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Category: Primary 4/5
PE Days
As part of the Curriculum for Excellence, children participate in two hours of physical education per week. At Stane Primary, each class will have two lessons of one hour as detailed below.
Children are required to bring appropriate gym kit: white t-shirt, black shorts and suitable indoors shoes. All jewellery must be removed for PE lessons (it is recommended that children do not wear jewellery to school on PE days)
If your child is unable to participate, please inform the class teacher in writing.
| Class | PE Lesson 1 | PE Lesson 2 |
| Primary 1
(Mr. O’Donnell) |
Tuesday
(after playtime) |
Friday
(before playtime) |
| Primary 2/3
(Mrs. Robert) |
Monday
(after lunchtime) |
Wednesday
(after playtime) |
| Primary 3/4
(Mrs. Barton) |
Monday
(after playtime) |
Thursday
(before playtime) |
| Primary 4/5
(Miss Tiffney & Miss Simpson) |
Tuesday
(after lunchtime) |
Thursday
(after playtime) |
| Primary 5/6
(Mr. Watson) |
Wednesday
(after lunchtime) |
Friday
(after playtime) |
| Primary 7
(Miss Thomson) |
Monday
(Before playtime) |
Thursday
(after lunchtime) |
Party time
Primary 4-7 party today…. Everyone having a wonderful time … Looking glam!!
P4/5 Nativity Feely Stories
P4/5 had a lovely visit to the infant open area today to read their Nativity stories. The children in P4/5 have been working hard in partners and trios to create stories with textures for the younger children to enjoy. Â They had to think about using suitable language and making the stories interesting for the younger children. Â They also had to think about reading the stories using tone of voice to make it sound interesting. Â P4/5 reported back that the stories were enjoyed by the younger children.
Stranger Danger Talk
The police were in the school today to talk to P4/5, P5/6 and P6/7 about Stranger Danger.
The children learned about people who are strangers, and what to do in different situations.
They also learned about what to do if they got lost.
Fever!
Primary 5, 6 and 7 put on a wonderful performance this afternoon of the Scottish Opera Musical, Fever! Â The children have worked hard over the past few weeks to learn the songs and in just one day, worked with Scottish Opera to stage this active and energetic musical. Â Well done to everyone involved on a wonderful performance.
Health Week 2016
What a fun and active week it has been!
The whole school and nursery  have been busy in a range of different health activities this week.
On Monday we were introduced to Health Week with a whole school assembly. Then Miss Tiffney worked with all of the classes to cover some aspects of HeartStart.
On Tuesday we had the Co-op visit for a fruit taster session as well as some of the classes participating in making their own healthy recipes.
On Wednesday there was an opportunity for everyone to experience circus skills and smoothie tasting thanks to Ian.
On Thursday everyone enjoyed participating in an Olympic Session run by Graeme.
The Paramedics came in the afternoon and worked with P3 upwards.
In addition each class aimed to complete a daily mile – some of the classes did this together.
It has been a really busy but fun week for everyone involved.
A big thank you to everyone who visited our school and made this week a great success.
An even bigger thank you to Miss Tiffney for organising everything.
World Book Day 2016
World Book Day 2016 is fast approaching, so the time has come to start thinking about which character we will come to school dressed as!
On Thursday 3rd March 2016, we will be celebrating World Book Day in the school and nursery. Â All staff and pupils are invited to dress up as a favourite character from a book on the day. Â Prizes will be awarded for the most original outfit from each class.
Lots of ideas and inspiration for simple to create costumes can be found on the WBD website at www.worldbookday.com.
During the day, all the children in the school and nursery will be involved in listening to stories read by different members of staff around the school. Â This promotes reading together and reading for enjoyment and has proved a popular activity in the past!
We will also be holding a ‘Book Swap’ on World Book Day. Â All pupils can bring in one book from home (in excellent condition) which they can swap for a different book to take home with them! Â More details on the arrangements for this will follow.
Ancient Egyptian Artefacts
The boys and girls from Primary 3 and Primary 4/5 have been extremely busy both learning about and re- creating  Ancient Egyptian artefacts. Among the atrefacts were  canopic jars.  The children learned that during the mummification process the organs of the human body were removed and preserved separately in canopic jars.  The children had previously learned about hieroglyphics and they used this prior learning experience to decorate the jars.
The children were exploring how the Ancient Egyptians highly valued personal decorations and embellishment.  Jewellery was worn by both men and women of all social classes.
The children chose which materials they would prefer to use to design and decorate their own collar and cuffs.  We are all looking forward to showcasing what we have learned about at our Primary 3 and 4/5 class assembly on the 30th of October.
Ancient Egyptian Pyramids
Primary 3 and Primary 3/4 classrooms have been transformed into a scene from Ancient Egypt this week. The children have been proudly bringing in their technology homework.  The children were set a task of creating their own pyramids.  This was to enable children and their parents to work collaboratively and develop an understanding of materials that can be used in technology.  The homework task also allows the children to  focus on their practical skills, using a range of tools under their parents supervision.
I was so pleased to see the children thinking of the environment and remembering that we are an Eco school.  Most of the materials used were recyclable and we even have a pyramid made from cake!
I think that there are some of Scotland’s  future creative designers and architects among the children who have already brought in their pyramids.
Watch out for pyramid houses in Shotts in 2030!
