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Noah – On Wednesday it was Sports Day and there were different races to win. The first race was just running, there was also an egg and spoon race. There was also a sack race and a rally race.

Emma – We had Sports Day and we did lots of races.

Matthias – There were lots of people who were trying their best. I was running for the House Point race. My daddy tried to race too, but I think he was second last.

Evie – When we were doing the sack race, lots of people were falling over and some people were not.

Maksim – I was fourth place in the sack race.

Marcus – In the sack race some people got hurt by falling.

Josh – At the egg and spoon race we had a potato instead and we had to walk slowly to the finish line.

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P3, Whole School News
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What a wonderful week we have had in P3a! 

Before we tell you about our lovely week we would like to remind parents and carers if they can, to complete our behaviour policy survey via the link below:

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/N853RNT

Ammie-Leigh- I have enjoyed learning all about time in maths!

Lily- I enjoyed all of sports day and even though I fell, I got up and kept running!

Callum-  I enjoyed sports day because I won the potato and spoon race!

Kai- I enjoyed sports day because I came 2nd in the potato and spoon race.

Luke- I enjoyed the sack race!

Donna- I enjoyed our trip to Xcite to take part in the multi-sports morning.  My favourite part was Tae Kwon Do!

Murray- I enjoyed going to Xcite and I enjoyed the badminton the most!

Mia- I enjoyed the obstacle course with hurdles at Xcite.

Erin-  I enjoyed the rugby at Xcite.

Ellis- I have enjoyed learning more about time in maths.

Jodie- I enjoyed the badminton at Xcite.

Achievements

Kai is now a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

Sophie and Nathan both achieved step 4- well done!

Callum is another step closer to the Golden Club!

Ellis is almost on grade 1 in piano!

We hope you enjoy the holiday weekend and we will see you back on Tuesday!

 

 

 

 

P5, Whole School News

5B

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This was a jam packed week in P5 we have all competed in sports day (great action shots by Mr C), completed some excellent writing focusing on creating an interesting main character, finished our work on measure in maths and started the process of our class election.

These are the highlights of our week:

Evie: Sports day was fun.

Kayleigh: my favourite thing was listening to some other people’s manifestos.

Demi – Leigh: sports day.

Erin: I liked when Lotte and I read our stories to the P2s.

Aaron: I liked writing our manifestos.

Freddie: I liked sports because I came second in the long run race.

Mya: I liked sports day and coming first in the sack race.

Leia: I liked seeing the medals because I got to see who won, it was cool.

Sophie: I liked seeing people getting medals because my brother got one.

Isla: I liked doing writing this week.

 

Finally here is another reminder of the link for the survey on behaviour policy at Balbardie.

 

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/N853RNT

 

 

 

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Steam Train Journey

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On Tuesday some of the pupils from Classes M and O went to the Bo’ness Steam Railway to find out more about steam power and trains. The steam train was very different to the usual electric or diesel trains. It was very smelly and and moved slower.

In the museam we learned about how steam work, who invented them and where. We even had a go at driving a steam train and working the signal box. It’s a very tricky and tiring job.

we would highly recommend the Bo’ness Steam Railway for a family day out!

Whole School News

Wonderful weather

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This week has seen us experience a range of weather which has been very useful for our topic!
With Mrs Mackenzie we have learnt to take our pulse. We took our resting pulse and then took our pulse after doing some exercise. Our pulse goes up when we exercise to get blood around our bodies quicker for our muscles to work. For most of us, it took a few minutes to get back to normal which – very healthy.
We are continuing to work on fractions. We are finding fractions of numbers. It helps that we know our tables well!
In P.E. we are continuing to develop our cricket skills, specifically catching from short range and long range. We played a game called caterpillar cricket. It makes us run a LOT!
In Literacy we wrote weather reports thinking about the past tense for weather that has happened and using the future tense for the weather that is to come. We recorded them and some of them are here. Watch out Scotland, if P4b are correct, there’s some real surprises in store!

