Category: Pupil Learning

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Raeburn wins House Championship[

As you may know, at Carmondeqan PS we run a House Championship over the whole of the school year. This year Raeburn House won both the House Championship and the Sports Championship. As a totally unbiased staff member of Raeburn House, may I be first to offer my congratulations to all Raeburn members on their spectacular effort. As for the other houses – Better Luck Next Time!

 

Open Morning Opinions

Carmondean PS was overrun by parents and friends this morning who came in their droves to have a look at their children’s work and to gauge their progress over the last year. The children enjoyed sharing their learning journey and evaluating their progress with their parent/s. The results of the joint questionnaire have been hugely positive with almost all children making the expected or greater progress over the last school year. Many thanks to all the dedicated family members who visited this morning. It was a pleasure having you in school.

Primary 5 16.06.09

Primary 5 have had a fantastic week.  On Thursday we performed our show Rockbottom Rocks.  We were so proud of the children; they sang, danced and acted so well and had great fun doing it.  A big thank you to all parents and families who came to see us, having such a good audience made the performance special to us.

This week we have continued to work on our topic Charlie and the Chocolate factory.  We wrote stories about a visit to Loompa Land to bring the Oompa Loompas back to the factory.  Everyone has worked hard and really enjoyed writing these stories.

In maths we completed our weight topic with a problem solving activity afternoon.  We weighed out ingredients to make chocolate crispies, worked on studyladder and worked on problem solving activities.

We have been thinking about sports day next week and in PE we identified the fastest runners for each house for the house relay.  We look forward to seeing you next Thursday morning.  Remember to wear house colours if possible.

 

Have a lovely week.

 

Mrs Jamieson, Mrs Davies

Rock Bottom Rocks!

Yesterday, we were treated to two performances of the Primary 4 & 5 school show, ‘Rock Bottom’, by Craig Hawes. Both performances were stupendous and everyone who was privileged enough to attend one or both of them was ‘overcome with emulsion’ at the talent on display. Below are a few pictures to give you a flavour of what all the excitement was about. Well done to P4 & 5 children and staff for giving us such a wonderful experience.

Primary 4 14.6.19

Hello everyone

It has been a hectic but enormously fun week in Primary 4! Yesterday we performed our show “Rock Bottom” to friends and family and the children did an absolutely fantastic job! Every single child worked so hard to make this show such a success and they shone yesterday during both performances. Miss Donaldson and I were extremely proud teachers and would like to thank the children for their dedication to this show. We would also like to thank all the parents and carers for supporting the children with learning lines, songs, dances and for providing costumes. We really appreciate all of your help.

In numeracy this week we began learning about time. We have been exploring analogue clocks and revising o’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to. We also made our own analogue clocks which we will use to play games with a partner to test our knowledge. Next week we will link our knowledge of time to the digital clock and explore time in some five minute intervals. Please encourage your child to look at clocks to tell the time at home.

Also in numeracy the children finished their work on fractions by completing a “Pizza Party Challenge”. Each child worked with a partner to create their own pizza collage. The catch? The children had to interpret a series of fractions to work out how many slices should have each ingredient. The children were able to work out that 4/6 of the pizza meant 8 slices must have mushrooms and that 1/4 meant that 3 slices of the pizza should have pepperoni. The children then presented their finished pizza creations to the class. Watching the presentations made us all feel very hungry!

This week the children began to create their own booklets about their time in Primary 4. They will write and illustrate their achievements, favourite subjects, things they have learned and their hopes for Primary 5. You will be able to read your child’s completed booklet and explore the rest of their Primary 4 work during our Open Morning which will take place next Friday 21st June from 9:15-10:15. A letter will be sent home with more details about this shortly.

Calum from “Cool Creatures” will be visiting Primary 4 next Tuesday afternoon to round off our mini beast topic. He will be bringing a variety of mini beasts and other animals for the children to look at and possibly interact with if they would like. We would like to thank the PSA for funding this visit, it is much appreciated and we know the children are going to love it!

Reminders –
Sports day next Thursday (9:30 start on the field). Children will be competing in their houses and if they could wear their house colour that would be helpful. If this is not possible then coloured bibs will be provided.
Deer Park – blue
Raeburn – green
Sutherland – yellow
Waverley – red
No more homework to be handed out in Primary 4. Reading books are to be returned to school once they have been completed. Thank you.

Have a lovely weekend!

Miss Clark & Miss Donaldson

Primary 5 7.06.19

This week Primary 5 performed our show Rockbottom Rocks for the school.  We were all very proud of ourselves. The  singing, dancing and acting was amazing and we can’t wait to show our Parents next week.  Thank you to everyone for their help in providing costumes.

