What a funny week it’s been! The weather has certainly been keeping us on our toes. We hope the children enjoy filling in their weather diaries in the next few weeks, although we didnt expect snow to be there!

This week we have enjoyed –
Liam – I liked planting my bean plant.
Sarah – I enjoyed learning in my writing lesson.
Ava – I enjoyed learning songs.
Evie – I enjoyed sorting out my bean plant jar.
Keira – I enjoyed doing my subtraction work.
Emma – I enjoyed making the plant grow on the computer.
Daniel – I liked learning how to count to 20 in French.
Alysheeya – I liked learning about sharing using my playdough.
Jess – I enjoyed learning how to plant seeds.
Maddison – I liked learning the days of the week in French.
Harris – I liked watching the alphablocks.
Nina – I enjoyed learning how to say how old I am in French.
Alex – I liked doing takeaway sums.
Ryan – I liked playing on the ipad.
Leon – I liked playing with the cars.
Isla – I enjoyed playing with the farm.
Dionne – I liked doing subtraction using a number line.
Esther – I enjoyed French learning how to say how old I am.
Grace – I enjoyed how to grow a plant.
Skye – I liked playing on the ipad.
Marley – I liked playing with the cars.
Elise – I enjoyed going to the hub.

We have started learning about sharing using playdough mats and teddies.

Wishing you all a very happy long weekend!

Article 28 – the right to an education.

Today at Oban we were in two groups. Groups 1&2 went on a gorge walk up and down some waterfalls wearing wetsuits and then went on to do some archery. We had targets with balloons stuck onto them to shoot at.

Groups 3&4 were canoeing on a loch and went and did some bushcraft . When they were there they created some shelters and built up some fires to toast marshmallows.

We are having loads of fun and cant wait for tomorrow’s activities.

By Ava B & Nadia

On Wednesday 20th April P7a and P7b received visit from members of the Ancre Somme Association. They shared information and artefacts relating to the First World War. We discussed local regiments during the war and some of our local heroes whose names you can find on local war memorials.

They showed us video clips of different uniforms throughout World War 1 and how and why they developed. Jamie and Travis dressed up as soldiers from the First World War. They were able to feel how uncomfortable and heavy the uniforms were.

We watched video clips about the different weapons used in World War 1 including different rifles and machine guns. They video compared the weapons used by the German and British forces. We also looked at the how the gas masks also developed to protect the soldiers. Originally they had to use a cloth and dip it in a bucket of urine and use that to cover their face to protect from the poisonous gas. Yuck!

We really enjoyed the visit and handling some of the artefacts.

We have written our own song for the Celebrating Success Assembly and we are looking forward to performing it to you all.

We started our Living and Growing this week too, and looked at how our bodies changed during Puberty.

In maths this week we have been learning about volume, and have had lots of fun measuring different liquids and sharing strategies, and we are excited about next week when we have to use our measuring and budgeting skills to design a Lunar Theme Park.

Well done to Iona, Polina, Meg, Kari, Aiden, Jack, Reiss and Ryrie who will be representing us at the West Lothian Cross Country competition,

Wow!  We have had an amazing week!  This is what we have enjoyed learning about.

Alexander – I have learned how to write neater

Alfie L – I have got better at reading this week and liked making words using magnetic letters

Jay – I have learned how to make my wriitng better

Alistair – I really enjoyed when I challenged myself when we were counting with actions

Brandon – I was really excited to hold a sword on our school trip

Bryce – I liked it when I got to hold the chainmail, it was very heavy!

Shaun – My favourite bit was the school trip when we got to look around the castle with the knight

Kyle – I liked it when we went searching for dragon marks around the castle.  I saw some of the ceiling and on the walls.

Noami – I liked visiting the castle the best

Rory – I learned how catapults work, it was really funny when the knight fired a boulder on one

Anna – I liked that we all got to have a picnic when we went on our trip

Ellie-Rose – I liked it when we got to dress up as the King and the Queen of Stirling Castle

Jackie – I enjoyed learning about and seeing some of the weapons in the castle

Holly – I learned that years and years ago only the Royal family were allowed to wear purple

Brooke – My favourite bit was holding the sword…but I really liked everything

Sandra – I liked holding the sword and dressing up too

Lewis – I learned about the murder holes in the castle, I didn’t know about them before

Charlotte – My favourite part was when we went into the Queen’s bedroom

Ruby – I liked it when Lord James told my mum to take off her jacket because it was purple and isn’t royal

Aaron – I liked it when the knight showed us lots of sword tricks

Orla – I have learned that Stirling Castle was very old and I liked our trip

Annie – I liked it when the Knight got volunteers to dress up in all of the Castle clothes

Liam – My favourite bit was when the knight showed us tricks and tried to teach us how to juggle

Alfie B – I thought it was funny when Jay dressed up as a jester and told us all a joke

Owen – I really liked dressing up and going to the jester room at the castle

Olivia – I learned that the King and Queen had to use hay after they had been to the toilet

Jamie – I liked it when I got to meet the people that lived in the castle!

Thanks,

Primary 2b

(A note from Mrs Mansfield –

Please remember that costumes for the school show need to be brought in by Monday 25th of April AT THE LATEST as we have a dress rehearsal on the Tuesday.  In case the letter has been misplaced the costumes are as follows:

Tadpoles – black t-shirt and black trousers/leggings

Frogs – green t-shirt and black trousers

Frog Spawn – white t-shirt and black trousers

Narrators – spring/summer clothes

Teacher – white school shirt and black trousers/skirt

Some children have been issued with a letter about face paint, could these also be returned ASAP.

Special Person letters should have been returned by Friday 22nd April, if you have forgotten these will be accepted on Monday 25th.

Any questions please do not hesitate to ask)

Primary 3 have been working extra hard since our Easter holidays.

English: We have worked on spelling, reading routes and advert making looking at persuasive writing.

Maisey: using spelling strategies to write neater.

Guy: I liked answering the questions during reading routes.

Skye: I enjoyed writing my advert, because it was fun.

Maths: This week we have started to learn about division.

Isaac: I liked division because it was challenging.

Callum: I found division hard and when I made mistakes I learned from them.

Elliot: The bottom of the textbook page was hard because I had to figure out the missing number.

Maisey: I liked division because it helps me be quicker at taking away.

Guy: I liked doing division and when I make a mistake I think alright I can fix it.

LAC: We have taken advantage of the lovely sunshine at did some athletics outside. We are going to do this for a few weeks because this is an Olympic year. We have started our enterprise in making jam. We gave our company a name and started to advertise and brand and product. We look forward to unveiling it soon to the world!

Lucy: I liked doing outdoor PE.

Louie: I liked PE because it was athletics.

Rose: I liked outdoor PE because it was fun.

Emma: I enjoyed outdoor because we did lots of outdoor stuff.

Jaime-Lee: I liked outdoor PE because it was fun doing athletics.

Skye: I liked outdoor PE because it was really fun and good.

Aryan: I enjoyed making the jam adverts because it was fun colouring in and thinking of the slogan.

Trip: Last week as part of our focus of Welly To Belly we visited Craigie Farm. We learned lots about growing vegetables and rearing animals. We even got to see the inside of the famous jam kitchen and got a lesson in jam making.

Katie: I liked it when we got to see the piglets and when they ran.

Hope: I liked the piglet because they were cute.

Hayley: I liked the piglets.

Skye: I liked it when we got to see the kitchen and the animals.

Callum: I liked going on the tractor and learning about the plants.

Here are some photos of our trip.