Primary 5b say “happy summer everyone!”

What a busy last week.

We loved the fun activities yesterday afternoon. The church service was super especially the Primary 7s singing together. We also loved clapping the Primary 7s out of the church up to school while Luke piped them. So emotional and memorable.

Here are our comments :

Olivia- I’ ve enjoyed the gifts from Mrs Aitken and buying Mrs Aitken a gift

Holly- I’m looking forward to the holidays with my friends and coming back as a Primary 6

Owen-I’m looking forward to the holidays-I don’t know where I’m going yet

Alistair, Ellie-Happy summer everyone !

Rory-I’m looking forward to Aviemore and playing with my friends

Jay- Good luck everyone

Jamie- I’m looking forward to Spain

Eva- I’m excited to go to Haggerston Castle this Sunday

Ellie Rose-In July I’m going to Menorca- I’m looking forward to it as I’m going with my cousins

Dylan- I’m looking foward to racing my dirt bike

Aaron- I am looking forward to going on holiday next week

Charlotte- I am excited for a sleepover and Spain today

Brandon-I am looking forward to sunny weather and playing outside

Shaun- I am excited to go in my paddling pool

Kyle- I am excited to go to Edinburgh zoo and the museum in the holidays

Annie-I am excited to go to Bubbles today with my cousin

Ruby- I am excited for my holidays in Spain

Orla- I’ m looking forward to enjoying time off

Alfie- I am excited to go out on my motorbike

Lewis-I am excited to go to Liverpool to see a festival

Liam- I am excited for playing outside every day in the sunshine

Happy summer holidays everyone !

Stay safe…

See you in August when you will be in Primary 6

 

P4a highlights

It’s been a great year for P4a and these are some of our best bits!

Rheaghan – I loved my visits to the farm

Orlaith – I enjoyed the show – Eddie the Penguin

Alex – I enjoyed doing dragon’s den in our magnet topic.

Sam – I enjoyed learning about magnets.

Hollie – I loved the fun day!

Lexi – I enjoyed the benchball festival

Lilyrose – I enjoyed all the sports festivals.

Alfie – My favourite work was writing instructions

Kyle – I really enjoyed futsal.

Grace –  I enjoyed the potted sports.

Rowan – I really enjoyed NYCoS

Sara – I loved sports day.

Lois – I enjoyed all PE.

Ehan – I enjoyed RME this year.

Luke – I enjoyed the swimming

Emily – I liked doing castles in PE.

Oskar – I enjoyed PE with Mr Jeffries.

Charlotte – I enjoyed learning about different climates.

Rosie – I loved Mary Queen of Scots.

Eva – I loved learning about recycling.

Elena – I enjoyed making the animations for our Vikings sagas.

Teigan – I like Mary, Queen of Scots.

Maddison – I enjoyed everything.

Archie – I enjoyed Mary Queen of Scots.

Daniel – I liked having my hair dyed.

Mrs Mackenzie and Mrs Collings would like to thank you all for your support and wish you a very happy summer!

P2B

Our best bits:

Isla – Gym and Orangutan Jungle School.

Sofia – Column addition because it’s easier and wearing yellow.

Lois – Gym and when Mr Jeffries came in for a bit.

Ethan – When I went out with Mrs MacFarlane and Futsal.

Ruby – Doing maths and showing my pictures.

Jack C – Mr Jeffries in our class and the maths.

Thomas – Column addition and futsal.

Mikolaj – Futsal and when Mr Jeffries came.

Kai – Futsal and when Mr Jeffries came.

Jack B –Futsal and when Mr Jeffries came.

Hannah – When Mr Jeffries came because the girl caught a dust gremlin and wearing yellow.

Anna – My favourite was when we watched a movie with Mr Jeffries and wearing yellow.

Hollie – Finished watching Orangutan Jungle School.

Sophie – My favourite part was when I went with Mrs MacFarlane and when I did my show.

Daisy – When we finished watching Orangutans and wearing yellow.

Oliver – Orangutan Jungle School and Futsal

Ben – My favourite thing was playing games in hub and today is the last day of Hub so we’re going to celebrate.

P5a

Our favourite part of our week was singing in the Hoodwinked Show. Here are the parts we liked best:

Gabriel: My favourite part of the Hoodwinked show was when the Sheriff got hit in the face with a pie.

