We have had a very busy term 4.  We began with the Easter Service  and our telling of the Easter Story.

We then studied Fairtrade.  We learned how chocolate was produced and how Fairtrade protected the poorer in the supply chain.

We collected flowers before dissecting them and using microscopes to identify each part of the flower.

Using the art of dance we were able to demonstrate the how molecules act in solids, liquids and gasses.

We learned a lot about how to care for animals properly when the SSPCA came in for an informative, engaging and fun morning.

We had a terrific time at the Science Centre! There were laughs and lots of learning. Our short film in the observatory rounded off our Sun, Moon and Stars topic very well.

This term our topics have been Robert Burns and The Vikings.  We have studied the life of Burns and created a timeline showing key events.

While the P5s were at percussion, P4 had the opportunity to further explore Burns life and discovered that he was incredibly famous and in the year 1787 went on a tour of Scotland to promote his poems and songs.  We created a map showing some of the places he visited during the tour as well as his homes.

We have learned a variety of songs and poems which we shared with the rest of the school during our Scottish afternoon and Burns’ Supper.

We have explored the life of Vikings discovering how they travelled across the world and for what reason.  We have also looked at the life of a typical family in Viking times, where they lived, what they ate, what possessions they had, how they entertained themselves and how they worked.

We have now reached midterm and  have already achieved so much.  It has been all things Scottish so far!  The class practised their Scottish poetry, Lament for a Lost Dinner Ticket and Graffiti, for the poetry competition.  This was judged by the Jolly Beggars.  Keron Suviste took first place with his comical rendition while Derry Sharkey was the runner up.  Both performed on stage during the Scottish afternoon.  All classes enjoyed participating in this in front of friends and family.  Mr David Hunter had taught each class a Scottish song.  P3/4 sang ‘The Midges’.

The class  have started a block of outdoor learning every Thursday.  So far they have spent their time exploring the local woodland.  They have tried some basic orienteering, created  artwork using natural materials and completed a maths challenge to build the tallest stick pile in 20 minutes!

We had a busy end to term 2 as we were still working hard on our maths and literacy while balancing that with nativity practices and exciting Christmas activities.

This has been an extremely busy and exciting term so far. Most of the class were involved in the school talent show: singing, dancing and showing off their football and boxing skills. After a lot of hard work and practice, everyone performed exceptionally well on the night.

Christmas crafts created by the children were also sold on the night. P3/4 used their artistic skills to create snowmen lanterns and then filled them with homemade peppermint creams.   They also made reindeer lollipop holders.

Now it’s the countdown to Christmas and the children are enjoying opening the Advent Calendar with a difference! Lots of forfeits to perform before being rewarded with a treat.

Primary 3 enjoyed their joint party with P1/2.

Bookbug

The big people came in for a fun Bookbug morning where we worked together on lots of different tasks!

Sun, Moon and Stars

We have been learning this term about outer space. Oliver was acting as our sun. (which meant he wasn’t allowed to move!)

Halloween

We had lots of fun at our Halloween party and sponsored walk!

This term out topic has been about the human skeleton and muscles.  We have investigated many of the human bones and muscle groups.  from this information we have been creating information PowerPoint presentations and speeches which we will perform early in the new year.  Look back in January to see some posted here.

P5 joined P7/6 for a wonderful day of mountain biking at Culzean. Images were posted on our twitter feed but if you missed them here they are.

We rounded off term 1 with a STEM (science, technology, engineering, maths) challenge. The challenge was to build the tallest tower using only paper and sellotape. Once the building work was completed, each group had to present their structure to children from the P4/3 class.