Category: Pupil Learning

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Primary 3 06.03.17

Primary 3 have their Parent Assembly next Monday so we have lots to do in preparation. Children will be learning their lines, singing their Three Brave Knights song and practising small drama pieces. There will be no spelling or maths homework this week. We look forward to showing you all our assembly on Monday.

In maths we are finishing up with money and moving onto time. Please encourage your children to read and tell the time with digital and analogue clocks. We have also been doing lots of work with fractions- finding a fraction of a shape and number.

In writing we are using our imaginations to write a short story about a dragon living in a castle. Children made their dragons out of clay and used them to help write their description of their dragon. This week we are creating a backdrop for our dragons to help us describe where our stories are going to be set.

Futsal will run as normal on Tuesday in the hall so indoor P.E kits are required.

P3R- P.E Wednesday

P3S- P.E Monday

Please continue reading as normal this week- page numbers and chapters will be written in diaries.

 

Miss Rafferty & Mrs Smith

Primary Five 3rd March 2017

This week we have been presenting class talks about life in the 13th Century- Well done to everyone who has done this so far.  Some of these may need to be carried over to next week but we hope to have them all completed by Monday.

We have been continuing our Topic of Scottish Wars of Independence and we are really enjoying learning about how the wars started-next week we will be looking at William Wallace and the role he played in the wars.  On March 14th we will be having a  class trip to the Bannockburn Visitors Centre.  This is a fantastic opportunity for the children to learn more about their topic in fun and interactive ways, including trying on some of the armour that soldiers may have used and taking part in a mock battle.  Letters should reach parents today- we are asking for two parent helpers for this trip so if you are available and have a disclosure please get in touch with the office.

Reminders-

Monday- Spelling Homework

Tues/Wed- Maths

Thurs- indoor PE

Fri- Outdoor PE

Thank you for your support

Mrs Steel and Mr Greig

Primary 4 week beginning 6.3.17

This week we enjoyed World Book Day. We were excited to share our favourite stories and pair read with the Primary 2’s.

This week we are beginning to practise our assembly for parents and carers. We are going to have lots of different roles in the assembly and we hope to see you there. Please keep a look out for any lines your child may have and help them to learn them. The parent assembly is on the 17th March. More information to follow nearer the time.

We are also beginning to focus our learning on Edinburgh in our Scotland topic and will be learning about some of Edinburgh’s most infamous characters. In reading we will be continuing to learn about the features of non-fiction texts and using the information to answer questions.

In ICT we will be continuing to create our own comics using the Comic Life software. This will involve a variety of ICT skills including use of the web cam to capture images of ourselves acting, following our story lines. We will include some of these in the blog in a few weeks when these are finished.

A date for your diaries is Fri 24th March, where we will be dressing in bright coloured clothes for Earth Hour.

Reminders:

Spring Disco – Thursday 9th March

Earth hour 24th March – bright clothes

PE Kit – Tuesday and Wednesday indoor for P4S

Tuesday indoor and Wednesday Outdoor for P4D

 

Homework:

Due Friday 10th:

Maths homework

Reading – one chapter and an activity

Spelling as normal

Learn assembly songs and words

Class talk if it is your turn

Primary 7 – 03.03.17

Hello,

We are pleased to report our Inspectors were very impressed with our school and children, you should be very proud of your children!

The children have been practising hard this week for the school show – Alice the Musical. Please can you help them to learn words and songs as from next week the children will not be using their scripts.

Miss Wilson’s maths set had a visit from Miss Thomson from DCHS. She was very impressed with the children’s knowledge and understanding of fractions, decimals and percentages.

It was World Book day yesterday and P7 read books with their P1 buddies to celebrate. We are hoping that this will become a regular occurrence.

Next Friday the children will be going to DCHS for a transition activity – The Hurricane Challenge. More details to follow.

 

Reminders:

After school clubs have now finished

Spelling homework

Maths homework

Continue to learn songs and scripts for school show

Continue to work on My Life So Far

WW2 Personal Project

PSA Spring Disco – Thursday 9th March – please send money in an envelope

 

Thank you for your continued support,

Miss Wilson & Mrs Gilmour

Early Start @ Dalguise

We’re all up and raring to go already. We have to be packed up, beds stripped and dressed for activities before Breakfast at 8.00, so it’s all hands on deck – some more willing and awake than others! Two more activities for each group, then it’s lunch and the journey home. See everyone later.

Parents/carers please note. Children will be released from the new Main Entrance to the school, not from the staff car park. Parking by parents/visitors in the staff car park is not allowed by West Lothian Council.

