Yesterday was our class trip to the most important castle in Scotland, Stirling Castle.
We met Sir William who took us on our War Wolf Tour. He took us to Queen Anne’s garden where we saw the boulders that were fired by King Edward’s army. He spoke to us about the castle defenses, which included murder holes, very thick oak doors, the portcullis and the archers. He also told us the story of the Scots (played by Chloe) vs. King Edward (played by Liam). We could not believe how many times the castle went from the Scots to King Edward and back. Sir William also showed us the siege weapons, some of which were the ‘holy water sprinkler’, axes, crossbows and longbows and a variety of siege engines. Sir William talked an awful lot about executing us, luckily we made it out alive!

P1a have had a busy week this week. We have been practising our lines ready for next weeks assembly.

We have been writing about our P1a highlights !!

We also really enjoyed taking part in Sports Day and we ran in lots of races and took part different sports stations!

It was great fun!!!

We also learnt about the lifecycle of a frog!

This week we worked very hard!
For writing we wrote about woodland life, to help us plan our writing we went down to the Lanthorn woods to look at the setting and come up with inspiration. We wrote a story where we were a woodland creature, the trip Lanthorn was interesting and very useful for us to describe our setting.
In maths we looked at patterns with numbers and shapes. Most of us found it very fun and easy.
We used curling stones in P.E aiming for targets. We all tried to get the closest, Kerr and Caitlyn were very good at hitting the target.
In topic we learnt how to use alphanumeric maps. We used these skills to map the shopping center.
For science we measured if the longest arm throw the furthest. Our results showed that the length of arm didn’t actually matter with our throws.
Today in Golden Time we imagined that we were in a plane crash and had to survive by making a shelter and fire to get us through the night. After we were done making the shelter we look to see who would have survived and who wouldn’t have made it.
Caitlyn was our star the week, congratulations to Caitlyn!

On the Thursday 11th of may I went to Arnsberg in Germany with the Livingston and District Dolphins for a swimming competition in a 50 meter outdoor pool with lots of other people from different countries like Sweden, Amsterdam, England, Belgium, Nigeria  and Ghana. It was really fun because you got to meet the other people there and it was a really good experience for everyone there.

Written by Emma King P7a

In science this week we tested whether the tallest person was the fastest. We were timed on a short run and we also measured our heights. Then we plotted our data on a scatter graph. From that we concluded that height didn’t really matter in our test. Things that might effect speed are weight, fitness, leg muscles, how tired.

Yesterday in PE we worked on our shooting skills in basketball. Carla, Bailey and Keir did very well shooting baskets.

Today in maths we did problem solving which most of us found fun and were successful at! Keir and Katie were very efficient at solving the problems. Well done!

We have worked hard to create a rough copy of our own page based on the book Traction Man. Then we made a good copy, using ink and colour that we will put in a class book. Feel free to drop in and have a read!

CEM tests are done and we look forward to getting back to normal next week!

Today was a very exciting day, as our P4’s went swimming at Excite Pool. It was a lot of fun and we all did very well. We all went in small groups to assess our swimming with different styles of stroke.
In maths we worked on pictographs and bar charts. We made our own bar charts and work on answering some questions about them online. Some of us went outside to collect data for our bar charts.
On Tuesday we had a special guest called Liam Davie, who was a gymnast that compete in the Commonwealth Games. We had an assembly with him and the children who raised money were awarded prizes.
In science we predicted that whoever had the biggest hand would pick the most stones. Our results were all mixed up because some people with big hands got a few stones and others with smaller hands got a lot of stones.
This week we used our notes about castle weapons to make information posters. We also finished up our Coat of Arms.
Lastly we have started our CEM tests, so please wish us luck!

Today the afternoon children had lots of fun going on a minibeast hunt. The observed woodlice, ants, slugs, worms and centipedes.

Rights Respecting Schools Parent Survey

As part of our journey towards gaining our Rights Respecting School Level 2 award, we would like to ask your opinion on the learning attitudes and behaviour of the children at Bankton Primary School. We would be really grateful if you could follow the link to the Survey Monkey questionnaire and answer the questions as honestly as you can. There will be a follow up questionnaire in a few months to measure the impact of RRS in our school.

To take the survey, please follow this link …

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/RB38WZL

Many thanks, in advance.

Miss Rodford

Article 42
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