VIDEOS TO FOLLOW!

In Maths, we are learning to measure in centimetres. We measured ourselves with tape measures. We also had to figure out what units of measurement we would use to measure certain things such as a car or the thickness of a door.
Table of the week – with 690 points

Pupil of the week – Nathan for experimenting successfully with a variety of art media and techniques to demonstrate camouflage in nature.

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P3b

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This week in literacy we have been learning how to write stories with a beginning middle and end. We had to try and use paragraphs. This was trickier than it sounds.

In topic, we have been learning about where fruit and vegetables grow. We know some grow on trees, on bushes, vines, above ground and underground. We also looked at how crops are harvested. There are different machines for different types of crops. e then had to design a machine that could harvest crops.

In maths, we are learning about multiplying and dividing. We know that multiplying is the short way of adding and dividing is sharing equally.

As the weather as really nice this week, we have done different activities outside. We had reading, finished our farm machines and made our fruit and vegetable posters outside! We have even got to do the Xcite programme outside!

Enjoy the sunshine – see you next week.

P3, Whole School News

Some news for P3a…

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This week has been a bright, sunny week in P3a, here are some of the things we got up to…

In our topic about farming and healthy living we have been learning about Fairtrade.  We have learned that we get a lot of our food and drink products from different countries around the world.  If we buy products with the Fairtrade logo on them that means that the farmers who produce cocoa beans for example, will receive a guaranteed profit that helps them provide for their families.

Have a look at what you put in your shopping basket to see if its Fairtrade!

Literacy

In grammar, we have been learning about onomatopoeia and how this can make our writing more interesting.  We use onomatopoeia in writing to describe sounds for example, Moo, click, boom, crash and bang!

We wrote an imaginary story about farming when chose to be an animal.

We learned how to infer from pictures- this means information that we can gather from things we see.  For example, if we looked in someones bin, we could learn a lot about what they like to eat, who lives there and if they have any animals or babies.

 

Maths

We have been learning where fractions lie on a number line and we have also been measuring weight and capacity.

Achievements

Pupil of the week – Jodie

Dojo winner- Cameron

Mia have moved up a level in swimming.

 

We hope you have a lovely weekend and the sun keeps shining for you!

P1a, P1b, Rights Respecting Schools, Whole School News

P1b

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Emma – We have been reading books in the library and visiting the book fair. I have been reading lots of books.

Caitlin – At Shared Start we share our learning with parents.

Josh – We were at a book fair and we were looking at books and we can buy them at the school office.

Matthias – We were reading books at the office and then we had to choose what book we wanted for money and we had to tell our mum and dad if we wanted a book. Then the mums and dads might say yes or no.

Jacob – We also did a wordsearch with our parents at Shared Start and we were searching for Growth Mindset words.

Matthias – Growth Mindset is saying that you can do something, and not “I can’t do this” or “This is too hard”.

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P5, Whole School News

5B

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This week in 5B.

This week in primary 5 we have been preparing for our election campaign and have enjoyed the sunshine. Our highlights have been:

Kayleigh – my favourite thing was trying to survive the heatwave.

Sophie – my favourite thing was doing the campaign posters.

David – I liked doing my campaign poster.

Erin – I liked outdoor PE this week.

Ellis – I liked doing my campaign poster.

Robyn – I liked writing my manifesto.

Dadirayi – I liked doing my manifesto and poster for the election.

Leia – I liked playing DONKEY outside.

Olivia – I liked writing this week.

Kaitlin – I enjoyed PE.

Evan – I enjoyed playing outside during outdoor PE.

Emma – I enjoyed playing DONKEY when Erin couldn’t catch the ball.

Evie – I enjoyed doing writing with Mrs Palmer.

Grace – I enjoyed gymnastics at indoor PE.

Logan – I liked outdoor PE.

Aaron – I liked playing with a tiny tennis ball.

