Although some of us are missing nursery we all think school is good and fun!

We have learned so much already and Miss Holwill is so impressed with us.  We are beginning to learn our sounds.  We can all say ‘m’ and ‘c’ and read I, the, he and she.  When we are learning our sounds we all practice writing them and do lots of fun activities like colouring, painting and sticking.  In maths we have started to write numbers and count.  Our favourite game is when we pretend to be green bottles accidently falling of the wall.

We have been meeting lots of new people and learning about how they help us in school.  We have made pictures of some of these people to remind us.  Some really important people in school are our buddies.  They have been playing with us at play time and helping us at lunch.  We also have a lesson with them each week.  This week we made peg people of ourselves.

We haven’t even started to tell you about drama, PE or Spanish.

Miss Holwill thinks we better have a long lie tomorrow 🙂

Talk to you soon!

We have had a very busy week in Primary 1w! All the boys and girls were in for a WHOLE day every day this week and nobody has fallen asleep yet 🙂

Some of the things we have learned so far are:
Farrah – We have been learning to write and use 0, 1 and 2
Katie – We have been learning how to stay safe. Don’t talk to strangers!
Alfie – We have been learning about the sound and letter “m” and “c”
Eva – We have learned to say “Hello” in Spanish which is “Hola”
Lily – We also learned how to say our name. Me llamo Lily!
Maisie – We had lots of fun in Drama too!
Kaycee – Mr Jeffries takes us for P.E. We were learning to exercise and play games
Lewis – I have made a new friend this week. His name is Aaron
Jodie – Me too! Holly is my new friend
Erin – Lily is my new friend too

Pupil of the week – Alfie Brand

This week we continued to explore the story of the Rainbow Fish. We learned more about the character of the rainbow fish through hot seating. This is when someone takes on the role of a character and people ask him/her questions. We asked very good questions such as, ‘how did you feel when you were alone?’ We then discussed how the rainbow fish changed from the beginning of the story to the end and recorded adjetives to describe him.

For story writing, we learned more about bullet points. We learned that we sometimes use bullet points when writing a list. We then used bullet points to writw a list of instructions on how to look after a pet fish.

We also revised quarter to and quarter past times on an analogue clock. Next week we are going to make our own clocks for our class display.

Bye for now,

Miss Bollen and P3b

Our learning

Declan – “We’ve been learning about road safety this week and creating posters to persuade drivers, passengers and pedestrians to stay safe.”

Jack – “We had fun going to lunch with our p1 buddies this week because we were able to help them out.”

Emily – “We had our first full circle this week. We played circle time games like Killer 12, Super Splat, Killer 12 Revenge and Silent Ball.”

Kai – “We’ve learned how to sketch properly in art this week. We learned to do light strokes and how to shade in the same direction.”

William – “We’ve had a very fun week because sketching was awesome even though it was quite hard.”

Paul – “We’ve been practising our grammar this week. We learned the difference between there, their and they’re.”

Isla – “We use there when we are talking about a place.”

Lauren U – “We use their when we are talking about something belonging to someone.”

Kieran – “We use they’re as short for they are.”

Jay – “We’ve been having lots of fun in PE because we’ve been trying to earn games of fireball with Mr Jeffries.”

Who has impressed?

Paul – “The Lamborghinis table have impressed me by winning table of the week two weeks in a row.”

Antonia – “Olivia has impressed me because her sketch was amazing and she shaded it really well.”

Flyn – “Jack has impresed me because he has been a really good friend to me this week.”

Emily – “Isla has impressed me because she did really well in music. She made no mistakes.”

Kieran – “I’m impressed with my dad because he took me an my mum to a lovely Indian restaurant.”

Kendal – “Antonia and Paul have impressed me because they were voted in as our class JRSO reps.

Harry – “Chloe impressed me because she got 35 in her Big Maths Beat That this week.”

Adam – “Kieran has impressed me because he is getting really close to getting on step 3.”

Mr Berginis – “I am so impressed with how fantastic the whole class has been as buddies to p1h. They have been very supportive and caring.”

What a week we’ve had in P5m! (A week in our class runs from Wednesday to Tuesday – look out for Blog updates on a Wednesday afternoon.) We have already learned so much in our Science project and we all loved watching the explosive reaction when we added Mentos to a bottle of Diet Coke. We have also travelled back in time over 700 years to one of the bloodiest times in Scottish history. Transformed into Scottish noblemen, we know we will have many dangerous but exciting adventures ahead of us.

From the Blog Post Box:

This week I learned…

…how to find 10 more in Maths.                                Louisa

…to join th and ch in Handwriting.           Ella

…how to play the djembe drum and the doum-doum drum in Music – AWESOME!           Jessie

…how to draw a portrait of myself in Art.             Geo

…in our Science lesson that atoms are squashed together in a solid, they move altogether in a liquid and in a gas they float about. I’ve learned so much this week that I think my brain will explode!               Louise

We have had a great first week back at school! Everyone is feeling refreshed and excited for the year ahead. 

In class, we have focused on friendship. Firstly, we discussed good qualities in a friend and used this to write a friendship recipe. Our recipes will help us be good friends to others.
Here is an example:
• 2 Cups of trust.
• 1 bag of laughter.
• 3 Jugs of smiles.
• 1 dash of kindness.
• 100 bags of love.
Stir altogether and you will have the perfect friend! (By Lucy)

We also watched an online version of the Rainbow Fish which is all about friendship and sharing. We worked with partners to identify the six main points in the story. We drew the six main events and wrote a sentence to match.

