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Stay and Play Days

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It was lovely to meet the children who are moving into Primary 1 after the holidays.

Activities were all based in the outdoor area and it was so lovely to see the bairns playing so happily together. It was also a great opportunity to meet all the parents.

They explored the wildlife garden and were delighted to meet our resident frog who was quite happy to be admired.

All the children received the book ‘Bobby and the Burland Pearls’ which we read out at the Learning Logs.

 

The children had 4 sessions at the school and the weather was amazing so we were very lucky. They got to toast marshmallow on the Firepit, play games, sing songs and do some craft activities on the third session.

The final session was all about having fun, saying goodbye to the Early Years Staff a little farewell party.

Expressive Arts

Primary pupils ART entries at Bonhoga

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Pupil have been working very hard on different art forms for the exhibition that is currently running at the Bonhoga Gallery until the 3rd November. Sarah Hoseason , our art teacher at school, has done a fantastic job, showcasing the amazing work of the pupils. Thank you Sarah.

Here is what Sarah shared with us about the different projects the pupils have been involved with:

P1 and 2 made clay seals looking at shape and form. 

P3 and P4 made their own warp using string. They wove the weft from sea rope, organza and yarn – lots of numeracy and recycling! 

P5 – P7 – could choose from different projects. The copper wiring was cut from dumped electrical cable. The class were taught 3 bending techniques using pliers. Basket-making used dumped sea ropes. The felting was made from Shetland fleece. 

 Posted on behalf of Sarah Hoseason – Art teacher

Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Literacy and English, Numeracy and Mathematics

P6 Bring Your Parent Day

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Primary 6 had a great day on Friday with Bring Your Parent Day. They spend the day before thinking up different activities to do. We started the day with a STEM challenge in teams – to create newspaper table of at least 20cm tall which could hold a textbook – all teams managed!

Then we did some writing – the 100 word challenge.

After that we did Art – creating portraits using a range of mediums. After break we did some maths, working with our partners to play countdown followed by a logic puzzle. Well done to Joe and Finlay who solved it!

Thank you to all the parents who joined us – we hoped you enjoyed it as much as we did!

Expressive Arts, Literacy and English, Numeracy and Mathematics, Primary 1/2, Sciences, Technologies

Moving Up Day into P1/2

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After listening  to the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff it was straight into some STEM challenges. The children had to start to build a bridge  until they met up with their partner who was building towards them from the opposite side of the river. They could only choose 20 blocks each.

Then of course we had to make some goats and even a troll or two to go under the bridges!

And the final shot of the river with all those bridges, goats and trolls!

Expressive Arts, Health and Wellbeing, Literacy and English, Social Studies

Nesting and Girlsta Up Helly Aa

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The Jarl and his squad came to visit everyone at the school. Primary 3/4 prepared a game full of challenges, games and questions to play with the Jarl. There was a swapping of gifts which was followed with a Boston Two Step danced by Pupils, Vikings, parents, friends and staff.