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Last week of term

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Here are our comments about our excursion to The Forth Bridges visitor centre…

Our trip this week was very interesting. The visitor centre was quite big. At the Rail bridge restaurant we could see the Rail bridge easily. Trying on the safety equipment was fun. We learned alot.

Church service comments…

We liked singing all the Easter songs in the church. We liked the Three Trees story. The junior choir sang exceptionally well.

The Golden Club event… We loved the event.

Happy Holidays everyone !

dates for your diary;

Back to school

Monday 11th April

Junior Choir Tuesday 12th April 3.25pm

Remember to bring PE kit back for Wednesday 13th April

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This week …

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We are on the last week of term. It is busy because we have our excursion tomorrow to South Queensferry Visitor Centre.

We have the Church service on Thursday morning and we have the Golden Club event for many of the class on Thursday afternoon.What an excitng last week of term…

Our comments:-

Teighan,Megan,Robert,Alfie B., Sophia, Ben, Denholm, Kay – We can’t wait until we go to The visitor centre at South Queensferry tomorrow

Connor, Euan- We are looking forward to the trip tomorrow and having lunch in the Rail Bridge restaurant in South Queensferry

Jason-I can’t wait to see the bridges tomorrow

Kiara,Sam-  We’re excited for the church service this Thursday

Ava,Sophie, Alfie G.- We can’t wait to sing “As one” in the church on Thursday

Erin, Liam, Jess- We’re looking forward to the Golden Club event on Thursday afternoon

Mia, Lauren, Suvi, Emma-We’re looking forward to singing the Easter songs at the church on Thursday

Oliver- I ‘m looking forward to Parents Evening

 

 

 

 

 

 

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What stayed with you this week ?

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During a week at school we are learning lots of different facts and strategies to help us .

We have thoughts about what has stayed with us this week….

The Easter songs-Oliver,Jess, Mia,Lauren,Sophia

Dividing in Maths-Liam,Robert

SRA-Connor

The Matilda newspaper report-Sam,Alfie B. Megan

Making a powerpoint on Scotland-Denholm.Alfie G

Making a powerpoint on Scottish cities-Sophie,Kay

Making a powerpoint on Scottish landmarks-Suvi,Jason,Euan

Making a powerpoint on Scottish animals-Ben

Stories with a twist at Drama-Kiara,Gemma,Emma, Ava

Shared start-Teighan

I am sure there will be other things aswell ….

                                           What has stayed with you this week ?

 

 

 

 

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P4/3 are working to their potential

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We have been very busy learning about Magnetism, The Easter Story, A tour aroon Scotland, The loch Ness Monster myth, Reading for information, Our Emotions at The Gathering, Book Week and Symmetry in Maths to name just a few !

Alfie, Sophie, Kiara, Euan, Jason- In Drama we were practising the Easter Songs and we started a play that had a twist

Sophia, Lauren, Megan, Connor- In Drama this week we were given parts for a new play

Mia, Gemma, Liam, Denholm, Robert,Ben-This week we were writing newspaper articles about The Loch Ness Monster. We had to write if we thought it was real or not !

Emma, Kay, Jess, Alfie B., Sam- We liked The P1a Assembly on dinosaurs today. We were part of the quality audience

Teighan-I liked dressing up as Mackenzie from” Dork Diaries” because it was Dress Down Day and you could be a book character

Suvi- I dressed up as Maid Marion from ” Robin Hood” today as it was Dress Down Day and also Book Week

Ava- I liked being dressed in my normal clothes today for Dress Down Day….I paid my £1 !

Oliver, Erin- We  liked our little sisters ‘ Assembly this morning on Dinosaurs

 

Shared Start Tuesday 8th March…come if you can …we’ d love to see you !

Have a super weekend…Happy Mother’s day !

 

 

 

 

 

 

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New Learning in P4/3

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We learned lots this week in class, groups  and as individuals.

Here are our comments:-

Sophie, Alfie and Ava said we learned new songs at the choir on Tuesday.

