Primary 5 have been taking part in Rugby sessions over the past few weeks. They have been learning the rules of rugby and developing their skills in passing and moving safely with the ball. They are really looking forward to taking part in the festival in a few weeks time.
As part of our animals around the world topic, P3 and P4/3 got to visit some lambs yesterday that had come in to visit P1. We all loved how soft they felt and were keen to stroke them. We are learning about animals and habitats in the different continents and this week have been learning about Scottish native animals.
We have just started our topic on Animals around the World. So far we have identified the major continents and oceans of the world and have classified animals into groups. We have also investigated animal habitats all over the world.
For writing we thought it would be great fun to do a practical activity before we started our writing. We made an animal face sandwich. After we made our sandwich we wrote instructions to show how we made it.
Don’t they look amazing!! The children were very proud of their work.
For the last few weeks, primary 1 have been visited by a number of people talking about their jobs. First we met Mrs Hepburn who is a dental nurse and she told us all about how to look after our teeth and what her job involves. It was so interesting!
The week after we had a visit from Chloe’s mum who is a paramedic. She and another paramedic showed us all the different tools they use, took some of our heart beats and let us try on some of their outfits. They even brought in an ambulance! It was so much fun and we found out loads!
We were then lucky enough to have a visit from Oliver’s dad who is a policeman. He came in and told us about his job as part of the traffic police. It was amazing to hear about what he does and see the flashing lights on the car! 
Last week we had a visit from Ethan’s mum who is a radiographer. It was so cool to see all the bones on some of the x-rays she brought along! It is so clever that a big camera can see through your skin and into your bones! We learned we have 206 bones in our body! WOW!
Thank you all so much for giving us some of your time! We really appreciate it! From P1a and p1b.
P4/3 really enjoyed their judo session yesterday. Some pupils are already attending the judo after school club and everyone was really excited to try and learn new skills.
Primary 1 have been busy learning about Scotland. On Monday, we got to taste shortbread, oatcakes, cheddar cheese, Tunnock’s caramel wafer, Irn Bru and Mackies haggis crisps! I think the majority of us liked Irn Bru and caramel wafers the best!!
We have also been doing lots of writing about Scottish people and places. Here are some examples of p1b’s writing about Katie Morag! We hope you enjoy our stories!!
Children in Primary 2 have been learning about traditional Scottish foods. They really enjoyed a tasting session where they tried all different types of Scottish food including haggis, neaps, tatties and oatcakes and cheese. They also enjoyed making the Scottish dessert cranachan.
All lined up to ‘ congo’ to the lunch hall.
Tucking into our delicious lunch.
Happy times with our classmates.
Primary 3 had a great time at our Christmas Lunch today. We made reindeer hats in the morning and wore them to our lunch. We sang Christmas songs while eating our dinner. The turkey, steak pie and lasage were all yummy!!.
We were are full up but managed to finish the ice cream and the chocolate Freddo as well!!
Thank you to the kitchen staff for your hard work not just today but throughout the rest of the year.
As part of our continuing work as a level two Rights Respecting School, our two pupil assessors spoke to the whole school. This term all pupils are being asked their opinions on new charters for the dinner hall and playground. Dinner hall and playground staff will also be consulted about these charters as it is important that we all agree on what we should do to help keep everyone happy, healthy and safe.
The photographs show some primary 6 and 7 pupils working together to decide on relevant articles for the playground charter and our pupil assessors speaking at assembly.
Over the last few weeks, Boghall Primary has been taking part in Outright – a nationwide celebration of child rights. 20th November 2014 marked the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
In 1989 the global community made a set of commitments to children when it adopted the convention, which states that all children have one thing in common – their rights. As a Rights Respecting School, Boghall Pupils have been raising awareness by carrying out different activities in class.
