November 13, 2015
by Mrs Carlin
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What have we been doing this week?

What a nice surprise on Monday morning….another primary 2 winner! Well done Star girl!

In our topic work we have been exploring where our food comes from. We found out that lots of our fruit comes from countries very far away. We wanted to taste some of it, so we made our own fruit salad.

In maths this week primary 2 were working on subtraction skills. This involved games, partner activities, individual challenges and team activities.

We always know our targets for the week, they are displayed on our smart board. Each day some of us make it onto the target! Look who has achieved this week….

Many thanks to all of the people who donated cakes and biscuits for our cake sale! It was a huge success. So far we have raised £122 for Mary’s Meals. It costs £12.20 to feed one child for a year, so we have raised enough money to feed 10 children for a year and the government will double it, so that makes 20. Thank you for you support.

Some of our p.7 helpers who manned the cake stall.

November 12, 2015
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It’s all about the Moon…

This week we have been learning more fascinating facts about the Moon during our study of different non-fiction texts. We have been learning how to take clear, concise notes as we watch and listen…

We have also been learning about the features of non-fiction texts in our co-operative learning groups to help us write our own wonderful non-chronological reports…

We watched a video and did some reading about the Moon Landings. We found out that if you drop a feather and hammer on the Moon at the same time, they both hit the ground at the same time! This is because of a force called gravity. We decided to test the gravity on Planet Earth…

We talked about the things that we had to keep the same in order to make sure that our experiments were fair. These were the height (that the balls were dropped from) and the timing (of the balls being dropped). After that we wrote down our hypotheses and finally conducted our fair tests, recording our results on a table as we went. We found that, if the test was fair, the size and weight of the ball made no difference! All of the balls hit the ground at the same time. That’s gravity for you!

In maths we have been learning about a new fraction called hundredths. Here we are playing a class game…

And these super boys have been learning how to order numbers on a number line…

Finally, today we were learning some Scottish songs in music. We decided that we needed to add more ‘Scottishness’ to the classroom. This pair were more than happy to help out…

Pretty!

November 12, 2015
by Ms Kiernan
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Primary 5 Scientists!

This week in Primary 5 we have been learning all about The Water Cycle. We carried out an experiment to see how The Water Cycle works.

November 11, 2015
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Life in primary 1!

Over the past few weeks we have been super busy! We did some drama and had to use our facial expressions and bOkies to show how we would be feeling carrying a large and heavy sack of potatoes!!! We got really into it.

During maths time we have been exploring money. We replaced our numbers with coins and notes on our washing line. We have been counting in 1p’s and buying things from Miss Duffy’s shop!

The rights respecting schools pupil voice group asked us to complete a task sorting items into things we need and things we want. Some were easy to sort and some caused a bit of discussion.

Things we need included clean water, medicine and clothes. Things we want included toys, crisps and coloured pens.

November 11, 2015
by Miss Maclean (Nee Devlin)
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A Splash Of Colour In P2/3

We were thrilled to come into our classroom this morning to find a beautiful splash of colour on our back walls! Our fantastic fireworks we painted last week are now on display and we are proud to show them off.

We also received lots of compliments for our poppies we painted yesterday in honour of Remembrance Day today.

After the painting was complete and dry, we cut round our poppies and attached a green straw for the stem.

We found out lots of facts about Remembrance Day and used our knowledge to write some fabulous explanations. We are learning to use subheadings in our explanation writing.

November 9, 2015
by Miss Brennan
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Spanish madness!

Primary 5/6 had lots of fun today learning facial features in Spanish. This is our Spanish version of heads, shoulders, knees and toes!

November 9, 2015
by Miss Maclean (Nee Devlin)
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Primary 2/3 ICT Skills

Last week we wrote some fantastic explanations on how the trees change throughout the different seasons.

Today we went to the ICT room to type up some of our findings. We each chose a different season and used Splosh to type and illustrate information on our chosen season.

Here are a few of the amazing finished products!

November 8, 2015
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Primary 2 Have Got Rights!

In Primary 2 we have been learning all about our rights. This week we talked about the difference between the things that we want and the things that we need. Miss Connor gave us all a pink card with the word want on it and a blue card with the word need on it. Then we took turns at going into the middle of the circle and picking up a card with a picture on it. The pictures were of things like clothes and computers and we had to vote for whether we wanted or needed them. The person in the middle was in charge of putting the picture on the want or need poster. We were very good at doing this so Miss Connor sent us back to our seats and put different pictures up on the smartboard. We got to vote again but this time we had to give a reason for our choice. It was loads of fun and Miss Connor was really impressed with all of our sensible answers.

November 6, 2015
by Miss Maclean (Nee Devlin)
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Another Busy Week For P2/3

This week in maths we have been learning how to tell the time. We looked at digital and analogue clocks and enjoyed playing Stop The Clock to reinforce our learning. We are currently learning quarter to and quarter past.

We have been practising our tennis skills in gym. We worked on our own and with a partner using the tennis balls and rackets.

Yesterday we had fun using different coloured paints to create our own firework pictures. Mrs Maclean is looking forward to turning them into a beautiful display in our classroom. Stay tuned for a picture of the finished display!

Finally, we had a very important task to complete for our Rights Respecting School pupil voice group. We chose cards out of the basket and had to decide whether each item was a ‘want’ or a ‘need’. Some of them were tricky to place and needed some thought and debate.

November 6, 2015
by Mrs Carlin
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Autumn has arrived.

Here is our completed Autumn display. We have been learning about autumn weather, autumn fruits and vegetables and God’s care for our world in autumn. We have explored these through drama, art, poetry, the Gospel, ICT and health.

Next week we are having a Cake Sale in aid of Mary’s Meals. Please hand in donations of cakes and biscuits for us to sell.

Everyone always enjoys art. What do you think……?

In number work in primary1, we are learning all about money. Here we are counting 1p coins and £1 coins. We are learning all about money through the story called, The Great Pet Sale!