Yesterday we had a house challenge to find as many hidden eggs as we could in 10 minutes. There were 5 golden eggs that were worth 5 points each. The winning house was Dunnotter Castle (the red house). Reported by Kerry and Alysa.
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World Book Day – Community Read
All of the bases enjoyed taking part in the Community Read. Everyone read in mixed pairs from P1-P7 for 30 minutes.
Here are some examples of what people said…
“I enjoyed reading with the younger pupils. We were pointing at pictures and talking about them.” Alyssa, P6
“I enjoyed reading with the younger pupil because he was very confident.” Kerry, P6
“It was fun reading with the younger pupils.” Ryan, P6
“I liked reading in the gym hall.” Hailie, P1
“I liked the fact that I could read with the younger children and to see the different levels of reading.” Sophie, P6
“I liked reading the book because it was fun. I had two people to read to.” Keira,P5
“I like reading. I am taking home the book, Zed the Zebra.” Clari, P1
Base 3 – Sharing our Learning
P5/6/7 have been learning about World War II. The pupils researched significant events through out this period of time and created a fantastic timeline which is displayed outside Base 3.
Links to Curriculum for Excellence
I can discuss why people and events from a particular time in the past were important, placing them within a historical sequence.
SOC 2-06a
March Newsletter
March newsletter issued today. A copy can be found in the ‘Newsletters’ section of the website. See ‘School Information’ tab above.
Netball League
Focus Friday Groups
On Fridays, pupils work in their Houses to form our focus Friday groups. The purpose of the focus groups is to work together and learning about these three important areas:
Group 1 Focus on Global Citizenship
Group 2 Focus on Health and Wellbeing
Group 3 Focus on Eco
The groups rotate every four weeks so that everyone gets a turn.
Here is a picture from the Eco Group
Scottish Assembly: Friday 29th January 2016
On Friday we had a Scottish themed assembly. We started by singing “Donald Where’s yir Troosers.”
P1/2 performed the story of Hairy McClairy (from Donaldson’s Dairy).
P3 recited a poem titled “I had a Little Monkey”.
P4 performed a poem named “Sair Teeth”.
P5/6/7 performed “Skye Boat song” and shared info about famous Scots via PowerPoint.
All the bases created wonderful art work, here are examples:
Base 1 P1/2
Base 2 P3/4
Base 3 P5/6/7
Updated by Alyssa and Kerry (Tech Crew)
Tech Crew Meeting
Alyssa, Robyn, Sophie and Kerry met today to talk about the school website. The Tech Crew will update and share information on Mondays and Wednesdays.
We will be organising a competition to encourage everyone to visit our new website.
Thanks you,
The Tech Crew