Our topic this term is Vikings. So far we have been discussing what we want to find out about Viking and have used the internet to research Viking long boats. This week we will be creating a fantastic Viking long boat display! Any Viking research done at home can be added to our class floor book too!
The upper school classes were lucky enough to receive a visit today from Rong Rong MacLeod. Rong Rong was in to teach us all about Chinese New Year and Chinese culture. We got to make Chinese New Year cards, money envelopes, calendars and Chinese lanterns. Rong Rong also played the Pipa for us and we performed a lantern dance! Thank you Rong Rong for a lovely day!
Primary 6/5 had a fun filled afternoon attending the Whitburn Cluster Basketball Festival. As usual all pupils attending showed a high standard of behaviour and sportsmanship! Well done Primary 6/5, you are credit to the school!
The Eco Food and Environment group will be a hosting a Fairtrade Fair on Friday 27th February from 9-10.30am. There will be a talk on fairtrade from the cosmetic company Lush and a variety of stalls selling fairtrade items, home baking, food and refreshments. We would be very grateful for any baking donations that we can sell at our event. We ask that they contain at least one Fairtrade ingredient, for example Fairtrade sugar, chocolate etc.
Below is a list of products that Lush will be selling on the day
Creamy Candy Bubble Bar £2.65 Think Pink Bath Bomb £2.65 Space Girl Bath Bomb £2.35 Ickle Bot Bath Bomb £1.95 Fluffy Egg Bath Bomb £2.95 Golden Egg £3.75 Hoppity Poppity Bath Bomb £2.50 Shower Jellys (3 types) £3.25/ £3.50 Charity Pot Hand and Body Lotion Sample size £1.00.
Please come along and help a very worthwhile cause. All money raised will be donated to the Fairtrade Foundation and will go towards helping farmers and workers around the world.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Primary 6/5 were working in partners this week to solve some mathematical problems involving magic squares. We were using the strategy – Guess, Check and Improve to work out the answers to some tricky problems. The rows, columns and diagonals in a magic square must add up to the same number. Try the one below and see if you can figure out the missing numbers!
Primary 6/5 have been learning all about Robert Burns this week. We have been researching different aspects of Robert Burns’ life and will be presenting what we have found out in reports. We are also learning to play Auld Lang Syne on the ukulele. Next week we will be painting portraits of Robert Burns and learning one of his poems to recite. 
The Sports Committee were proud to accept a Game on Scotland plaque from our Active School Coordinator Ben Boatman. Mr Boatman nominated Greenrigg for the award for our continuing commitment to developing the legacy of the Commonwealth Games. We are now one of over 350 organisations worldwide who are entitled to display the prestigious plaque.
Below is the Sports Committee receiving their award from Mr Boatman.
The Choir have been out and about raising money. We visited Harthill Senior Citizen Centre last Thursday where we spread some Christmas cheer. We would like to thank them for their generous donation and presents for the children. Yesterday, we made our annual visit to Tesco. We received a warm reception and would like to thank Tesco once again for supporting the school. We would also like to thank all
the friends and family who came along to support the children.
The boys and girls in Primary 5/4 and 6/5 have been learning ‘Last Christmas’ on the ukulele. They performed it today as part of the Christmas Service which was very successful. If you couldn’t make it along here is a video of the classes practising!IMG_1359b
If you can smell a wonderful aroma in the upper school this afternoon it will be coming from Primary 6/5. We have been busy preparing some non-alcoholic mulled wine for the Christmas fair. We will be giving out cups of mulled wine outside from 12.45pm on Friday while the choir are singing so come early to give it a try. If you would like to try making your own at home you will find the recipe here http://www.onetoonemidwives.org/recipes/christmas-fruit-punch-non-alcoholic-mulled-wine