Katie: I really enjoyed singing in the show – it was a really funny show.

Lily: My favourite part of the show was when the Sheriff got the pie in her face – she was funny.

Tamsyn: I enjoyed the end of the show

Blaire: I enjoyed watching the DVD of the show and seeing Lucas dance.

Evan: I enjoyed watching the Sheriff get pie in her face.

Brooke: My favourite part of the show was when Marion couldn’t get the key off of the Sheriff!

Ammie-Leigh: I enjoyed the show!

Erin: I enjoyed singing in the show.

Jodie: I enjoyed the show when Marion couldn’t get the key off.

Ellis: I enjoyed the show.

Murray: I thought the Sheriff was really funny.

Callum: I enjoyed watching the DVD of Hoodwinked.

Samuel: I enjoyed the show.

Alexander: I enjoyed the show when Marion was singing – she was very good.

Maisie: I liked the instruments during the show.

P3A

Here are some of our highlights from the week:

Mac: I enjoyed maths because I am getting better.

James: I enjoyed Big Writing because I’m nearly finished.

Holly: I enjoyed ERIC because I got to read my library book and I’m enjoying it.

Teigan: I enjoyed maths.

River: I enjoyed Big Maths Beat That because I beat my highest score.

Shannon: I enjoyed Big Writing.

Millie: I enjoyed music because we were playing a game where we were in a circle and we had a puppet. The song was ‘Charlie over the ocean’.

Scott B: I enjoyed maths.

Alex: I enjoyed Big Maths Beat That because we now have more questions.

TJ: I enjoyed Big Maths Beat That because I beat my highest score.

Carley: I enjoyed music because we got to sing ‘Charlie over the ocean’. I also enjoyed playtime because my friends and I were playing families.

Aaron: I enjoyed Big Maths Beat That because we are now onto 40 questions and my highest score is 16.

Scott R: I enjoyed playtime because I got to play with Carley and Emily.

Amber: I enjoyed music because we got to sing ‘Charlie over the ocean’ and it was really fun. I also enjoyed playtime because I was playing with my friends.

Ellis: I enjoyed playtime because I got to play a game with Millie. I also enjoyed music because we got to play ‘Charlie over the ocean’.

Leila: I enjoyed playtime because my friend Olivia and I played a game with Carley and Scott.

Ada: I enjoyed playtime because I got to play with all my friends: Carley, Scott, Mia, Amber, Leila and Emily.

Ellie: I enjoyed playtime because I got to play with Leila, Scott B and Aileigh.

Jack: I enjoyed maths because multiplication questions are my favourite type of questions.

Max: I enjoyed Big Maths Beat That because it was challenging.

Have a great weekend everyone!

P3A

 

2A

These are our highlights of the week…

Aiden-I liked Cops and Robbers in outdoor P.E.

Michaela-Free choice writing was my favourite thing

Grace-Reading was good fun this week

Bailey-Designing my work folder was fun

Devyn-Playing games at Outdoor P.E. was fun

Willow-Learning my maths was fun

Kieran-Maths was my favourite activity

Robyn-Playing ‘the floor is lava’ at Outdoor P.E. was fun

Ethan-Making my folders was fun

Daniel-All of the P.E. games was great

Tommy-Free choice writing was great, I wrote about ‘Day of nightmares’

Georgia-I liked my free choice writing about the magic fairy

Logan-Reading my library book was my highlight

Lucy-I liked writing my own writing about ‘the puppy who would never come back’

Brooke-The magic dog story was my favourite thing

Ellie-Jai-I liked practising my writing

Amelia-Writing about ‘The Kitten’ was good

Mason-Playing with dinosaurs was good fun

William-Making my work folder was great fun

 

P6A

We have had another busy week in P6A.  Here are some of our highlights…

Euan- I enjoyed indoor P.E. because we did the dodgeball tournament.

Mia- I really enjoyed maths this week because we were learning about the least common denominator in fractions. I also really liked the show 🙂

Ranna- I thoroughly enjoyed maths this week because I got to work with the prisms.

Alex- I enjoyed the listening task this week because it was challenging.

Campbell- I enjoyed science because we did an experiment with cornflour and water and it felt strange.

