Yesterday the P5’s went to a numeracy afternoon at Kelso High School. In our first activity we had to unlock a present with a lock. We answered 5 worksheets and then added the answers together to find the code. In our second activity we took part in a maths relay. I was in a team with Fraser and Saskia and we scored 41 points. The third and final activity was a treasure hunt. You started at question 1 and that would lead you to the next question. My favourite part was the maths replay although I liked it all.

Thank you to Kelso High School for inviting us.

by Freya

We were lucky that the whole school were invited to Mr and Mrs Church’s farm called Kersquarter. We started our tour by visiting an ornamental pond where we watched moorhens. Then we went and visited the horses, cows and hens. I found out lots about hens and enjoyed watching them look for food. I really enjoyed learning about crop rotation. I found out that you grow crops in rotation: 1 year of oil seed rape, 1 year of winter barley, 1 year of spring barley followed by 2 years of wheat.

Thank you very much to Mr and Mrs Church and to Robert for having us.

The pupils, parents and staff have all been very busy in the playground. On the tables outside there are now board games to play with. There is a Snakes and ladders and Chess. Our shed has been transformed into Dr Shaha’s STEM HQ which we can use as an outdoor classroom and where we go to read our class novel on a wet day. In the garden we have been growing potatoes, carrots, pumpkins and tomatoes. I think the playground is a fantastic place to be and to play in.

I would like to thank Rosie for helping us with the sweet peas and all the parents, families and staff who have been busy painting.

by Jaryn

Last Thursday we performed a play called ‘Meet the Muggle Wumps’ to practice our expression, intonation and timing. This mean’s  that we had to bring the sentence to life. My favourite line was “Run a circus, you couldn’t run an egg and spoon race”. The audience found it funny too because they laughed.

Thank you to p 1-3 for being a good audience and to the teachers for there feedback.

by Charlie

Today we had the amazing opportunity to visit Kersquarter Farm and found out about arable and livestock farming. We started by walking the steep hill up to the farm where we were met by the owners Mr and Mrs Church, and by Robert. After a short break we started the tour of the farmyard and grounds. We first visited the wildlife pond where we saw some moorhens and we also had a look at the beautiful view. We then made our way to the farmyard where we had a look at the horses and hens. After that we had a look at the grain dryer which is a machine that dries the grains. I thought this was a great opportunity to be a part of and would happily go again. My favourite part was definitely feeding the hens because I’m interested in animals.

I would like to say a special thank you to Mr and Mrs Church and also to Robert for welcoming us onto your farm.

Connie P6

We have presented our second radio play called Meet the Muggle Wumps, the story is based on The Twits by Roald Dahl. We have been practising our use of intonation, expression and timing when speaking aloud to others. This time we even added sound effects with drums and a rain stick as it was partly based in Africa. My favourite line was ‘Their friend, the Roly Poly bird came to say hello.’ I also liked when Lucas told a short story which saw Roly Poly bird visiting every day.

Thank you to Primary 1 – 3  and Mrs Morgan for being a great audience and to Ms McTeir and Mrs Dunkley for their feedback, they encouraged us to make it lively and fun. We are also going to present it to family and friends at our end of year Celebration Assembly.

Rory

On Thursday the 13^th of June, David Ashby author of Gribblebob’s book of Unpleasant Goblins came to visit our school to talk about his new book. David Ashby lives in Sweden and was visiting his family. We found out lots about him: That he had always wanted to be an author when he was younger, that he got the ideas for the book from when he was walking to his home in Sweden, that he had been inspired by a small stone that looked like a small book and that it was his wife’s suggestion to write about it. So he did. Also he had named the character Gribblebob was because he just thought it suited his character as most Goblins aren’t very nice.

We also found out how the book came to be written. Once he’d written the first 10,000 words he saw a post on the internet from an editor asking for entries. After that the editor asked if he could send the rest which he hadn’t written! It’s his first book and he’s written another but it’s not published yet. He still hopes that he can write lots more books in the future. I thought it was an amazing experience as we have never done anything like it!

Thank you to David Ashby for coming in and speaking to us, we all loved it!

Saskia

Nursery to P7 went to visit Kersquarter Farm. We walked up a steep hill get to the farm and met the farm owners Mrs and Mr Church.  We saw hens, cows, moorhens in the pond we also got to sit in an old tractor. After seeing the horses we went to see the hens in the hen house. A hen jumped out and hit me in the leg when we fed them. I learned the difference between cows and heifers, that five hens would lay more that 1800 eggs in a year and that you can’t plant the same crop in a field every year (except wheat which you can grow for two years in a row). I also saw my mum who was going to ride her horse which was lovely.After a long fun day at the farm we sadly had to go back to school.

Thank you Mrs and Mr Church and to Robert.

by Oliver

Meet the Twits

Last Friday we performed a play to primary 1 to 3 called the Twits to practise our intonation, expression and timing. Expression means that we had to bring the sentence to life. Intonation means inferred meaning, how a characters tone changes.  Timing means helping the listener to understand the sentence.

Fraser played Mr Twit and Saskia played Mrs Twit. My part was actor 5 which was a small part. My favourite part was “Oh do shut up you old hag’’ because it was funny. The audience found it funny too!

Thank you to primary 1 to 3 for being a good audience and for sitting nicely. It was  fun preforming to an audience.

Charlie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Tuesday the 21^st of May all the Sprouston P5s went to the Border Events Centre to attend the border schools Countryside Day. There were many schools from throughout the Borders.

There was lots of machinery which was very expensive. My favourite piece of machinery was the big combine which was worth £450,000. It was a New Holland it was also bright yellow and was very loud. At the countryside day I also saw my Dad. He was there with a group from Edenside Primary School. I got to speak to him. It was nice to see him. We had the chance to make butter. We got given a pot full of cream. Then we shook it around until it turned into butter. We also tasted the butter on crackers. I really enjoyed it. I wish I could drive the combine.

Thank you to the organisers and Hogarth’s mill for explaining how to make oats.

Oliver