 

P2, Whole School News

We are very busy in P2b

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What a busy week in P2b. We have had a super week of Shared Start and lots of great work on The Lighthouse keeper’s lunch and preparing  for our Assembly next week.

Here are our comments:-

Sara- I was very busy this week doing my work

Grace- I was very busy doing my Review jotter about Shared start

Fearne- I was very busy at Shared Start. It was about Growth Mindset

Ryan-I was very busy doing My Home Learning

Orlaith- I was busy with a litter picker at break and lunchtime

Elise-I was very busy doing the lighthouse keeper

Joseph- I was very busy making a lighthouse

Alex, Rhianna- We were  very busy doing times tables

Eilidh,Scott-We were very busy looking at lighthouses

Grace,Esther,Ava-We were very busy doing CEM testing

Ehan-I was very busy doing my Literacy

Keira- I was very busy doing my lighthouse with my daddy

Freya- I was very busy doing electric things for my lighthouse

Tiana- I was very busy doing my Maths

Evie- I was very busy writing stories

Rheagan- I was busy doing my two times table

ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND AND PUT ON SUN CREAM IF OUTSIDE !

IT IS OUR ASSEMBLY NEXT FRIDAY PLEASE JOIN US AT 9.10AM

REMEMBER IT IS BATHGATE PROCESSION NEXT SATURDAY. PLEASE COME AND WALK WITH US

 

 

Whole School News

P3b

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This week we have had lots of different things to do.
In literacy, we looked at writing a farmyard yarn. We have also taken notes to help us make posters for our farms.

In maths, we have been practising our times tables by playing lots of different games.

In topic, we have been very busy learning about farms and the purpose of buildings. We looked at the needs of different animals and also watched how to milk a cow by hand. We had to work out a problem that the farmer had – can you work it out?
A farmer has 32 cows, it takes 1/2 an hour to milk one cow. How long does it take to milk all the cows? Also, if the cows are milked twice a day, how long will it take the farmer? What problem does the farmer have?!

This week we also had our celebrating Success Assembly. We had great fun learning the song in French. You can watch it here:

It gives the English meaning along with the French words.

We also had outdoor learning day where each class went outside for an activity. We did an observational drawing of the flowers in the back playground. Luckily we got lots of warm sunshine! Mrs Aitken had to come back just before us because of hailstones!

Starting this term we will also be getting training from Xcite every week.

Have a great weekend!

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Our busy week in P3/2

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It was a busy week in school.

We took part in Celebrating Success on Tuesday. We were all excited to share our song Every body. We sang and played a variety of instruments. We had a huge clap afterwards from the other classes and the parents and friends who came to see it. We were a quality audience for all the other classes too.

This week was also Outdoor Learning Day on Thursday. We always go outside for Outdoor PE on a Thursday afternoon so it was different as we did art aswell as PE. We used equipment and we drew each other holding either a ball,hula hoop or quoit and we had time to explore them to with a partner.

Here are our comments this week:

Nina- I liked our Celebrating Success Assembly this week and I got a certificate for “Being kind helpful and caring in class and in the playground.” My mum said well done !

Jess- I enjoyed Celebrating Success.Our song was “Every body”

Zara- I liked getting my certificate for Excellence in the Performing Arts. When I went home we had a special dinner and the day after I had a sweetie for snack as a special treat.

Ross- I enjoyed getting Head teacher’s Award for being great in all areas of the Curriculum.

Dylan – I got a certificate for my reading.

Isla-I liked Outdoor Learning. I drew Nina using a quoit(rubber ring).

Sophie S.- I enjoyed the P3 song ” We’re all in this together!”

Eden- I liked my cousin’s song ” Arc en ciel”.

Ellie-I liked playing the djembe in our Celebrating Success Assembly.

Niamh- I liked in Outdoor Learning drawing Sophie. She was using a hula hoop.

Kaycee-We also played the eggs(shakers) in our Celebrating Success Assembly. I played  maracas.

