New Monkland Primary School & Nursery – Page 36 – Growing together through fun, happy and meaningful learning experiences where everyone is NURTURED, MINDFUL, PASSIONATE and SUCCESSFUL (NMPS)—- We are a Gold Right’s Respecting School & Nursery and a Breast Feeding Friendly Establishment!

February 23, 2017

Woodland Explorers

Woodland Eplorers

Group 2

On our walk to the site this morning we all looked for circle shapes in our environment. We found them on lots of objects…….on cars, road signs, wheels and houses. Today we discovered ways to stay safe when playing in the woods. We learned about the boundaries – what they looked like and the reason for using them. We also practised playing safety games e.g. 123 Where Are You? It was also important that we risk assessed the area and placed plastic cones on top of hidden tree stumps.

We had lots of fun exploring the site. There was a very muddy puddle and we loved jumping in it. Our boots were really muddy! We also discovered little buds growing on some of the plants.

We all participated in a woodland workout to help us keep warm……..star jumps, stretches, tree press-ups and running on the spot. Our hearts were beating really fast when we were finished and we were feeling warm again. We had lots of fun playing hide-and-seek and found interesting places to hide.

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February 23, 2017

Dam Simulations.

We used our time during ICT to simulate some dams and see the effects these can have on the environment.

February 23, 2017

Writing to the Water Company.

After researching information about dams yesterday, the community of Clear Blue Valley received a letter to inform them that the dam is now being built in their community!!

They are writing persuasive letters to the water company (and some important people 😏) to convince them to move their dam somewhere else.

The children are using their notes from yesterday to support their argument.

February 23, 2017

P2 have been revising their common words and phoneme

P2 learned their common words and phonemes on boards, using chalk, using cubes and on the SmartBoard. We are getting very good at spelling 💕

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February 22, 2017

Katie Morag and the New Pier…Primary 1 are budding builders

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February 22, 2017

🏸P7b are brilliant at badminton 🏸

Primary 7b worked hard with Mr Johnston to develop their badminton skills they have improved and thoroughly enjoyed their time.

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February 21, 2017

A Stranger Arrives.

A stranger arrived in Clear Blue Valley very upset. The community helped her but are now worried about the future of their beautiful valley.

Tomorrow they are going to research dams and see how they can use this knowledge to help them.

“Oh my goodness, they’re building a dam!!”

“where are we going to live?

There were some fantastic questions being asked to our stranger. The community really helped find out her worries and then shared some of their own during “Thought Tracking”.

February 21, 2017

A Day in the Life of Clear Blue Valley

The children took on their roles this afternoon to mime a typical morning in Clear Blue Valley.

They created still images and a whole class tableu.

“We need our community to be nice and safe, that’s why we have to all do jobs.”

“We’ve been learning to use our actions and hands instead of talking.”

” I love the drama parts. “

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Primary 7 Enterprise Task with Airdrie Academy

Primary 7 were asked to take part in an Enterprise task with S5 at Airdrie Academy. The S5 pupils wrote a story that will be published and they asked if we could illustrate the story for them, which means, if we are chosen our illustrations will feature in the book also. This is being supported by APEX ENTERPRISE! Have a look to see us creating some of the illustrations. The title of the book is: The Lion and the Mouse…

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February 21, 2017

Money, Money, Money

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