The P3s were on a trip today so the P4 boys had a day of experiments and challenges. One of our activities was animation. First we had to make our own playdough. We made a special kind using cornflour and conditioner which was silky smooth and smelt lovely. We then put this into balloons to make our characters. We planned what we wanted to do in our animation. We knew it had to be lots of little movements and photographs so it was best to keep it simple. Here is Leland’s animation clip.
Category Archives: Primary 4
This week in Greenrigg…
Monday 20th June
- P5/4 are off to Blairdrummond Safari Park
- Teddy Bears Picnic – for nursery children
- Armadale Parent Information Evening
Tuesday 21st June
- The Nursery are off to the Five Sisters Zoo for the day
- Miss Tuke, Mrs Boyd and wee Allie plus two of our P3/4 children are going to the Roots of Empathy presentation
- 3.15 – 4.15 Netball ASC (Final session)
Wednesday 22nd June
- 1.30 P5/6 and P7s are delighted to present Panto Pandemonium – everyone welcome. See Mrs Millar for tickets
- 6pm And the second and final performance of Panto Pandemonium – again everyone welcome. See Mrs Millar for tickets
Thursday 23rd June
- Referendum Day – the Community Wing and Hall will be out of bounds to school staff and pupils today
- P7s to M and Ds – thank you to our PTA and to everyone who has supported their fundraising events
- P3s to Kinghorn Beach
- 3.15 – 4.15 Dance ASC (Final session)
Friday 24th June
- Sports Day 9 – 10.30 Potted Sports, 11 – 12 The Races Everyone welcome!!!
- 12.25 – 1.25 Multisports ASC (Final session)
Monday 27th June
- 9am Nursery Graduation
- 12.45 A warm welcome extended to Parent Helpers, members of the PTA and Parent Council to join us for a Strawberry Tea
- 1.30pm Celebration Assembly P1 – 6 – everyone welcome
Tuesday 28th June
- am – Transition for children from P1 – 6 – the children will spend time in their new classrooms
- 10.45 – 2.30 Pre school children to Polkemmet Country Park
- Zoo ed visitors!!! Special animal visitors for children from P1 — 7
Wednesday 29th June
- 9am Leavers Assembly – everyone welcome
School closes at the end of the day on Wednesay as usual and re-opens on Tuesday 23rd August at 8.45 for all – from our new P1s to P7s!!
We wish you all a safe, happy and relaxing summer holiday
Mrs Gibson and staff 🙂
Monday 13th June
Health Week at Greenrigg Primary School – children can wear sports gear all week (no football colours though) (NB EXCEPT P7 ON MONDAY – FOR TRIP TO TESCO – SCHOOL UNIFORMS)
Monday 13th June
- Armadale Transition P7
- Futsal taster sessions
- P4/5 and P6/5 Athletics
- P7s to Tesco Farm to Fork for special P7 Cheese and (Non alcoholic) Wine Tasting
Tuesday 14th June
- Armadale Transition P7
- St Andrews Transition P7
- Whitburn Transition P7
- 3.15 – 4.15 Netball ASC
- P6s to Forth Bridge Education Centre
Wednesday 15th June
- Armadale Transition P7
- St Andrews Transition P7
- Whitburn Transition P7
- Nursery Children and Parents special lunch date – 12pm in dinner hall
- P3/4 final Roots of Empathy session with visit from Mrs Boyd and wee Allie Boyd
- 3.15 – 4.15 Final Football ASC
Thursday 16th June
- Armadale Transition P7
- Whitburn Transition P7
- P6 Girls at Football Festival in Stoneyburn
Friday 17th June
- Armadale Transition P7
- P7s to Rugby Festival
- 6pm for 6.30pm kick off – Greenrigg Festival of Football
Building our minibeast hotel – P3/4
Today we got to build our minibeast hotel. During our topic we have been learning about different minibeasts and their habitats. We also collected lots of materials on our trips to Polkemmet Country Park. Even though it was raining we just put on our jackets and got to work. We had to think how to put all the materials in to work for different minibeasts and look nice too. We are looking forwards to seeing who moves in.
P3/4 Polkemmet Forest visit part 2
P3/4 went back to Polkemmet Country Park for their second visit linked to their minibeast topic. We had a lovely day with the sun shining.