Harris-I liked sketching my partner Ellie in Outdoor Learning. She was using a hula hoop.

Archie- I liked Outdoor Learning. I had a spiky quoit. I drew Luis then he drew me.

Max- I liked Outdoor Learning joined with PE. I drew Rory. He was using the quoit.

Katie-I liked drawing Zara. She was holding a hula hoop then she drew me. We had to come back inside because it started hailstones.

Sophie M.-I was drawing Florence in Outdoor Learning. She was holding a hula hoop, then she drew me.

Grace- I loved getting my certificate at Celebrating Success. I got mine for a high standard of work across all areas of the Curriculum.

Florence-I liked drawing Sophie at Outdoor Learning and she was holding the quoit then she drew me. We used chalk to draw each other.

Eva- I liked doing Outdoor Learning with Kaycee. We both held the quoit and then we decided to hold a tortoise from the ball box and we drew each other again.

Lily- I liked going out for Outdoor PE.My partner was Grace. We drew each other then we had  time to use the equipment.

Luis- I liked being Archie’s partner for Outdoor Learning. We used the hula hoops. We drew with chalk.

Rory- I liked Celebrating Success. I liked P2b’s Performance.

Date for your diary:

Tuesday Shared Start 9am in upper hall then 9.10 in classroom.We look forward to seeing you then if you can manage!

Have a super weekend….it is nearly Procession time….Have you got your outfit organised yet?

 

 

 

 

P3, Whole School News

Happy Friday from P3a!

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This week has been filled with lots of exciting learning.  Here are some of our favourites…

Tamsyn- I enjoyed fractions in maths this week.

Blaire- I enjoyed learning maths outside.

Maisie- I enjoyed getting a new book in reading.

Sophie- I enjoy watching my plant grow everyday.

Farrah- I enjoyed designing my own smoothie as part of our topic.

Luke- I enjoyed measuring different objects outside in the playground.

Callum- I enjoyed learning more about fractions.

Brooke- I enjoyed the measuring in the playground.

Donna- I like making my own fraction sums outside with chalk.

Erin- I enjoyed using the pom poms in our celebrating success performance.

Jodie- I enjoyed working out halves and quarters of different numbers this week.

Kai- I enjoyed learning how to dribble in basketball.

Achievements

Pupil of the week- Ellis

Table of the week- Brooke, Nathan, Murray, Mia, Samuel and Donna.

Effort and Improvement- Shelbi

Demonstrating school values- Murray

High Standard of work- Farrah

Head Teacher Award- Donna Forsyth

 

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P1b

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Josh – We made flower pictures whilst printing with bottles and little foam printers
Matthias – We had to make some nice flowers
Ava – We got paint and printed them onto paper with the bottles and made flowers

Evie – We were outside doing Maths and PE and we played a game. We had to clap 3 times and guess what the other person was going to do
Matthias – The game was used in Nigeria and they don’t have any toys so they don’t need them. Someone is the leader and whoever gets the same as the leader becomes to leader. It’s like rock, paper, scissors

Caitlin – We were learning symmetry and we were saying it something was symmetrical or not by saying “yes” or “no”

Lewis – We were learning about directions
Reiss – We worked with a partner and they closed their eyes whilst we helped give them directions. They moved how many spaces that we said.

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P5, Whole School News

5B

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This week has been incredibly busy. We have had celebrating success and our outdoor classroom day on Thursday along with lots of other things.

Caitlin: I liked doing our stories outside.

Demi – Leigh: I liked celebrating success, it was fun doing Honey G with Leia.

Lotte: I liked the lady who came from the Scottish Parliament to talk to us.

Dadirayi: I liked everything.

Erin: I liked when the lady came from the Parliament.

Evan: I liked the voting pads we used in our Parliament session.

Annabelle: I liked being the Presiding Officer.

Robyn: I liked celebrating success.

Evie: I liked the lady coming in from the Parliament.

