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Primary 3 28.4.19
Welcome back everyone! We hope you all had a relaxing Easter break!
This week we have started our new topic which we have decided to call ‘Ocean Commotion’. The children have been impressing us so far with some of their knowledge, but we still have so much more we are eager to learn. The children have suggested lines of enquiry for this topic and have outlined activities they wish to do as well, so the topic is truly made from their ideas and questions.
To kick start the topic, we have learned about a turtle called ‘Peanut’, and how his life was changed because of ocean pollution and the carelessness of humans. He has grown up in captivity, therefore we have been finding out more about his natural habitat and who he would have shared the sea with. So far, we have learned of the zones of the sea and the creatures we could find within. We will be creating a vision of this in our classrooms in a display which we are very excited about!
This week is also Lowport. It is Miss Smith’s first time going too and so we are all very excited! We have put together a little talent show by the pupils for our disco night too which we are looking forward to. We are a very talented lot!
Please remember, if you have not already ordered a packed lunch for Thursday and need one, to hand in the yellow form or speak to someone in the office. Also, if the EE2 information form has not been completed and returned, could this be done at your earliest convenience? In addition to this, medication should be handed into the office prior to the trip.
We will take lots of photos to share our experience with you when we return.
Homework will commence as normal this week.
Miss Smith, Mrs Smith and Ms Matheson.
Primary 6
Welcome back after the Easter holidays! Primary 6 have hit the ground running this week and have been very enthusiastic about our topic for this term. We will be focussing on inclusion through the use of Superheroes. Pupils have been hard at work creating their own superheroes and they have some very imaginative powers and names! We will be looking at heroes in a range of different ways, what makes a hero, how do heroes help people, everyday heroes and many more.
We have been revising our recount writing from last term as the pupils wrote nice detailed accounts of their Easter holidays and it was lovely to hear so many great stories from the last 2 weeks of everyone having fun, making the most of the fabulous weather and really making the most of their break.
We also want to commend the pupils for how maturely they began our health and relationships topic. They handled the subject very well, getting very involved in mature discussions and were able to talk openly and sensibly, well done P6!
We will also be starting ICT next week and so any pupils who have permission to bring their own devices are encouraged to bring them in on Mondays if they would like to use them.
Reminders:
Indoor PE – Usually Wednesday however this week Thursday
Outdoor PE – Thursdays (this week Wednesday)
Spelling – Fridays
Maths – Class dependent
Primary 4 25.4.19
Hello everyone
It was lovely to welcome the children back to school on Tuesday and hear all of their holiday news. We hope you all had a fun and relaxing Easter break.
This week we have begun work on our new topic of Mini beasts. The children are very enthusiastic about this topic so far and have lots of ideas about how to make this topic very exciting! We started by working with a partner on writing down what we already know about mini beasts, what we want to learn and how we want to learn. Then we worked with a partner to research a particular mini beast in detail. The children wrote notes under the following 4 sub headings: habitat, defences, diet and characteristics. The children used fact files, the internet search engine kiddle.co and non-fiction books to research their mini beast. Next week we will begin writing a report about our mini beasts using the notes we have taken.
Next Monday some of the children will be heading on their adventure to Auchengillan. The children are all very excited! Please remember to hand in any medication your child will need during the overnight stay to the school before the end of the week if necessary. Arrival times on Tuesday will be communicated by GroupCall so please make sure the school has your up-to-date contact information. Thank you.
The children who will remain at school will have an exciting couple of days exploring our topic in more detail, completing art activities, going outside for PE and working on the school show. We look forward to being back together again on Wednesday to share all of our news.
In maths this week we have been learning the 9 times table. We have been using a song to help us learn all the stations of the 9 x table. Here is the link if the children would like to listen to it at home: 9 x table song The children in P4C have even created a dance to go with the song! Please ask your child to show you it 🙂
Thank you for your support. Have a lovely weekend when it comes.
Miss Clark & Miss Donaldson
Primary 7
Wow ! What a show ! We are sure you will agree that Primary 7 gave outstanding performances at our senior school show . Well done all !
Building on the energy from last night we have started discussing ideas for our leavers assembly, with some enthusiastic renditions this morning !! We have had a very eventful term and all the pupils have worked very hard. We hope everyone has a lovely Easter break and we will see you all on Tuesday 23rd April for the start of the last term of primary school!
Happy Easter everyone !
REMINDERS –
PE – Outdoor Kit Mondays Indoor Kit Wednesday
Thank for your continued support.
