December 16, 2016 by Mr Fowler | 0 comments
This week, we studied some of the beautiful Christmas decorations that have sprung up around the school . We saw some incredible class wall displays. These displays made very interesting use of glitter and fake snow to create really striking visual effects. We also noticed that a lot of classes have their own Christmas trees in their classrooms. Some teachers are very proud of these trees… Finally, we noticed that the stage has been decorated as well. We have been practicing for all of our school Christmas shows and our school stage is the perfect setting for these performances.
See you next time!
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December 15, 2016
by Miss Maclean (Nee Devlin)
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Primary 3 had a ball this afternoon at our annual St. Bart’s Christmas lunch. There was music, chit chat and lots of very full bellies! It has definitely created a festive mood in class in the lead up to our wonderful Sleepy Shepherd Nativity performance on Monday!
December 15, 2016
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The past few weeks we have super busy in p4 doing lots of different activities. A couple of weeks ago we had David the fireman coming in to talk about fire safety and how he makes a difference within the community. We learned so much and are grateful for David coming in to visit. 
We we were so excited and we asked lots of interesting questions. David even let us try on the fire brigades uniform to show what equipment he needs to protect himself. It was extremely heavy.
David also taught us what we should do if there is a fire within the house. We had to use our big loud voices to shout on him and tell him which room we were in. He came to our rescue and demonstrated a fire man’s lift!!
Also we have been doing some art in class and learning all about the artist George Seurat. He is famous for creating the art style pointillism and using dots to create fantastic pieces of  art. We thought we could try it for ourselves by using an under water theme. Check out some of our fantastic pieces.
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December 12, 2016
by Mr Fowler
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Today, our group went to the Digital Learning Suite. We found a lot of interesting resources!
In this area of our school, you can find lots of computers. There are also posters on the wall. These posters tell you how to stay safe when using the computer. We learned that you are not able to bring food or drink into this room. You can use these computer to research new topics. We like this room because you can create interesting documents. We also liked the fact that you can save important information to your computer.
Thank you for looking and stayed tuned for the next episode of ‘Our School’.
See you soon!
December 12, 2016
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The last few weeks have been very busy in our class. We have been learning all about shapes and positions in maths and we can use lots of new vocabulary to describe where an object is. In literacy we have been using nouns, verbs and adjectives and we know how to make our sentences more interesting. We have also been enjoying our topic called ‘when gran was a girl’ and we loved our trip to Summerlee. We found out about toys from the past and had lots of fun trying out all of the things our grans might have played with. At the end of the workshop we made our own Christmas toy which we got to take home!
December 9, 2016
by Ms Kiernan
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We had a fantastic day at the pantomime on Thursday🎄
Oh no your not!
We were  busy finishing off our big book on The Forces!
December 9, 2016
by Mr Fowler
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Primary 1 have been enjoying our athletics topic in P.E. recently. We have been studying how we can move the different parts of our bodies when we are sprinting. Have a look at our great technique!
December 8, 2016
by Mrs Carlin
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What a busy week we have had! Everyone has worked hard and behaved well yet again.
Here, you can see that we have been writing sentences dictated to us by the teacher. Using our sounding out and blending skills, we are able to write the words that she says. Some of the words we just know because we have been learning our common words since starting school. Look how neat our writing is too! Everyone has found it hard to write “p” and “y” correctly by hanging them on the line in our jotters – but with lots of practice this week…we think we’ve got it!
When we are reading our books, we practice making sentences. By looking for the word with the capital letter and the word with the full stop we can give ourselves a head start. Everyone makes a jumbled sentence, then reads it aloud to the group to check it makes sense. 
Now that we can add, we are practicing our skills in different ways – using numicon to make our own adding sums, playing adding games with a friend and using addition apps. 
Besides all of this….we are counting down to Christmas. This lucky girl got the golden coin on the 7th! 
As if this wasn’t enough, we had an absolutely fabulous time at the pantomime on Thursday. It was bright, dazzling, glittery, filled with singing and dancing and larger than life characters. We are sooooo grateful to Mark Millar for this wonderful Christmas gift. Here is a little picture of everyone in Primary 1 at the panto! 
December 8, 2016
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We have been beyond excited and enthusiastic about our Christmas Writing project! For the month of December, we are working on our own Christmas Books which we need to write, proof-read, edit and improve. We don’t want to give too much away as we’re hosting a Book Launch just before the Christmas break in our lovely new library. Look out for the invitations everyone!
Here’s a sneak peek at what we’ve been up to…
We can’t wait!
December 8, 2016
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We have been learning about our Catholic Faith Heritage and different Christian Pilgrimage sites across Scotland.
St. Columba was a very interesting Saint who worked on an Scottish island called Iona. He came from Ireland with 12 followers and helped to spread Christianity in Scotland. He and his monks were scribes who created a very beautiful and famous manuscript called the Book of Kells. It contains the 4 Gospels and is ornately and painstakingly decorated.
Mrs McLean also shared some photographs of her visit to Iona this year. We saw the beautiful Abbey that has been built where Columba’s monastery used to stand. We hope to visit Iona one day…
