Monthly Archives: November 2017

Primary 3, Primary 4

P4/3 at gym

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Today we have been putting all the skills we’ve learned into practice by playing extreme dodgeball. We self and peer assessed our work:

Kimberley : I need to pass the ball more.

Ben: I thought Tyler played well because he passed the ball lots and was good at dodging.

Scot: I was wasting energy at the start but then I became more focused.

Louisa: I rate myself 10/10 because I tried my hardest.

 

Well done to Aaron who won the title of man of the match for his excellent throws, passing and ability to keep his eye on the ball.

 

Well done to Kayla for being the most improved player.

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Primary 3, Primary 4

Silent Reading – p4/3

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We have been going to the school library every Thursday for the last 3 weeks. We are now professionals at being able to choose a book which is appropriate for our reading level and we are now beginning to have a preference between fiction and non-fiction books, explaining our reasons why. Some of us are also able to identify and appreciate the writing style of particular authors. Cate specifically went looking for a Roald Dahl book as she enjoys his range of books. These are the books we have personally selected this week:

Callum – Children’s World Atlas

Sam – What about the universe?

Cate – Fantastic Mr Fox

Tyler – Harry and the dinosaurs go to school

Aaron – Noisy neighbours

Max – Oh Tucker!

Abbey – Lettice

Louisa – Princess Emily and the beautiful fairy

Mackenzie – Creatures that glow

Scot – Surprise puppy!

Brendan – Keep trying little zebra

Jayden – Race for survival

Ben – Cars

Aiden – Life in a cave

Kimberley – Sabrina the teenage witch – wake-up call

Rhys – The three little pigs

Kayla Si – The longest whale song

Kayla Sw – Princess Sophia and the sparkling surprise

Miss Milne – My not so perfect life

 

 

Primary 3, Primary 4

Art in p4/3

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This week in art we created the illusion of a 3D box but using different shades of paint. We looked at boxes in the classroom and noticed that they look different shades depending on where the light hits them. We started off with the darkest colour and added white paint to lighten then added more white paint to make it very light where the light landed. Our word of the day became ‘illusion’ as lots of us hadn’t heard of it before!

 

 

Primary 1

Road Safety

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Last week, we were learning about road safety. We learned the Green Cross Code: stop, look and listen before crossing. We wrapped up warm and practised crossing the road safely. We spoke about being able to see and hear all around, and how sometimes we might need to take our hoods down to cross, even if it is raining! We learned that we should not cross between parked cars because we would not be able to see if cars were coming. We also learned that we should walk across the road in a sensible manner, holding a grown up’s hand if possible.

Primary 7

Primary & Poppy Factory

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Primary 7 visited the Poppy Factory in Edinburgh this term. They met with inspirational men who taught them all about the War and who they are. They taught the children about hard times for everyone during the War and showed them lots of equipment and life saving skills. We all felt so lucky to have been shown around the Poppy Factory and shown the machine that makes all the poppies for Scotland. At the end of our tour we made poppies for the factory and some to take home.

The Poppy Factory in Edinburgh would like to invite volunteers to kindly donate some of your spare time in the future to come along for great conversation while you help to make poppies. We wear our poppy with pride to remember those who serve and have given their lives for us.