This week, Primary 1a were very lucky to get to visit the library in Bathgate. We were very excited to walk down and we even made a checklist of things to look for “down in our town”. Some of the things that we saw were:
-A stop sign (Tiana)
-Fire engine (Scott)
-We saw a cyclist at the very end (Isla)
-We saw a lollipop man and his lollipop stick (Orlaith)
-We saw a flat (Akasha)
-I saw police officers (Kyle)
-Books (Ehan)
-Dogs (Rowan)

When we got to the library we were very happy to meet Book Bug! We found out that Book Bug lives in the library and he loves to read.

Once we met Book Bug, we sang the “hello song”. It went like this:
“Hello book bug, hello book bug, hello book, we’re glad that you could come!” Lots of the boys and girls loved singing the songs.

We then got to meet Cheeky Monkey! We sang hello to him and we got to bounce along to the song with him, brush his hair, and tickle his tummy!

Next, some of us got to put on the finger puppet monkeys and we had to try and hide them from Crocodile!! It was very funny when the crocodile tried to snatch the monkeys off our fingers.

When the monkeys were tired we lay them down underneath the parachute and sang the “wake up” song. Lots of us enjoyed jumping up and down with the parachute to wake them up!

We were then very tired so we lay down on the floor and the librarian blew lots of bubbles on us to relax us.

Our favourite things about our library visit were:
Eden -Hiding the monkeys under the parachute
Orlaith -Writing our names on the leaves
Tiana -Hiding the monkeys under the parachute
Isla -When we put the monkeys on our fingers
Akasha -Playing with the monkeys
Jonah -I liked it when we had the parachute out
Kyle -I liked the parachute
Brandon -Putting the monkeys on my finger
Eva -When the crocodile tried to eat the monkeys
Teigan -When the monkeys got caught by the crocodile
Luis -I liked the parachute
Lois -I liked putting the monkeys under the parachute
Freya -The parachute
Scott -Singing the “hello song”
Lily -When the crocodile was trying to catch all the monkeys on our fingers
Ehan -Book Bug
Rosie -Playing with the parachute
Lexi -All of it!
Rheagan -When we were walking down
Rowan -I liked when we were lying down on the floor
Lucas -Putting the monkeys under the parachute

*Reminder that Shared Start is on Tuesday 6th October so parents and families are welcome to join us in the morning for our Big Start activities until 9:25am*

On Monday some P6’s & P7’s stayed behind after school to trial for the school football team, which is run by Mr Cunningham. There were only 21 spaces and 42 went along for the trial! At first we discussed the position on the field we would want and then we went outside to play. There were two teams playing at the same time. Before going home, Mr Cunningham revealed the names of the people who had made the team. We are really proud of our efforts and are looking forward to our first game on the 12th of October against St Mary’s.

This week we looked at 3D shape once more. We had different stations related to 3D shapes set up in the class which we rotated around in our groups. We were revising the number of faces, edges and vertices on different 3D shapes. At one of the stations we discussed why we think certain products are made in a particular shape. E.g. dice are a cube shape so that it lands on one side to read the number. At another station we played 3D games online on the netbooks to reinfore our learning intention. We also had an activity where we had to match the shape to its net. Next week we will explore 2D shapes.

Have a nice weekend,

P7b

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Hello Everyone!  Well our open afternoon is getting closer (12/10) with invitations to you all going out on Monday. We are looking forward to showcasing all our work especially or simile poems which we worked on this week.

Millie – I thought it was fun.

Aidan – I learned about similes and I can tell you one – feel free to ask me!

We all think they are as cool as a cucumber……..

In outdoor p.e. we were learning about communication.  We had an obstacle course that we had to do blindfolded then get herded into a pen!  Of course our partner wasn’t blindfolded and they had to guide us by only talking.

Jack – it was fun but I was terrible at it!

Aaron – It’s really hard to know where you are going and when your partner is talking you don’t know where you are going.

Liam – It was quite confusing because you could hear other people giving instructions as well.

A huge well done to everyone in P5B for a wonderful assembly.  They all worked really hard to learn their words and the words for the songs!! They were all fabulous!

