to set up a course around the school and asked anyone from P5-7 to come along in the afternoon to tkae part in the school heats. The first 5 in each race will then be entered into the Coatbridger Cluster Competition. After all of the races – and lots of sweat
Today our Primary 7 football team took part in their first fixture of the Coatbridge Football Friendly League. Our team of 10 players went along to St Andrew’s High School to play against St Mary’s Primary School. Mr Gall sent minute by minute updates back to Mr Sharp, who was sitting nervously back in school. We went down 2-0 after only a couple of minutes but, thanks to a quick
Yesterday our P6s and a few of our P7s took part in their first Bikeability 1 session with David the instructor. It took us all a little while to get our bikes sorted and checked and learn the “Bike M check” so that all of our bikes are safe to ride from now on. We also had to learn how to fit our bike helmets properly. David has asked us
Room 16 have been using Scratch animation during their Technology lessons to create their own short computer animated software. Have a look at some of their creations by using the link below. https://scratch.mit.edu/mystuff/ Use the login details Username: kirkshaws Password: kirkshaws1
Room 14 have been working hard to prepare presentations on different types of renewable energy. All 5 groups worked hard and did a great job presenting the information back to the class. Have a look at the pictures and files of the presentations below…
Mr Sharp set the P4-7 pupils a challenge of writing their own poem this week as it was National Poetry Week. Click on the link below to view some of the entries. Poetry Entries Well done to all who entered!
Today some of our Primary 5, 6, and 7 pupils went along to St Ambrose High School to take part in a local football festival. Our P5 boys played 6 games and won 5 with only 1 defeat. Our P6 boys played 5 games winning 2 and narrowly losing 3 games. Our P6-7 girls played 6 games winning 4, drawing 1 and only losing 1 game (a narrow 1-0 defeat).
On Friday we had our second House Assembly of the year. At the assembly we were lucky enough to have 2 visiting Judo champions who spoke to us about the skills and attributes they had and worked on to become champions in their sport. The skills included perseverance, dedication and discipline. After the visitors left Room 5 took us all on a journey back in time to the time of
Rooms 10 and 14 have been working hard on their topic of Space this term. As part of the topic they were asked to use chalk and design what our Solar System looks like on the playground. Have a look below at how they got on…
Room 3 were working really hard this afternoon on their new phoneme “ea” and their common words for the week. They all worked in pairs to test each other on the words and sounds and then they worked together to play a bingo game to find their common words. Well done Room 3!
