Room 1, 2, 3 and 4 pupils set off on a Teddy Bears Picnic yesterday to raise money for St.Andrew’s Hospice.  The sun shone throughout the morning to make it a memorable tour around our town.

We now have seven healthy baby chicks! Matty, Bobby and Humphrey, are all enjoying living in the brooder box. On Thursday, the children cleaned out the brooder box for the first time while the chicks played in the paddling pool. Everyone also got to hold the chicks for the first time which was so exciting! We could not believe how soft they are, and they just fall asleep in your hands. Augustine also made a guest appearance at assembly on Thursday, Mrs Docherty proudly showed him off!

On Friday morning we noticed how quickly the chicks are growing, they are looking much fluffier and they each have their own personality. Kaka is definitely the leader of the group and likes to boss the other chicks around! For taught writing today, Aedan and Dominic demonstrated how to clean a brooder box, and then the boys and girls wrote up a list of instructions. They made sure the instructions were clear enough for anyone to follow – so maybe Mrs Docherty will be cleaning them next week!! Room 10 loved golden time today, and spent the whole time playing and cuddling the chicks. We have also had visitors from across the school who have been very excited to meet and hold the chicks.

At the  weekend, Miss Lester looked after the chicks at home. She promises to keep everyone informed with updates and pictures!

Our Pr.7 Netball Champions showed off their skills last week by working with our new Pr5 and 6 recruits.  They introduced the children to different passing and shooting skills and prepared them for upcoming games.  Great work netballers!!!

The boys and girls of Room 14 were keen to share their learning during Drama.  They have been creating their own mini-plays based on the theme of having the courage to make the right decision. Great work boys and girls.

Rugby coaches from Drumpellier Waysiders have been visiting the school over the last few weeks to provide rugby training to our Pr.6 and 7 pupils.  Rugby training is available at Drumpellier Cricket and Rugby Club on a thursday evening and a Sunday from 12.00. Next Sunday training day is 5th June.

Pr.2 and 3 have been enjoying lots of practical maths actvities this term.  They have worked together on tessellation, fractions, multiplication and division.  Below are just some of the ways in which the children have enjoyed their learning.

As part of our Health Week Room 8 were busy making fresh fruit kebabs.  In the afternoon they visited the ICT suite to link their learning in Health  and Wellbeing as they used an ICT programme called Splosh to paint their own kebabs.  The kebabs look absolutely delicious!

Room 6 have been taking their learning outdoors. They planted sunflowers as part of a mini IDL theme and they are now following their progress in the school’s greenhouse.

As well as this, they visited the kitchen area during Health Week to make pizzas with a variety of vegetable toppings. They learned about washing hands, food hygiene, preparation, blanced diet and the activity also linked in with their maths work as they were able to cut them into fractions. Lots of fun learning!