Last Full Day @ Dalguise

Our last full day at Dalguise has been like all the others – full on, full of energy and full of exciting activities! Today we have been tree climbing, zip-wiring, fencing and Sensory trailing. The children are, at this very minute, getting dolled up for the disco which is due to start in 45 minutes. Oh the hyperness that is abounding! Anyway, here is a selection of pictures from today’s activities to whet your appetites until your loved ones can come home tomorrow and tell you the whole grizzly tale.

Wednesday @ Dalguise

Another great day at Dalguise with all groups involved in a whole variety of different activities. The weather has been fabulous, if a little chilly, but it has allowed us to do so much. The Giant Swing was very popular, while the trapeze was quite challenging but very enjoyable. Some groups had a Sensory Trail and others a Nature Trail. Most got absolutely manky doing the challenge course, so I hope there’s a goodly supply of Persil available when we eventually get home. Tomorrow promises another exciting day when some of us will try Fencing and the

Zip Wire. Everyone is behaving well and sleeping well – thank goodness. More tomorrow.

First Full Day @ Dalguise

We have had a very full day here at Dalguise with 4 full-length sessions having been completed by everyone. From Quad-biking to Abseiling, Vertical Challenge to Archery, we have certainly had our ups and downs. The children are getting ready for a game of Live Cluedo right now and Ms Clark, Mrs Spence and Mrs McLean have all been roped in to play characters. Bed will be at 9.30 and we expect to hear lots of snoring by 9.35 – or else! More tomorrow when we have Giant Swing, Trapeze, Problem Solving, Challenge Course and a Sensory Trail to look forward to. Thank you everyone for all your great comments – the children love to hear them in the morning before breakfast.

First Day Almost at an End

After arriving safely at Dalguise, the children are now safely ensconced in their rooms.

Our Groupie’s name is Meg and she’s teaching the children lots of fun songs and games as well as leading them in the various activities. We began with a tour around the site and were shown many of the locations for the week’s activities. We are in 4 groups called, The Champions, Savage, the Pink Fluffy Unicorns and the some other kind of Unicorns that I can’t remember. Dinner was a great success followed by a trip to the tuck shop. Rightwill  now, the children are playing a hide’n’seek game in the pitch dark called ambush. If we ever find them, they will be due to go to bed after hot chocolate around 9.30. Here are some photos of the day’s activities.

P1/2 Week beginning 27.2.17

Good morning from P1/2

Last week was the busiest week ever.  We had our HMI inspection and our children were very excited to welcome the inspectors to our class.  The children were very well behaved and worked hard throughout the week as always creating a very good impression so well done to you all.

Last week Miss Miller joined our class.  She is a student from Edinburgh university and will be working with us till the summer.

In topic last week we were learning about the effects of the weather.  We talked about how different types of weather affect us.  We also learned about different weather symbols and produced our own weather forecasts.

In Maths primary 1 were learning to order, count and recognise numbers to 20.  Primary 2 were learning to measure the area of objects.  they enjoyed completing a challenge to see who could make a kite closest in area to 20 counters.

In writing we learned about the legend of the Kelpie and have started writing our own stories.  We also made Kelpie stones out of clay.

On Thursday it will be world book day.  The children have been asked to bring their favourite book to school that day to share with the class.

Remember to bring gym kit on Thursday.

 

Have a lovely week.

Mrs Jamieson

w.b. 27.2.17

Last week Primary 1 had a great week consolidating their learning on dinosaurs. The children created a dinosaur land map in groups of 2 and 3, they then learnt how to program bee bots to travel over their land. The children also completed a critical skills challenge creating an information poster about a dinosaur in pairs.
In maths the children have been learning about numbers to 20. Last week they practised ordering numbers and finding the number before, after and between. This week they focus on counting out sets. Thank you for your help at home with this.
This Thursday is World Book Day. Please can your child bring in a book from home on Thursday for a primary 7 to read to them.
Reminders:
PE is on a Thursday, please remember to bring a PE kit to school.
Some children don’t have indoor shoes to wear in class, please ensure that your child has shoes which fit.
Library books will be given out on a Monday. This only needs to be returned on the Friday. Class reading books should be brought to school everyday.
Thank you for your support
Miss Christy, Mrs Harris and Mrs Oliver

Primary 3 News 27.2.17

We had a great week, last week, showcasing Primary 3’s learning to our visitors. The children were fantastic and we could not have been prouder of our school!

This week we will be organising World Book Day on Thursday 2nd March. We will not be dressing up but we will be sharing our favourite books with other classes so if children can remember to do that on Thursday and bring in a favourite story to share that would be great!

