St Kevin's Primary and Nursery

This week in Primary Three, our super scientists have been finishing up their topic work on The Human Body.

As we have already learned about what’s inside our bodies, and how exercise can help our organs and bones, we decided to explore what food and drink is best for keeping ourselves healthy too. We looked at the Eat Well plate and learned about the importance of having a balanced diet, and eating a range of food from the 5 food groups. We learned the names of the food groups, and took part in some sorting activities to help us see which food belongs to which group.
We finished our lessons by creating our own healthy balanced meal on plate.

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This week we also had our final 7th birthday celebration!
Our lovely classmate brought in some cupcakes for us all to enjoy, and as we learned through the Eat Well Plate – it’s okay to treat yourself during special occasions!\
Finally, we had a great time at school today for our Pyjama Day in aid of Mary’s Meals.
We all enjoyed being comfortable and cosy in class and loved seeing each others’ jammies!

We are all looking forward to returning to school next Thursday after having a rest this holiday weekend.

We cannot wait to begin work on our next science topic – Plants and Animals.

Miss McFadyen and Primary Three

Hello from Primary 6/7

This week we have been continuing our block on money and looking at Hire Purchase and Foreign Exchange. We understand that financial education plays an important part in our lives. We have been using exchange rates to calculate the currency we would receive.

As part of our topic, Planet Earth, we have been researching natural disasters such as the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii and the Bangladesh cyclone in . The children chose a natural disaster and used the Internet to research information about this, they will then use these notes to create a detailed report.

We started painting our portraits this week and have been learning about mixing paint colours to get the optimum colour as well as how to make colours lighter and darker. We used different colours to create shading just like the artist has done. We are very happy with how our portraits are turning out and we will complete these next week.

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avoir une belle fin de semaine

Miss Jackson and Primary 6/7

Primary 5/6  thoroughly enjoyed working with the Kodaly teacher Mrs  Ewart this week .

We were learning about the difference between pitch and rhythm and had great fun playing a musical version of the game twister .

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This week as part of our topic we were learning about Volcanoes . We used the Internet to research information about Volcanoes and to find out how ? and why ? they erupt . We enjoyed watching video clips of a volcano erupting .

We also started to design and create posters to enter a competition to celebrate 70 years of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival . We will finish our entries next week .

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The pupils in Primary 4/5 have been making a beautiful Titanic picture using crepe paper.  They have been carefully using different sizes and colours to create a very moving and atmospheric scene.

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This week has been a very creative one in Primary Three!

Our amazing artists started the week by taking part in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival poster competition, where we were challenged to create a design inspired by Edinburgh. This was easy for us as we were able to draw on our prior knowledge from our Scotland topic last term. We chose to use oil pastels for our entries, as we all enjoy the bold colours and interesting textures that they create.

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Our next creative venture was a final celebration for Chinese New Year. As we know this year is the Year of the Rooster, we decided to create some bright paintings as a tribute to the animal. To make our paintings more challenging and interesting, we used forks and toothbrushes to create a beautiful feather effect.

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We were then thrilled to finish our celebration with some fortune cookies!

This week we also received a nice surprise as we found our favourite pieces of art from last term displayed in The St. Kevin’s Gallery of Modern Art.

We could not be prouder to have these beautiful pictures up for everyone to see.

Miss McFadyen and Primary Three