Our highlights from the week:

Shannon: I enjoyed Art because we were making a cartouche.

Ellie: I enjoyed Art because we were making our very own cartouches.

Alex: I enjoyed Art because we were making our own cartouches with our names on it by using pictures.

Amber: I enjoyed Art because we got to make cartouches and I think that they look nice.

Jude: I enjoyed doing our textbook work today because I am on page 14.

Megan: I enjoyed Art.

Ada: I enjoyed Art because it was a new challenge.

Leila: I enjoyed Art because we were making our own cartouches. It was challenging for me because I needed to draw two lions.

Jack: I enjoyed Art because we were making our own cartouches. I also enjoyed maths because we are working on our textbooks and I am nearly on page 14.

Ellis: I enjoyed Art because we were making cartouches for our Ancient Egyptian topic.

Holly: I enjoyed Art because it was really fun and we got to make our cartouches. I got to colour mine pink and purple, my favourite colours.

Scott B: I enjoyed maths because I am finished page 16. I also enjoyed making cartouches.

River: I enjoyed Art because we were making cartouches. I thought it was challenging.

Carley: I enjoyed Art because we were making cartouches. I wrote my name on it.

Max: I enjoyed Art because I thought cartouches were very interesting to learn about. I liked the way that Ancient Egyptians used to write.

James: I enjoyed going outside and picking up all the litter.

Millie: I enjoyed Art because we got to make cartouches and we wrote our names in hieroglyphs.

Scott R: I enjoyed it when we went outside to pick up litter.

Aaron: I enjoyed Art because we were making cartouches and we got to write our names in hieroglyphs.

Teigan: I enjoyed maths.

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

P3A

We learned lots during our Victorian Learning across the Curriculum. We heard many interesting talks and looked at super models. We had a fantastic excursion to New Lanark where we saw so much about Robert Owen and life in a very modern factory because of his outlook on life for his workers. We ended our Victorian Learning by taking part in a Victorian day. It was fun but scary at the same time:

Here are our comments:

Holly- The best part was my talk on The Telephone

Brandon- The best part was being dressed up on our Victorian morning

Aaron- The best part was my talk on the prison

Brooke- My best part was the Victorian day when Mrs Aitken called us by our second names.I was Smith

Lewis,Kyle,Alfie,Jamie,Eva-Our best part was going to New Lanark

Max- I did my talk on the sewage system

Dylan,Jay- We liked all of it

Alistair,Shaun,Ellie Rose,Rory,Ruby- The best part for us was the Victorian day

Charlotte-My talk was about Victorian children

Kaycee-I liked the Victorian day when I was moved up the back of the room

Aaran- I liked the Victorian day when Mrs Aitken called our second names- that was really funny!

Olivia- I liked my talk on The Forth Rail Bridge

Jackie-My talk was the Victorian era of Transportation

Annie- I liked listening to everyone’s talks

Owen- I enjoyed my talk on Victorian steam trains

Florence- I liked my talk on Sir James Young Simpson

Alfie L. – I liked my talk on the Victorian era

We have had a great first week back at school! For literacy this week we have been focusing on writing a recount of our Easter Holidays. We did a lot of tasks focusing on time connectives and writing in the past tense. We enjoyed sharing all of the fun things we did during the holiday. For maths we are continuing to look at fractions and mental maths. We have also started our new topic, Friends of the Planet. We talked about Earth Day, which was on Monday, and we each made three commitments to helping our planet. We committed to things like recycling more, building bug hotels in our back gardens and helping to pick up litter more often. The whole school is now helping to pick up litter after break and lunch time and our playground is looking much tidier! Here are some of our highlights:

Donna: I enjoyed learning new tennis skills.

Zara: I liked outdoor P.E.

Brooke: I enjoyed creating the poster.

Ellis: I liked the fractions work.

Lucas K: Maths was good this week.

Luke: I enjoyed P.E.

Gabriel: Football was really good.

Katie: The team spirit lesson was great.

Niamh: I enjoyed learning about our new topic.

Mia: I enjoyed writing my recount.

Shelbi: I enjoyed going to the farm yesterday

Samuel: I liked the Easter recount.

Murray: I really enjoyed learning about our new topic.

Jodie: The team spirit lesson was fun.

Evan: I liked the topic lessons.

Maisie: I enjoyed maths this week.