Sophia, Mia, Lauren,Robert learned in Maths that the 9 times tables goes down in units and up in tens with Miss Davidson

We learned the numbers before zero in Maths-Denholm, Gemma

In Science in Magnetism we learned that magnets can attract nails through card-Jason, Erin, Kay, Kiara

In PE we learned that the air you breathe acts as fuel-Emma, Connor

In RME with Mrs Innes we learned about the Easter Story-Megan, Teighan, Liam, Alfie B

We learned the Easter songs- Jess, Oliver, Sam, Suvi,Ben

Have a great weekend everyone !

Reminders…

Home Learning “Environment in a box” due in Monday 29th February

Parental consultation slip returned by Friday 4th March

Dress down day Friday 4th March

Excursion slip and money and signed green form please return as soon as you can

ARTICLE 28 THE RIGHT TO LEARN

 

 

 

 

 

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Fun in P4/3

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Learning should be fun, and is, in P4/3 !

We love learning through  Maths, Literacy, Expressive Arts, Science, Health and Well Being, RME and Modern Languages….

Here are our comments:-

We really liked the Gingerbread Mannie show that we performed -Suvi, Mia, Gemma, Robert, Lauren

I liked performing in front of my little sister-Oliver

I liked performing in front of my brother-Sophie

We really liked our parts in The Gingerbread Mannie -Teighan, Sam, Liam

I like how Golden Time has changed-Alfie B.

I am excited about what I’m doing in Golden Time this week-Kiara

Dodge ball in PE is good-Erin, Emma

I liked being Star Writer for my leaflet on Scotland-Sophia

We liked being Star Writer for our leaflets-Ben, Kay

I like our new class novel” Five have plenty of fun”-Connor

I liked Maths …I was working on the least and greatest numbers-Megan

I liked the Maths I did with Miss Davidson this morning-Jason

I liked getting my new Maths booklet-Ava

I liked doing the leaflet on Reading-Euan, Alfie G.

 

Well done Star writers this week:-

Megan, Liam, Lauren, Gemma, Sophia and Oliver for great leaflets on Reading and books !

 

Have a super weekend everyone !

Reminders

Please pay trip as soon as you can and remember to fill in the green form

Home Learning -Environments in a box due Monday 29th February

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What I love learning about in P4/3

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Our comments about learning in P4/3

We love Science ….that is Magnetism at the moment-Ben,Connor, Sophia, Emma, Oliver, Teighan, Sophie, Jason

We love the Gathering on a Monday morning-Suvi,Liam

We love Drama-Mia, Alfie G. ,Robert, Erin, Megan, Lauren,Gemma

I love French-Ava

I love learning my times tables-Kiara

We love our new style of Golden Time-Jess, Alfie B.

We love Assemblies on a Friday morning-Euan, Sam

Learning is fun and is done in all areas of the Curriculum in lots of different ways…

Please remember to return green form and payment for our trip to the visitor centre at South Queensferry as soon as you can.

Have a super holiday weekend 🙂

See you all back on Wednesday 17th February 

Congratulations to:-

Star writers- Kay, Mia, Gemma and Ben for super Pet leaflets

Pupil of the week-Sophie

 

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Lots of new ways of learning in P4/3

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Busy days in P4/3….We learned that there are magnets in cows …imagine that !

We also learned a shepherd called Magnes discovered magnetism about 4000 years ago in Ancient Greece.

Our writing this week was creating a leaflet about Caring for a pet…We all worked so hard to produce neat, colourful easy to read leaflets.

In Maths we have been consolidating our times tables(the Hexagons) , measuring accurately with a metre stick (the Rectangles) or a ruler( the Pentagons). We have also been working on our Mental Maths strategies.

