Many thanks to all the parents and grandparents who joined us for the Sunflower Tea in aid of St.Andrew’s Hospice. Your generosity was most appreciated and raised £160. A huge thanks to the teachers and pupils of Pr. 1 – 3 who entertained everyone with a selection of songs t get everyone in the mood for Summer. The only thing we lacked on Friday was the elusive summer sun!
On Wednesday we had an extra addition to our school dinner hall, Room 3 brought along their class pet, Spud. He had some water and doggy biscuits and enjoyed dining with his classmates! He then went back to class and had a long nap in the afternoon!
Primary one/two had an exciting visitor last week from Dave the Zoo man. He brought along many of his animal friends including; rabbits, Guinea pigs, spiders, snakes, mice, rats, lizards, a duck and a chicken!!
The animals had some interesting names too; the chicken was called ‘Nugget’, the spider, ‘Incy Wincy’, the duck was called ‘Peking’ and the rat was called ‘Asbo’.
Primary one/two had great fun learning about Pets and how to care for them, they learned lots of interesting things that they didn’t know about Pets!
Some children were very brave and held the animals, some even put the snake around their necks. They all had a fantastic morning!
Have a look at our exciting photos!
Room 3 have been busy this week learning about ‘Weight’ and how important this is in their lives. We discussed the importance of weighing ingredients in our school kitchen and our kitchens at home, weighing sweets at the sweet shop and we looked at different types of scales and their dials.
We also discussed the importance of the weight of our luggage when flying on an aeroplane.
We weighed some fruit and vegetables as a Greengrocer would do and spoke about the machines that weigh our shopping at the supermarkets.
Finally, we discussed how nurses and midwifes weigh babies and even how we may weigh ourselves!
We then weighed some on the tiny animals in our own class Vets surgery, and used the food from our Pet Shop to compare heavier and lighter items of pet food.
We used the Smartboard to weigh the parcels and type in the weight on the scales.
Have a look at our learning in pictures.
Miss Ross granted the boys and girls of Room 3 permission to make some chocolate treats in the kitchen. We think they enjoyed the cooking and the eating!!!
Room 3 have been very busy preparing for the arrival of the season of spring. They went outside to go on an early spring watch and spotted lots of early signs in the change of season. They kept a record of this and then went back out a couple of weeks later to compare the results!
Within their classroom, room 3 have also made their very own Garden Centre, where children can create real life situations through imagination and role play, children have opportunities to be the Garden Centre manager, cashier, sales assistant, customer etc.
In literacy, room 3 have also been reading and writing about the traditional tale; Jack & the Beanstalk. They have planted their own ‘magic beans’ (runner beans) and are measuring their growth each week. Room 3 have also planted sunflower seeds for the Sunflower Tea Party! In drama, they have presented the story of Jack and the Beanstalk to an audience.
Throughout these learning experiences children have gained knowledge and understanding of the importance of caring for seeds and plants, throughout their journey. Great work Room 3.
Our Literacy Assembly for the pupils of Pr.1 – 3 brought to a close our focus fortnight on reading for enjoyment and creative writing. Children across the school were inspired to be authors and illustrators of their own books. Pr.1 – 3 pupils got a chance to share their stories with their parents on Friday and the rest of the school will share their stories with their peers next week. Our book fair remains in the school for a few days next week giving everyone a chance to buy a new book. A £1.00 book voucher is available to all pupils. Please check out our slideshow below that gives highlights of the morning assembly.
Primary 1/2 had many visitors this week, who helped us celebrate Literacy Week.
Mrs Rankin from our school office, Melanie a school visitor, Mrs Hutchinson from Coatbridge College and some of our parents and grandparents joined us to share lots of our favourite stories together.
Pr.1/2 also wrote their own book about one of their favourite traditional tales, Jack and the Beanstalk.
Primary one and two have been learning about the sacrament of Baptism.
They have shared many personal items from home such as; baptismal candles, baptismal certificates, shawls, christening gowns, hats, shoes, blankets etc.
They spoke about the importance of being part of Gods family and the significant roles that our parents/God parents have on our lives.
They chose someone to be the priest and someone to be parents and God parents and then they performed their own baptism on their dolls in role play.
Our weekly Shared Reading Project involving the pupils, parents and grandparents of Pr. 1 is going from strength to strength every week. The children are enjoying the experience of welcoming a family member into school and reading together. Our slideshow captures why reading for enjoyment is so important.
