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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

 

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.

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.

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 !

 

 

 

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.

P5A

We have had a great week and we are really looking forward to the Procession tomorrow. Here are some of our highlights and things we are most looking forward to for the Procession:

Callum: I am looking forward to walking with my football club.

Cameron: I enjoyed doing the Climate Change fact file.

Luke: I am looking forward to walking with Bathgate Thistle tomorrow.

Alexander: I am looking forward to my birthday on the Procession Day.

Rory: I am looking forward to being on the float.

Ross: I am looking forward to walking with my football team.

Samuel: I am looking forward to helping for the procession.

Gabriel: I enjoyed researching climate change.

Evan: I am excited to walk with my football team and to dye my hair blue!

Murray: I am looking forward to dying my hair blue and walking with my football team at the Procession.

Arran: I enjoyed P.E. this week.

Kai: I enjoyed playing golf in P.E.

Lucas H: I enjoyed the new maths topic.

Shelbi: I am excited for the Procession!

Lily: I am excited to hold the banner at the Procession.

Katie: I am really excited for the Procession because of the shows!

Farrah: I am excited for the Procession tomorrow!

Donna: I enjoyed art this week.

Blaire: I am going to enjoy walking in the Procession.

Zara: I am looking forward to showing everyone my costume.

Niamh: I liked playing golf in P.E.

Mia: I liked researching about climate change.

Erin: I enjoyed P.E.

Ruby: I liked art this week.

Ammie-Leigh: I have enjoyed song practise.

Enjoy the Procession tomorrow everyone!

Primary 5b

Here are our comments from last week or today…

Kyle,Ellie,Ruby- We enjoyed PE this morning

Jackie- I enjoyed making smoothies at Nurture

Ellie Rose,Aaron- We enjoyed singing the songs for HOODWINKED

Jay- I liked angles in Maths

Olivia,Eva,Alistair,Florence- We enjoyed Mr McCabe taking us on Friday morning

Max,Holly,Annie- We enjoyed art this morning

Owen- I enjoyed having Eva as my learning partner

Jamie,Brandon- We enjoyed fractions last week in Maths

Kaycee- I have enjoyed having Jamie as my learning partner

Alfie- I enjoyed people respecting me at Nurture

Noami-I enjoyed Outdoor PE

Rory- I enjoyed angles in Maths today

Orla,Dylan,Liam- We enjoyed playing hide and seek at the end of Outdoor PE

Charlotte,Shaun- We enjoyed making a poster for HOODWINKED

What a busy week we have ahead of us in Bathgate:

Sports at Meadow park

The shows arriving

The Procession is on Saturday 1st June

Please join us if you can !

 

 

 

 

 

P5a

Another busy week! Here are our highlights!

Ammie-Leigh: I liked learning about our carbon footprints.

Katie: I enjoyed art with Mr Bennett when we made the flowers out of plastic bottles.

Alexander: I have enjoyed the singing for the show.

Ross: I enjoyed doing P.E. with Mr Jeffries.

Gabriel: I have enjoyed learning about 3D shapes.

Murray: I enjoyed learning about climate change.

Ellis: I enjoyed doing the maths boxes.

Donna: I enjoyed making the plastic flowers in art.

Arran: I liked learning about healthy eating.

Brooke: I liked creating a friends of the planet display.

Blaire: I enjoyed P.E.

Jodie: I enjoyed watching Our Planet.

Erin: I enjoyed writing the story about Treasure.

Tamsyn: I enjoyed the times table test.

Maisie: I liked art with Mr Bennett.

Primary 5b’s week

What a busy week we have had. Here are our comments:

Holly- I enjoyed playing tennis with Ruby

Lewis- I enjoyed coming back to school

Shaun- Tennis is great fun. I was partner’s with Aaran

Max-I enjoyed being outside on Wednesday when we read in the garden. it was so hot!

Rory- I enjoyed Science with Mrs Rodger. We were building electrical circuits

Brandon- I liked tennis yesterday

Liam-I liked tennis with Alfie yesterday.Mrs Aitken noticed we were good at passing to each other.

