Primary 6 will be opening the SS Express Stationery Shop during lunch time on Friday’s.   Today will be the first day the shop is opened.

In class we have been learning about how to run a business and we have applied for jobs.  We have talked about entrepreneurs and created a new logo for our shop.

The Stationery Shop will be taking place between the hours of 12.15 and 12.45.  We have talked about profits/loss and have chosen the prices for the stationery.

On sale at the Stationery Shop are:

Assorted Whiteboard Markers              35p

Highlighters                                                     30p

HB Pencils                                                        15p

Mechanical Pencils                                   30p

Erasers/Small                                              20p

Pencil Sharpener                                       15p

Whiteboard Dusters                               35p

Coloured Rulers                                         35p

We are looking forward to starting up our business and sharing all our products with you.

From your SS Express Managers

Caragh                    Zoe              Millie                         Shae                 Thomas

Yesterday, we had a stock take of the items we will be selling.

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Primary 7/6 presented their personal projects today. Each pupil chose a place of interest, researched information on it, then presented it in their own words using pictures and illustrations to enhance their findings. Mrs McLennan was delighted and could see how hard people had worked.  Well done P.7/6!

Today the Primary 6 children from P.7/6 visited St . Maurice’s High as part of their transition .

They worked in the Technical Department and learned new skills to make a times table game using acrylic and various tools.

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Primary 6 took part in a day of culture when they visited the Spanish Film Festival in Edinburgh to watch a screening of the cartoon Donkey Xote, an animated tale of the life of Don Quixote.

They are currently learning some basic words and phrases Spanish.  They watched the film in English, with Spanish subtitles.

We had a fantastic afternoon down in the forest making dens.  We worked well as a group to collect the materials we required and using them to make our den.  We showed great problem solving skills on how to hold up parts of our dens.

The only criteria Miss Wilson gave us was to make sure our den had a roof and a seating area for everyone in the group to sit on.  I am sure you can see, we were very creative with some groups creating beds to sleep in, fires to keep warm and decorative items such as flowers!

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Today, Primary 5 and Primary 6 took part in a fantastic outdoor activity day at Broadwood Stadium for their Summer trip.  They took part in Tennis, Athletics, Orienteering, Team Building and BMX biking.   The rain didn’t stop them enjoying their day!

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PC Kenny came to the school to talk to the children about the importance of staying safe on the internet, using online games and social media apps.

He showed them some some age appropriate videos from the website https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk, which is a resource which can be used to  highlight the importance of  staying safe online, exploring what’s good, what’s not and what they can do about it if they feel uncomfortable or worried about something that is happening online.

After gathering the most important issues for their political parties, Primary 6/5 wrote and then presented their manifestos to the rest of the class.  They then took a vote to decide upon a winner.  The Scottish Lions won the most votes.

Recently, we had a special visitor from the Scottish Parliament.   She came to teach us about the work of the Scottish Parliament, the role of MSP’s, voting and how it works.

We were put into six groups; Animal Welfare, IT,  Music , Save the Earth, Sport and School which became our ‘Political Parties’.   We held a mini Election.  First we had to elect a Party Leader, then we had to decide what was important to us and finally we had to present our party promises to the class.   We listened to what each party had to offer and voted on who we would like to win.  After all the votes were counted, the Animal Welfare Party won the election.

It was an exciting day for all of us.  We found out things we did not know or had never thought of!

Here are some pictures to show you how fun it was!

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