Monday 31st October
– Miss Loughton in school teaching Drama
– Nursery Halloween Dress up Day
– 3.15 – 4.15 ASC Drama
Tuesday 1st November
– Mrs Malloch in school teaching Music
– P6/7 Futsal
– P2 – 7 Pupil Voice Groups
– 3.15 – 4.15 ASC Netball
Wednesday 2nd November
– Mrs Crow in school teachhing PE
– Lunchtime Gymnastics Club
– 3.15 – 4.15 ASC Football
– 6pm PTA AGM
Thursday 3rd November
– 3.15 – 4.15 ASC Challenge
Today we were practising our number recognition. We were working on recognising number patterns (amount of dots/pictures) as well as recognising numerals.
Over the last 3 weeks we have been collecting food for the West Lothian Foodbank.
We have collected food for people who are struggling to buy and get hold of food.
We had to bring food that can stay in your cupboard and don’t go out of date until next year.
The winning house was Baillee who collected the most food and won 500 house points. Kelly were second with 250 house points and Dardenelles with 125 house points.
We’re very proud of the amount of food we’ve collected especially as we’re not a big school.
by Jayden P5/6
On Tuesday, we enjoyed the lovely Autumn weather and had our PE lesson outside. We did our first Daily Mile around the playground and then worked on our balancing, throwing and catching using quoits.
Note for parents: It is useful for days like this, if your child has a set of outdoor PE clothes and outdoor trainers to keep with the rest of their PE kit. Thanks.
Today we had a challenge to build a bridge of bones. Well actually they weren’t real bones but it was still a challenge. This was a STEM challenge so we had to work in groups and our designs had to meet certain criteria and constraints. We all found different ways to build our bridges and apart from one group who didn’t achieve it in th time limit, we all had a bridge. The bridges had to hover at least 2cm off the surface and be at least 2cm wide. The bridge had to balance a 1p coin without it falling though. We were only allowed to use our supply of pipe cleaners, cotton buds (bones) and lolly sticks. We really enjoyed this task and Miss Tuke was really impressed by our group work and ideas.
We have had a very busy first term. We have looked at books by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler and children have enjoyed retelling the stories through our puppets and story table.
Children have enjoyed measuring in the building block area and water tray, practicing recognizing and writing their numbers and problem solving/investigating during outdoor play.
We have lots planned for this term so please check our October newsletter for more details.
What a fantastic first term we have had in Primary 7/6
Yesterday, we had our first school visit to the church! It was quite a far walk, but our P6/7 buddies helped us get there safely.
Our buddies showed us how to sit smartly in a church – for some of us it was the first time we had ever been in a church!
We listened carefully to the P5/6 class assembly about harvest and stood up to join in with the songs. We then listened to the Minister talk about what harvest time is important.
We were very lucky to be given some juice and a biscuit at the end!
We continued learning and practising our debating skills today.
We learnt that we need to use appropriate language when we are talking to each other. We feel that those that spoke were very confident.
Next time we need to use a range of appropriate language to make the debate more interesting: I disagree with, I like your idea …., I don’t agree because.
