Primary 2 R/D perform their rendition of “The Crocodile”.
Burns Day Poem Performance
We have been working very hard this week to learn the Scots poem ‘Mince and Tatties’ by J.K. Annand in celebration of Burns Day. We were able to perform this poem at assembly this week. Here is a video of us performing for the other Primary 2 class.
I’m sure you’ll agree we were fantastic!
Mrs Stone
Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum! A friendly giant visits Primary 1!
Primary one are thoroughly enjoying their new topic Fairyland. Since the first Friendly Dragon visit, the children have been very busy transforming their classroom.
Today the children welcomed, a very tall, Paul Farley (Miss Farley’s brother) into their class. The boys and girls wanted to make a giant to display with their Jack and the Beanstalk work but needed a very tall person to draw around. Paul very kindly agreed to help us.
The children loved comparing heights!
We’ve got the right size! All that’s needed now is some paint.
Thank you Paul!
P6 Sports Leaders
All P6 children started learning different ball skills from the St Modan’s Sports Leaders. Along with this, the pupils concentrated on team work. We are looking forward to learning more this week.
P5/6 Have been learning about Floating and Sinking
P5/6A have been learning about Floating and Sinking.
Firstly we made various shapes from plasticine .
We then made predictions about their abilities to float or sink and then tested these predictions in water.
After testing the shapes we were given, we were then asked to use what we had learned to make a shape that would both float and could carry an object without sinking.
After a few clues and a few sinking shapes we all found at least one shape that would stay afloat while holding an object and we had great fun!
Busy week in P5C!
This week we have been working on decimals, looking at adding tenths and working with money.
The children had fun using the I-
pads to play money games.
We have also been looking at our talking and listening skills. We focussed on our questioning skills using the old fashioned version of ‘Heads Up’. We used post it notes stuck to our foreheads and we had to guess who the person was, using good questioning skills. Only ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answers were allowed. 
All children have worked hard in swimming and this week was no exception when they had to wear pyjamas in the pool and then use the trousers as a buoyancy aid.
The Friendly Dragon leaves a surprise for P1!
Primary 1 were very excited this morning when they discovered the Friendly Dragon had visited the class again. This time he left a parcel containing everything the children need to grow their own beanstalks in the classroom.
The children couldn’t wait to get started.
We even made castles and clouds for the beanstalks to grow up to!
Green fingers in P1F
All the children were very excited as we had a lovely surprise in our classroom this morning. The Friendly Dragon left us the Dmail box with some interesting things inside. The Dragon left us everything we need to grow our own beanstalks!
The children were very excited to grow their own beanstalks and all got stuck right into it!
The children were delighted with planting their beans and we are looking forward to watching them grow just like our class beanstalk below that we all made together!
We are looking forward to more Fairyland filled adventures next week!
Miss Farley
Busy as Usual
All the children enjoyed their Christmas Holiday and have been working hard since they returned.
Our current focus for Maths and Numeracy is working with numbers up to 2 or 3 decimal places. We have identified the value of the digits, their position in a number line and why decimals are important to recognise; measurement and money are examples. The class always enjoy the interactive games we play to consolidate their learning.
We are starting a new topic on Animation and Disney; the children worked within 3 groups and created mind maps to show me their current level of understanding and what they would like to find out. Watch this space!
Mr Grant is back with us again this term to support our Science and Technology lessons. We are currently planning our Health and Wellbeing experiments and the equipment we shall need to support each.
Miss. White, our Music Specialist, worked this week with a group of children who volunteered to perform at our forthcoming Scottish Assembly.
This morning we took part in Week 1 of our Cricket Taster Session. Lots of fun was had by all.
For Literacy I introduced direct speech by playing a ‘Guess Who Said’ game. First a ‘post it’ was placed on the back of a child and the class had to say a statement or expression associated with the famous person/character until they could be identified. Next each child wrote 3 different expressions in their jotter that they knew could be identified by their classmates. They continued to play this during lunch time. Why don’t you try this at home…..
Rainforest Art Work
This week we found out our brand new topic for this term will be the Rainforest.
We thought carefully about what we already knew about the Rainforest and what we wanted to find out over the course of the term. 
We then looked at different pictures, photos and paintings of the rainforest to get an idea of what the rainforest looks like. We particularly liked Henri Rousseau’s famous painting of a tiger hiding in amongst some long grass so we decided to create our own art work inspired by this painting. Here are some of the finished pieces. Aren’t they wonderful?
