P6 take part in an annual Knex Challenge against other schools for a bit of fun.  We had some training before we made our Knex item so we knew what we are doing.

First we made a simple triangle. We all thought it was easy so we did a slightly harder challenge. We made a cube but it wobbled about, so we put triangles at the side and it was steady. We all thought that was easy as well so we made a Bridge from an exact copy that Castlehead High School made. It was much harder! After that we had a test to see who would get to go to the semi-finals so we had to make a transporter that would hold an orange and a water bottle.  Lee and Darren came 3rd; Jorja and Emily came 2nd and Kara and Sarah came 1st.

Thank you Castlehead for coming in and helping us with our fabulous creations!

It’s tradition that Primary 6 at West make an Easter bonnet and then do a parade at the Easter Service. In each class there are prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd. All the bonnets were wonderful and had loads of thought put into them but Mrs Ferguson had to pick winners. In Mrs Terris’ class Byron was 1st, 2nd was Kirstie and 3rd was Jacob. In Mrs Campbell/Mrs Clark’s class in 1st was Kaiden, 2nd was Elise and 3rd was Ashley.

To finish our RE topic about Eid we plan to have an activity afternoon on Friday 1 April. The children can wear or bring a change of clothes for the afternoon.

We will also be making a variety of snacks to be eaten. These will include riata with yoghurt, cucumber, spicy onions, poppadoms, naan bread and sampling Indian food.

The children will be drawing Mehndi patterns on each other’s hands with kohl pencils.

Please let us know if your child cannot take part in any of these activities.

The Parents’ Evening for Primary 2 will not take place next week with the rest of the school due to staff absence. We will have the Parents’ Evening for Primary 2 after the April holidays.

We felt that this would allow us to offer you the best quality feedback.

If you have any concerns and would like to speak to your child’s teacher before this, please do not hesitate to contact the school to make an appointment.

Dinner Menu Weeks 3 & 4

Monday 28th March

Holiday

Tuesday 29th March

Parents’ Evening (6.30-8.30pm)

Wednesday 30th March

Parents’ Evening (3.30-5.30pm)

Friday 1st April

School closes at 2.30pm
School reopens on Monday 18th April

This morning the Assessment and Development Class went into the playground. We were practising writing our numbers using chalk! Look at our hard work!

Today the Language Unit Class made Easter nests.

We talked about the chocolate changing from a solid to a liquid and sequenced the steps to make the chocolate nests.

We all worked well together! We took turns, listened well and followed Mrs Tominey’s instructions.

In the Assessment and Development Class we have been talking about Spring and Easter. We talked about ‘New Life’ and looked at lots of pictures of flowers and farm animals and their babies.

Mrs Tominey helped us to make some Easter nests.

We had to do good looking, good listening and sequencing. The best bit was tasting our creations!

Mrs Stevenson told us about how you can make funny photos with  your computer. She got some things  from her work and we got to see them. She made funny photos of the teachers! All of my class liked the photos of the teachers.

The Primary 7 Leavers’ Dance has been arranged for the evening of Tuesday, 21 June from 7.00pm until 9.30pm.

The end of session awards service for Primary 7 will be held on the morning of Friday 24 June at 10.00am.