Connor- I loved science because we got to do really fun experiments.

Kiara- I enjoyed finding out who was awarded new House Captains and Head Boy and Head Girl.

William- I enjoyed the farm because I got to do the ghost pepper sauce challenge because I did a whole spoonful of it! Nom, Nom

Jason- I enjoyed filling in for Callum on the first show night!

Denholm- I enjoyed working backstage with Nathan for the show.

 

Reminder- Sports day is Tuesday 25th June.  Please remember your kit 🙂

 

 

P3A

Apologies for the delay in the posting of our blog, we had a very busy week last week! Here are some of our highlights:

James: I enjoyed our trip to Mill Farm because it was very good. The rabbits were tiny and they were very cute.

Shannon: I enjoyed going to Mill Farm because we got to see lots of animals. My favourite was the donkey.

Max: I enjoyed our trip to Mill Farm because we got to go on a tractor and it was really fun.

TJ: I enjoyed it when we went on our trip because I got to go on the go karts.

River: I enjoyed the trip because I got to play with all my best friends.

Leila: I enjoyed it when we did the danceathon because I was dressed up as Baby Spice. I also enjoyed it when we went to Mill Farm.

Mac: I enjoyed it when we went to Mill Farm because we saw some guinea pigs.

Ellie: I enjoyed it when we went to Mill Farm because I enjoyed seeing the donkeys. I also enjoyed it when we went on the go karts.

Alex: I enjoyed Big Writing because we were writing a recount about when we went to Mill Farm.

Aileigh: I enjoyed it when we went to Mill Farm and my favourite part was when we saw the guinea pigs. I also enjoyed the go karts.

Olivia: I enjoyed the danceathon because it was really fun doing all the dance moves.

Aaron: I enjoyed it when we went to Mill Farm because I enjoyed going on the jelly belly.

Jack: I enjoyed the assembly because I got a certificate. I also enjoyed going to Mill Farm because I thought the jelly belly was fun.

Scott B: I enjoyed it when we went to Mill Farm because I saw a guinea pig with a funny hair style.

Ellis: I enjoyed it when we went to Mill Farm because I got to see the guinea pigs. I also enjoyed it when we did the danceathon.

Ada: I enjoyed it when we went to Mill Farm because I got to see guinea pigs and rabbits and they were really cute. I also enjoyed the danceathon because I got to dance beside Emily.

Mia: I enjoyed it when we went to Mill Farm because my favourite part was when we got to see all the animals.

Amber: I enjoyed the danceathon because I liked learning the moves. I also enjoyed going to Mill Farm because I got to see the guinea pigs and they were cute.

Carley: I enjoyed it when we went to Mill Farm because we went on the go karts. I also enjoyed the danceathon because we were dancing to a song from the noughties.

P3A

Gangnam style!

 

This week we really enjoyed the danceathon on Thursday. We dressed up (or down!) as kids from the 2010s decade. They told us about events, the advances in technology and songs and movies from the decade. We were taught a dance by the Primary 7s and then performed it – you can see us on Twitter! At the end of the danceathon we completed a whole school conga – it was epic!

In Maths we learnt about capacity and volume and how these are measured. We had to work out what all the graduations were on the measuring jugs which can be quite tricky!

In Science we planned an experiment adding nutrients to plants to see which made the plants grow best. We added nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus which all help the plants to grow in different. Nitrogen fertilisers aid stem and active leaf growth, phosphorus helps root growth and potassium promotes flower and fruit development. We also have a control plant to observe what happens to a plant with no additional nutrients.

In learning across the curriculum, we learnt about the desert climate. We thought about what we would need to survive a trip to the desert. We would need a supply of water because the temperature is very high during the day. We would need bug repellent to stop bites and we would something to scare away snakes. We would need a sharp knife to cut down a kokerboom tree to use it as a fridge for our food. We would need a black light to see the scorpions and something warm to use at night time because the temperature drops dramatically as there is no cloud cover to keep the heat in.

Table of the week with 700 points

We were very proud of Orlaith who got our school values certificate this month. Well done, Orlaith!

We were also incredibly proud of Jude whose writing was chosen for the Stellar awards. What a big smile you have , Jude!