Florence- I enjoyed building electrical circuits in Science

Alfie- I liked being outside on Wednesday because we sat in the garden reading our library books

Eva- I was playing tennis with Annie.We were good partners

Annie,Alistair,Ruby- We enjoyed playing monster ball at PE with Mr Jeffries

Orla,Olivia- We enjoyed Port and Starboard after tennis yesterday

Jay- I liked playing tennis, my partner was Jamie

Jamie- I liked tennis with Jay. Mrs Aitken noticed we were a good team

Bryce- Dylan and I were good tennis players. Mrs Aitken noticed we played long shots

Dylan- My partner in tennis was Bryce. We played well. We were a good team

Kaycee- In the garden was fun we were reading our library books but a spider climbed on my leg

Charlotte-Tennis with Kaycee was fun.We worked well together

Kyle- I enjoyed going to the farm but I got soaked

Jackie-It wasn’t my best week

Ellie- I enjoyed tennis with Ellie Rose

Aaron- Outdoor PE was fun this week

Alfie- Outdoor PE was great.I played well with my partner

Ellie Rose- Playing tennis was great again. I am getting better at passing to my partner

Owen-I liked Science with Mrs Rodger.It was electrical circuits

Aaran- Tennis with Shaun was fun. We played well together

STAR WRITERS

Liam, Orla, Aaron and Florence-well done !

Please remember to return slips for Robin Hood and The Legacy Dance group

Reminder:

The Procession is in two weeks on Saturday 1st June -please walk with us if you can 🙂

 

 

P5A

Our favourite bits this week:

Gabriel – The BBC live lesson about pollution was my favourite bit.

Katie – I enjoyed environment art.

Zara – I like making the flowers out of plastic bottles.

Farrah – I enjoyed creating a persuasive poster about the ocean.

Callum – I enjoyed playing tennis for outdoor P.E.

Samuel – I enjoyed the Blue Planet lesson.

Donna – I enjoyed environmental art with Mr Bennett.

Erin – I enjoyed making a butterfly out of plastic bottles.

Blaire – I enjoyed tennis (it was funny when Zara hit the ball into the skip!)

Ellis – I enjoyed the fractions assessment!

Murray – I enjoyed the art work we created.

Maisie – I have enjoyed cleaning up our playground.

Tamsyn – I enjoyed the fractions assessment.

Niamh – I liked the Blue Planet lessons.

Jodie – I enjoyed playing tennis.

Brooke – I enjoyed doing maths outside.

Ammie-Leigh – I enjoyed tennis.

P5A

Literacy – We have been learning about similes. We used these to create poems about the ocean to link with our topic, Friends of the Planet.

Numeracy – We are finishing off our fractions work, and this week we started learning about 2D shapes and parallel lines. We have also worked on our mental maths skills.

LAC – We are learning about the plastic problem in our oceans. We looked at different pictures from WWF and discussed how the plastic problem made us feel and what questions we had about it. We also worked with our learning partner to create an invention that would help keep our playgrounds free of litter. We came up with lots of amazing ideas!

Here are our favourite parts:

Donna – I enjoyed the invention challenge.

Erin – I liked creating my invention with Mia.

Ellis – I enjoyed P.E.

Evan – P.E. was fun.

Katie – The invention task was really good.

Murray – P.E. was good.

Blaire – I enjoyed the invention task.

Ammie-Leigh – I liked finishing fractions and moving on to 2D shapes.

Gabriel – I enjoyed castles in P.E.

Ross – Castles was fun.

Samuel – I liked creating an invention with Gabriel.

Brooke – My favourite bit was designing our invention for cleaning our playground.

Maisie – I really liked learning about similes and making the poem.

Alexander – Castles was fun.

Primary 5b took part in The Multi Sports Festival

Tuesday was an exciting day for Primary 5b. They were going straight away to the sports Centre to take part in a multi sports festival with Primary 5a, Primary 4a and Primary 4b.

Everyone was dressed sporty and had their packed lunch as the festival did not finish till 2.30pm.

There were 6 different activities ranging from Basketball skills to Dance.

Every group had a leader from SKY and a staff member from Balbardie.