In art this week, we thought about animals that represent us or we would want to be. We then drew portraits of this animal and painted them. Lastly we made frames for our work- they look amazing and we had great fun completing this task!

Have a fantastic weekend,
Miss Bollen and P3b

We’re back!!!!!!!
What a great start to the new school year. We have been doing lots of fun things during our ‘All About Me’ week. We are excited about the new topics we will be doing and can’t wait to start our first topic about the Scottish Wars of Independence next week. We really are enjoying our morning circle activities and look forward to including lots of singing and music in our class.
Emma – I really enjoyed making the buckets for our bucket fillers.
Jamie-Leigh – this is my first week at BPS and I have enjoyed meeting my new class and have already made lots of new friends.
Evie – I like being in P5 and like my new teacher.
David – I really enjoyed the drumming.
James – I like being with my new teacher.
Millie – I really like the morning circle.
Rebecca – I am looking forward to doing science experiments next week.
Zoe – I am looking forward to going to camp at Lowport.
That brings our first week in P5d to a close! Have a great weekend everyone!!

Our week:

Lauren C – Our first week in p7b has been really fun because of Mr B’s bad jokes!

Adam – On the first day Mr B taught us an important life skill…how to open a door! (just in case we forgot over the summer!)

Callum – We’ve learned how to play table toppers this week, it’s awesome!

Kendal – We visited the Autism base and learned how the pupils don’t like loud noises.

Jay – The first week has been difficult as we’ve had to put up with Mr B’s terrible jokes!

Emily – We designed month posters to put up on the wall to form our p7b journey through the year.

Lauren K – We went out to the playground and surveyed the different traffic on Torphichen Street. We looked at different colours and type of vehicle.

Declan – We’ve learned how to play the game Outburst. It helps us develop team skills like supporting each other and taking turns.

Paul – I’m looking forward to p7 because Mr B makes games to help us learn, they’re majestic.

Finlay – I’m looking forward to doing more games to help us learn this year.

Flyn – I’m looking forward to learning about the rainforest this year because it’s all about animals and I’m interested in animals.

Lauren U – I’m looking forward to going to Belgium because one of my ancestors is on the memorial wall at Tyne Cot cemetery.

Who has impressed?

Chloe – Ava Campbell has impressed because she has moved onto her new class and has settled well.

Kieran – I’m proud of myself for I’ve behaved well this week.

Lauren K – I was impressed by the new p1s because they settled in really well into the big school and none of them have cried.

Adam – I’ve been impressed by Nathan because he’s been really mature and sensible this week.

Taylor – Antonia has impressed me because she has acted maturely in a p7 manner this week.

Antonia – I’m impressed with how hard Taylor has worked this week.

Mr Berginis – I’m proud of the whole class for how hard they have worked this week and they have made a brilliant start to p7. Keep it up!

We’ve had a lovely start to Primary 5 getting to know our new teachers, Mrs Mackenzie and Mrs McClafferty, as well as hearing from some old teachers. Mrs Gray has popped in a couple of times to see how we are getting on and was very impressed that we remembered to use her new name. We also had a lovely surprise from Miss Burns who sent us a little snow-globe from Italy. We have decided to give it a special shake anytime that somebody in the class has something to celebrate!

From the Blog Post Box:

In Primary 5 I am looking forward to…

…going to Lowport and doing our Solids, Liquids and Gases topic.       Scott

…all the topics, Lowport, making new friends and getting to know my new teachers. It’s a new year and I would like it to be the best year!  Lucy

…the science topics.          Declan

…the run up to Christmas, the Victorians topic as well as the other topics and finally having such great teachers!       Kiera H

…the What a Wonderful World topic because I love animals and nature!      Isla

…everything!!!        Ben

Please find attached blog posts from P1m. Enjoy:)

Primary 1M Balbardie Blether Blog for week beginning 26.05.14 –

We have had another busy week in P1b. On Tuesday all of Primary 1 went to the local park. When we got there, we had a biscuit and completed a mini beast quiz. We then worked in partners to go on a nature scavenger hunt. Here are some of the things that we found:
‘We found toadstools.’ – Isabella
‘I found a slug.’- Guy
‘We saw a butterfly.’ – Gemma
‘I found a snail.’- Euan
‘I found a moth on a tree.’- Amy
After our hunt, we went to the park and got to play on everything. We enjoyed having fun in the sun with our friends 

On Wednesday we made a garden diorama with our buddies. First, we cut and folded paper to make the diorama then we used different materials inside to make garden features. We made trees, swings, ponds, flowers and people for our garden. They look really effective. Have a look at some of or work below.

We can’t believe we are almost at the end of primary 2! It was a year ago today that we all first met in primary 2. We met our new teachers today and are very excited for primary 3.

This we were learning about extreme weather. In our homework we were asked to research a type of extreme weather. Some people did an excellent job and found out some really interesting facts. We watched videos of tornadoes and twisters. They look very scary! We created our own tornado pictures using chalk. They look fantastic.

We have been learning about poetry. We like poems that rhyme. We decided to write our own poem as a class. We all wanted to share it with you.

We love learning in primary two,

all about animals that live in the zoo.

Lions are very fierce and scary,

Monkeys are cheeky and really hairy.

Elephants are very strong and big,

Warthogs are a smelly kind of pig.

Snakes are very long and tickly,

Porcupines are really prickly.

Awards:

Pupil of the Week: Leia

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!