Our talented Pr. 6 and 7 pupils attended their first run through of the script for their summer show at this afternoon’s afterschool club.   Miss Wilson was delighted that there was such buzz about the room and everyone was so excited.

Our ICT suite has been upgraded with the addition of 16 new laptops.  This has been greatly received by pupils and ensures each child has access to a desktop computer or laptop  during their visit to the ICT suite.  Here are a few pictures of our Pr.5 pupils using the internet to assist with note taking and in the creation of fact files about Brazil. They also used their time to challenge their speed and accuracy of mental calculations on Education City.

Everyone loves the new playground markings and they have created a real buzz about the school.  Room 12 put their creative juices to work as they devised their own playground games using the markings.  Their aim was to increase fitness levels, strength, stamina and ensure everyone has fun playing as part of a team.  The children decided what resources to use for their games which included stopwatches, balls, hoops, skipping ropes and bean bags.  Each team had to work collaboratively and then had to explain the rules of their game and set the challenge.  Hopefully they will use these ideas at breaktimes.

The Pr.1 children of Room 3 have been getting to grips with a new maths resource called Numicon to aid them in their understanding of number and maths.  The boys and girls of Room 1 and 2 have also become proficient in using this new resource.

Room 3 and 4 were out in the lovely sunshine last week enjoying their ‘Daily Mile’ challenge.  Both classes have been walking, jogging or running their mile and have thoroughly enjoyed themselves.  As you can see they are very enthusisatic about keeping fit and healthy!

Room 12 pupils were inspired by the poem Daffodils by William Wordsworth in their search for signs of spring in the school garden.  Miss Tomei assisted the children sowing sunflower seeds.  Pupils enjoyed investigating, watering and tidying the garden area.  Hopefully the weather will always be as good and the children will not require wellingtons and raincoats on their future visits.

Well done to this distinguished pupil and obvious talent.

Primary 1 have made a magnificent job of caring for and learning about their butterflies. They followed the journey/life cycle of a butterfly beginning with tiny little caterpillars, then growing fat and making cocoons and finally emerging as beautiful butterlies.
Throughout their learning the children recorded all the changes with photographs, drawings and excellent sentences.
The children understood how important it was to play their part in nature by caring for living things. Today was exciting and a little bit sad as we released the butterflies into our garden. We will be looking out for them coming back and visiting our lovely school garden.  Mrs. Chisholm

What a lovely day everyone had for the first garden club of the year!
The children used their first day to familiarise themselves with where we are now with the garden.
They looked at what is currently growing in our greenhouse.
They investigated the new compost bin and discussed how our school could use it.
They also had a look around the shed and learned about tool safety.
Finally the children watered the plants and had a go using a garden tool.
The children will now help with future plans for our garden.
A great time had by all!