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Primary 7 8.2.18

Hello everyone

Last Friday 30 P7s went to the sports hall event we competed in running, standing long jump, speed bounce, javelin and time laps. On Monday we found out the results we came first by an outstanding amount. We were all so happy!

On Tuesday we had PE and we have been doing dancing in our groups. We have to make our own dance routine.

On Wednesday we had parents’ night and we will have another tonight. We hope that everyone showed parents their amazing work they have been doing in school.
Today (Thursday) we had our photos taken for the Primary 7 class pictures on the wall next to Mr Shanks’s office. (We hope they look great!)

We also have been carrying on with our WW2 booklet and our My Life So Far.
Reminders: We are off on Monday and Tuesday. On Wednesday transition club need their PE kit as normal.

Letters about our My Life so Far projects were sent home today too. They tell us the date that the first draft and final copy are due.

Have a lovely February break!

By Anna, Katie, Cameron, Zayan and Nathan

P2/1 Barclays Bank Visit

Today we had a visit from some people from Barclays bank which was great fun and very interesting! They talked to us about money and all the different coins and notes we have, then we did some money activities.  We matched coins to dress Colin the caterpillar, played in a mini shop and went hunting for coins in dry rice.  We all really enjoyed it and it reinforced our recent work on money.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primary 1 Update 8.2.18

Hello All

We’re having another very busy week in Primary 1 this week!

In Maths we have been continuing with the concepts of Subtraction and Time and in particular telling the time using digital clocks.

In Health, the children have been discussing things that are safe/ not safe to go on their body. Next week we will be discussing things that are safe/ not safe to go in their body along with which adults they can trust.

On Thursday we were lucky to have visitors from Barclays Bank to teach us about money. We really enjoyed taking part in a treasure hunt to find and identify coins, playing a matching coins game and choosing items to buy with the coins we were given.

 

Also this week we have had our whole class photos taken and were delighted to see so many of you at parents night.

Please remember that next week is a short week in school as the children are on holiday on Monday (12th February) and Tuesday (13th February).

Thank you for your continuing support,

Primary 1 Teachers

P2/1 7th February 2018

Both the P1s and P2s have been working very hard with subtraction in the past few weeks.  The P1s have been learning subtraction facts to 10 and the P2s have been doing missing number subtraction facts.  We have been able to discuss lots of different strategies to complete these sums and have been using 10 frames and number lines to help us.

In language the P1s have been consolidating all the initial sounds and will be moving onto consonant blends-sh, th, ch etc.

The children are really enjoying their Katie Morag topic and we now have our Struay Post Office and Shop open for business!

Thank you for your continued support.

Mrs Steel

Primary 2/3 6.2.18

Primary 2/3 have been learning about Roman Mosaics. We are currently making our mosaics to decorate the classroom. The boys and girls have been taking their time to carefully place their mosaic tiles. We are also going to be learning about the clothes worn during Roman times.

We have a class trip organised for Thursday 15th February which we are very excited about! Could all children bring back their blue letter (EE2 form), lunch order and payment as soon as possible please?

I am looking forward to seeing you all at parents’ night.

Thanks, Miss Rafferty

Primary 3 News 5.2.18

We kicked off the week with a topic challenge of medieval weapon making! We can’t wait for you to come and see our creations during parent consultations. These take place this Wednesday and Thursday and appointments can be made on-line but if you have any problems please get in touch with our lovely school office!

Homework this week is a phonics and reading focus but don’t forget our ‘Big Homework’ which is due next week on 14th February. Children will be expected to present their models and talk through the planning and designing of it as well as each feature of the castle.

Today is Safer Internet Day so we will be learning about how to be safe on-line as well as be aware of any dangers.

After the half term break we will be planning our P3 Assembly so a date for your diary is Tuesday 13th March at 9am but we will send details of this nearer the time as well as any lines we may want your child to learn.

Looking forward to seeing you all this week and don’t forget Friday is Dress Down Day and children can wear red or pink in celebration of Valentines with a cost of 50p.