 

P5a

We have had such an exciting and busy week! We worked so hard to learn the songs for the Hoodwinked show and impressed everyone during the Dress Rehearsal. We also had a fantastic Danceathon Event and had a great time. Here are some of our other highlights:

Luke: I enjoyed art this week.

Gabriel: I enjoyed creating a disco song during the Danceathon.

Ellis: I enjoyed outdoor P.E.

Katie: I enjoyed creating new lyrics!

Callum: I enjoyed painting the Ritchie Collins art.

Samuel: I enjoyed P.E.

Zara: I thought the whole school conga was really fun!

Donna: I enjoyed the conga!

Ross: I enjoyed creating the 70s picture on the Danceathon day.

Murray: I enjoyed creating new disco lyrics.

Evan: I enjoyed outdoor P.E.

Blaire: I enjoyed P.E.

Brooke: I liked creating a new disco dance move.

Lily: I enjoyed doing the conga around the school.

Jodie: I enjoyed doing the Slosh.

Tamsyn: I enjoyed Maths – learning about function machines.

P6A

This week in P6A has been super busy.  Here are some of our highlights…

Robert- I enjoyed the danceathon.

Amy- I enjoyed learning the 60’s dance.

Denholm- I enjoyed P.E. with Mr Jeffries.

Murray- I enjoyed the dress rehearsal.

Mia- I enjoyed maths because it was interesting.

Euan- I enjoyed P.E. with Mr Jeffries.

Teighan- I enjoyed dressing up for the 60’s dancethon.

Catriona- I enjoyed the whole school conga!

William- I enjoyed going to the farm.

Connor- I enjoyed filming the P5,6 and 7 show Hoodwinked.

Islay- I enjoyed outdoor P.E.

Kiara- I enjoyed the 60’s music.

Ranna- This week I enjoyed getting a values certificate and the writing certificate in the same day!

Sophia- I liked outdoor P.E. with Mr Jeffries.

Jason- I loved the giant conga line outside.

Suvi- I really enjoyed doing the quiz at the end of the week about dad jokes 🙂

Reminder- Our show Hoodwinked is next week (Wednesday evening 6.30pm and Thursday morning 7.30pm)

2A

Here are our highlights…

Aiden-I loved doing the Conga at the Dancethon

Tommy-I liked the Dancethon

Grace-Conga dancing was fun

Robyn-Practising all the dances was my favourite

Michaela-The giant Pikachu was funny!

Georgia-People dressing up was fun

Bailey-I liked the Celebration Assembly

Brooke-The Dancethon dance-5,6,7,8 was great

Devyn-Dressing up as a 90’s pop star was fun

Ethan-I loved the whole school conga

Amelia-Dancing to steps was fun!

Kieran-Dancing to the Conga was great

Ellie-Jai-Dancing round the school to the Conga and the Celebration Assembly was great

Mason-Doing well in my class talk was good

Logan-Choosing a book from the library was good fun

 

Primary 5b have been busy !

We have been busy this week rehearsing for our show Hoodwinked.We were even filmed on Wednesday. That was exciting ! We were the choir. We got lovely comments from staff.

We had a Danceathon on Thursday.Our era was 1970s. We tried to be dressed up like people of the 1970s. We painted art from the 1970s and we tasted sweets that were made originally in the 1970s. We watched a few tv programmes from the 1970s too-Blue Peter,The Muppets and The Clangers.The day was such fun. We learned the Slosh with the P7s. We all did a huge Conga in the front of the school with every class. That was so funny.

Here are our comments:

Owen,Lewis- We liked practising for the P5-7 Show

Brandon,Shaun- We liked having our photos taken for the 1970s

Dylan, Alistair,Olivia,Rory,Ellie Rose,Ellie,Holly- We loved the 1970s day

Kyle- I enjoyed the farm yesterday.We painted a fence

Bryce- I liked my photo being taken for the 1970s

Eva,Aaron,Aaran, Max,Jamie,Liam-We enjoyed the sweetie tuck shop today

Annie-I liked painting the 1970s lady

Ruby- I enjoyed the P7s teaching us the dance

Kaycee- I enjoyed having Charlotte as my learning partner

Charlotte- I enjoyed having Kaycee as my learning partner

Jay,Alfie- We loved making pizza at Nurture

Orla- I enjoyed receiving 2 certificates this morning at the Celebration Assembly.I got one for my writing entry and one for me being the school representative for the Stellar Award

Florence- I enjoyed having Orla as my learning partner

Noami- I enjoyed dressing up for the 1970s

 

Winning Home Learning litter items :

thank you for your item, everyone!