Leia: I liked celebrating success, especially when I threw out the sweets.

Mya: I liked when the lady came in and told us more about the Scottish Parliament.

Kayleigh: Seeing Annabelle as the Presiding Officer was very funny.

Ellis: I liked when the lady told us more about the Scottish Parliament.

David: Celebrating Success was my favourite part of the week.

Cameron: I liked pretending that we were political parties and trying to get people to vote for us.

Emma: I liked celebrating success.

Isla: I like using the voting pads.

Kaitlin: I loved the french wordsearch we did on Friday.

Grace: I enjoyed painting our books for the float. 

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Junior Choir

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Wow!!!  What an amazing week at Junior Choir!!  Along with our usual singing practice, did you know that your children are all fantastic song writers?

This week the children were set with the challenge of writing their own song for the Primary 7s moving onto high school.  They thought about the messages they wanted the song to convey and then worked in groups to create their own verse and a chorus!  I am so impressed with the children’s imagination and musicality throughout the whole task and really can’t wait to start working on the song next week!  Another huge well done Junior Choir!

In addition to this, please note that the Junior Choir will be performing a song at the end of year Church service on the 30th of June (9.30am), it would be lovely to see some more friendly faces there if you are able to attend!

 

Many thanks for your continued support,

 

Mrs Mansfield and Mrs Palmer.

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Instructions, instructions!

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This week we’ve been busy practising our song for Celebrating Success which is on Tuesday at 9.30 a.m. We will be very pleased to welcome you all if you can make it!
In numeracy with Mrs Mackenzie, we are working on equivalent fractions. It’s a bit challenging for some of us but we are getting it!
In our topic work, we have been learning about the Arctic Tundra.
Hope – In the summer and winter the animals’ fur changes colour. In the winter it’s white to blend in with the snow. In the summer it is brown.
Jason – It’s very, very cold there!
Ben – The coldest place in the world is Antarctica with a temperature of -85°C.
Ela – The average temperature in the tundra is -28°C.
In literacy we are learning about reading, following and writing instructions. We made weather instruments – barometers, wind vanes and anemometers which measure air pressure, the direction of the wind and the wind speed. We made paper fish following instructions and started to write our own instructions for playground games. We are hoping to test these with our primary one pupils next week!

We started doing some work on Data Handling and had to think about the type of personality we have. We wonder if you agree with us?

In STEM at Golden Time, we started building our own marble run. It’s quite a tricky task and it’s not yet finished but it is fun!
We went into the hall for our Sports fundraiser. We had a circuit of activities to complete which were great fun!
Table of the week – with 670 points
Pupil of the week – Callum for enthusiastic participation in our celebrating success rehearsals.

P5, Whole School News

5B

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This week in Primary 5. We have practised our celebrating success song in the hall for Tuesday, we did fitness fundraiser, we have learned about weight, we did drama and PE and we wrote a manifesto for our own political party.

Our highlights have been:

Freddie – writing a manifesto

Leia – learning to follow a script in drama

Kaitlin – I liked writing

Grace – I liked outdoor PE

Logan – I liked practising the song for celebrating success

Charlie – I enjoyed weight in math

Cameron – I enjoyed the fitness circuits in PE

Aaron – I liked writing my manifesto

Lotte – I liked maths this week.

Mya – I liked weighing things in maths

Caitlin – I liked weighing books in maths

Kayleigh – I liked learning about the Scottish Parliament.

Demi – Leigh – I enjoyed performing in the hall.

Dadirayi – I liked drama and outdoor PE

Ava – I liked playing football in outdoor PE

Sophie – I liked doing circuits for the fitness fundraiser

Harry – I liked doing PE

Evan – I liked measuring this week.

Evie – I liked the circuits in PE

Erin – I liked writing my manifesto

Ben – my favourite thing was measuring things in maths.

Emma – I liked watching the celebrating success songs from the other classes

James – I liked writing my emotions story with Mrs Stewart.