Mrs Smith & Mr Gordon

Primary Six

Our week began with our Scots afternoon and Primary Six gave a cheerful performance of Wullie Stewart . Well done to all our musicians, you certainly added to song . Our focus in music continues to be the P6/7 show . Parts have now been allocated and the pupils must be complimented on their enthusiasm not only for their own roles but also those of their friends and peers. Great attitude Primary Six ! We also enjoyed a session with NYCOS and took part in a number of music challenges .
Please remember to look out for fractions, decimals and percentages in everyday life. Try to use fractions at home, for example if you are having pizza tonight we have willing pupils who will happily divide it for you!
On the whole we have noticed an improvement in the effort towards literacy circle homework. Please make sure the agreed pages have been read so that all pupils can fully contribute during our literacy circles sessions in class. Our new class library is almost completed and we can’t wait to use it.
REMINDERS –
PE – outdoor Kit – Wednesdays –
Indoor Kit 6Wy – Tuesdays 6Wo – Mondays
Homework – Reading homework due on Tuesday , spelling words will be given on Mondays with homework due on Fridays .
Maths Homework – we would like to remind all pupils that they have maths homework EVERYWEEK. If we do not give out maths homework in the form of worksheet we still expect the pupils to be practising Times Tables, Fact Families , Number Bonds . We have shown the pupil’s games and activities they can do to practise.
Thank for your continued support.
Mr . Woodward, Mr Shanks and Mrs Wylie

Primary 5 2nd February 2018

What a busy week we have had in Primary 5. In reading we continue learning about the Scottish Wars of Independence and what life was life for people 700 years ago. We are concentrating on extending our answers to include relevant details.

On Monday we celebrated Burns with an afternoon of poetry and singing. Our stage winners, Ryan McKie and Caitlin O’Hara performed their poems to an appreciative audience. We were very proud of all our stars!

On Tuesday NYCOS worked with both classes and we sang songs and played coordination games. This was challenging for some- even the teachers!

Our topic work has involved lots of art this week. We have been learning about and creating our own Coat of Arms, we had to carefully select animals, symbols and colours that were personal to us. These will be on display at Parent’s Evenings. Feel free to ask us all about them.

Thursday we enjoyed P.E with Mrs Ferguson and students from Edinburgh University. Some pupils participated in a gymnastics show and have worked very hard preparing for today. Well done to them all.

 

Please book appointments for parents nights next week and we look forward to catching up with you all.

P5F have Miss Hutchison from Edinburgh University working with us for 5 weeks and we look forward to working with her.

 

Thank you

Miss Farren and Mrs Jamieson

Primary 7 – 01/02/18

Hello,

This week we have been working very hard creating our own dance routines in PE. We have all chosen a group and a song to dance to. We will continue to practise for the next few weeks and then we will be performing our dances to an audience of our choice – we can’t wait!

For topic we have been learning about WWII. We have been given a challenge to create an informative booklet about a WWII subject of our choice. We have to research information and write it in our own words. We will be presenting our booklets to the class when they are complete.

Last week a few people went to Morrisons to ask the public about how alcohol affects their community. Today in maths we really enjoyed collating the results from the survey. We created tables, bar charts, pie charts and worked out fractions and percentages. Everyone worked extremely hard!

Before Christmas we were given the task to plan a new reading area for the P7 classroom. We had to stick to a strict budget. We also got to choose our own book to put in the library which we are enjoying reading. Inside these books we put a special label to say who chose it and why someone should read it so that other people can enjoy the books too! This week our furniture arrived and we have been busy organising it. We have included some photos below to show how much we are enjoying this.

Congratulations to everyone who auditioned for a part in our P6/7 show – everyone has been allocated a part. In music we have been working very hard to learn our song words. They are sounding fabulous! We will be practising the show and learning scrips/song words for the next few weeks!

On Monday the senior challenge group held the Scots afternoon – it was a great success! All classes sang to the visitors and read Scottish poems. The drummers also performed spectacularly!

Thank you,

Kaii, Declan, Sarah, Sam & Faith

Next week Reminders:

Monday – Outdoor PE

Tuesday – Indoor PE

Wednesday – Literacy circles homework due

– Parents evening

Thursday – Parents evening

 

Thank you for your continued support,

Mrs Macaulay & Miss Clark

 

 

Primary 1 w.b. 29.1.18

Primary 1 have been having another busy week. We are enjoying our Dinosaur topic so far. The children are playing well in the dinosaur areas in the classroom pretending to be paleontologists searching for dinosaur bones. This week we have also acted out different dinosaurs in drama and made a sound map of a dinosaur land. Today we will be investigating dinosaur footprints.
In phonics, we have come to the end of our single letter sounds. The children are growing in confidence reading and writing short words. We will continue to practise this in the coming weeks before moving onto reading diagraphs (sh, ch, th etc). Thank you for all your help supporting your children with this learning at home.
This week you will have noticed that your child brought a non-fiction book home with them. Please read this book with you child and talk about how a non-fiction book is different from fiction. We will be doing work on this in class in the coming weeks.
In maths we are learning how to take away from numbers up to 5 and how to tell the time on analogue clocks. Thank you for practising at home.
Reminders:
– Please send your child to school with a named water bottle. This should only contain water.
– Homework folders should come to school every day so that we can read throughout the week.
Thank you
Miss Christy, Mrs Oliver and Mrs Harris