Lewis-  a  snowman decoration

Florence – pencil pot holder

Orla- bird feeder

Celebration certificate-Annie

HOODWINKED

WEDNESDAY 19TH JUNE 6.30pm. Please be at school for 6pm if in the choir.

THURSDAY 20TH JUNE 9.30am-please join us if you can !

 

 

 

Never a dull moment!

We’ve had another busy week in P4a with lots going on.

After a fabulous procession, the children and staff enjoyed a well-earned day off on Monday.

In Numeracy with Mrs Mackenzie we are continuing to learn about fractions. In Maths with Mrs Collings, we are learning about comparing measurements. This was very challenging for a lot of us!

On Wednesday, we visited our new classroom. Unfortunately, our new teacher, Miss Baxter, was unable to join us so we enjoyed an hour with Mr Jeffries. The children are really excited to meet Miss Baxter on Monday.

In RME we watched ‘Joseph and his technicolour dreamcoat’ as we are thinking about the Christian values of integrity, wisdom, justice and compassion which are demonstrated in the movie.

In writing, we started learning about speechmarks. We know that there are rules for writing speech and conversation in our stories. These are 1) Speech needs capital letters as it is a sentence or a phrase just like any other writing 2) Speech marks go at the beginning of the words that are spoken and the end 3) We use punctutation like a comma, to separate the words that are spoken from the reporting clause (which tells you who has spoken) and 4) Speech needs to be punctuated with question marks, exclamation marks and commas just like the rest of our writing.

In Science we checked to see how our radishes were growing. We discovered that the radishes germinated in all the soils but some were much healthier than others. We didn’t think the orchid soil would let the radishes grow but they did germinate slightly. Even the seeds in the sand grew a little. The plants in the ericaeous, tomorite and the cactus soil grew best as they had more nutrients.

In cricket we played beat the ball where the batsman runs around the square trying to beat the ball which is passed from post to post.

Table of the week – with 500 points

P2A

Here are our highlights…

Daniel-Fractions work was fun

Michaela-My mental maths was fun

William-Adding in maths was great

Ellie-Jai-Singing at assembly was great

Robyn-I liked the P1 assembly

Devyn-I liked my reading and the P1 assembly

Ethan-I liked the singing in the P1 assembly

Aiden-Outdoor PE this week was good with cops and robbers

Willow-I liked learning my mental maths

Kieran-Learning in my maths was good fun

Lucy-My review jotter targets was my favourite

Brooke-Writing about my new teacher was fun

Georgia-I liked writing nice things about my p3 teacher

Grace-Learning about friends in P1  assembly was good

Amelia-Singing in assembly was my favourite

Mason-Doing well in P2 is great

Bailey-I liked singing at assembly

Logan-I liked meeting my new teacher

 

 

 

 

P5A

We really enjoyed meeting our new teacher this week! Here are some of our other highlights.

Samuel: I enjoyed meeting my new teacher Mrs Ramsey.

Arran: I enjoyed meeting Mrs Ramsey.

Lucas K: I enjoyed writing the persuasive letter.

Callum: I enjoyed P.E.

Erin: I enjoyed P.E. when we played Netball.

Luke: I enjoyed playing Netball.

Donna: I enjoyed meeting our new teacher.

Gabriel: I enjoyed Netball!

Ellis: I enjoyed P.E.

Blaire: I enjoyed Netball.

Katie: I enjoyed writing the persuasive letter.

Murray: I enjoyed writing the litter letter.

Evan: I enjoyed P.E.

P6A

What a fun and exciting week we have had in P6A.  Here are some of our highlights…

Suvi- I really like Dynamic Earth because all the staff were really nice and I enjoyed learning the owl noise.

Kiara- I enjoyed meeting my buddy because it’s exciting.

Ranna- I enjoyed the bus ride back from Dynamic Earth because there was lots of exciting chat.

Joshua- I loved Dynamic earth because I enjoyed learning about Apollo in the show dome.