We have been working on our project Charlie and the Chocolate factory.  We learned about the Cadbury family and completed posters to display our learning.   We made models of the Chocolate room which were very good.  We designed our own chocolate bars and next week we will be recording adverts to promote them.

In Maths we  have been learning about weight.  We have been learning about the relationship between Kgs and grams.

Some of us took part in the Triathlon at Deans on Tuesday.  We are all very proud of our medals.

Letters were given out this week about our next Health topic which is relationships and sexual health.  Please ask your child if you didn’t receive it.

We look forward to seeing you all next week.

Primary 3 news 7.6.19

It has been another insightful week looking at the impact pollution is having on our Oceans. The boys and girls have been so motivated by this topic that they were writing reports about it for nearly an hour and did not even notice! Between looking at plastic and nets and the damage these can do to sea life to making campaign posters to protect our oceans as well as creating graphs showing the recyclable and non recyclable materials we are using daily. We are also using the school water bottles to create a whale tail sculpture as well as encourage the proper recycling of these as opposed to sending them to landfill.

Next week the pupils will be gathering for the annual pupil parliament to make decisions on what the school should improve on for next year. Carmondean value our pupils’ voice and it is important that we are all involved in the positive changes we can make to our school.

It won’t be long till we hit the beach (hopefully in the sun!) so make sure you have sent the yellow forms back with the correct payment of £5. It is a great day out!

Tomorrow is our annual summer fair and although the weather is not looking great there is still fun to be had so we look forward to seeing you all at 11am for that!

Have a great weekend!

Mrs Smith, Miss Smith & Ms Matheson

Primary 4 7.6.19

Hello everyone

What an amazing week it has been in Primary 4. Yesterday Primary 4 and 5 performed the show “Rock Bottom” to the rest of the school and to say that they did an amazing job is an understatement! So many teachers and pupils have spoken to myself, Miss Donaldson and the P5 teachers about how phenomenal the performance was and we are very proud teachers. We can’t wait for families and friends to see the final performances on Thursday 13th June at 1:30pm and 6:30pm. The children have now received letters home about how to purchase tickets for these events. Thank you for all your support throughout the term, the show wouldn’t be possible without you.

This week was also very exciting as 3 butterflies entered the world in our classrooms! The butterflies drank the juice of oranges and strawberries while they grew stronger and then on Tuesday we released them out of their net and into the wild! The children have loved watching the caterpillars grow and develop into beautiful butterflies and have learned so much about mini beasts through watching this transformation in action.

Our monthly homework challenge has now been completed and it was very successful. We loved seeing the different types of homework that the children wanted to share with us and the rest of the class and we feel that it has been a valuable experience for all. There will be no more homework handed out in Primary 4. However, if your child has not finished their reading book then this should be completed at home and the book returned to school upon completion before the end of term. Thank you, as always, for supporting your child with their homework.

The Carmondean Summer Fair is tomorrow from 11am-1pm and will take place in both school halls due to the weather forecast. Entrance to the school will be via the fire exit next to the large hall. Tickets can be purchased at the event. We are sure this will be a very fun event.

Thank you for all your help and support.
Have a lovely weekend.

Miss Clark & Miss Donaldson

Primary 7 – 07.06.19

Hello,

Primary 7’s have taken multi tasking to a whole new level. We have produced, written, created, choreographed, sang, played … and that was just Tuesday morning! Maths and numeracy of course took up the rest of the week. (On a serious note – we are encouraging children to come up with any concepts they wish to revisit for example: prime numbers – apparently some had forgotten the definition of a prime number! Please be having these conversations at home so that we can share at class time.)
Back to our moments of creation. The children have taken ownership of their leavers activities and we are very proud of their originality and effort.

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Please continue to learn your words children!

Reminders:
Please arrive at CPS no later than 8.15 on Monday morning. We will be leaving promptly to ensure we arrive at Deans Community High School in time for registration.

Thank you for your continued support,
Mrs Macaulay & Mrs Wylie

Primary 7 – 31.05.19

Our classrooms have been a hive of activity this week, as our busy primary 7s have focused on adding the finishing touches to My Life So Far. We have been very impressed with the originality and creativity we have seen and we look forward to receiving all copies today.

We have started to work on our Leavers Assembly and the ideas being put forward by the P7s and certainly exciting! One idea is sparking off another. Keep it up P7!

Within numeracy we are currently revising and testing our knowledge, we will be high school ready! Pupils have been asked to highlight or suggest particular areas that they feel they would like to review.

