St. Lucy's Primary, LCSC and Nursery Class

On Sunday 22nd May, ten of our Primary 4’s made their First Holy Communion.  Mass was celebrated at St. Lucy’s Parish Church by Father Campbell.  On the 5th June,  some of the other children will also receive the sacrament of Communion.  The children have worked very hard in class to prepare for this very special occasion.

The pupils of P6 have been designing ballot booths in their co-operative learning groups. They examined real ballot booths. They used metre sticks to measure them which helped design their own drawings. The pupils are going to use cardboard boxes to make a correctly scaled booth of their own.

In Literacy the children have been studying diary extracts and producing their own diary entries. They have been reading “The Railway Children” and “The Last Wolf.” In Numeracy the children have been introduced to the new concept of algebra. P5 are learning about how your eye works, in particular how the optic nerve works and enjoying investigating optical illusions.

The pupils of P7 have been thinking about alternative energy. They learned about how windturbines work and produce energy. The children are learning about the difference between renewable energy such as solar, wind and hydro powered enery and non-renewable energy such as coal, nuclear energy and fossil fuels. The class visited CMS Windows Factory to learn more about energy and the materials used in windows.

The boys and girls in P3 have been learning about birds and mammals. We learned that there are some birds that don’t fly like an ostrich or a flamingo. We have been using our skills in Art in Design to draw some illustrations of birds and mammals. The children have also been thinking about healthy and unhealthy foods.

We have been learning about the brain and how it affects our short term and long term memory. We have discovered some interesting facts like our brains weigh around 3lbs, the size of your brain is the same as your two fists put together and that your brain sends messages at 300mph. One important job of your brain is to control your nervous system.
We have also been learning lots of new Spanish terms. These have included numbers to 10, some body parts like your feet or ‘peis’ and your eye ‘ojo’. A good way of remembering ‘ojo’ is that the word looks like an image of 2 eyes and a nose. To help us with our new learning we have had a visiting Spanish Assistant called Alba. She comes from the North of Spain. She told us that the Spanish tradition is to have your both your Mum and Dad’s Surname.

The children have been working on spelling and using their magnetic boards to reinforce their spelling skills. Some of the children have been enjoying reading “Little Truck.” During numeracy lessons the children have shown they can count to 20 forwards and backwards. As part of learning in health and wellbeing the children have been thinking about what makes a good friend.