We spent time today in pairs reading some of our favourite books as part of our World Book Day celebrations.  We discussed what we enjoyed about our books and then designed a front cover together.

Thank you to all our visitors who came this morning to give us updates from our new partnership school in Malawi.  Mrs Donaldson came to show us some great pictures and Mrs Rusk and her knitting team showed us some of the fantastic items they have produced for our partnership school.  Well done to our enterprise pupils and Mrs Towers for giving a presentation all about actions we are taking to support our friends in Malawi.

We are learning about Scottish Food and where they grow/get harvested.  We had a taste test on some of the foods. We tasted cheese and shortbread, it was amazing how different the children’s reactions were. It gives them a chance to see a bit more of each other’s likes and dislikes.

In gym on Tuesday with Miss Macmillan we are doing gymnastics, lately we have been working on rolls and balances.

On a Thursday Primary 5 get to go swimming. We’re so lucky this year, because we are the first year to go to the Time Capsule for swimming.

As part of our Scotland topic we looked at Mary Queen of Scots, we know lots of facts about her. Did you know she was executed when she was 44 years old? She was crowned queen of Scotland when she was six days old and got sent to France when she was five years old.

In class we are reading the book The Last Wolf by Michael Murpurgo.

By Billie and Xander

In class we are learning about fractions and how to solve them. We just finished Algebra.

We have been learning about Scottish landmarks and manmade marks. Right now we are looking at natural disasters like earthquakes and volcanoes. We learned that earthquakes can sometimes not be felt but some can be felt from 1000 miles away. The earthquake is a very dangerous disaster that can destroy lots of homes and cities. We made models of some volcanoes, we plastered them then we painted them. Volcanos are a very strong and dangerous disaster that can happen.

By Alistair and Demi

Miss Barr took the netball team to a competition. Don’t they all look great? Everyone worked hard and performed excellently.

In class we made lava lamps, as part of our science lessons.

For P.E. Miss Barr has been getting us to complete circuits. We do different activities at each station such as push ups, sit ups and star jumps. It’s exhausting!

By Katie

Since January we have been working hard on our maths. We have been learning how to divide and working on our mental maths. We practise our times tables each day.

In gym we have been practising balances and rolls, we enjoy the teddy bear roll.

Our new topic this term is Farm to Fork. We have looked at where food comes from and the different food chains in the world.

By Amira, Kira, Lexi and Mitchell

In maths we have been learning addition for example 2+2=4 we also learned a clapping maths game.

We have been learning the Alphabet.  In class we also do a bit of handwriting.   We also have common words and we learn them once a day.

We also learned about the gingerbread man. We learned that everyone wanted to eat the gingerbread man and the fox did.  We also learned the gingerbread man song.

By Brandon, Jacob and Kody (and Melissa)

Thank you to everyone who came along to support our fantastic pupils on Friday afternoon.   We were very proud to see all our children stand up and present their learning to parents and the wider community.  We certainly have a school full of confident individuals.  I would like to say a big thank you to all staff for getting involved in making our assembly a success.  Our ‘Friends of Kirko’ Shotts’ group did an outstanding job with the home baking, tea and coffee as usual.

Thank you

Well done to our four capacity award winners this week.