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.
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.
On Thursday the 13th 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!
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.
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.
On Tuesday the 21st 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.
P5 went to the Countryside day on Tuesday 21st may at B.E.C (Borders Events Centre). We got a bus to get there. I liked the machinery because of the cool things they do to the farm. I also liked the mini horse and foal called Fallabella’s. Finally I liked stroking the chicks and the duckling. They were so cute and fussy.
Thank you to the organisers, Charlie McCirrick and also to Hogarth’s Mill for the Countryside Day and for making my day the best day ever.
Yesterday me, Connie, Rory and Lucas went to the chess competition in the Volunteer hall in Galashiels. Twenty five primary schools took part in total. We played against St Boswells, Burgh, Denholm, St Peters and Gordon. I won my first three then I lost one then I won the next one. I was disappointed to not win a trophy but I did get a certificate.
I’m thankful to Mrs Dalziel for teaching us chess and for taking us to the chess competition.
I really enjoyed it and hope to go to it next time.
On Tuesday the 21st of May, Sprouston P5’s went to the Border Events Centre at Springwood Park for P5 Countryside day.
When we got there we set up and had our snacks. The first thing we saw was the sheering sheep pallor and we then made our way over to the big tent. It had cows, chickens and lots of farming things. The parts I liked were the cow milking, chicks and ducks and the vet centre. The cow milking was where we had to milk a fake cow and get as much milk as we could by milking from hand. The ducks and chicks were so cute! The duck was 1 day old and the chicks were 4 weeks old. The vet showed us all the tools they use for helping animals. We also got to put a bandage on a dog but it wasn’t really hurt! Then we left the tent and headed our way over to the mini ponies! They were Fallabella’s, there was a mum and foal!
After that we went to the Farrier workshop. As SOON as we got there I knew that the ponies were from Nenthorn which is where I go horse riding! I noticed there were Domino, Dandy, Pepper, Peter, Ziggy and Cracker. Next we went to go on the Animal Transporter and see how animals felt like being transported! Lastly we saw the mounted police and I learnt that I had to join the force for 5 years until I could become a mounted police officer.
I really enjoyed it! Best day ever!!! I enjoyed it because it was what I like best!
On Tuesday the 21st of May, Primary 5 went to the Borders Event Centre. It was exiting to see Charlie McCririck. I enjoyed talking to him about the combine. I found out that the New Holland combine costs £450,000! I also enjoyed talking to Pete about the bale rapper. I really enjoyed the free ice cream. It was really tasty but unfortunately we only got one scoop! We went to a fake cow with screwed on udders and milked it. It was weird!
Thank you to all the organisers for setting all of it up.
Dougal
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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.
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.
On Thursday the 13th 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.