Primary 4 Week beg 29.1.18

In Primary 4 this week we have been continuing to learn about our Scotland topic. We have recieved a letter from Euan MacDonald who is looking for our help to find out more about Kelpies. We have also been learning about some of the major cities in Scotland and where they are on the map.
The classes have been using co-ordinates and grid references to find different locations on maps and make our own maps. The children will also be learning about Scottish traditions and symbols such as the thistle and tartan. They will be beginning to study Charles Rennie MacIntosh and how his designs and artwork are created.

The children have also been revising and learning their times tables. We will be continuing to develop our knowledge of the times tables and how to recall facts quickly. If you could help your child to practise their times tables at home that would be greatly appreciated.

The children have recieved new spelling sheets this week as we will be focusing on the different ways of making the ‘igh’ sound and when we should use them.

Reminders:

It is Shoe Share week at school. The pupil council are collecting any old shoes you may have that you do not use anymore so that they can donate them to Clarks and Unicef.

P.E days are a Monday and Wednesday for P4M and Tuesday and Wednesday for P4D

Please make sure all clothes are labelled with your child’s name

Please provide a water bottle

Any spelling and reading homework will be due on Friday.

Thank you for reading,
The Primary 4 teachers

Primary 2/3 30.1.18

Primary 2/3 would like to say a huge well done to Zara Walker and Oliver Wheelans!! They both did a fantastic job reciting their Scottish poem in front of the whole school. Well done!!

Primary 2/3 have been learning about Roman numerals. They managed to use the Roman numerals to count confidently up to 10 and also use them to crack codes. This week we are learning about Roman towns and villas.

In science, we have been continuing our lessons in the Polar Explorer programme. Yesterday we were learning about the Arctic food chain and how important it is in keeping some of our beautiful arctic animals alive! We even learned about a little fish called a copepod!

In health last week the boys and girls were learning about our feelings when we have good days and bad days. The children were able to describe these days and how it made them feel. We also learned that if we are having a bad day we can always turn it round to a good day by changing our thought process! Primary 2/3 are hoping for lots of good days to come!

Primary 3 have started learning their 2x tables and are hoping to move onto their 10x next week- keep practising P3!

Primary 2 are working hard in subtraction, using concrete materials and number lines. The children are also been working out missing subtrahends which can be tricky but they are doing really well. Keep up the hard work P2!

Reminder- P.E is on a Monday and Wednesday

Homework- Spelling, Reading, Maths

Thanks, Miss Rafferty

Primary 3 News

This week we are looking at multiplication and we are focusing on the 2x table. Your child has been asked to design a poster at home showing groups of 2 in different ways. They can either take photos or draw the different groups and use language such as:

3 groups of 2=6

3 lots of 2 = 6

3X2=6

3 multiplied by 2=6

They can use items from their bedroom such as lego, puzzle pieces, figures etc.

This is due on Friday for display.

Phonics and reading have also been set as normal.

Congratulations to Joshua, Katie, Arthur and Eva who got through to our Scottish Poetry Assembly on Friday. All performed their poems brilliantly and our overall winners were Joshua and Arthur.

Don’t forget about the Big Homework! We can’t wait to see the castle designs after half term on the 14th February.

Next week is our Parent Consultations and you can book these online. We look forward to seeing you all and discussing your child’s progress.

We will also be looking at safety on the internet next Tuesday, talking about the right ways to use the internet and to be aware of any warning signs when using it.

Have a good week!

Mrs Smith & Mr Gordon

P2/1 Poetry Competition

Well done to the winners of the class competition in P2/1 who took part in our annual Poetry Competition for Burns’ Day.  They were so confident getting up in front of the whole school to say their poem.  We were all so proud of them. Also well done to all the other boys and girls who got up in front of the class to perform their poem….Mrs Steel had a very hard job picking the winners!

 

 

Well Done from Mrs Steel!! 🙂

 

 

 

Primary 6 26.1.18

“And there’s a hand, my trusty fere”….We have had a braw week celebrating the life and works of Rabbie Burns. Most pupils were willing to try some haggis at our Burns supper and we enjoyed some dramatic renditions of Burns poetry. We ended our celebrations with a rousing rendition of Auld Lang Syne. Well done to all the pupils who put themselves forward for our school Scottish poetry competition!