Mrs Wylie, Mrs Muir and Miss Mulhern
Primary 6 5.3.19
Hello Everyone,
This week we had our P6/7 show. All the pupils worked really hard preparing for the show and we are very proud of their achievement.
We also constructed our Titanic from our big project this term and it looks amazing. Well done to everyone!
Hope everyone has a lovely relaxing Easter break and we will see you back on Tuesday 23rd April.
Happy Easter,
Mr Woodward & Mrs Hunter
Easter Rapping
Primary 5 have been involved in Interdisciplinary Learning this week, combining Literacy, Religious & Moral Education, Music and Technologies to produce some Easter and Spring Raps. The children wrote the words, created the backing tracks using GarageBand and performed them for recording. Here are the results. We hope you like them:
Let the Games Begin
Yesterday, we had two fabulous performances of ‘Let the Games Begin’ by our Primary 6 & 7 pupils. If you were lucky enough to be part of the audience you couldn’t help but be impressed with the confidence, talent and enthusiasm of our children – they were fab! If you weren’t that lucky, here are some scenes from the show to give you a flavour of what you missed:
Primary 4 3.4.19
Hello everyone
Primary 4 are having a lovely last week of term so far. We have been learning about the Easter story this week in RME. We have been learning about which countries traditionally celebrate Easter and why. We have also been learning how every country has different Easter traditions. Today we are making Easter crafts and practising our cutting, sticking and colouring skills. We also used paper fasteners to bring our craft to life 🙂 In class we have been learning Easter songs to sing at the church on Friday morning.
In maths we have been consolidating our learning of different multiplication and division strategies that we have learned this term. The children designed posters that showed their knowledge of multiplication and division facts, shared strategies that help them to solve problems and created their own word problems! P4D shared their posters with the class and Mr Shanks made a surprise visit to P4C to see all their hard work. Well done to both classes!
Last week we had the pleasure of watching the dress rehearsal of the P6/7 show. It was spectacular and we all loved it – especially the amazing dance moves! We wish P6/7 good luck as they perform this show to their families tomorrow.
We have begun to learn the songs and now the dances for the P4/5 show “Rock Bottom”. The dances are very energetic and we look forward to getting to know them better. Some children have been given lines to learn over the Easter Holidays. Other children will be told more about their parts after the holidays.
This will be our last blog post before the Easter Holidays. We look forward to welcoming the children back on Tuesday 23rd April and hope you all have a restful and enjoyable Easter break!
Thank you for all your support.
Miss Clark & Miss Donaldson
Primary 3 2.4.19
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all parents for your support this term. You have gone above and beyond in making our big homework castles, sourcing sticks for bows and arrows and coming along to watch and enjoy our assembly and banquet. Also coming in to see the children with their amazing strategies in our Number Talks lessons. The children have thoroughly enjoyed this term and it was lovely to see so many of you come to allow us to display our learning to a captive audience.
We wish you a fantastic Easter break when the time comes – very well earned for the children too.
Next term will see the pupils choice of learning turned into a topic for them, so watch this space. The ideas are pointing in a very specific direction of oceans, sea creatures, plastics, the future and extinction.
We will leave you with some pictures from this term. Happy Easter when the time comes.
Primary 6 29.3.19
This week has been a particularly busy week in Primary 6. We have been doing lots of show practice and the parts are sounding and looking fantastic. We had our dress rehearsal yesterday and the children absolutely knocked it out the park! Everyone looked incredible in their costumes and the props were looking amazing, a big thank you to Mrs Harding for putting all of them together! The singing was top class and this year promises to be an unbelievable year for the show with the enthusiasm and effort that has gone into rehearsals!
We have said goodbye to Mrs Dudgeon as her last day was Thursday. It was an emotional day and she will very much be missed by everyone. She has been with the Primary 6s throughout their time in school and the pupils are very fond of her – we all appreciate all the support and hard work she has given over the years.
Reminders:
Indoor PE: Wednesday
Outdoor PE: Thursday
Spelling Homework: Friday (No homework this week as the last week of term)
Maths Homework: Dependent on class teacher
P2 update 28.3.19
Hello!
We have an exciting few days in school before the holidays. Today we are going to the P6/7 show dress rehearsal which we have heard is amazing!
Earth hour – wear something bright to school on Friday 29th March
To mark earth hour we have been talking about ways we can help to reduce our impact on our environment. The children had lots of ideas including switching off lights, changing to paper or metal straws and picking up litter. On Friday we will be switching our classroom lights off and the children are encouraged to wear something bright to school if they can.