Our comments:-

We liked the comic strips this week on Dennis the menace-Euan,Kay

We liked making the poster on Magnetism-Ben,Oliver,Sophia,Ava

We liked PE this week working with Mr Jeffries-Megan, Lauren,Erin

We liked the new style of Golden time-Jason,Alfie G., Jess

We enjoyed Mental Maths with Miss Davidson-Suvi, Liam

I liked the speedy Maths times table activity this week-Sam

I liked working with other P4s on Maths this week-Sophie

We liked doing the Gingerbread Mannie-Kiara, Alfie B, Connor, Robert

I liked doing my part of the Gingerbread Mannie in Scots-Teighan

I like being Mrs Moore in the Gingerbread Mannie-Mia

I was Star writer this week -Denholm

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR STAR WRITERS THIS WEEK

Denholm, Lauren and Sophie..Well done all

 

Remember….

The Valentine’s Disco Wednesday 10th February

4.30pm-6pm P1-3

6.30-8pm P4-7

Article 28-THE RIGHT TO LEARN

 

HAVE A FANTASTIC WEEKEND EVERYONE !

 

 

 

 

 

 

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We learn in many ways in P4/3

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We learn through planning and designing. We learn through class , group and individual work. We learn through researching on the netbooks and discussion work. We learn through making mistakes and trying again….

Here are our comments:-

Story writing was fun this week…. we planned ours about a micro pig-Ben, Mia

We liked writing our story of our unusual pet-Emma,Megan, Kay, Kiara

We liked PE this week-Erin, Gemma

The Bridge challenge was great. Our team was called The Builders-Connor

We liked the Gingerbread Mannie at Drama-Euan, Robert, Denholm, Alfie B.

I enjoyed watching Jason doing the Gingerbread mannie dance at Drama-Sophia

I liked being the rapper for the Gingerbread Mannie- Alfie G.

I liked the bridge building challenge.Our team was The  Bridges-Sam

We liked the bridge building challenge.Our team was The Three Bridges-Teighan,Lauren

We also liked the bridge challenge.Our team was The BSA -Ava,Jess

I received the drama award for Primary 3s-Suvi

I enjoyed Cosmic Yoga this week-Jason

Congratulations to

Suvi for receiving the P3 drama award

Euan, Megan and Sophia for being our Star Writers

Have a super weekend everyone 🙂

Remember to buy your Valentine’s Disco tickets from the school office £1 only !

 

 

 

 

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Lots of learning in P4/3

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We have busy this week learning new Scottish words. We also found we could watch the building of the new Bridge at South Queensferry ” The Queensferry Crossing” with a live webcam..How exciting is that ? We felt like we were witnessing history in the making !

Our story writing this week was about being zoologists and finding Scottish animals and taking them back to the zoo where we worked…some wrote about the grey seal and the red deer and lots of others…

Here are our comments :-

I liked making the fact file about the puffin-Connor

I liked  researching the white tailed sea eagle and then making the fact file-Sophia

We liked researching the red squirrel and making the  fact file-Megan,Emma

We were researching the golden eagle-Euan, Liam

I liked making the poster of the highland cow.I had researched it for home learning-Sam

I liked learning about all the different Scottish animals-Kay

I liked my new reading book” Kim and the shape dragon”-Jason

We liked PE…. we were dancing this week-Mia, Erin, Lauren

We liked singing one of the choir songs”Bonnie wee Jeanie McColl” to the class-Sophie, Alfie G and Ava

I liked listening to Alfie, Sophie and Ava singing “Bonnie wee Jeanie McColl”-Suvi

We liked fast Maths this week….we were doing times tables -Kiara, Jess, Teighan

I was a finalist on Monday for the Scots Poetry competition-Denholm

I liked drawing and painting the Forth Road Bridge-Alfie B.

I liked getting into the Golden Club-Oliver

Article 12

THE RIGHT TO BE LISTENED TO. 

Congratulations to Oliver and Jason for reaching Step 5

and

Jess for reaching Step 4…Well done boys !

Have a super weekend

Mrs Aitken 🙂

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A week of Scots

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We have been busy learning our Scots poems by JK Annand or Margaret Hamilton.