Everyone should now have brought home a letter with information about our Beach Trip on the 18th June .

 

REMINDERS –

PE – Outdoor Kit Mondays Indoor Kit Wednesday

Homework  – Please remember to learn and practise words and songs for leavers assembly

Thank for your continued support.

Mrs Wylie, Mrs Muir and Mrs McAulay

Primary 6 Blog

This week P6 have been working super hard on their assembly. They came up with some fantastic ideas, some really funny moments and created an entertaining assembly. They managed to cram a lot in to it and it shows how hard they have been working all year that we had to cut things out that we had done, it’s been very busy! We couldn’t be prouder of how well they pulled it off and they rose to the occasion spectacularly.

We have continued with our new class novel, Run Zan Run and it has been good to hear the different accents and voices pupils are putting on to try and get into character, some of the boys have an interesting idea of how girls talk! In Science we have continued learning about electricity and they have started to create drama showing off electrical safety and I know that we will have some educational and unique adaptations of an electrical safety advert. We have also continued to work with buddies and it has been lovely to see how quickly they have been able to build relationships with them.

Reminders:

Indoor PE: Wednesday

Spelling: Homework due Fridays, test on Mondays

Big Homework: Due 21st June (3 weeks)

Maths: Dependent on the class teacher

Primary 4 30.5.19

Hello everyone

We have had a very busy week in Primary 4 so far. In P4C our learning of minibeasts continued with the story of “The Cautious Caterpillar”. This caterpillar was afraid to change into a butterfly because he loved being a caterpillar so much. However he was brave, made the transformation and was so pleased that he did. We discussed how we could apply that to our own lives and discussed times that we had been brave and tried something new and how this was important. All of the children are about to “transform” into Primary 5 children and some decided to write down information about themselves to share with their future P5 teacher. We will continue to discuss this and learn more about the life cycles of minibeasts through our topic.

We have been working extremely hard on the “Rock Bottom” Primary 4/5 show this week. Our dress rehearsal in front of the whole school and staff is next Thursday 6th June. You should have received costume letters home detailing what your child needs to bring in to wear during the performances. Almost all children should provide a plain but brightly coloured t-shirt and leggings/trousers that we are allowed to cut into zig zags at the bottom for a prehistoric feel! Please let us know if there are any problems with providing parts of your child’s costume and we will work hard to solve any problems. Thank you for your support with this. The final show performances to friends and families are on Thursday 13th June 2019 with a performance at 1:30pm and another at 6:30pm. All children are expected to attend both performances. If your child cannot attend for any reason then please let us know as soon as possible. Tickets will go on sale for this event soon.

This week Primary 4 were involved in the whole school spring clean litter pick. Our area was the perfect playground area and the left hand side and back fence on the field. We found lots of litter and we were happy that we could help Mrs Muir and her Eco Warriors along with the rest of the school to help make our playground beautiful. Well done Primary 4! Even the rain didn’t dampen our spirits! See some photos of us working hard below! 🙂

We were visited today by Mr Canning, the chanter/pipes tutor that visits the school weekly. All children were treated to him playing the chanter and the pipes for us! Today children will receive letters home to ask whether they would be interested in chanter/brass tuition beginning in Primary 5. Please fill in these forms and return them to school if your child is interested in taking part in a trial lesson next week.

Reminders –
PE days – Tuesday and Thursday
Homework (reading, spelling activity and one other activity due on Fridays)

Thank you for your continued support.
Have a lovely weekend when it comes.

Miss Clark & Miss Donaldson

Primary 2 27.5.19

Primary 2 have been set the task to research a famous pirate. Children have been asked to create a poster to display all their facts they have discovered and their pirate pictures. There will be no other homework tasks set for the remaining weeks however we do encourage you to keep on reading with your child as they will be getting a new reading book weekly. The pirate homework is due Monday 10th June.

Today is the Spring clean! Primary 2 have the task of clearing up the outer playground- we will be tackling this area in the afternoon so fingers crossed the weather clears up.

P2M have been enjoying Futsal sessions recently and the children are really being put through their paces. P2R will get a chance in the up coming weeks.

Primary 2 have been learning lots about Pirates and Island life through may different aspects of the curriculum. We have even had letters from our Pirates telling the children all sorts of interesting facts. We are hoping to go on a pirate hunt up Dechmont in the up coming weeks- weather permitting. We will be in touch again about this to confirm dates.

Please remember P.E kits (Tuesday and Thursday), water bottles and indoor shoes.

Miss Rafferty and Mrs Muir

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