Lily: I really liked writing my Easter holiday recount.

Ross: I enjoyed football in P.E.

Erin: I enjoyed creating a poster for the procession.

Tamsyn: I really like the team spirit lesson.

Ammie-Leigh: I enjoyed being back at school!

Note: Bathgate Sports Festival on Tuesday – remember to wear outdoor P.E. kit and bring snack, water and lunch.

Have a lovely weekend.

Here are their comments:

Eva-I am looking forward to chocolate for Breakfast on Easter Sunday

Brandon- I am looking forward to getting my puppy

Rory, Lewis, Olivia and Aaran- We are all looking forward to going on holiday to Portugal !!

Holly-I am looking forward to visiting my granny and granda in England

Brooke- I am looking forward to playing with my friends

Shaun- I am looking forward to Easter

Ellie Rose- I am looking forward to going to my caravan in St Andrews

Max- I am looking forward to staying in Elie( near Anstruther)..it’s alot of fun

Aaron- I am looking forward to eating chocolate

Dylan- I am looking forward to my birthday on 20th April

Kyle- I am looking forward to visiting the zoo

Owen – I am looking forward to Kyle visiting me

Bryce- I am looking forward to being off school

Jamie- I am looking forward to going to this inflatable place in Livingston

Ellie- I am looking forward to visiting my dad

Alistair- I am looking forward to long lies in bed

Alfie L.- I am looking forward to going to my dad’s

Annie- I am looking forward to Easter

Florence- I am going to Dumfries and Galloway-that will be fun

Liam-I am looking forward to long lies..Mrs Aitken agreed !

Jackie-I am looking forward to my holiday in Turkey

Jay- I am looking forward to seeing my mum

Orla-I am looking forward to going to Harry Potter world with my mum

Happy Easter everyone

See you in two weeks

Well done to all our Balbardie Champions this term who received their certificate today 🙂

Well done also to the Easter egg design winners-Brandon, Alfie B., Brooke, Florence and Ruby

And finally the winning table for this week were- Lewis, Rory, Shaun, Holly, Ellie Rose and Max

It’s been a busy week at the end of a long term.

At the beginning of the week, the home teams in P4a created fantastic stop motion animations for Mrs Mackenzie. They were really pleased with the results and Mrs Mackenzie was really impressed with the team work demonstrated by the groups as they set to the various tasks.

In RME we looked at the spread of the 5 major religions and from this considered the countries in the world where Easter is celebrated as an easter festival. Lots of countries around the world do different things including in Germany where these amazing Osterbaum are created

and Australia where the Easter Bilby brings the eggs rather than the bunny!

We enjoyed the Easter service and sharing our One World song from Eddie and the Penguin one final time with the school and community.

Wishing you all a fantastic holiday and happy Easter!

Table of the week – with 550

We have had  a great last week of term and are looking forward to a well-deserved holiday! Here are some of our favourite bits of our week.

Arran – I enjoyed writing the recount of Lowport.

Luke – I enjoyed the movie.

Lucas – I liked the handwriting during the Victorian Day.

Rory – I enjoyed watching the movie.

Gabriel – I liked the Victorian day because it was funny.

Ross – I liked castles in P.E.

Kai – Castles in P.E.

Cameron – Watching the movie!

Farrah – I enjoyed the Victorian Day because of the dunce hat.

Donna – I enjoyed the recount.

Brooke – I enjoyed drawing the portrait of Miss Carrera for the Victorian Day.

Katie – I really enjoyed the Church Service.

Maisie – I enjoyed playing the viola at Church Service.

Zara – I liked drawing the portrait of Miss Carrera.

Murray – Wearing the Dunce hat was funny during the Victorian day.

Blaire – Art with Mr Bennett was really good.

Lily – I liked the Victorian Day portraits

Ellis – The movie was good.

Jodie – I liked the Victorian Day, especially the geography bit.

Mia – The Victorian Day was so funny, especially when I had to balance the book on my head.

Niamh – I liked fractions this week!

Ammie-Leigh – The Victorian Day handwriting was good.

Callum – I liked the Lowport recount.

Tamsyn – The Victorian Day was the best – the dunce hat was funny.

Lucas H – Castles in P.E. was good.

Evan – I enjoyed the movie for the Balbardie Champions.

Thank you parents/family for all of your help and support this term. I hope you all have a fantastic Easter break!