We worked hard on our lines and actions. We were excited for the class final on Thursday. Mrs Aitken found it very difficult to choose three finalists.

Well done everyone. You have made me very proud of all your efforts !

Our story writing this week was in the style of Matthew Fitt’s story “Jordan’s new jaiket”…Come in and read them on our walls ! Some are even on the door of the class.

We started looking at a dvd about Scotland in the past and we saw lots of times when it was covered in ice ….

In art we used different medium to create landscapes of Scotland…we used lots of greens, blue and white with a touch of red….the paintings look really effective.

Our comments this week :-

We liked the landscapes of Scotland in Art-Ben, Connor, Gemma, Sam, Denholm

We liked the poem Mince and Tatties-Jess,Mia, Liam, Megan

We liked our poem The Twa Leggit Mice-Teighan, Oliver

We liked writing the story this week My new jaiket-Ava,Kay

I liked being one of the four finalists in the class for Mince and Tatties-Sophia

We liked  learning the poem Lament for a lost dinner ticket-Jason, Euan

We liked being chosen as  finalists for the poetry competition on Monday-Sophie, Suvi

We liked reciting Mince and Tatties even though we weren’t chosen for the final-Emma, Alfie G.

We like Drama -it is about the gingerbread man but in Scots-Kiara, Erin

FINAL OF POETRY RECITATION -Monday 18th January

Our three finalists are Denholm, Suvi and Sophie-GOOD LUCK FROM US ALL

ARTICLE 15

You have the right to choose your own friends and join or set up groups, as long as it isn’t harmful to others.

Have a super weekend P4/3

See you Monday 🙂

 

 

 

 

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Welcome back P4/3 !

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This has been a short week back to school after our Christmas holidays…we have been busy getting back into work mode !

Primary 3 were all very lucky to take part in a NYCOS workshop – leaflets were handed out on the day.

All children now have their Scots poem to learn by Thursday 14th January when 3 finalists from the class will be chosen to take part in school final on Monday 18th January-good luck everyone !

The class started The gingerbread man in Scots this week with Mrs Innes in Expressive Arts…sounds so much fun !

Here are our comments….

We liked coming back to school and seeing  our friends and beginning fun work again-Mia,Alfie G. Sophie,Sophia, Teighan

We liked the NYCOS Workshop where we played fun games and sang songs – Alfie B., Robert, Denholm, Euan

We liked Cosmic Yoga it was set in Australia this week-Jess,Megan, Gemma, Sam, Oliver, Emma, Connor

I liked the indoor club with Mrs Mallin-Ben

I’ m looking forward to hearing from my pen pal in New York-Erin

We liked everything since we came back to school-Kiara, Lauren

We liked learning our Scottish poems-Suvi, Jason

When P3 went to the NYCOS Workshop I liked having Mrs Hay-Ava

diary dates

Scots Poetry competition final Monday 18th January

Curricular evening Monday 18th January 6pm onwards

Residential meeting for P4s Thursday 28th January 6pm

 

ARTICLE 28

You have the right to a good quality education. You should be encouraged to go  to schol to the highest level you can.

Have a lovely weekend everyone !

 

 

 

 

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CHRISTMAS IS COMING FOR P4/3

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What a busy last week we have had in school….

We watched the Pantomime on Tuesday and some of us were very lucky to go to the Golden Club event on Thursday.  Our junior choir sang to parents after school on Tuesday… We were extremely  proud to have our choir broadcast on Radio Forth on Thursday morning…Well done everyone.

Here our last comments for 2015…

I ‘m looking forward to going to Denmark-Mia

We liked the magician at the Golden Club event-Suvi,Lauren

We liked the start of “Horton hears a who” movie-Erin,Megan,Emma

We’re looking forward to Christmas-Connor,Robert, Sophia, Teighan,Ben

I’m looking forward to going to my cousins for a sleepover-Sam

I’m looking forward to  the Christmas holidays and learning how to speak some Kenyan words-Jason

We’re looking forward to Santa coming to our houses-Alfie G., Denholm,Jess,Alfie B.