Homework this week will be spelling and maths as usual and although our reading focus has changed in class, children will still be bringing home a group book to read with you.

P3S need PE kit on a Monday and Tuesday

P3R need PE kit on a Tuesday and Wednesday

Next week we will be preparing for our P3 Assembly on Monday 13th March at 9am so please pencil the date in you diary as we would love to see you there!

Have a gook week!

Mrs Smith & Miss Rafferty

 

 

Primary Five 24.2.17

This week has been a busy one as usual, especially with our visitors being in and around the classes.  They were very impressed with all the boys and girls and the learning that was taking place- well done to the children for being so confident.

We have been continuing work on non-fiction texts this week and researching our topic through reading.

In Maths both groups have moved on from fractions and are now looking at decimal fractions.

Next week we will be celebrating World Book Day on Thursday.  Please could everyone bring in a favourite book on that day.  We will be taking part in some shared reading with P3….pictures to follow!

Reminders

Monday-spelling

Tuesday/Wednesday- Maths

Thursday- bring a book for World Book Day, Gym Kit

Friday- Outdoor Gym Kit

We will also be presenting our class talks next week- we are looking forward to seeing these as we know the children have been putting lots of work into them- thank you to the children who have already brought theirs in.

Mrs Steel and Mr Greig

Primary 4 week beg 27.2.17

Welcome back to the Primary 4 blog!

We have had a very busy week with lots of visitors to the classrooms. The children were super at sharing their learning, giving tours and taking part in discussion groups.

We have been continuing with our Scotland topic. Using our topic mind maps the children chose questions to research in more depth. They have been working in groups to become experts and will teach the other children about what they have learned.

We were also very lucky to have a visitor from Morrison’s, she brought in traditional foods from Scotland for us to taste and find out where they were produced.

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In P.E this week our children took part in a Wimbeldon Tennis tournament. The children all had different roles and jobs to take on during the tournament.The children really enjoyed showing off their tennis skills!
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Next week is world book day! This is on Thursday. The children will be taking part in a variety of reading tasks then. They will also be pairing up with the Primary 2’s to do some shared reading.

Reminders:

Please bring in your favourite book and a cushion on Thursday for world book day!
Spring disco letters

Homework:
spelling
Reading
Class talks

P.E kits:
Tuesday and Wednesday

Primary 7 – 24.02.17

It it the end of a very busy week with our visitors.

Throughout the week the children in Primary 7 spoke to our visitors on all aspects of school life. The visitors were very impressed with the children’s enthusiasm and knowledge of their learning.

On Monday and Tuesday the children participated in a World War Two day organised by the Military Museum Scotland. The children took part in quizzes, they got to dress up in military uniform, try on gas masks and look at a variety of memorabilia from WW1 and WW2. The children thoroughly enjoyed the day and increased their knowledge and understanding of aspects of WW2. Well done to all the children who made the effort to dress up in a range of outfits from the 1940s. They looked fantastic!

Well done to the Sportshall Athletics group – they have been training hard the last few weeks and finally participated in the competition. Carmondean were the winning school from West Lothian and they came 9th overall. A commendable effort by all.

Miss Thomson from DCHS came to work with Mrs Gilmour’s maths set on Wednesday. They investigated fractions, decimals and percentages, and worked through a range of tasks. Miss Thomson will be visiting Miss Wilson’s maths set next Wednesday.

The children are continuing to work on programming using KODU. They have made a racing game and they will get to evaluate a class mate’s game next week.

Reminders:

Next week is the last week for after school clubs

Spelling homework

WW2 Personal project

My Life So Far

 

Thank you for your continued support,

Miss Wilson & Mrs Gilmour

 

Primary 1 w.b.20.2.17

Thank you to everyone who brought in their ‘Big Homework’ task this morning. The model dinosaurs look amazing! We look forward to hearing how they were made later in the week.
Our trip to ‘Our Dynamic Earth’ last week was very successful. The children took part in an excellent workshop learning about different dinosaurs and looking at models of fossils. We also had a chance to look around the exhibition, the children loved touching the iceberg.
This week we will be continuing our dinosaur topic. The children will be completing a poster challenge to show their learning over the term so far.
In maths we will be focusing on numbers to 20. The children will be ordering numbers forwards and backwards and finding the missing numbers in a sequence. Thank you for your help at home with this.
Reminders:
-Indoor PE will be on Thursday.
-Please make sure your child comes to school with a named water bottle each day.
Thank you for your support
Miss Christy, Mrs Harris and Mrs Oliver

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