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This Week…

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And so we come to the end of another busy week!  This week we have spent lots of time learning more about Chinese New Year, which was on Tuesday.

On Tuesday, the children made spring rolls to try.  All the other teachers were commenting on how good they smelled!

In numeracy, we have come to the end of our money topic and, after the February break we will be moving on to multiplication and division so get practicing your tables on TopMarks please!

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Miss Donaldson  🙂

Burns Day

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Today, to celebrate Burns Day, Primary 5 acted out the verses of the poem A Dug, A Dug by Bill Keys.  Some of our performances were spectacular!  Special mention goes to Lara, Brooke and Connor who won our competition by acting with fantastic expression and developing actions.

A Dug, A Dug by Bill Keys

Hey, daddy, wid yi get us a dug?
A big broon alsatian? Ur a wee white pug,
Ur a skinny wee terrier ur a big fat bull.
Aw, daddy. Get us a dug. Wull ye?		  
 

N whose dug’ll it be when it durties the flerr?
and pees’n the carpet, and messes the sterr?
It’s me ur yur mammy’ll be taen fur a mug.
Away oot an play. Yur no needin a dug.

  

floor
stair
 

Bit, daddy! Thur gien thum away
doon therr at the RSPCA.
Yu’ll get wan fur nothing so ye wull.
Aw, daddy. Get us a dug. Wull ye?

  
 

Doon therr at the RSPCA!
Dae ye hink ah’ve goat nothing else tae dae
bit get you a dug that ah’ll huftae mind?
Yur no needin a dug. Ye urny blind!

  
 

Bit, daddy, thur rerr fur guardin the hoose
an thur better’n cats fur catchin a moose,
an wee Danny’s dug gies is barra a pull.
Aw, hey daddy. Get us a dug. Wull ye?

  

barrow
 

Dae ye hear im? Oan aboot dugs again?
Ah hink that yin’s goat dugsn the brain.
Ah know whit ye’ll get; a skiten the lug
if ah hear any merr aboot this bliddy dug.

  

slap, ear
 

Bit, daddy, it widnae be dear tae keep
N ah’d make it a basket fur it tae sleep
N ah’d take it fur runs away orr the hull.
Aw, daddy. Get us a dug. Wull ye?

  
 

Ah don’t hink thur’s ever been emdy like you.
Ye could wheedle the twist oot a flaming coarkscrew.
Noo get doon aff mah neck. Ah don’t want a hug.
Awright. That’s anuff. Ah’ll get ye a dug.

  

anybody
 

Aw, daddy! A dug! A dug!

Clothes for Tomorrow

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There will be an assault course set up in the gym hall tomorrow so children are asked to come to school wearing sports clothes. Football colours are, as usual, not allowed.

Secondly, as it is St. Andrew’s Day tomorrow, children are allowed to wear tartan to school (don’t worry if you don’t have anything).

Miss Donaldson

 

☃️ Christmas Fayre 🎄

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I hope to see lots of you at the Christmas Fayre tomorrow! The fayre starts at 10:00 so if you are wanting to buy the snowman that you made make sure you are there as early as you can to ensure no one buys it first. They are so adorable I’m sure they’ll sell really quickly!

Miss Donaldson ☺️✨

Christmas Show Songs 🎤🎄

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With our Christmas Show fast approaching we have been practicing our songs in class. If you could also practise them at home that would be great!

The Gift

Nearly two thousand years ago,
Under a starlit sky,
Many events were taking place
As the ancients had prophesied.

And a gift was given from heaven to earth,
The everlasting light,
So let us adore the Saviour born,
Emmanuel here to night.

Darkness was over Bethlehem,   Brightly the star did shine,            Showing the way to where he lay            In a manger for all to find.

And a gift was given from heaven to earth,
The everlasting light,
So let us adore the Saviour born,
Emmanuel here to night.

Never before in history,                            Had there been such a sign,                      For God was born in human form          For the sake of all mankind

And a gift was given from heaven to earth,
The everlasting light,
So let us adore the Saviour born,
Emmanuel here to night.
So let us adore the Saviour born,
Emmanuel here to night.

 

 

Unto Us A Child Is Born

Unto us a child is born,                             Unto us a son is given.
He shall reign in all the earth,
He will be called Immanuel!
(Repeat)

Angel voices sing,
Hallelujahs ring,
For today in Bethlehem
The love of God has come to men,
The Saviour of the world is Christ the King!

CHORUS

Leave your cares aside,
Seek and you will find,
For today in Bethlehem
The love of God has come to men,
The Saviour of the world is Jesus Christ!

CHORUS

Come let us adore,
Now and evermore.
For today in Bethlehem
The love of God has come to men,
The Saviour of the world is Christ the Lord!

CHORUS (repeat 3 times)

 

 

You could sing along with the video below.

Star Writers

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Congratulations to this weeks star writers. Each of the star writers this week produced an excellent autumn poem with super descriptive language.

This was the winning poem:

Autumn, autumn, autumn

Spectacular, majestic, beautiful autumn

Red, green, purple autumn

Chilly, misty, cold autumn

Darker nights, Halloween frights autumn

Autumn, autumn, autumn 🍂 🍁