Yesterday we had a visit from Louise from the SSPCA.
Chenet – She told us lots of things about caring for our pets.
Isaac and Erin – We saw a story about kittens on buses and dogs in vans.
Ella – We learned that you can go to jail for hurting animals.
Thank you for visiting us!!
On Tuesday we had a special assembly with Mr Grieve who came to speak to us about the food bank. Here is what we had to say about this:
Ella – Mr Grieve came in
Lauree-Ann & Erin – They don’t let the same people come all the times
Chenet – They don’t have fresh food. They just have tins and packets.
Thank you to Michael who was our photographer.
As we are a Rights Respecting School, we celebrated Outright Day on Tuesday 22 November. We worked with other pupils from our house groups and took part in 3 activities. We learned about the importance of children’s rights across the world. We found out about refugee children and how they are denied their rights because of dangers in their countries.
We went around 3 classrooms and did different activities in mixed age groups from Primary 1-7. We listened to a song, watched videos and took part in different activities.
Here are some photos from Miss McIntyre’s classroom:
Today we had a visit from Jill Hood, Health Improvement Officer. We learned about the dangers of smoking.
We got to have a look at some of the chemicals in cigarettes. These include
as well as many more dangerous chemicals.
We also got to see a healthy lung and that of a smoker — the difference was huge!!!
We’ve had a brilliant day fundraising for Children in Need. The primary 7s had some fantastic stalls set up and in our class we had a sponsored times table-athon!
Each time the whistle blew throughout the day, we had to stop our work and take part in a times table challenge – playing Beat my Score and Hit the Button. Altogether, in Primary 5A, we raised £159.62 and we answered 3761 times table questions correctly!!!
Today Jill Hood came in to our class to talk to us about alcohol. She is a Health Improvement Officer.
We learned:
Kealan – alcohol can be bad for you. It can make you act differently.
Chenet – it takes one hour for a unit of alcohol to leave our body
Peter – three things which could have alcohol in them are beer, wine and vodka
Lauree-Ann – children shouldn’t drink alcohol. Adults shouldn’t drink too much.
Michael – you need to be 18 before you can drink alcohol
Jenna – you need to have proof that you are 18 to buy alcohol
Theo – nine out of ten adults drink alcohol
Jed – more than 100 people die each year from alcohol
Michael – alcohol can make you sick
The picture below shows the effect of drinking alcohol on our bodies.
Today we had a visit from Michael Coutts from Dogs Against Drugs.
He brought with him a lot of equipment which we got to try on.
He also let us try on handcuffs.
We also got to meet Blade, a trained drugs dog.
We learned a lot and really enjoyed the visit. Thank you!
It is James’ birthday on Sunday. We hope he has an amazing day!
We had an assembly yesterday with a visitor from the WE Movement, Alex Monk.
Lauree-Ann – I enjoyed the assembly!
Kealan – We learned that we can change the world by a little action!
Chenet – We need to be nice to each other and listen
Peter – We can be anything we want to be. Just like in the Lego Movie
Jenson – The man had been to Africa and built a school there
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