For the last 4 weeks p5-7 have been developing their cooking skills using recipes from different parts of Europe every Tuesday in the hall.

On the first week of cooking we made Spanish Omelette using the potatoes that the school grew. I found it challenging to find good potatoes but they turned out good in the end. On the second week we made some Sublime Sables which is a French Normandy biscuit. The thing I found weird about them is that they had so much cheese, I think we all liked them. Last but not least we all made some extraordinarily yummy Apple Crumble which we made using the apples that got donated to the school and somehow even the raw crumble tasted nice. I shared mine with my mum she loved it too.

I would like to say a thank you to Ms McTeir and my partners for working and helping me.

Oliver P6

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

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

A few months ago primary 5 and 6 achieved Bikeability 1. Two men from the outdoor nature team called Jim and Keith came with a van full of bikes and equipment. They taught us how to ride safely.

I felt happy because I learnt how to ride and set off safely.

(Oliver P5)