It was a noisy hall that Primary 5b and the other classes joined at 9.30am. The excitement was definitely building.

The team names were- Blues Baboons, Red Cheetahs and Black Panthers.

they had to have a little chant aswell-that was funny !

It was a super day…

Comments ranged from ok, fine, excellent, awesome, magic, amazing, fun, tiring, good, the best and even brilliant…

The best part of the day was one of  the Primary 4 teams won the biggest cup for their TEAM SPIRIT.

They were so excited to win it. Everyone gave them a loud cheer and applause.

HAPPY LONG WEEKEND EVERYONE !

Good luck, Brooke in your new school.We’ll miss you.

See you all Wednesday 🙂

P5A

We had a great week and were very lucky to get to go to the Sky Sports Festival in Bathgate! We had a fantastic time and got the opportunity to play lots of different sports. Here are some of our other highlights this week:

Erin – I really enjoyed the Sports Festival.

Blaire – I enjoyed Art with Mr Bennett.

Ammie-Leigh: I enjoyed the reading comprehension about the Amazon River.

Gabriel: My favourite was Dodgeball at the Sports Festival.

Murray: I liked the football at the Sports Festival.

Ruby: I enjoyed fractions work.

Ellis: Mental maths was really good this week.

Evan: Football at sports festival was my favourite.

Niamh: I enjoyed the fractions work this week.

Donna: P.E was fun as we got to play castles.

Mia: I liked all of the fractions work.

Zara: I enjoyed designing my float poster.

Jodie: I enjoyed playing football at the sports festival.

Katie: I liked everything except fractions!

Ross: I enjoyed mental maths.

Luke: Football at the sports festival was my favourite bit.

Brooke: I really enjoyed the football at the sports festival.

Tamsyn: I really liked fractions this week because I like doing times table work.

Have a great long weekend!

 

P5b- The Victorians

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

 

 

 

P5a

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.

Primary 5b wish everyone a Happy Easter !

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

P5A

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

Lowport day 2 (P5b)

Today was very busy at Beecraigs all morning with the instructors. In the afternoon we went to Linlithgow Palace to meet the guides from Linlithgow Primary. They took us around telling us lots of interesting facts about life in the palace under King James.

After that we walked to Mac’s the ice cream shop where we all, even Mrs Johns, Mrs Aitken and Miss Carerra had a delicious ice cream. The weather was quite sunny and we walked along the side of the loch to the park for a long play before hurrying back to the centre for tea.

Mr McCabe joined us for tea.

After tea it was the Big Quiz…Charlotte and Florence won with 31/40. Their team was called “Canoe”

We were all sooooo excited about the disco and danced and played games till after 9pm before we ate a light supper and then bed for the last time at Lowport.

Here are our comments:-

Olivia- So far the best bit has been the Forest hunt and ice cream. I got a berry blast one

Kaycee- So far the chips after swimming were great and ice cream…I had cookies and cream in my cone

Liam- There are so many good parts-swimming has been great

Brandon- I really liked The Adventure walk at Beecraigs but looking forward to the disco

Rory- I really enjoyed getting muddy at Beecraigs

Jamie- I loved Orienteering because we were running about looking for the flags and being timed on each course

Jay- My best part was going through the tunnel at Beecraigs

Shaun- My best part was getting my room at Lowport

Holly-  I loved going to Beecraigs with my friends and putting mud on my face

Eva-Visiting Linlithgow Palace was good because I liked learning more about Mary Queen of Scots

Brooke- I enjoyed putting mud on my face at Beecraigs and  swimming with my friends

Florence- My best bit was the disco because we had sweets and dancing. Charlotte and I won the quiz just before the disco. Our group was called “Canoe”

Charlotte- My best part was laughing so much with Florence at all the activities we shared

Owen- It was getting mud all over my face and camouflaging at Beecraigs

Kyle- It was building a den at Beecraigs

Dylan- The best part for me was swimming on Wednesday evening

Alistair- I enjoyed the disco. I won 3 games

Alfie- The best bit was going to Beecraigs, meeting the tutors at Lowport and sharing a room with Dylan and Alistair

Aaron- The best week and a half !