Class trip
Our trip to the zoo is on Monday and we are looking forward to seeing some of the animals we have been learning about in class. Please can you return the form if you haven’t already. The children will need a packed lunch on the day if you haven’t ordered one from school.
Just in case we haven’t had enough of animals, we have a visitor coming into school on Tuesday who will be bringing in animals which live in hot and cold climates. It’s going to be a very exciting start to the week!
Homework
The homework should be returned for sharing in school on Thursday 4th April. Thank you for supporting the children with their homework. We enjoy seeing all their hard work when they share it.
Other reminders
Please remember PE kit on a Thursday and a water bottle every day.
Thank you!
Mrs Muir and Miss Rafferty
Primary 4 27.3.19
Hello everyone
Thank you to all the parents, carers and families that came to watch our Space Assembly last Friday. The children loved performing to you all and Miss Donaldson and I were so proud of all their hard work – well done P4!
Now our thoughts turn to the P4/5 school show which takes place in June. The production is called “Rock Bottom” and this week we started learning the songs – they’re very catchy! We’re sure we’ll all have them in our heads in no time!
Our space topic continues this week. The children were very keen to learn how to create PowerPoint presentations in ICT. We combined this with our space topic and the children have begun to create PowerPoints based on any aspect of space they wish to learn more about. The children have used the child friendly search engine kiddle.co to research more about different planets, stars, moons and even black holes! These are looking fantastic and the children are looking forward to presenting their work to the rest of the class on the classroom SmartBoard.
There is a meeting tonight at 6pm about the upcoming Auchengillan residential. This will take place in the P4 classroom and entrance to the school will be by the fire exit next to the large hall.
Reminders –
PE days – Monday and Wednesday
Spelling homework due on Friday.
There will be no homework given out next week.
We kindly ask that all reading books are returned to school next week.
Thank you for your support.
Miss Clark & Miss Donaldson
Primary 1 w.b. 25.3.19
We are now well into our ‘Fairyland’ interdisciplinary topic. This week Primary 1 are looking forward to some more letters from the dragon. They are enjoying reading lots of fairytales in class and playing with the ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ play activities around the classrooms. Today the dragon delivered some castle books to the class and the Primary 1s decorated them. They are looking forward to writing all about the dragon and the different Fairytales they read in the books.
In maths, we are learning about data handling by creating and interpreting pictograms and bar graphs. Tomorrow the Primary 1s are looking forward to creating a pictogram showing the Fairytales we read at home and in school. We hope the dragon is pleased by all the reading we have been doing!
Primary 1 had a fantastic time this morning on the PSA Eater Egg hunt. They enjoyed running around the playground looking for plastic eggs which they swapped for an Easter chocolate. Please see the photos below.
Reminders: PE is on Thursdays. Please ensure your child comes prepared for this with a named PE kit and water bottle.
Homework folders must be brought to school every day so that we can do reading.
Thank you for your continued support
Primary 1 teachers.
Primary 5 News 22/03/19
Good Afternoon
We spent our Monday morning check-in, hearing all about Lendrick Muir and all the activities held back at school, everyone seemed to have a great few days having lots of fun. The crate climbing at camp sounded amazing and the children loved their medieval banquet at school.
On Wednesday we went to a cluster Basketball Festival at Deans Community High School. The children have been practising their skills during PE so they enjoyed the chance to play against other teams, all of Primary 5 had a great morning.
We have been busy looking at poems in Literacy, the children have been working hard writing their own poems about the sun and moon. We also began planning our report writing, based on camp and the school activities, looking forward to reading their finished reports next week.
In maths this week we have been reciting the 6 times table and working on division, great to see the children excelling in this.
Homework was handed out this week and is due next week, children are to complete the asterix sections please.
Reminders –
Outdoor PE –Monday
Indoor PE – Tuesday
Have a lovely weekend
Mrs Davies & Mrs Jamieson
Primary 6 News 22.03.19
Primary 6 News – 22/03/19
Hello everyone,
This week whilst some of p6 have been away at camp, the rest of p6 have been very busy. We have been constructing our own Titanic ships and then floating them. P6 also spent some time solving the clues to a murder mystery, participating in indoor P.E with Mrs Ferguson and outdoor P.E with Mrs Hunter. We did some experiments in Science; discovering what happens to coins and screws when left in ketchup and cola with some interesting results. It made us think about what happens to our teeth when we eat and drink sugary products.
The class also gained experience using Google Expedition on the iPads to visit some amazing places such as the Grand Canyon, the Great Wall of China and the International Space Station. All pupils took part in a quiz about what we had learnt in P6 so far. It has been a jam packed week full of interesting learning experiences.
