April 21, 2016
by Mrs MacFarlane
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Primary seven have been sent crazy this week with long division!
Just as we were getting used to chunking, the next challenge arrived… Dividing by more than two digits! There were smiles all round however when children realised that the chunking method could also be used. “The sums aren’t so bad!” said a few.
“Ah now I get it! ” said another.
The feeling of achievement was bursting out the room. Well done seven’s.
April 21, 2016
by Mrs MacFarlane
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Two pupils were selected from the class this week to join the artists from our community group. The girls were shown how to give their paintings depth and how to use light and shade. Two different pupils will be chosen next time. Well done girls and thank you our fabulous artists in the community group.
April 18, 2016
by Miss Brennan
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Primary 5/6 have been very lucky today and spent our first day back on a trip to the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. It was a very interesting day, we learned loads and had a lot of great fun too.
When we arrived, some of us were surprised because we had to go through security. Lauren said it was just like the airport but Nathan didn’t really like it. After that we met Ian, our super guide for the day. We went into a room and found lots of different items on our chairs. Each row had something different and we had to try to work out what each of them had to do with Scottish Parliament. We did really well and everyone was really impressed.
After that we learned a little bit more about the History of the Scottish Parliament. We learned some great facts about the Old Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Parliament as it is today. We played a game in our teams where we had to guess whether different powers were reserved for the UK government or were devolved powers for Scotland. We quite often had a split vote, but we had a lot of fun trying to work it out. When the workshop was almost over, we each got the chance to take part in a special quiz on iPads. Olivia stole the show and had the highest score at the end, well done!
We were also lucky enough to have a guided tour of the building. We learned about the 3 stages that a bill goes through before it becomes a law. We were very well behaved and were allowed to sit in the fancy leather chairs in the conference room. We even got to use the special microphones, there’s a rule though that only one person can talk at a time, Miss Brennan liked that.
We got a group picture taken in the debating chamber and seen the real mace which we learned is made of pure Scottish silver and gold. We were very surprised that it weighs less than a kilogram because it’s pretty big, but that’s because although it’s pure, it’s not solid. Our guide told us that the mace represents power and is a reminder to the MSPs of the power they have on behalf of the people.
It was a very fun experience and we learned lots of new facts about the Scottish Parliament. What a great day!
April 1, 2016
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It’s been another very productive week in Primary 4.
On Wednesday, there was an egg decorating frenzy as we took part in the annual St. Bart’s Egg Decorating competition! As always, our creativity was very impressive. Here we are making our wonderful creations…
And here’s some we made earlier (they couldn’t be entered as they were done at home but great effort boys and girls!)…
Our winner can be found on Mr Young’s blog. Well done!
Of course we didn’t forget, amid all the Easter fun, that we are now able to celebrate the last Station of the Cross – Jesus’s Resurrection. We discussed what this means for us and we decided to visit the oratory to have a closer look at the beautiful Stations of the Cross that can be seen along the walls…
After that, it was back to class to create our own Stations of the Cross. We discussed how colour, tone and shade can express different moods and feelings. We then had to decide, based on the Station that we are each creating, what colours would best reflect the mood at that particular time in Jesus’s journey. We used chalk pastels to create our ‘mood’ backgrounds…
We’ll add symbols to our backgrounds when we return after the Easter Break.
Our R.E linked art projects continued this week as we put the finishing touches to our First Communion banners. Our preparation for the Sacrament is well underway now and we just have one more thing to add to our banners before we’re ready to display our work. Here’s a sneak preview…
We are really looking forward to our break now and wish everyone a happy Easter holiday.
April 1, 2016
by Ms Kiernan
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This week Primary 5 had fun designing their Easter eggs in class!
The children made beautiful Viking brooches using clay and a variety of materials!
Have a great holiday!
March 30, 2016
by Miss Maclean (Nee Devlin)
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Let the decorating commence! Primary 2/3 are having lots of fun painting and decorating their eggs this morning. We can’t wait to find out the winner later today.
March 29, 2016
by Miss Brennan
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Over the last few weeks, Primary 5/6 have been learning lots of Spanish to help them talk about their families. We have learned the names of our family members and our pets of course, we learned how to share their names and ages with others and we learned to describe how many people are in our families. We’ve been very busy and it’s been a lot of hard work but Miss Brennan is very impressed with our huge effort and our lovely Spanish accents.
Today we made little information cards all about ‘mi familia’ and presented them to the whole class. It was nerve-racking for some of us and others loved sharing. We all did fantastic! Here are some photos of our presentations.
March 29, 2016
by Mrs MacFarlane
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Primary seven have been learning all about Sir Nicholas Winton who sadly died last year at the age of 106. Sir Nicolas Winton was responsible for rescuing 669 Children from the clutches of Hitler during World War 2. The children were amazed to hear about this wonderful humble man and how he made his mission to evacuate children into Britain from Prague and Czechoslovakia.
The feeling in our classroom today was one of deep admiration for this hero and deep sorrow for those parents who never survived to see their children again. We all had a tear in our eye when we heard how Nicholas was reunited with his rescued children in 1988 on the TV show “That’s life”
Tonight the children are asked to further research this amazing story and also that of Schindler, another war hero.
It is believed that there are over 6000 people alive today because of Nicholas Winton, wow! After a lot of reflection we decided that nothing is impossible and who knows how each one of us can help others in this modern day world. What an inspiration!
March 28, 2016
by Mrs MacFarlane
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Primary seven have been raising money for SCIAF. We decided to take part in a game of balloon lottery! Balloons were filled with secret messages which were either prizes or rewards.
Children paid £2 to receive a balloon and then after a countdown we all popped our balloons at the same time! What a noise! Between the popping and sequels of laughter it was definitely the noisiest way to raise money.
Children were delighted with their chocolate bunnies, Easter eggs and sit with a friend tickets! Great fun for a great cause!
March 24, 2016
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It’s been a jam-packed week in P4 and boy, have we worked hard. In literacy, our novel studies are continuing and we’ve been working on metalinguistics, HOT skills, main idea, inference and summary!
In maths, we’re learning about division and we’re polishing up on our mental skills. We know that you can use your tables facts to help with division calculations and that you can split bigger numbers into tens and units to quickly work out division facts. We used our skills this week to solve a very serious problem indeed! It involved a rare breed of shark called the South African Skittle Shark. Have a look at our photos to find out more…
We managed to solve the problem and work out how many times the sharks could be fed. And we may have eaten some of the skittles too! Oops!
We’ve not just been learning about Skittle Sharks this week, we’ve also been learning about the events that took place during Holy Week. We decided to explore the main events through drama…
We prayed the Stations of the Cross in class and held symbols to represent each station. We know that we can link each of the events to our daily lives. For example, since Simon of Cyrene helped Jesus to carry his cross, we too should look for ways to show kindness and caring towards others.
Finally, today, we made our own Easter cakes and treats in the get-together room. We had lots of fun and the photos speak for themselves we think…!
And really finally…here is a class superstar who has just been awarded his red tags in Tae Kwon Do. A truly fantastic achievement! Well done!
Happy Easter everyone!