I liked being the last Advent calendar opener today- Sophie

I have a sleepover today, I can’t wait-Ava

I liked being the primary 3 class winner of our Challenge-Euan

I’m looking forward to the Christmas dinner-Kiara

I’m really looking forward to what I’m getting for Christmas-Gemma

I liked getting the voucher for being the primary 4 Challenge winner-Oliver

 

Hope you all enjoyed the Christmas biscuits we made on Wednesday.

Well done to Oliver our P4 Challenge winner and Euan our P3 Challenge winner.

Have a fabulous holiday everyone with family and friends.

Take care and see you all in January 2016

From Mrs Aitken 🙂

 

 

 

 

 

 

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CHRISTMAS IN BALBARDIE -P4/3

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What exciting times in school this week which ended with a superb Christmas Assembly by P6b and musical interlude by the strings group.

We started with Christmas lunch wearing our Christmas jumpers….some were of trees and even one was like a reindeer….

We know our Christmas carols extremely well for the church service on Friday. We love singing Come with us and also Angels.

We watched The forgotten Toys as a hook for our story writing this week. It is a really good film if you haven’t already watched it. We would recommend it to everyone !

At the P6b Assembly this morning we loved the song Rudolf the red nosed reindeer-Ava, Lauren, Robert, Liam

I loved the Assembly and the strings group-Sophia

We loved wearing our Christmas jumpers this week-Oliver, Emma, Jess, Gemma, Teighan

We liked Christmas lunch this week. We had turkey, ice cream and a freddo-Euan,  Connor, Megan

We liked singing in the choir and it being posted on Youtube-Alfie G., Sophie

I liked watching Alfie, Luca,Ben and Aaron singing as a group at Drama-Mia

I liked making Christmas cards for Mrs Spence, Jayden ( my penpal) and Mrs Cameron-Erin

I liked making my winter figure for the display outside the classroom- Jason

I liked watching the strings group at the P6B Assembly today-Sam

I liked winning the float design for P3 at the Assembly today-Suvi

I liked hearing the songs for “The gingerbread man” in Scots at Drama -Kiara

We liked the Christmas disco-Alfie B., Denholm

Congratulations to:-

Suvi for winning the float design for P3 

Jason for taking part in the pantomimes Peter Pan and Mother Goose in The Regal theatre, Bathgate

Star writers

Mia, Kiara and Robert -Sentences

Erin- Paragraphs

 

ARTICLE 28

You have the right to a good quality education. You should be encouraged  to go to school to the highest level you can.

 

Diary dates

Monday- Home learning due in, Breakfast with Santa 8am

Tuesday- The Hunch back of Notre Dame pantomime for Primary 1-6

Thursday- Golden Club event

Friday- Christmas service at The High Church 9.30am

              -School closes at 12.10pm….Holidays until January 2016

Have a fantastic last week 🙂

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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OUR BUSY WEEK IN PRIMARY 4/3

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PE was very good this week. We did the obstacle course-Erin, Kay,Teighan, Robert

We liked getting to step 5 …We can’t wait to get our letters from Mr Welsh- Suvi, Megan, Lauren

I liked every thing we did this week-Kiara

I liked getting on to step 3  today-Gemma

I was Pupil of the Week today-Mia

I liked being part of  the playtime / lunchtime club with Mrs Mallin- Sophia

We enjoyed helping Primary 3 with the Christmas Carols on Thursday-Sophie,Alfie G.

We enjoyed watched Primary 3/2s Assembly this morning.It was all about Under the Sea-Euan,Emma

We enjoyed watching the Wriggly Nativity yesterday during Drama. We were the quality audience-Sam,Liam,Connor,Denholm,Alfie B.

