St. Brendan's Primary School and Nursery

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February 23, 2017
by Mrs Ferns
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Primary 3F Term 3

This term our interdisciplinary learning topic is Little Lighthouse. We have been enjoying the learning experiences and purposeful play activities so far. Painting the lighthouse scene was great fun and we were able to work together as a whole class to complete it. We have been collecting kitchen rolls so we can use them to create our own 3D lighthouse. We used card for the sea and painted it blue, the kitchen roll has been painted white and red for the lighthouse and we are adding cotton wool to create the rocks which the lighthouse stands on. The children have been enjoying learning about and investigating; creating sound waves, electrical circuits and we will be learning about programming later in the term. Mrs Young has been working with us in the kitchen to make food from The Lighthouse Keeper stories.

As we are preparing for our First Reconciliation this term and I would ask that you keep us in your prayers. I am delighted that the children have been working hard at home on their Family Workbooks. The children have been enthusiastic when reading and learning about the Bible stories. They have enjoyed that activities which they have completed in class; in particular the fingerprint and helping hands activities.

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February 3, 2017
by Mrs McNicholl
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Hello from P6/5

I can’t believe we are into February already!

Last term was very busy indeed with Christmas shows and parties. We had fun learning a medley of  favourites as well as a Spanish song to sing as this fitted in with our topic learning about Christmas traditions around the world. We learned about the tradition of putting up trees, how to say Merry Christmas in other languages and the huge variety of foods eaten on Christmas Day. Did you know the Japanese go to KFC for their Christmas dinner?

This term P6  have started preparing for the next step in their faith journey, Confirmation. This is a very important time for the children, their families and the parish and it was lovely to get the chance to explain what is happening at the meeting on Wednesday.

Please remember the children in your prayers.

 

February 3, 2017
by Miss Mitchell
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Primary 5 Term 3

I can’t quite believe we are now into our third term here in Primary 5! Time surely does fly by when you are learning and having lots of fun! During Term 2 our IDL theme was the Romans and we had lots of great learning experiences. There was so much to learn in this topic that we have actually carried it over to Term 3 for a short while. The children are knowledgeable on the Roman Empire, the Roman army, Boudicca and many other aspects of Roman life. They also created fantastic artwork as you can see in our pictures. We created authentic Roman shields in a similar style and design to that of the Romans and beautiful mosaics using a variety of gummed paper. We are also excited about our trip to Motherwell Heritage Centre in a few weeks where we will actually get to see some genuine Roman artefacts! Throughout Term 3 we are going to create our own class enterprise topic. The children will learn about the running of a business and will also be fully involved in the making of the products that we are going to sell within the school. We are going to Sky Studios in Livingstone in April to experience what it’s like to work in a television studio. We have opted to focus this learning around the theme ‘World of Money’ to link in perfectly with our Enterprise topic. We will be focusing on ‘instructions’ during our writing lessons and the children have already enjoyed making their own empire biscuit and then writing excellent instructions on exactly how to do it.

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