Our school show is really coming together, we have been practising lots and everyone has done really well this week. It’s less than 2 weeks to go now, keep practising your lines, song lyrics, actions and dances. Keep up the good work!
Reminders for week beginning 25th March
Monday: Any outstanding show costumes to be brought in
Literacy Circles (novel and activity booklet)
Wednesday: Indoor P.E kit
Thursday: Full show dress rehearsal
We look forward to having our classmates and Mr Woodward back with us on Monday.
Thank you for your support.
Mrs Hunter
Primary 4 21.3.19
Hello everyone
We have been very busy practising and preparing for our Parent Assembly which will take place tomorrow morning at 9:10. Thank you to everyone who has already handed in clothes for the children to wear in the assembly. The children can’t wait to perform to you all! 🙂
Spelling homework was handed out again on Monday and is due in on Friday. Your child should complete look, cover, write, check twice and 1 activity. Next week will be our last week of homework before the Easter Holidays.
All children in Primary 4 will complete SNSA (Scottish National Standardised Assessments) next week during class time. All children have completed a practice test already and will complete 3 assessments throughout the course of the week (writing, reading and maths).
Yesterday all of the children designed and created straw rockets. We discussed how the force of the air in our lungs made the rocket fly! You will see pictures of the finished results in our class assembly tomorrow.
Reminders –
Indoor PE – Monday
Outdoor PE – Wednesday
Spelling homework due Friday
Black clothes for tomorrow’s assembly (a letter was sent home if this applies to your child).
Thank you for your support.
Miss Clark & Miss Donaldson
Primary 3 News 21.3.19
What a fabulous day we had at Edinburgh Castle! The children were brilliant and an absolute credit to the school. We had lots of fun exploring the different sections of the castle. Particular favourites were the prison cells and the crown jewels. The children got to make their own crowns and dress up too. Photos of the day will be on display at our Friday banquet.
We are now busy rehearsing our assembly and we ask if you could send in any costume requests we made as well as encourage your child to learn any lines they have been given. Below I have attached the song words and a you tube link that you can use at home.
When I was six years old I left my home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N56nBWBIlvk
Don’t forget to join us next Friday 29th March to celebrate all the children’s learning on Knights and Castles at 11:00am in the new hall followed by a banquet for one member of the family in the small hall. There will be an opportunity to sample some medieval food and play some games as well as have a look at our array of castles! The children will also be able to take these home at the end of the banquet.
Any questions or queries please get in touch.
Mrs Smith, Ms Matheson and Miss Smith
Primary One 20.3.19
We have had a very exciting week in Primary One this week with a surprise visitor to class yesterday! We came in to class after lunch to find that a dragon had visited and left us a letter. The letter explained to us that he needed help rebuilding Fairyland as it was disappearing because we were no longer reading fairy tales. We have decided to help the fairy tale characters, starting with Jack and today we have been making a beanstalk for him. Have a look at the pictures to find out what we have been doing in class today.
In Maths this week we have been looking at 3D shapes, their names and properties and having a look around the class and playground for items of different shapes.
Our sound this week is ee. Have a chat with your child about words that have the ee sound in them around the home.
Reminders this week-
New homework issued today, due 3.4.19.
Gym kit Thursday.
Please bring reading bags every day.
PSA Easter egg hunt 25.3.19.
Primary One would appreciate donations of junk materials for junk modelling.
Thank you for your continued support,
Mrs Steel, Miss Christy, Miss Pringle and Mrs Oliver
Earth Hour
Dear School community,
We are all Eco Warriors and would like to invite you to support ‘Earth Hour 2019’!
Earth Hour is the Worlds biggest switch off event. Earth hour gives a powerful voice to people everywhere who want to put the world on the path to recovery.
You can find out more information here –
https://www.wwf.org.uk/earthhour#make-a-pledge-for-earth-hour-
To celebrate Earth Hour in school we have planned the following –
- On Friday 29th March, everyone is invited to wear something to school that is ‘bright’ to show your support.
- On Friday 29th March, we will also be taking part in our own Earth Hour. Lights and electricity will be switched off for one hour in the school.
- We would like to warm up to this with at least 30 minutes of lights off each day in the week beginning 25th March (Monday-Thursday).
- We will also be making our own Earth Hour Pledges and then a display.
The official Earth Hour is Saturday 30th March at 8.30pm. If you do anything as a family that weekend to celebrate Earth Hour then please let us know.
Thank you for your support!
Eco Committee
