Last Friday we had a non uniform day and fun day to raise funds for our school. We started in the morning with a sponsored danceathon which Primary 7 led. Each class had a 20 minute slot to come and dance along with Cyber Coach. Primary 7 had great fun participating!
Fr. Daniel visited Primary 7 this morning to tell them about St Blaise. His feast day is on February 3rd and he is the patron saint of sore throats and other ailments. Fr. Daniel explained to the children why this was and then we had a short prayer service and we had our throats blessed by Fr. Daniel.
This week is Catholic Education Week and the children will be focussing their religious learning on the Year of Mercy.
We have loved learning about multiplication in Maths! We have practised these skills through the use of ICT and we have been looking at the patterns that exist in the times tables. We also realise that multiplication and division are inverse processes and we have sharpened our skills in multiplying problems using mental strategies. Here’s a peek at what we were doing.
Well done to some of our Primary 6 children who represented the school in the Euro Quiz in Cumbernauld today.
We have had lots of fun learning about Ancient Scotland. Yesterday we worked in small groups to complete different design challenges. We were challenged to design tools that the ancient Scottish farmers may have used. We were only allowed to use materials that would have been available between 3000-2000BC. Here are some pictures of us working on our challenge and presenting our finished tool designs.
We have had a busy couple of days rounding up our maths topic of Symmetry through Carousel Learning activities. We thought you would like to see some of our pictures of us hard at work!!
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This week Primary 7 have been designing some tartan that would be suitable for the Jacobites. They firstly designed the tartan in their jotters and then got more creative by creating tartan patches using coloured card and coloured wool. The tartan effect was completed by weaving the wool through the card. They look fabulous, have a look at the children preparing their tartan.
Primary 5/4 have been busy this week investigating different things that affect their breathing rate. They have successfully worked together to carry out an experiment exploring how different types of exercise affects this.
This week Primary 7 began a 6 week block of rugby with Ruaridh from the School of Sport. Ruaridh is trying to encourage the children to join the School of Sport once they go to St Maurice’s in August.
The children have been learning how to play touch rugby and have had the opportunity to practise passing, attacking and defending. They have been able to play short games of touch rugby in their groups.
Here are some pictures of the class in action.
