After working hard all week I am sure you will all agree that the children did a fantastic job with helping to create today’s presentation. From the voice recordings to the amazing display it all looked wonderful. I feel that the John Muir experience has really impacted on the children in a really positive way and I hope it will be something that they can look back on with fond memories. I have had to take the video files out of the power point as it was too large to upload.
It’s been an interesting few days for ASD1. At the Assembly on Friday 6th January we were given a mystery box and told we were not allowed to open it. Miss Carson had to carry it with her at break and lunchtime and we had to LOOK, THINK and WONDER about the box.
We were able to see that the box was tall and narrow, it didn’t weigh much and something moved inside when we held it. We thought it might be a soft toy or sand or a few other things. We wrote down everything we thought about what was inside.
Finally, the moment arrived and we opened our box today (Wednesday 11th January) to find a very funny umbrella. It is made of wood and paper. We will be doing some activities about our umbrella over the next few days but the first things we wanted to do was dress up as the person who owns it.
Who do you think we are?
Pupils from P3/4, ASD1 and ASD2 performed some Christmas songs during the Nativity Concert on Tuesday 13th December. This Christmas Choir was also videoed for the West Lothian YouTube channel that morning so please check out the enthusiastic singing of the pupils on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJeCBrWSNcs
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Activities for you to do in the event of a School closure. 08-12-16-winter-activities
Pupils in ASD1 have been enjoying some spooky fun in the run up to Halloween.
We learned some new Halloween themed songs and have been singing them as we did Halloween art work and decorated our classroom.
Mrs Banchio helped us to make gingerbread cookies, which we decorated with Miss Carson the next day – they were every bit as delicious as they looked!
We designed a face for our pumpkins on a worksheet and then transferred our drawing to an actual pumpkin with our partners – they looked really good lit up with LED tealights and helped welcome pupils to the Halloween Hoot on Thursday 27th October.
On Halloween itself we learned about some of the history and traditions of Halloween before trying out “dooking” for apples, but using the fork method. We enjoyed our Halloween Drama and music as we sang the songs we had learned and dressed up to play our part in one of the songs. There was even time for a spooky story…
Happy Halloween!
Firstly all the staff would like to say a massive thank you to all the parents and carers that managed to make it along to support their children. I’m sure you will agree that great fun was had by all and you were as relieved as us with the weather staying dry for the whole event.
For the first week of term the new Primary 1 class and their buddies (including primary 5) planned, organised and went on a Teddy bears picnic. Whether the activity was creating some pretty nifty teddy bear invitations or baking some teddy bear biscuits all the children involved themselves in the preparation with enthusiasm and passion. On the day the P1’s were escorted round the school grounds by their buddies. Stopping along the way to play some parachute games and be helped around the assault course. Then it was off to have some lunch in the outdoor classroom with sandwiches that had been especially prepared by the P5,6,7’s. Can you think of a more fun way to finish off your first week at school? we cant.
I’m here in sunny Spain, immersing myself in the language and culture on a week long study course. This means that most days I’ve had 5+ hours of class time and added cultural visits, including trying traditional food, dancing and music, as well as seeing the sights here in Málaga.
In the new school year I’m hoping to have some Spanish language input in the upper primary stages.
While I’ve been over in Málaga I have made a new friend on the beach.
He showed me some of the beautiful city of Málaga and now wants to come to Scotland to share some of the culture and language of Spain with the whole school.
Tomás and I will see you all very soon.
Hasta luego!
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