What a wonderful party everyone had, delightful dancing, great games and super snacks.
Term 2
This term we have been learning about light and lenses in Science. We have enjoyed investigating with microscopes, magnifying glasses, mirrors and torches. We also made our own kaleidoscopes.
Our topic was Australia. We did lots of research and wrote information texts. We also created our own “Visit Australia” adverts and did some Aborigine artwork.
Primary 7 enjoyed an ACE day where they went mountain biking. The course was quite challenging but all of the children did well.
This term we have also been working on a Mock Court project. We have had visits from a solicitor who has helped us to write an initial writ and plan a defence based on a scenario where damage was done at a party. Each child has taken on a role such as court artist, writer, researcher, gown maker or witness. Jack and Lennon have both been doing a fantastic job of being a solicitor. Next term we will visit the court in Ayr to act out our scenario with other schools so we will need lots of practice!
Term 2
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.
Nativity 2018
The EYC performed their 2018 nativity ‘Shine Star Shine’. It was a fantastic performance watched by parents and carers for all to enjoy.
November 2018
We are the Health and Wellbeing pupil voice group. It is our aim to achieve the SportScotland Gold School Sport award. We will do this through showing how much work our school put into improving the health and wellbeing of the pupils at our school.
Term 1
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.
Eco School
Our Eco Committee are working on managing the school’s waste products. We have created a waste policy which includes some clear objectives: The focus being recycling, reducing and reusing paper, card and plastic. Our priority is to make the school community aware of unnecessary waste and how this can be reduced or recycled. We’d like everyone to help us achieve our goal of reducing waste and lessening the school’s impact on the environment.
At present we are selecting and purchasing bins for recycling paper and plastic bottles within each classroom as well as outdoors. We are labelling each one and will be involved in encouraging our fellow pupils to use these correctly. We are also creating and displaying posters to promote recycling.
We plan to encourage all children to have a reusable water bottle in school instead of bringing in different drinks each day. We are also looking at how we can recycle the plastic fruit containers used in the kitchen and if we can change the use of bottled water as part of the lunch menu.
Another way to cut down on waste and litter is by participating in the Walkers Crisp Packet Recycling Scheme. Crisp packets of any kind can be collected and taken to a collection point in Girvan where they are sent away to be recycled as plant pots, watering cans and even park benches!
We will be presenting and promoting our policy during assembly. Please browse our display board to see our progress.
Dyslexia Friendly Schools
The DFS Pupil Voice Group have been researching what we can do to make learning easier for everyone. We have created a mind map to share our learning which is one dyslexia friendly way of showing learning.
