Hello Everyone

P4l were very pleased to welcome Emma from the SSPCA in to class on Monday.  Emma talked to us about caring for pets and how important it is for people to be prepared before they get a pet.  She also spoke to us about some sad cases where animals had not been looked after but thankfully the SSPCA stepped in and rescued the animals nursing them back to health.

Well done to Mhairi for her excellent performance at Balbardies Got Stars in Their Eyes.

Comments from our Review Jotters

This week we were reviewing things that we found tricky.

I found handwriting tricky because it was hard to join the letters neatly. Lily

Handwriting was tricky because the joins were new to me. Eve

This week we found our reading task tricky because we were writing diary entries as characters from our books and it was hard because we did’t know what it is like being someone else. Ava and Rachel

I found maths tricky as it was hard working out the right change from £1. Anais

P.E was tricky because we were climbing and the wall had very little hand and foot grips. Catherine

This week l found it tricky in maths to give change from £1 and £2. Lucy

Bye for now P4l

Wee Reminder – swimming kit needed for Monday 29th April

Last week, to conclude our Treasure island topic, we had a pirate party! During this we used icing pens to make bug biscuits and had the opportunity to taste a pirate drink.  We also dressed up and played pin the eye patch on the pirate.  Aaron and Arran both won ten points for their house!  In the gym hall, we played corners, completed a pirate obstacle course and played port and starboard. We really enjoyed our topic this term and look forward to beginning our Gardener’s World topic.

We had a great week this week.  On Monday we took time to draw holiday pictures and share our news with each other!  Some of us had been away, some of us had been ill and some of us stayed at home – but still had lots of fun and a good break.

Wednesday was our castle trip and we all had a great time.  We liked everything about the castle, from the curtain walls, round lookout towers, tower house (keep), Great Hall, staircases, murder holes, battlements and even the dungeon!  We saw where the people lived and got a better good idea of how the people lived in the castle from the guides that took us round – they were great!

Here we are outside the castle meeting the guides.  Then inside the castle, listening to them tell us about the people who lived in the castle, just before we played a game!

It was a really great day.

Well done P2pg.

This week we have started our new Math topic. We looked at time and the different dimensions of time! In writing we are going to be looking at comics and how they work. We have already started this and Erin H brought in comics for us to look at. (Thank you Erin!) We are loving our Health and Wellbeing topic and this week we looked at ‘Cool Body Language’. This is helping us to realise how we can and should act. It is also helping us to realise how other people are feeling and how we can help them. A busy week already ended.

Have a great weekend

P4a

This week in P4l   in our Being Cool in School work we looked at body language.  We learned about what it is and how people show weak, cool and aggressive types of body language.  We are really enjoying using this resource and it is helping us to think of ‘cool’ responses in our behaviour.  In maths we have all been learning about money, looking at calculating amounts and change. We all got new reading books and lots of us have read some already.  In writing we wrote about our personal thoughts on either ‘The Best Day Ever’ or ‘My Dream Day’.  Mrs Leamy is very pround of the progress everyone is making. 

Hope everyone has a good weekend.

Bye for now.

P4l

What have we been learning this week?

Kyle – I enjoyed learning to sketch. I had to make my animal as realistic as possible and go step by step. My animal was a red eyed tree frog.

Ramie -In our elective the drama group were learning how to put our own make-up on. It’s really difficult to do on your own so get someone to help.

Sian – I was in the drama group as well and we learned how to put face paint on and my tip would be to really concentrate when doing it.

Aisha – In the Masterchef elective I learned how to make banoffee pie. We put banana on top of ours but you could actually put any fruit on top.

Murray – I learned about the three different types of fraction which are proper, improper and mixed fraction.

Ross – I enjoyed learning how to convert from one type of fraction to another and how to add fractions this week.

Billie – During Keeping Myself Safe, I learned that if someone you don’t know does something to make you uncomfortable you should try and make sharp exit.

Who has impressed?

Lyndsay – Amber has impressed me by working hard and completing the Amazon Challenge.

Kirstie – Kyle and Ramie have done really well to reach the final of Stars in their Eyes.

Connor – John has impressed me with his animal sketching. He created a sketch of a wolf spider.

John – Craig C has impressed me by  working hard to catch up on the fractions work he had missed.

Ramie – Abbie Madden has impressed by trying really hard with her audition  and getting the part of the Artful Dodger.

Kyle – John has impressed me by beating everybody else at the Fractions Table Toppers game.

Murray – Amber impressed at swimming by being the only person to get moved up a group.

Mr Berginis – A special well done to Amber on being the second person to complete the Amazon Challenge. Well done! 🙂

This week we took part in an art lesson with Mrs Clark. We looked at a cross-section of fruit and vegetables and then used chalk and crayon to create an effect.

The whole school took part in the third Big Balbardie Blether, which was on the topic of Home Learning. Most of us had a good time and came up with lots of great comments.

Earlier in the week six pupils from Primary 5a delivered a lesson to parents! At the AAL evening Lewis, Melissa, Andrew, Caitlin, Jason and Nathan taught a group of parents about extinction. Everyone who took part had a great time!

Have a nice weekend,

Miss Anderson and P5a

P3LM have been working hard this week preparing for our ‘Ancient Egypt’ assembly on Friday 26th April 2013.
We have been learning a new song to perform with cool dance moves, thanks to Polina!
We have also been working hard to learn our lines and be clear, loud and confident for our audience.
We can’t wait to share our learning, we hope you can make it along to see us.
From, P3LM