Miss Carrera

Here are some of our highlights this week:

Ellis: I enjoyed the church service because I saw my mum there.

Scott B: I enjoyed maths because I’m doing very well at it.

Amber: I enjoyed the church service because we got to sing ‘One World’.

Alex and Aaron: We enjoyed making our Easter baskets because it was very kind to give it to our parents.

Jude: I enjoyed making the Easter baskets because I think mine looks very good.

Jack: I enjoyed Big Writing because I finally finished my book. My book is called ‘Back in Time’.

Teigan: I enjoyed maths because I got to play a game on the iPad.

Carley: I enjoyed the church service because we were singing ‘One World’.

James: I enjoyed the church service because we chose a partner and my partner was Ethan.

Holly: I enjoyed the church service because each house showed us an egg. The one I liked was the little chick.

TJ and Megan: I enjoyed the church service because I got to sing my favourite song.

Ellie: I enjoyed the church service because we got to sing ‘Spring Chicken’ and I really liked it.

Max: I enjoyed going to the church because I really liked the songs.

Have a lovely Easter holiday everyone!

P3A

We are so excited for the Easter holidays but we wanted to share some of our highlights from this week before we break off…

Ranna- This week I enjoyed maths because I like assessments because it puts me under a good kind of pressure which makes me work harder. I also enjoyed the church service because Jason and Suvi were really good at playing their instruments.

Connor- I enjoyed going to church this week because it was really fun.

Kiara- I enjoyed Parent’s night because I saw Lauren and Connor.

Lauren- I enjoyed Maths because Ranna and I played one of the games from the booklet.

Denholm- I enjoyed P.E. because it was fun.

William- I enjoyed the second last day because the Easter Bunny came and visited us.

Have a lovely Easter break and we will see you all in a couple of week 🙂

Here are some of our highlights from the week:

Holly: I enjoyed the assembly because my best friend got a certificate.

Ada: I enjoyed assembly because Ethan got a certificate.

Jack: I enjoyed doing the review jotters because I thought that it was fun. I also enjoyed maths because we were doing lots of fun activities. I am on page 9 of the textbook.

Ellis: I enjoyed maths because I enjoying doing operations.

Breaghannon: I enjoyed the assembly.

Carley: I enjoyed the assembly because my best friend Hamish from Class Star got a certificate.

Jude: I enjoyed maths because Scott Baillie joined my group.

Leila: I enjoyed the assembly because my little cousin got a certificate.

Amber and Aaron: I enjoyed the assembly because my friend Ethan got a certificate.

Alex and Megan: I enjoyed the assembly because Mr McCabe told us that next week it is the church service.

Aileigh: I enjoyed the assembly because my friend Ethan got a certificate.

Teigan: I enjoyed maths because Breaghannon played with me.

Scott B: I enjoyed maths because I moved into the Pentagons group.

Max: I enjoyed having Scott Baillie work with us because it’s really fun when we’re playing games.

Millie: I enjoyed maths because Scott Baillie joined our group.

River and TJ: I enjoyed the assembly because my very best friend got a certificate.

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

P3A

Another busy week in P6A with outings,visitors and great learning.  Here are some of our highlights…

Denholm- I liked Maths this week because it was fun.

Ranna- I also liked Maths this week because it was challenging enough in a way that it was fun.

Dhivya- I liked Spanish with Mrs Lawson because we got to make a food of Spain.

Euan- I enjoyed the handball and basketball tournament because it was fun.

Suvi- I enjoyed the Spanish lesson with Mrs Lawson as well because I learned a lot more about Spain than I knew already. I also enjoyed learning more about bees.

Connor- I enjoyed the handball and basketball festival because we got to meet a lot of new people.

Mia- I enjoyed writing this week because I liked making my own creative story and I also enjoyed Maths because I like learning about different charts.

Campbell- I liked enjoyed the handball and basketball festival because I met some of my friends from different schools and had a chat with them.

Jess- I enjoyed Maths because it was challenging.

Murray- I enjoyed Spanish because I got to make a Tapas dish.

Sophia- I enjoyed Sex and Relationship education because we learned how a baby grows.

Alex- I enjoyed the handball and basketball festival because I scored a goal!

Islay- I enjoyed the handball and basketball festival because it was fun.

Jason- I am looking forward to playing at the Church service next week because I have been practicing really hard to play the flute.

