Monthly Archives: November 2016

Primary 1

P1 Book Bags

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Thank you to all parents and guardians who were able to come into school today for our Book Bag gifting event. We hope you enjoyed being in class with the children and sharing the books with them. For parents who could not make it along, please have a look through the bag with your child and remember to vote for your favourite using the free post voting slip! The children enjoyed dressing up as their favourite book characters and talking about their favourite books today. They had the chance to explore some new books that they have never seen or heard before. The Book Bags are Part of a new Scottish Government initiative called Read Write Count and the aim is to encourage parental involvement in children’s reading, writing and counting. Feel free to visit the Scottish Book Trust website or the Read Write Count website for more ideas on how to do this.

Thank you again to those who came along!

Primary 5, Primary 6, Primary 7

Matt Lockwood comes to visit

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Today we had a visit from professional footballer Matt Lockwood. He has played for lots of different teams during his career. : West Ham juniors, Leyton Orient, Colchester United, Nottingham forest and Dundee United.

He talked to us about working hard and not giving up when things get tough or change.

Some children from Primary 5,6 and 7 had a football session with him too.

We worked on our dribbling with both feet, defending and attacking skills and controlling the ball.

We then had a couple of games of football. Matt stopped us and gave us different tips for when we are playing.

We loved learning from him.

Primary 5, Primary 6, Primary 7

Curling at Braehead Arena

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On Wednesday 23rd November 40 P5-7 pupils from Greenrigg and Stoneyburn went to the Braehead Arena in Glasgow. We went to watch the European Curling Championships. We arrived at the arena at 11:30am so we could get settled before the men’s tournament that started at 12pm. We had a whole section of the stand to ourselves with an excellent view of the curling rink. We were given Scottish Flags to help us support and cheer for the Scottish team. We really enjoyed learning about curling and watching the championship. When Scotland were having their turn we made sure we cheered them on. Later on in the day we then had the women’s championship which started at 4pm. This time they were on a rink closer to us so we had a great view to cheer them on. The other spectators commented on how great it was to see us there supporting our Scotland teams. We had a great day out!

Primary 5, Primary 6

Volcanoes with P5/6

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As part of our natural disasters topic we have been learning about volcanoes.

A volcano is formed with 2 tectonic plates push together – Tyler.

An eruption happens when magma is pushed up through the main vent and comes out of the crater. It is then called lava – Matthew.

We have made 3D models of volcanoes using paper mache. We discussed the criteria we needed to follow.

 

We had to work as a team to ensure that we completed it. We used different techniques to create the volcano shape. We ripped pieces of newspaper into strips and soaked them in a watery glue.

We then needed to paint them.

Once they are dry we are going making our own volcanic eruption. Watch this space for how we get on.

Primary 2

Scottish Book Trust Read, Write, Count Book Bag Gifting Event

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P2 invited parents and grans into class to share in the Read, Write, Count Book Bag gifting event. We read some stories, we wrote about characters in the books and we played the snakes and ladders game. Aaron said it was fun making up names for the puppets. Lily-Ann said it was fun seeing all the mums and dads and grans in school. Brendan said he enjoyed playing snakes and ladders with his gran.

Callum said he got two sixes in a row when he played snakes and ladders.

Kimberley said she was writing in the wee book.

McKenzie said he won the rocket game.

Payton said he won both games.

Max said he beat his dad at snakes and ladders.

Ben said he beat his mum too!

Jayden said he was happy because he won the game.

Kayla said she was happy because she won the rocket game.

Aiden said I am happy because I beat my mum at the rocket game.

Tyler said he was happy because he was playing with Kayla.

Rhys had fun with the puppets with his mum.

MacKenzie said he enjoyed playing snakes and ladders and he beat his dad too!

Max and McKenzie said, we had lots of fun working together today.

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Nursery Big Blocks

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This afternoon we got the big blocks out. Miss Tuke set us challenges to find the blocks that matched her description. We started simple with numbers and letters and then had to find pictures and colours to create a pattern. We helped each other if we got stuck. There was lots of giggling and learning too.

Primary 1, Primary 5, Primary 6, Primary 7

P1 and the JRSO team

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Today, the JRSO’s and JRSO Pupil Voice Group came to show us how to cross the road safely and speak to us about how important it is to wear bright colours when crossing the road, especially when it is dark.

We know to stand behind the kerb, look both ways, listen for any traffic, then cross if it is safe to. We know to cross in a straight line, walking (not running) and to keep looking both ways.

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A peek in the morning nursery

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Here is a little peek into what we have been doing in the morning nursery. In the home corner Jacob was being a great dad looking after the baby who needed some food. Mrs Lambert and a group of children played the shopping game. They had to find the items in their trolley by matching pictures in their shopping list. Sam has been playing in the water tray (his favourite thing to do). Jacob, Lucey and Harvie had great fun trying to build the tallest tower they could using the bricks. In the library corner Mason and Matthew were enjoying some quiet reading time. At the playdough table you can often find Aiden who likes to play and make things using the playdough. Bailey was practising her drawing skills by drawing round her hands to make cards for the staff. She also wanted to take one home so put it in an envelope and wrote who it was for on the front.

 

Primary 5, Primary 6, Primary 7

Challenge club – wind powered vehicles

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Today we accepted the challenge to build a wind powered vehicle.

We could use any materials in the challenge club box and were allowed one pair of scissors and a metre of sellotape.

 

The winning vehicle would be the one that travelled the furthest by using wind.

We needed to think about different ways to join the materials together as we didn’t have a lot of tape as well as how the vehicle would move using wind.

 

We will continue to make our wind powered vehicles next week