*Apologies for late publication of blog due to technical issues with GLOW at the weekend.
Primary 1 had a wonderful afternoon on Thursday 30th November. Many family members joined their children to launch the Book Bug Bags. Children listened to the story Gorilla loves vanilla and enjoyed a tub of Equi’s ice cream! Many thanks to Equi’s for sponsoring the event. Children then engaged in a variety of activities related to reading.
The whole school walked to church on Thursday to celebrate mass for St Andrew’s Day. Thank you to Father Joseph for the lovely celebration of mass.
A brief update from some of our classes this week….
Primary 1 have been developing their addition skills in numeracy. In Health and Science the focus has been on germs and carrying out experiments to see how germs work. The highlight of their week was the Book Bug launch mentioned above. Thank you to Miss Prentice for organising this super learning event! We hope everyone is enjoying the books.
Primary 1/2 have been learning all about St. Andrew and can all retell one fact about him. To celebrate Book Week they all made their own bookmark to use in their own books. They also developed their visualising skills creating a front cover for a Julia Donaldson story. Miss McKale was impressed with all their ideas!
P2/3 have been learning about primary and secondary colours. They have been developing subtraction skills in numeracy. P3 have been subtracting within 100 and P2 within 20. In Literacy the focus has been on the correct use of capital letters in our writing.
Primary 3 have been working very hard this week. They too have been learning about St. Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland. They have also finished their McCoo paintings
Primary 4 have been discussing favourite authors. The favourite for the class was Roald Dahl and pupils took inspiration from illustrator Quentin Blake to sketch their own favourite book covers. In numeracy the focus has been on solving word problems.
Primary 5 have been finding out about their Scottish heritage through the story of St. Andrew and his link to the Scottish flag. They have also been learning to be history detectives and discovering the difference between primary and secondary sources.
In the nursery the children wore a touch of tartan on Thursday and participated in their own cheildh. The children enjoyed traditional Scottish music, dance and treats at the snack table including shortbread and tattie scones!
The whole school have been working hard this week rehearsing for our three nativity performances. Letters were issued this week about tickets. Please look in bags if you have not received them! The December Newsletter was also published on Friday. This can be accessed on the school app. Anyone wishing a paper copy please request one from the school office.
Finally, our school choir are participating in the Regent Centre competition. Please log onto theregentcentre.com website and vote for St Cuthbert’s! The school with the most votes wins £500! Please encourage all family and friends to vote too!
I am out of school this week on professional development activity and will return on Wednesday afternoon.
Thanks for reading my blog,
Mrs Hendry
Head Teacher