I enjoyed learning some french words for Christmas like une cheminee(fireplace) and Noel(Christmas)- Jason

I liked making my winter figure ..it will look funny when my picture is stuck on it !- Jess

We liked being dressed down today – Ava,Ben, Oliver

 

What a busy week we have had….lots of exciting learning has taken place in Numeracy  – lots of Mental Maths training this week to help us speed up in our calculations. In Literacy this week we wrote a story about Justino. He was our main character in our story. He was a funny but helpful caring man. We described him with adjectives so we could imagine him clearly. In French we started learning some Christmas words eg Le Pere Noel and Noel ( Father Christmas and Christmas). We also started looking at weather in French aswell. …Il neige ( it’s snowing )and Il gele(it’s icy). We are all singing The Christmas Carols for the Church Service every day and know them very well now 🙂 We all like the dress down Fridays ! Home Learning due in Monday , thank you !

Dates to note:-

Christmas Lunch Wednesday 9th December 12.00..Wear a Christmas item if you don’t have a jumper 🙂

Christmas Disco P3 and P4  6.15-7.30pm …Tickets still available from the school office

ARTICLE 28 

We have the right to learn

 

 

 

 

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Primary 4/3

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Busy week…

We have written our letters to our penpals in New York. We look forward to our replies.

We are loving practising the Christmas Carols for the church service. We have worked exceptionally hard on our reindeer frames for the fayre. They cost £1 only !

Maths has been challenging this week …working on fractions and large numbers and patterns in numbers.

In Literacy we planned our letters then tried our very best to write it out neatly to send to New York. We were also developing our listening and talking skills with Miss Davidson.

French is becoming easier to order our lunch and sing a few songs. Next week we are going to look

at the weather in French-Le temps !

Ava,Robert, Oliver-We liked making the reindeer frames for the Christmas fayre

Sophie- I liked writing to my penpal Emily in New York

Mia, Sophia, Alfie G. -We are proud we are  now in the Golden Club

Erin, Sam- Our penpal is Jayden . We liked writing to him

Lauren- My penpal is Logan I liked writing a letter to him

Emma- I liked making the poster to advertise the Christmas fayre

Megan, Suvi- Our penpal is Jasmine. We liked writing to her.  We can’t wait to get a reply

Connor, Teighan- Michaele is our penpal .We liked writing to him

Jess- I was a quality audience for the P1 Nativity. It’s good

Denholm-My penpal is Zen. I liked writing to him. He looks good in his photo

Kiara, Gemma- Cosmic Yoga is fun

Jason – I can’t wait to learn more about the weather especially looking at New York’s weather

Liam- My penpal is Quinn. He wrote me a good letter first

Alfie B. -I am proud I am on step 4

Euan – My penpal is Mason. I liked writing my letter to him

ARTICLE 28

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR STAR WRITERS

Suvi-Paragraphs

Kiara- sentences

 Alfie- Words

 

Reminders

School Fayre Tomorrow Saturday 28th November 10-12

Shared start Wednesday 2nd December 9.15am

Please remember your props for the Christmas story for Monday with Mrs Waddell

 

 

 

 

 

 

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OUR WEEK IN PRIMARY 4/3

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Our Assembly was on Friday 20th November we worked on it about France and the French language..here are some photos of us !100_2825

GETTING A PRACTICE WITH THE SWORDS AND SHIELDS
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WALKING IN TO THE HALL TO THE FRENCH NATIONAL ANTHEM ” THE MARSEILLAISE”

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WE ARE THE FACT DETECTIVES…LOOK OUT FOR US DURING THE ASSEMBLY


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WE HELD UP THE NUMBERS 1-25 IN THE FRENCH FLAG COLOURS-BLUE ,WHITE AND RED

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I HAD TO REMIND EVERYONE TO COUNT BEFORE SINGING “LES NUMEROS 1-20”

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WE HAD LOTS OF FACTS ABOUT FRENCH FOODS..HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO TASTE SNAILS ?

