We have arrived safely at Lockerbie Manor and have settled into our lovely pods. We are very excited for the days ahead!!!

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We had a brilliant first day travelling to Lockerbie Manor yesterday. We stopped at Dumfries and went to the park whilst trying to avoid the rain. We then settled into our pods, participated in orienteering across the grounds of Lockerbie Manor. We then had dinner (cottage pie or chicken kiev) and then had a fun night rifle shooting and fencing! All lights were off by 10pm.

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Yesterday morning we enjoyed breakfast at 7:30am. Then we participated in crate staking, axe throwing, raft building and the climbing wall. All pupils embraced the weather and showed excellent teamwork skills. For dinner we had BBQ chicken or meatballs with either potato wedges, rice and corn. We had ice cream for dessert. We then spent the evening abseiling in the dark! Then we headed back to our pods for showers, some free time and then lights out at 10pm. (Although some pods were sleeping well before this )

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Our final morning at Lockerbie Manor! This morning we packed our bags, had breakfast and then participated in Jacob’s ladder, fencing and rifle shooting. We then had our lunch and headed back home to Dailly. Lots of fantastic memories made over the last few days. Extremely proud of our pupils for demonstrating resilience, teamwork and determination throughout their residential experience. They displayed their wonderful manners and kindness countless times this week.

Some items were left behind on the bus and can be collected from the school office on Monday.

We started this term with learning about the Scots Language. We learned the songs “The New Teacher” and “Wild Mountain Thyme” and performed them at our Scottish afternoon. Primary 5 learned the poem “The Dusty Miller” and Primary 4 did “Graffiti.” We also completed projects about the life of Robert Burns and designed our own kilts, which you will see around the hall. Well done to our poetry, artwork and project winners.

We have been writing our own poems. We have written Haikus, Limericks and rhyming poems. We are now moving on to our next Talk for Writing unit, which is based on the text “The Class Trip.”

Reading homework is given out on a Wednesday and should be completed for a Friday. It is important this homework is done as we then complete a quiz on Accelerated Reader on the book we have read. Lots of children have been achieving great scores and we are all aiming to be in the 100% club! We have a display of our reading achievements in the library area. Spelling homework is given out on a Monday and is to be completed for a Wednesday.

In Science we have been learning about our senses. We have already completed smell tests, taste tests and a guess the sound test. This is a fun topic and we have been sharing some of these activities, plus learning in other curricular areas on Learning Journals. Please make sure you login to see what your child has been learning. We have also been learning about the weather, which was a very significant topic during Storm Eowyn. We wrote and presented our own weather forecasts and have been looking at how the weather impacts us. We will be learning more about climate change too.

In maths we have been working on fractions and division. We will soon become young entrepreneurs when we begin the Virgin Money project Make £5 Grow. One of our parents will be helping us and hopefully we can make lots of profit for our school funds. This project will help us to learn all about managing money.

This term we have PE on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Caitlin from Active Schools has been doing football with us on Tuesdays and Mrs Kirkwood has been teaching us gymnastics on a Wednesday. Please ensure your child has full PE kit on these days, including a change of shoes and no jewellery.

Welcome to the P7/6 blog! We will be discussing what we have already been up to this term and what we plan to do.

This term, we have P.E. every Tuesday and Friday. We have been focusing on our football skills with Caitlin. Some of us also go to the racquet sports after school club.

We are very excited because some of us are heading to Lockerbie Manor on Wednesday 19^th February. We will be staying for two nights and will be participating in activities such as stand up paddle boarding, orienteering and fencing! Last Thursday, we completed our sponsored walk of Cornish Hill and Loch circuit. A huge thank you to our parent helpers who came along today and to everyone who has sponsored us! It is hugely appreciated. Total will be shared once all donations have been collected and counted.

This term, we have had a big focus on poetry, Scotland and Robert Burns. P6 were learning ‘Address to a Haggis;. P7 were learning an extract from ‘Tam O’Shanter’. We had a Burns Supper lunch in January. We have all participated in poetry, art and research project competitions related to Burns. We have also been learning about various cities in Scotland and Scottish inventors.

In maths, we are have been learning ‘time’. We have been converting between 12 and 24 hour time and practising using travel timetables. We have also been studying money – ensuring that we give the correct amount of change, budgeting, calculating profit and loss and even challenging ourselves by looking at exchange rates.

We are getting ready for our school show Robin and Sherwood Hoodies. We have auditioned for our roles, rehearsed our songs and have began learning our lines.

~ Written by P7/6 ~