Our reading buddy mornings are Tuesday and Thursday. All pupils read together and enjoy sharing a morning story.
Our reading buddy mornings are Tuesday and Thursday. All pupils read together and enjoy sharing a morning story.
P5-7 are coming close to the end of this term’s learning theme of ‘Festivals and Celebrations’. It’s a hive of activity now as they apply all the skills and knowledge they have learned to complete a holistic assessment. We planned the assessment together and the pupils are all devising advertising campaigns to promote a music festival they have created.
Enjoy……..there are certainly a few jingles that will stick in my head!
The very best way to start the day @FishertonPS #readingbuddies @WorldBookDayUK pic.twitter.com/WcockfZg8A
— Mrs Hamilton & P567 (@MrsHP567) February 28, 2018
The very best way to start the day @FishertonPS #readingbuddies @WorldBookDayUK pic.twitter.com/HKrFzqkwcD
— Mrs Hamilton & P567 (@MrsHP567) February 28, 2018
The big class in @FishertonPS are working their socks off to meet their deadline of Friday. They are creating new picture books for their wee class #readingbuddies. All have a theme or message to help their little buddies learn about life. @WorldBookDayUK pic.twitter.com/HgeEjW82lX
— Mrs Hamilton & P567 (@MrsHP567) February 28, 2018
The big class @FishertonPS are jumping with glee because they met their Friday deadline! There is no stopping these kids when they are motivated and what better motivation than writing stories for their wee class #readingbuddies @WorldBookDayUK pic.twitter.com/yADtA3Vhwe
— Mrs Hamilton & P567 (@MrsHP567) March 2, 2018
This resulted in some wonderful presentations!!!!
The materials provided by the Gaiety in Ayr had activities at CfE 1st, 2nd and 3rd levels.
The activities covered the curricular areas of Literacy, Numeracy, English, Social Studies, Expressive Arts and Health and Wellbeing.
Can’t wait to go and see Cinderella at the Gaiety next week.
The Primary 7s joined other small schools at Minishant Primary yesterday to take part in a Drama Workshop. They all had great fun experimenting with different ways to use their voices to engage and inspire their younger reading buddies. They are good to go with the Book Trust shared reading project now. Well done P.7s.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-40038300/glasgow-schoolgirl-to-read-her-own-poem-for-barack-Obama
We listened to this poem by a 13year old schoolgirl. Mila is from Glasgow and will read this at a dinner with Barack Obama.
If I Ruled Scotland
If I ruled Scotland here is what I’d do
I’d make everything equal for me and you
I’d educate Scotland on hope and peace
And make the minorities feel at ease
If I ruled Scotland here’s a law I would pass
When the sun shone no kids were in class
Instead we’d play rounders or read in the shade
(after all it’s unlikely to last more than one day!)
If I ruled Scotland here’s what I’d do
I’d keep the night safe from crime and misuse
I’d treat prisoners like humans – guide them back to a life
Filled with prosper and respect, doesn’t that sound nice?
If I ruled Scotland here’s some stuff I would ban,
Like mars bars deep fried or those pies in a can
But don’t fret even though it has a strange hue,
I would never get rid of our loved Irn Bru!
If I ruled Scotland here’s what I’d do
I’d save all the dying accents so people knew
That in Scotland there is more than one type of man
We celebrate our differences as best as we can
If I ruled Scotland here’s what I would teach
That football’s no place for hate to be preached
That supporting a team shouldn’t dictate
Which people we like and which people we hate
If I ruled Scotland I’d invest in our schools
To ensure rich or poor our kids all had the tools
To pursue their own dream regardless of class
And Scotland a nation where no one comes last
If I ruled Scotland here’s something I’d try
We’d fund our NHS to keep it alive
Then when people get sick no matter how deep their pockets
We’d always have medicine on hand to stop it
If I ruled Scotland I wouldn’t allow
Any racism nonsense to interfere with my vow
That no matter the colour or tone of your skin,
We’re all Jock Tamson’s bairns and that means we’re all kin
If I win this contest, here’s how I would pick
The other 9 people to come on this trip
I’d ask some of my teachers to choose some nice kids
Who would never usually get a chance like this
P 5-7 have had many experiences and lessons this year to try to ignite their imagination. Through Word Aware they developed their vocabulary and during VCOP (VCOP info) activities they explored how to add extra pizzazz to their writing. After discussing their ideas and interests we planned activities that they would find engaging. Their final 2016/17 writing assessment was an imaginative story.
Task:
Write an imaginative story with interesting characters, a magical setting and a plot that will entertain the reader.
Criteria:
– Provide suitable detailed information about a character or setting to fit the genre through description and/or dialogue.
– Write a story that has a detailed opening, middle and appropriate conclusion.
– Consistently continue the characters, setting and events of the original story with sufficient supporting detail.
They rose to the challenge and produced some very entertaining stories! Some titles include….
Trapped The Portal The Shy Girl Dashes
Help! The Book from Another World The Darmis
A Christmas Eve Adventure The Ungrowable Sapling
The Magical Monopoly Adventure The Aphelion
The Phenomenal Adventure Pencil Case
The Fish’s True Power The Car’s Wish The Unicorn Island
Teenage Drama Shred Candy Land
Nursery and P1-4 enjoyed taking part in an Authors Live event today with author and illustrator Alex T Smith. Alex told us all about how his Grandpa inspired him to become a writer and about his love of drawing. He read us some of his new book ‘Claude goes for Gold’ and showed us step by step how to draw the character Claude. Our fantastic drawings will be on display in the corridor come and have a look!
“It was weird how he drew one bit of Claude then moved on to another and then went back. It was really cool”
“I found it hard to keep up he drew really fast! I was really happy with my finished drawing”
“It was good”
“It was fun!”
“It was fantastic. I liked the story and drawing the dog”
We love getting together on a Friday to discuss our books. We have a range of jobs to do which we all bring in to share with our group. Book Club helps to develop our reading, writing, talking and listening skills. We choose ‘Top Banana’ each week and reward them by displaying their work in the class and issuing them with extra Dojo points.
Top Banana = The person we feel excelled in their task and put the most effort in to producing a piece of work to be proud of.
The task sheets we use can all be found in the P567 homework section of this blog.
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