Catriona- I enjoyed meeting our buddies because it was fun to play with them.

Mia- I loved maths this week because we were doing division.

Amy- I enjoyed Dynamic Earth because I liked the floor shaking in the volcano room.

Connor- I enjoyed Dynamic Earth because the time travel bit was cool.

Hannah- I enjoyed meeting my buddy because she was really chatty.

Denholm- I loved meeting my new buddy because he was fun to play with.

Alfie- I liked Dynamic Earth because it was interesting.

Reminder- Danceathon next Thursday 13th! Primary 6 have the decade of the 60’s.  Remember dressing up is optional 🙂

P2B

P2B have focused this week on learning about endangered animals, in particular African endangered animals including the causes of population decrease. The children have enjoyed designing posters to campaign to save some of these animals.

We have also began following the lives of the Whiskers family; a mob of meerkats with very hectic lives.

We thoroughly enjoyed watching the P1 assembly today also.

Here are our best bits:

Isla – Primary 1 assembly and Meerkat Manor

Hollie – Meerkat Manor and RME

Ethan – Wild Kratts and Primary 1 assembly

Jack B – Wild Kratts and P1 assembly

Mikolaj – House pictures and assembly

Anna – Being Little Star and Primary 1 assembly

Ruby – Meerkat Manor and P1 assembly

Thomas – Primary 1’s assembly and Wild Kratts

Hannah – When Ben got his picture on the Star Board and the Primary 1’s assembly

Jack C – Meerkat Manor and Wild Kratts

Kai – The house pictures and Primary 1’s assembly

Sofia – Meerkat Manor and endangered animals posters

Sophie (Big Star) – Meerkat Manor and when I made my poster with the animals

Lois – Meerkat Manor and the big posters

Murray – Assembly

Daisy – Primary 1’s assembly and Meerkat Manor

Ben – When my work was on the Star Board and when Sophie made my mask.

 

 

P3A

Here are our highlights from the week:

Aaron: I enjoyed play time because Shannon, James and I got to play Pokémon.
Jude: I enjoyed reading because I got a new book.
Ellis: I enjoyed the P1 assembly.
Jack: I enjoyed reading because I finished my book ‘Woof’.
Alex: I enjoyed the P1 assembly because my brother Lewis was in it.
Millie: I enjoyed playing a fun game with Mia before school.
River: I enjoyed the P1 assembly because it is the best one I have ever seen.
TJ: I enjoyed the assembly.
Aileigh: I enjoyed the P1 assembly because Florence was in it.
James: I enjoyed the P1 assembly because my little cousin Poppy was there.
Ada: I enjoyed the P1 assembly because it taught me more about bees. I found it interesting because I have 20,000 bees.
Carley: I enjoyed the P1 assembly because I thought they did very well for their first one.
Shannon: I enjoyed assembly because my friend Sarah was in it.
Scott B: I enjoyed maths.
Amber: I enjoyed the P1 assembly because I thought it was interesting.

Have a lovely weekend everyone!
P3A

Excitement reached fever pitch

Apologies for the late posting of this blog. The site was down on Friday.

This week has been full of excitement as we prepare for the procession. We are really hoping that the weather stays fine and that everyone has a great day. Eva and Orlaith will be on the float so keep an eye out for them!

In between all the preparations, we have been doing some fantastic learning.

In Science we are trying to find out if plants grow differently in different materials. We planted radishes in sand, orchid mix, tomorite, ericaceous and cactus soils. We are expecting to see the plants germinate soon…….

In French we learned the parts of the body and listened to heads, shoulders, knees and toes in French. You can listen here……

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RJVwMGRiZs

In Numeracy we have started looking at fractions. We moved around the classroom completing different activities. One of the activities was colouring in flags with different fractions and we played fraction cards.

In Maths we did more work on measuring length. We measured plants and insects and thought about the best units of measurement to measure different distances and lengths.

We created posters for our Reading Rave. The reading rave is when we share books, comics, write stories, in fact anything to do with reading. We hope that we will see more enjoyment from reading from the children in P4a.

Orlaith won our in-class competition for the Staedtler colouring competition. Her way of changing the world was to pick up litter to make sure it doesn’t go into the ocean. Well done, Orlaith.

Table of the week – with 970 points

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