I enjoyed the assembly because everyone liked it. Aiden

I really the enjoyed the assembly because everyone worked hard and sang well. I enoyed Achieving, Believing and Celebrating. Jack

I really enjoyed learning the words for my assembly and for everyone taking part! Kamron

I enjoyed the assembly because I thought I was going to be really nervous but when I said my words I wasn’t.  Harry

I enjoyed the assembly because everyone got to see their families and we showed all the other teachers that we are No. 1! Stacey

I enjoyed practising the assembly and learning all the songs.  Fiona

I enjoyed singing the songs at the assembly.  Callum

I enjoyed the assembly, the songs and my part.  Mark

I enjoyed the assembly, learning the songs.  Dasha

I liked learning the songs for the assembly.  Lauryn

I enjoyed doing the team building and discussing what we needed for the trebuchet and I enjoyed counting the number of right angles on the tables – 118!! Murray

I liked maths when we went around the class finding right angles.  Gary

I enjoyed playing with the big ball at break. Noah

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Your education should help you develop your talents and abilities.  It should also help you live peacefully, protect the environment and respect other people.

We have been enjoying the sun whilst working hard with our buddies.  We have been showing off what we know and our buddies have been great teachers in helping us learn that extra little bit….

I enjoyed the chemcial reaction in Science.  Paige

I enjoyed using Litmus paper to test if liquids were acid or alkaline! Tobin

I enjoyed practising for our class assembly.  Jamie

I enjoyed using Litmus paper in Science.

I enjoyed learning the assembly songs with Mrs Drummond.

I enjoyed the Macmillan coffee morning.  Harry

I enjoyed everything at school this week.  Cameron R

I enjoyed doing maths on the iPad.  Callum

I enjoyed making the big erruption in science.  Stacey

I enjoyed the Macmillan coffee morning.  Steven

I enjoyed the Macmillan cofffee morning and seeing all my friends.  Robyn

I enjoyed the coffee morning.  Mark

PLEASE REMEMBE OUR ASSEMBLY IS NEXT FRIDAY 2ND OCTOBER @ 9.15.  WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE!

Short week!

We have been developing our self-assessment skills this week. We used our writing piece about the battle of Stirling Bridge for this. We will do more practice on this skill over the coming weeks/months as it’s very important that we are able to identify where we have been successful and where we could do more to enhance our work.

Continuing with the work we are doing to develop our learning mindset and thinking skills Mrs D posed the question, “Was Einstein born smart?” After much discussion we agreed that we don’t think he was. From this we are beginning to understand that the way we think of ourselves as learners can help us to learn better and reach our potential. Mrs D also set us a practical challenge to solve. We had to work with a partner to tie a shoe lace using only our left hand. This was very tricky at times. Here are some pictures and comments…..

Scott – teamwork was important

Lennox – we needed to give each other clear instructions

Ciaran – it was a fun way to learn about working in a team

Eva – you had to be able to listen carefully and work together

Have a great weekend!

This week we continued our vertical learning groups. We worked in different classes to complete various rainforest related tasks.

In Mrs Stutt’s class we learned about deforestation. This is when people cut down trees and make the rainforest smaller. This ruins the rainforest animal’s habitat which can lead to extinction. We had a debate about the pros and cons of cutting trees. An example pro is that we can make paper, pencils and furniture etc. Example cons are animal extinction and there’s less oxygen in the world. We learned that 4, 000 trees are cut down in the rainforest every hour! We can plant new plants/trees, recylce and turn off lights etc when not in use to help the environment and save animals and their habitats.

In Miss Elliot’s class we chalked animals from the rainforest. We used a black crayon to draw the outline the coloured them using vibrant colours- they look really impressive.

In Miss Haddifon’s class we made terraniums. This is a plant in a bottle. We were reminded that a plant needs heat and light to survive. Moisture is created at the side of the bottle from the heat and light which waters the plant. This helps to demonstrate the water cycle.

In Miss Bollen’s class we made an aboriginal art piece using the pointallism technique. Our art piece had to include a rainforest animal and aboriginal symbols to tell a story. We had great fun.

Have a great weekend,

P7b

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3D shapea

A huge thank you to Tracey from Tesco who came in this week for our rainforest fruit tasting session.  Lots of us tried new fruits and found out where they came from.

Millie – I had never tasted any of them except the pineapple, and I loved the mango and blueberries.

Jamie – It was delicious!

Aaron – My favourite was the pineapple, it was really sweet.

Viggo – It was really nice – my favourite was the Papaya.

We were looking at credit and debit cards in maths.  We found out how much interest we could be charged and the Galaxy’s had to work out interest rates!

We also started a new class novel and made fact files about the rainforest, then to finish the week off we went to the McMillan Coffee Morning this morning. We all had a cake and juice.  Some of us met up with our parents too.  It was a great event for a great cause, and a big thank you from us to all the ladies who helped!

All this and we only had two and a half days in school!  Phew, we need a relaxing weekend.  Enjoy!