Amy- I enjoyed outdoor P.E. because I enjoyed doing the relays.

Skye- I enjoyed RME because it was about Easter.

Reminder- Wear it Blue for Autism Awareness Day, Tuesday 2nd April.

Have a great weekend!

Preparing for and performing in our Ancient Egyptian assembly with P3B has been a highlight for everyone this week!

Teigan: I enjoyed making bracelets.

Alex: I enjoyed making our golden bracelets for our assembly.

Leila: I enjoyed our assembly because my dad was there and he was really proud of me. I was also really proud of myself.

Aileigh: I enjoyed our assembly because it was about Ancient Egyptians and it was fun.

James: I enjoyed it when we did our assembly.

Millie: I enjoyed our assembly because my mum and dad were there and I liked showing them our dance routine.

Megan: I enjoyed the assembly.

Aaron: I enjoyed our assembly because I thought it was funny when Jack threw the teddy bear.

Mac: I enjoyed making our headdresses.

Jack: I enjoyed our assembly because we have been spending ages working on it and I think we were all very good at it.

Ada: I enjoyed our assembly because my friend Millie was the queen.

Oliver: I enjoyed making our neck plates.

Holly: I enjoyed our assembly because my mum and my little brother were there and I think they were proud of me.

Scott B: I enjoyed the assembly because I liked the bit when Alex was pretending to be dead.

Ellie: I enjoyed preparing and doing our assembly because it was really fun.

Carley: I enjoyed our assembly because I liked the scene with Alex, Jack and Ellie in it. I also enjoyed saying my lines and doing the dance. I will never forget this day.

Jude: I enjoyed saying my lines and singing the songs in our assembly.

Shannon: I enjoyed our assembly because we got to sing and dance.

River: I enjoyed our assembly because a teacher told me she really liked our assembly. During the assembly, I was very proud of myself.

Scott R: I enjoyed our assembly because we got to sing and we got to do the actions.

Ellis: I enjoyed making things for our assembly and doing our assembly.

TJ: I enjoyed it when I saw my mum and dad at our assembly.

Max: I enjoyed our assembly and I thought no one was coming but my dad did.

Amber: I enjoyed the assembly because we got our faces painted and we painted things for our assembly.

Mia: I enjoyed our assembly because I was one of the dancers.

Olivia: I enjoyed our assembly because I got to put my head in front of Max’s and it was funny.

Miss McKinnon enjoyed watching everyone give such an excellent performance and is very proud!

Thank you to everyone who came to see us today and help us get ready! It is much appreciated.

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

P3A

Literacy: We have been learning all about the most famous Victorian nurse, Florence Nightingale, or “The lady with the lamp”. We have been learning all about biographies and we first wrote a class model biography about Michael Morpurgo. We then wrote biographies about Florence Nightingale. We also wrote a packing list for Lowport.

Maths: We have started our new fractions topic. We have learned about fraction vocabulary like numerator and denominator. We are also learning about equivalent fractions.

Victorians/LAC: We loved our Victorian lessons this week. We learned all about the toys and games Victorian children would play with. We also learned about optical illusions, which became popular in the Victorian times. We even made our own thaumatropes. We also learned about conditions in Victorian hospitals before Florence Nightingale made them cleaner and better. We learned about some very strange Victorian cures, like putting vinegar up your nose to stop a nose bleed! We also learned about Charles Dickens and role played a scene from Oliver Twist.

Our highlights:

Gabriel – I really enjoyed the Oliver Twist role play.

Lucas K – I liked learning about optical illusions.

Arran – I enjoyed outdoor P.E.

Shelbi – The role play was really fun.

Samuel – I liked learning about Charles Dickens and doing the role play.

Murray – I liked making the thaumotropes when we learned about optical illusions.

Ellis – I liked all the fractions work we did.

Luke – P.E. was good.

Lucas He – I liked being ‘it’ in P.E.

Blaire – Oliver Twist role play was really fun.

Mia – I liked learning about optical illusions.

Jodie – I liked the Oliver Twist lesson.

Niamh – I liked making the thaumotrope.

Kai – I liked the Oliver Twist role play.

Katie – Everything was good this week!

Erin – I liked the Oliver Twist role play.

We are really looking forward to going to Lowport next week!

Note: remember to make a Parents’ Night appointment if you wish one.