House Captain and Vice-Captain Update
Last terms we had great fun organising our September and Christmas fun days. It was a blast doing beat the goalie, obstacle course and basketball shoot for the September Fun Day, and everyone enjoyed Christmas colouring, Just Dance, Simon Says and Categories for the Christmas fun day. Being a House/Vice Captain means you can arrange so many things. This term we will be organising Neilsland’s Got Talent and a Dance-a-thon. Personally, we love being part of the team.
Kali and Ayla
HWB
Last term we had a rugby coach (Cameron) from Hamilton Rugby Club that taught us rugby skills.
One of the warm-up games we played was German Tig, which was so much fun that we asked to play every week after we got taught! To explain the game… the tiggers carried a bib around and when they tagged someone, they had the bib. The players had to run around and when they saw a rugby ball, they were safe and could not get tagged. They could only hold the ball for 2 or 5 seconds before they passed it to someone else to make them safe.
The skills that we have learned from Cameron were how to pass a rugby ball properly, working as a team in a game and the rules of rugby. The rules are to pass the ball from the waist, only pass backwards, spread out, don’t crowd the ball, and more.
In December we learned two dances called The Neilsland Circle and The Military Two-step. We taught both dances to P6 and the Neilsland Circle to P5. This term, our focus will be gymnastics.
Not too long ago we learned how to stay safe in a kitchen. We looked at all the hazards in a kitchen. For example, knifes, tripping hazards, boiling water, hot pans and slippery floors. We learned about the importance of hygiene in a kitchen including how to wash your hands properly, how to store raw meat and how to prevent cross contamination. At the end of the topic, we made coleslaw! We made sure our hands were washed before and after, and we made sure everything was cleaned away and the dishes were washed. (Thank you Mrs Kennedy 
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Coleslaw is easy to make and here is the recipe:
Ingredients
- ½ cabbage, outer leaves removed and finely sliced
- 2 carrots, peeled and grated
- ½ onion, peeled and finely sliced
- ¼ clove of garlic, crushed
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon vinegar
- Three pinches of salt
- Three pinches of sugar
Equipment needed
- Chopping board
- Knife
- Bowl
- Grater
- Tablespoon
- Garlic crusher
- Wooden spoon
Method
- Gather everything you need.
- Wash your hands.
- Prepare the vegetables and put in a bowl.
- Add in the garlic, vinegar, mayonnaise, sugar and salt and mix thoroughly.
Amber and Leland
Literacy
Last term we finished reading Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo. We loved the story and our predictions about plot and characters were quite accurate. We also enjoyed the book because it had a plot twist at the end and the theme was that friendship is everything. It taught us about patience and being grateful for the things you have.
This term we are studying, ‘Why the Whales Came’, also by Michael Morpurgo. We have so far read the first two chapters, and we really enjoy it. Our topic is current affairs so we will be studying lots of news articles too.
Writing
Last term we focused a lot on writing poetry. We wrote poems about being an evacuee, autumn poems, WW2 Haikus and Christmas poems for our wee buddies.
We also learned about discursive writing. Our discursive topics were: ‘should children be made to wear school uniform?’, ‘should children be required to do chores around the house?’, and ‘are zoos right for animals?’. In discursive writing, some of the things you need to include are:
- a concise title
- clear opening statement
- for and against arguments with evidence
- a conclusion that backs up your opinion
Charley and Callum
Transition
This term we will start to look at our transition to high school. We have been chatting about what we are worried about and what we are excited about moving up to high school. We have already had visits from teachers at Calderside and the Calderside STEM ambassadors came in and did a lesson on dissolving and concentration of solids in liquids.
Lockerbie Manor
It’s not long now and we are all so excited!