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WE SANG OUT TO NUMEROS 1-20 AND THE AU REVOIR SONG

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From Mrs Aitken and P4/3

 

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P4/3 are successful learners

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We have worked hard this week on times tables in Maths. Our story writing was about characters. We used paintings by Degas as our stimulus. We have been practising our Assembly for next Friday. In practical Maths we have been working on Money with Mrs Waddell.  Our class novel is “Devon the naughtiest dog in the world” by Jon Katz. As it was Remembrance day on Wednesday we watched our Junior and Senior choir sing and share facts about the war. Well done to Ava, Alfie G. and Sophie who sang clearly and confidently in our Junior choir.

Here are our comments…

The Assembly this morning was very good-Erin,Sophie

We loved Yoga this morning instead of Outdoor PE-Ava, Emma, Megan, Sophia, Kiara, Kay

We loved watching the P7s drama-Zog was the one  we really liked-Mia, Lauren, Teighan, Euan, Sam

We liked story writing this week…we wrote about Edgar Degas’s painting about the horse-Connor, Liam

We  liked being dressed down for Children in Need- Suvi, Jess, Denholm, Alfie B., Oliver, Jason, Ben

I liked PE this week with Mr Jeffries- Alfie G.

I liked everything this week-Robert

Congratulations to Star writers this week !

Paragraphs-Alfie G

Sentences- Connor

Words- Jess

Reminder our Assembly is next Friday 20th November…at 9.15am… Please join us if you can.

 

 

 

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Lots of different ways of Learning in P4/3

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We have had an exciting week ! Let’s tell you all about it …

I liked the Bonfire story …I was Star Writer this week for the Sentences. I read my story to Mrs Hay-Connor

I liked the Bonfire story Kai the Ninja was my character who came to the bonfire with me-Alfie B.

I’ve enjoyed my story this week. My character was Agnes from Despicable Me.She  came to the bonfire with me -Sophie

I liked my story writing this week. I read to Primary 6. My character was Alice In Wonderland-Megan

We liked the Big Balbardie Blether today.It was about Golden Time and the Golden Club events-Ben,Euan,Sophia,Oliver,Jason,Lauren, Gemma

I liked working on the netbooks making the circuits complete with Kiara-Ava

I liked story writing this week. I had Jay from Lego Ninjago as my character-Denholm

We liked watching the Primary 7 plays at Drama-Emma,Suvi

I was Star Writer this week for my bonfire story. I read it to Mrs Hay-Jess

I liked using Knex for our Science this week. I was working with Jess-Kiara

I was working on the netbooks. I had to build circuits and not overload plugs. I was working with Sophie-Sam

I liked sharing my project on the local area .It was the Regal theatre that I had made-Robert

We liked everything this week-Alfie G. Mia, Teighan, Erin

I liked Mrs Waddell coming into our class on Monday- Kay

Article 31 -THE RIGHT TO FEEL SAFE AND SECURE

Assembly  discussion underway …letter home next week.

Have a super weekend

From Mrs Aitken 🙂

Reminder:-

Dress down day Friday 13th November for Children In Need

Home Learning due in Monday

Reading days are Monday/Wednesday Book covers and Titles

                                Tuesday/Thursday Chapters

                                                  Thursday Pages

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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News from Primary 3

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We have been very busy this week in Primary 3.Here are our comments :

Maisey,Katie-We have been learning about Pyramids in Egypt

Emily,Jaime-Lee, Emma-The Egyptians buried the mummies in a tomb

Dani,Ben,Rose-We’ve been learning about Tutankhamen

Jason,Summer-In PE we have been playing the Bubble game

Guy,Callum,Nathan,Hope-This week we were practising our Assembly song

Charlotte,Louie,Lucy,Hayley- We’ve been doing French with Mrs Aitken-bonjour and

ca va !

Aryan- We’ve been learning 2d and 3d shapes in maths

Jacob-Sphinx guard Pharoah’s pyramids

Isaac-I know shapes can have 5 corners

ARTICLE 28- I have the right to an education

Have a super weekend !

Mr Cunningham