Please remember to look out for fractions, decimals and percentages in everyday life .

Auditions have now been completed for our school show and parts will be announced very soon.

Our class novel has reached a very moving point this week, we have been discussing extreme happiness and sadness and thinking of ways in which we can describe how this feels. Our pupils are now coming up with interesting alternatives to using the words happy or sad.

REMINDERS –

PE – outdoor Kit – Wednesdays –

Indoor Kit 6Wy – Tuesdays 6Wo – Mondays

Homework – Reading homework due on Tuesday, spelling words will be given on Mondays with homework due on Fridays.

Maths Homework – we would like to remind all pupils that they have maths homework EVERYWEEK. If we do not give out maths homework in the form of worksheet we still expect the pupils to be practising Times Tables, Fact Families, Number Bonds. We have shown the pupil’s games and activities they can do to practise.

Thank for your continued support.

Mr . Woodward, Mr Shanks and Mrs Wylie

Primary 1 Update 25.1.18

Hello All,

We’ve had a very busy week in Primary 1. We have been practising our Scottish poems and songs and learning all about Robert Burns and how people celebrate Burns Day. We really enjoyed trying some Scottish foods including haggis and oatcakes and especially liked the shortbread! We listened to Auld Lang Syne, some Red Hot Chilli Pipers bagpipe music and some poetry recitals.

Also this week , as part of our Dinosaur topic,  we have been learning about the role of Paleontologist. We will be excavating dinosaur bones in our role play area and solving the puzzles to create the skeleton of a T Rex and Brachiosaurus! We also had a turn at using tools to excavate some fossils (chocolate chips from chocolate chip cookies!)

This week in Maths, we are continuing with the concepts of subtraction and telling the time.

In Writing, we wrote letters to Professor Rex telling him how we are looking after the egg that he delivered and asking him lots of questions. We decided it would take too long to send so we sent the letter by email as a class. We are excited to see his reply. We will keep you updated!

Thank you for your continuing support,

Primary 1 Teachers.

Primary 7 25.1.18

Hello everyone!

This week we have been to the Risk Factory there was lots of different stages it was amazing. We’d love to tell you more but we don’t want to spoil it for next year’s P7s!
We had auditions for the Burns Assembly. Daisy, Imane, Ammad and Robyn have been selected to represent P7 – well done!

6 members of Primary 7 went up to the local Morrison’s with Mr Shanks and Mrs Harding to ask people how they feel about alcohol in our community as part of our health topic.

In PE we have been working towards the Sports Hall athletics competition where 30 primary 7s are going to compete in 4 events.

In science we have been planning a polar expedition just like Craig our polar explorer. We have been working using a budget and planning what equipment, clothing and food we would need to take on a Polar Expedition.

Kaydi, Ellie, Mason, Tyler, Natasha & Nicole P7C

PE days – Monday and Tuesday
Literacy Circles homework due on Wednesdays
Spelling and maths homework due on Fridays
My Life so Far first draft due on Friday 9th March
WW2 Booklets (see big homework sheet) due Friday 16th March

P5 25.1.18

This week Primary 5 have been learning about life the the 17th century as part of our Scottish Wars of Independence topic.  We have started reading a non fiction book and have used the information we have read to write facts about Living in a castle and the country.  We made clay castles which will be decorated next week.

 

We have also learned about the life of King Alexander III and the problems with succession after his death.  We have started writing a news interview with Queen Yolande to record the main facts of the story so far.

 

In Science we have been studying the effects of climate change on the Polar ice caps as part of the Polar explorer project.  We have learned about the effects of gases on the ozone layer and investigated the change in the size of a glacier over several years.  We have also looked at the effects of carbon on our oceans.  We really enjoyed using PH paper to test liquids and learned about the effects carbon is having on our oceans.

 

This week we have been learning Scots poems to participate in the Burns competition.  The children have worked very hard to learn their poems and the standard when reciting them has been very impressive.

 

Have a lovely week

Mrs Jamieson and Miss Farren

Book Bug Questionnaire for P1 Parents

We hope you are enjoying the Book Bug Resources presented to your child at our gifting event. The Scottish Book Trust is looking for some feedback to inform future Book Bug gifts and events, so would appreciate if as many P1 parents could complete their questionnaire online. There is a prize for one lucky parent of a bundle of books for their child. The link to the questionnaire is here:

Book Bug Questionnaire

Thank you in advance for your support.

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