We have had a great week! We really enjoyed Sports Day on Wednesday. Everyone tried really hard at all the events and had great fun in the sun! Well done to Ella, Olivia and Geo for winning medals.

The Decahedrons have been learning about BODMAS and expressing equations this week. We have found it a bit confusing at first but are making good progress! The Hexagons and Pentagons have been learning to add and subtract decimals. They have worked really hard and are now ready to multiply and divide decimal fractions.

We had a circle time this week to discuss our feelings about transition. There are a mixture of emotions in the class. Some people are excited and some people are quite nervous. Most of us are going to Bathgate Academy next week and we hope we will have a brilliant time. We will let you know how we got on during our transition visits. Wish us luck.

Hopefully we see lots of people at the procession tomorrow. Have a great long weekend.

This Wednesday we had our sports day.  We were lucky with the weather as the sun was shining.  Here are some of our highlights:

‘I won two medals- one for the sprint and the other for overall boy.  I ran so fast that I was sick at the end!’- James

‘Oliver in the sack race.’- Viggo (He was disadvantaged due to his height!)

‘I won the potato and spoon race.’- Ryan

‘Me and Aidan tripping over each other in the sack race.’- David

‘Watching my mum race in the parent race.’- Meadow

‘Watching Alan Maybury burn everyone in the parent race!’ – Aaron

‘Coming second in both sprints and sack race and doing a front flip in the middle of the sack race.’- Jack

‘Watching Hardy win the relay.’- Ryrie

Well done to everyone for working hard and showing good sportsmanship.

In art this week we looked at the illustrator Quentin Blake.  He is best known as the illustrator for Roald Dahl books and more recently,David Walliams.  He uses lines to create his characters then adds colour using water colour paints.  We recreated some of Quentin Blake’s famous characters including; Matilda, Charlie and Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach and The Twits.

Next week we are looking forward to our transition week to the academy!

Have a nice holiday weekend,

Miss Bollen & P7b

This week in P1a…………………………

I enjoyed the running race at sports day. Shannon

I learned the sound ‘ong’ in phonics. Strong! Jack

I had a raced in the house race with Carley and Jude. Hardy was the winning house! Alex

I liked sports day because of the potato and spoon race. Holly

I liked the sack race in sports day. Carley

We were learning how to count up to 100. James

I liked running laps in sports day. Max

We learned ‘ang’ as in sang. Megan

I learned a new sound in phonics ‘oa’ as in moan. River

We learned where food comes from. Ada

While I was at home sick with the chicken pox I did some painting. Amber

I played with my toys when I was home sick. Ellis

I learned the sound ‘oi’ as in coin. Aileigh

I came second in the running race. Olivia S

I enjoyed the sack race. Aaron

I counted in 2s up to 25 backwards and forwards. Jude

We learned the ‘ang’ sound as in bang. Emily

I enjoyed the sack race. Oliver

I enjoyed the running race at sports day. Mia

I enjoyed the potato and spoon race. Mac

Well done to everyone for taking part in sports day and doing their best.

Special congratulations to Jude who won gold for the P1 boys and gold for overall P1 winner, Justin who won the boys silver medal and Olivia Swan who won the girls silver medal.

Pupil of the week: Ed for working really hard at writing sentences.

Enjoy the long weekend and Gala day! Good luck to the Balbardie Float!

In grammar this week we have been learning more about adjectives and verbs to make our stories more interesting.

We had a fantastic Sports Day and the sun shone brightly! Well done to everyone who took part and well done to all of the medal winners, we are very proud of you!

We are looking forward to the procession and we hope everyone has a fantastic time.

Achievements-

Pupil of the week Jack

Medals for sprint-Kyle and Luke

Overall P2 champion-Kyle

Elena moved up a level in swimming

Hollie has been practising her front flips

Luke has learned how to do a back flip in the water

Eva has moved to level 4 in swimming

Daniel has got a blue stripe in Tae Kwon Do

Kyle has got his brown belt in Tae Kwon Do

Sophie: I enjoyed sports day this week. I like running the marathon the most and I came third.

Cole: I liked sports day because I came 1st in the tattie and spoon race.

Lucy: I liked learning about decimals and fractions.

Abbie: I liked learning about metaphors and making a poster about them.

Jennie: I liked making a healthy menu for my cafe ‘The Golden Watermelon’.

Rhia: I enjoyed learning about money in maths. We were learning to add the total amount of money.

Ty: I enjoyed learning how to dribble and pass in basketball in P.E.

This week has been such a fun week and we have been learning all about keeping fit and healthy.  We had our Sports Day and started our new Learning across the Curriculum context ‘Eat like a Champ’.  Here are some ways that we can stay healthy:

Teigan – “Drink water”

Jonah – “Eat 5 portions of fruit and veg every day”

Griffin – “Make sure that you do different sports”

Regan – “Don’t eat too much sugar and fat, eat more food that is in the big bit of the Eatwell plate”

Ellie – “Don’t eat too many sweeties of fizzy juice”

Rory – “Ask mummy for fruit instead of sweeties”

Millie – “Drink water instead of fizzy juice”

Cameron – “Don’t have chips too many times”

Rio – “Eat like a champ, vegetables are good for you”

Brandon – “Drink milk to make your bones strong”

Leila – “Drink water and choose healthy foods instead of sweeties”

Poppy – “Eat sweeties as a treat”

Emily – “Eat your fruit and vegetables every day and eat less chocolate and sweets”

Keegan – “Try your best to eat healthy food”

Liam – “Eat carrots to stay healthy”

Marley – “Don’t play ipad everyday, go and play outside”

Jayden – “Eat vegetables”

Max – “Drink less fizzy juice at home and try new vegetables”

Thanks,

Primary 2/1

(A note from Mrs Mansfield – Thank you for the parent night reply slips.  Please note that these appointments are only to discuss the reports if you have any concerns – they will be issued shortly.  If you have any questions about this please feel free to catch me at the end of the school day)

Recently in P6B, we have been learning how to maintain a balanced, healthy diet. We have used the Eatwell Plate and the Food Pyramid to help us learn about different food groups and how much we should be eating of each type daily.

We enjoyed creating our own meals using the plate and pyramid as a guide. We also explored our own diet by identifying what and how much we eat of each food type.

Luca – ‘I’ve learned that you should have 1 portion of protein as part of a meal and that carbohydrates give you energy’.

Fiona – I enjoyed learning about the importance of food, I know that you should have a least 5 portions of fruit and vegetable every day’.

Skye – I didn’t know before that pasta is a carbohydrate – I thought it was a dairy food! I really enjoyed sorting the foods out by type’.

Jack – I used to think we should eat lots of dairy but now I know that ideally we should have just 3-4 portions each day’.

Hopefully our new knowledge will allow us to make healthy, responsible choices about food and help us to maintain a healthy diet.

Ty: I enjoyed RME this week. We were learning about forgiveness through the parable of ‘The Lost Son’.

Brooklyn: I enjoyed learning about food groups as part of our topic ‘Healthy Living’.

Yasmin: I enjoyed our party to celebrate reaching our Dojo target. We got to enjoy the sun outside.

Noah: I learned about similes and used them to write a poem about the organs.

Rhia: I enjoyed learning about equivalent fractions because it was fun!

We have been busy presenting our posters to the class this week. We we given an organ to research and we shared out findings on location and function of the organ; how to keep it healthy and any interesting facts.

Pupil of the week: Eva

Special Person: Rowan