Max- Great fun during the day…Orienteering was great. I liked running about and being timed on each course

Aaran- The best part was going into the adventure part at Beecraigs

Annie- I liked walking through the river at Beecraigs

Ruby- I liked the Orienteering –it was fun. We were first back. I was partner’s with Ellie Rose

Ellie Rose- The best bit was walking in the river at Beecraigs

Orla- I enjoyed the Forest Adventure and going through the tunnels

Breakfast today was cereal, fruit, yogurt, boiled egg and toast

Dinner today was chips, salad and fish fingers followed by ice cream and mixed fruit

We have had so much fun with our friends, teachers and instructors

Thank you to everyone who came along to share in our activities Mrs Mackenzie, Mrs Mansfield, Mrs Leamy, Mr McCabe, Mrs Jamieson and Mrs McClafferty

Thanks Mrs Johns and Miss Carerra too

Good night !

Back to Balbardie Primary tomorrow after a loch walk, games and an early lunch

Lowport day 3(P5a) and Lowport day 1 (P5b)

Well as one group has their last day here another group arrives to have their exciting days and nights!

This morning both groups took part in Environmental Art at the Peel..you should head over next week and see if their masterpieces are still around the grounds of the Peel…a few Van Gogh’s in the making.

Lunch was back at Lowport centre P5b ate their own packed lunch and P5a enjoyed a sandwich or roll made by the kitchen staff here at Lowport along with a piece of fruit, a chocolate biscuit and a packet of crisps. All washed down with water, juice or milk.

After that Mr Blair, Mrs Cameron, Mrs Macfarlane all headed back to Balbardie with P5a to meet family and share all their experiences.

Lowport was a great success for P5a

Thank you to the staff who helped make all activities during the day or at night a success.

Mrs Laidlaw, Mrs Knowles, Miss Garland, Mr Reid, Mr McCabe, Mrs Leamy, Mrs Spence and Mrs Palmer

And thanks Mr Blair. You were a great asset to the team.

P5b  then put their stuff in their rooms-

Mrs Aitken has her group on the ground floor, Miss Carrera has her group on the first floor and Mrs Johns has her group on the second floor.

After getting changed and having such fun making beds and putting clothes away in cupboards and drawers it was time to meet the instructors, Dave, Ian and Mike to go to the Peel for a busy afternoon of Orienteering.

The children all worked very hard to try and complete all the colour of courses but time ran out and it was tea time… homemade soup and bread followed by mince, potatoes and sweetcorn.

Mrs Mackenzie and Mrs Mansfield came for tea and to go to swimming. Mrs Leamy met us at the pool.

A quick return to rooms to collect swimming stuff and a warm jacket. It was a long walk from Lowport centre to the pool at Xcite. All the group had great fun swimming and playing for an hour then it was a quick walk to The Golden Chip for a box of chips…Some had salt, some chose tomato sauce and some had brown sauce…The chips were a great success after the big swim and walk.

Then it was the short walk back to Lowport centre for a quick drink then bed..

Chat from the children:

this is fun

Can’t wait to get to my bed

I like sharing with my friends

The chips were amazing

Looking forward to the Palace tomorrow

Can’t wait to go to Beecraigs in the morning..you get really muddy!

All sleeping and so looking forward to tomorrow’s busy schedule.

Good night everyone !

DAY 2 AT LOWPORT P5a

Today we were at Beecraigs enjoying scrambling about and getting muddier by the minute !

Lunch was back at the centre and then in the afternoon we split into our 3 groups

Mrs Aitken’s group set off for ice cream and then a walk around the loch

Miss Carrera’s group started at the centre playing Stop the bus then a walk and ice cream

Finally Mr Blair’s group started with their walk then an ice cream finishing with a game back at the centre

Dinner was:-

Baked potatoes followed by chocolate pudding

A quiz was held just before we got our disco clothes on…

Supper was toast, jam scones and water or juice …we were so hot after all our dancing

 

It is such fun at Lowport

I’m not ready to go home

Can’t wait to go to bed !

It’s great being with friends

I love getting fruit when I waken up !

Nearly home day