P6 have had a very busy week! On Tuesday we went to West Lothian College to work with the students and learn touch rugby.  When we were walking there it was very rainy.  Despite this, (connective courtesy of Katie!) we still had a great time.  Louis loves going to the college because it means extra PE time.  Kylie enjoys going to the college to work with new people.  Rian likes to learn new things and working with Jack.  We learned touch rugby skills like passing back, using two hands to pass the ball and how to intercept the ball. 

We are also still learning about the creation of Earth.  Dylan really liked finding out about the Big Bang.  We have also been busy making models of the structure of our earth.  Did you know, there are 4 different layers of the earth?  We do!  They are the crust, the mantle, the inner core and outer core.

 P6 were also checking up on their spelling this week too. Shaun was very happy because his spelling has really improved since August.  We are all working hard on our spelling.

We were also involved in a cluster event at the Lanthorn this week to celebrate St Andrews Day.  Sean really enjoyed talking about St Andrew.  Chloe liked going to see what the other schools had been finding out about St Andrew and to watch our own school perform.  We are proud to be Scottish and living in Scotland even though our wish for World Cup wins may take a while to come true!  Megan thought it was cool to sit in a section of the saltire on the floor with the saltire cross in-between everyone. 

We were really happy to make cards and celebrate the pupil support workers on Friday this week.  We want to thank Mrs McDevitt for always refereeing the football, Miss Campbell is always there to care for us when we need help, Mrs Reilly always helps us and supervises us in the playground, Mrs Oliver helps us in the lunch hall, Mrs Thomson helps us keep the garden looking great, Mrs Little helps us in the library and Mrs Smail looks after everyone going to Roosters.  Bankton would not be complete without them!

 Next week, we are looking forward to going back to West Lothian College for athletics, the Christmas lunch and presenting some of our structure of the earth work to the rest of the class to teach them about rock groups.  Not musical rock groups! We’re talking about sedimentary rocks, metamorphic rocks and igneous rocks….more information on that next week.