We have now started our new topic,’ The Human Body’, which is linked to the  Health and Wellbeing curriculum. The children are full of interesting facts and have been bringing in a variety of things to share in class. This week we were able to view an x-ray following on from learning about the skeleton. We have also been finding out about the digestive system and in the next couple of weeks we are looking at the heart and lungs. We are also finding out how to care for our emotional and physical wellbeing.

Diorama Winners

Today was the day when the diorama winners were finally announced. Everybody could have been a winner they were all fantastic. However, we gave the job of choosing a winner to the whole staff of Wallace Primary as we handed out voting forms to staff members as they toured the classroom to view our ‘Under the Sea’ display. Two winners emerged edging out the  competition by a mere 1 vote each. So…

Well Done to our super prize winners below.

Gardening Day

Last week we went out to litter pick on our section of the playground and to check on our raised beds in the school garden.

We have been discussing what we want to plant and weather permitting we plan to have everything planted by the end of May

Watch this space to see what we chose…

A group of P6 pupils had a lovely morning visiting Riverbrae School today.

“Everyone was nice and chatty.” -Ali

“I made new friends today”- Harrison

“I learned how to say my name is Nieve using Makaton”- Nieve

“It was a fun experience and I’m looking forward to visiting again.” – Iagan

“I enjoyed seeing so many happy people today. Riverbrae is such a cool school!” – Aimee

“I enjoyed meeting new people and making new friends.” – Cameron

“I loved playing with everyone and learning some Makaton.” -Emma McC

“I loved making new friends today.” -Kayla

“I liked seeing so many happy faces at Riverbrae school.” -Rosie

“It was so interesting to see how the boys and girls learn at Riverbrae school. I loved meeting everyone.” – Zach

Primary 1 had our very own art gallery today. After creating our works of art, we went round them all discussing the colours, shapes and lines we used. We then shared our thoughts and feeling about our work. We think we should all be proud!

Primary 1

Today we were learning about the famous artist Vincent van Gogh. We did an amazing job recreating his Starry Night. We used oil pastels to copy his bright colours and crazy lines. Work to be proud of!

Today Primary 5 were lucky enough to have a visit from Graham, a tennis coach @Strathgryffe Tennis Club.  We worked on our throwing and catching skills and we learned how to serve. To practice all of our new skills we played a few short games of ‘Champion of the Court’.

We can’t wait for our second tennis lesson next Thursday.

Primary 1 might get a mention on Radio Clyde today. We had a ‘Chuck it in the Bucket’ during our Superhero Open Afternoon this week for Cash for Kids. Thanks again everyone!

Primary 1 Here are some photos from our Open Afternoon.

Primary1  We planted carrot seeds this week in our lovely new garden.

Primary 5 have been learning how to create suspense and build up tension in their writing.  This is a useful skill as it should make the reader want to keep reading! Working with a partner, each pair wrote a paragraph to describe a spooky picture.  They then spent time reading each other’s work and offered some feedback.  All of the paragraphs were amazing – well done everyone!