Monday 6th June
- Author visit P1 – 4
Tuesday 7th June
- 3.15 – 4.15 Netball ASC
Wednesday 8th June
- Armadale Academy Transition
- Gymnastics lunchtime club
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P3/4 Roots of Empathy
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Mr Durkin from Whitburn Academy to see P7s
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3.15 – 4.15 ASC Football
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7pm Information Evening at Whitburn Academy
Thursday 9th June
- Armadale Academy Transition
- Nursery Sports Day am and pm
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Miss Wickerson transition visit to Armadale Academy
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3.15 – 4.15 Dance ASC
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3.15 – 4.15 Final Challenge ASC
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6.45 Parent Council and PTA
Friday 10th June
- Armadale Academy Transition
- P7s Futsal
- No Multi Sports today
Monday 30th May
- 9.15 and 12.30pm Meetings for next years P1 parents (feel free to bring your wee ones along too, I will have some toys and snacks for them)
- 2.20 Assembly led by P3/4
Tuesday 31st May
- P3s and P4s to Polkemmet Country Park for Orienteering with the Countryside Ranger Service and activities with Mrs Gibson
- 6.30pm Dress Rehearsal for Gala at Alexander Peden Primary School (Good luck to a very excited Mrs Denholm)
Wednesday 1st June
- Netball Team to Festival with Miss Benson
- 3.15 – 4.15 Football ASC
Thursday 2nd June
- Football Team to Festival with Miss Benson
- .15 – 4.15 Dance ASC
3.15 – 4.15 Challenge ASC
Friday 3rd June
- P7s Futsal
- 12.25- 1.25 Multi sports ASC
P3/4 Minibeast Adventures at Polkemmet.
P3/4 went on an adventure to Polkemmet Country Park. We were taking our learning about minibeasts to a new environment. We had a minibeast hunt to see what minibeasts we could find and compare this to what we were able to find at school. We used a pooter jar to suck up different minibeasts. We had to make sure we only sucked using the green tube! We found lots of minibeasts like worms, millipedes, centipedes, beetles, daddy long legs, flies and woodlice. It was quite a dull and cold day so there were not any bees, ladybirds or butterflies. We got to have our lunch at the playpark and have a play too. After lunch we went to make some art. We had to use materials we could find like leaves, twigs and flowers to make pictures of minibeasts. Miss Tuke was really impressed by our creativity! Before heading back to school we had to collect objects for our minibeast hotel. We are building this in a few weeks but the park was like the best shop for what a minibeast would need! We have lots of twigs, bark, pine cones and other materials.
This week in Greenrigg…
Monday 23rd May
Holiday
Tuesday 24th May
P5/4 to Tesco – Farm to Fork
P7s to West Lothian College to have a taster of what it is like to be a student there
3.15 – 4.15 Netball After School Club
Wednesday 25th May
P1 and P2 to Tesco – Farm to Fork
Baby Allie and Mrs Boyd in for Roots of Empathy in P3/4
12.30 – 1.00 Gymnastics Lunchtime Club
3.15 – 4.15 Football After School Club
Thursday 26th May
Friday 27th May
12.25 – 1.25 Multi Sports After School Club
P3/4 Farm to Fork
P3/4 went to Tesco on Thursday. We didn’t go to do our shopping though. We actually went to learn more about where our food comes from. We got to spend time in 5 different departments and do some tasks at each one. In the bakery we got to see how they make bread. We also got to make our own little bread rolls which were then delivered to the school at the end of the day! We went behind the scenes to see where they store all the food before it goes on the shelves. We got to go inside the massive fridge and freezer too. The freezer was -21C which was very cold! We went to the cheese counter. We got to try different cheese. Even if we didn’t think we liked cheese we all tasted at least one. In the fruit and veg department we learnt about how different fruit and vegetables grow. We had to find a rainbow of fruit and vegetables. We got try lots of different fruit including strawberries, kiwi, pineapple, mango and sharon fruit. We all tried at least one new fruit we had never eaten before. The last department was the fishmongers. Here we got to learn about different fish and shellfish which we can eat. We got to hold them and see what they felt like.
We had a great day!
