On the Tuesday before the holidays P6/5 attended a cross-country event with other pupils across the cluster. Our very own Euian came second overall. He brought in his medal to show us.
Category Archives: Primary 5
This week in Greenrigg…
Monday 11th April
2.20 Assembly (everyone welcome to come along)
See newsletter in school bags:)
Tuesday 12th April
P6 and P7 NSPCC Workshop
Junior Road Safety Officers plus pupil representatives from Bailey Avenue to Civic Centre where they will present to full council about road safety around our school.
No Netball after school today
6.30pm Community Council Meeting
Wednesday 13th April
P3/4 Roots of Empathy (baby Allie will be with the class)
3.15 – 4.15 Football After School Club
Thursday 14th April
Nursery parents meeting in Community Lounge
Credit Union – Mrs Gordon will be in school
3.15 – 4.15 Challenge After School Club
5.15 – 4.15 Dance After School Club
Friday 15th April
P7s Futsal
Upcoming date for parents…
Monday 18th April at 6pm – Curriculum event for parents Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenting
P6/5 term 3 highlights
We have had a very busy term since Christmas. We thought long and hard about our top 3 highlights
Our first highlight of term 3 is when we learnt all about Sikhism – what they believe, where they worship and how their life is different from ours. The highlight was when we visited the Gurdwara.
Our second highlight is when we learnt about fractions, decimals and percentages. We found this very tricky but persevered with them and we are finding them easier. We are continue to learn and use percentages next term.
Our final highlight is the Basketball and cross country cluster events. We worked very hard to build up our skills before we went and followed the rules and played fair. Euian came second overall in the boys cross country event and will represent the school later on in the year.
We’re looking forward to term 4.
Learning in P5/4 in Term 3
P5/4 has been learning about electricity this term.
We have learned that electricity is made of atoms and that atoms are made up of protons (+ charge), electrons (- charge) and neutrons which have a neutral charge. We made our own atoms from marshmallows. Have a look.
We have also been learning about static electricity and participated in experiments to investigate what can cause it.
We have also learned about the many inventors and scientists who helped to invent electricity and the electrical gadgets we have today. We have learned how they persevered and never gave up and we are building resilience in this area as well. This was a great project to help pupils learn that you have to make a lot of mistakes in order to learn!
Happy Easter from P5/4!
Travel Action Group Minutes
Minutes of Travel Action Group M
Introduction from the Junior road safety officers Emma, Taylor, Angeline, Emma
Attending:
Mr George Paul (Councillor)
Miss Shona Redmond (Parent Council)
Miss Alison Benson (Junior Road Safety co-ordinator)
Apologies: Mrs Kathy Gibson (Headteacher)
The meeting was held in upper school wing as the children went through their power point for the Civic Centre which they will attend on Tuesday 12th April at 9-30am.
Mr Paul advised the children to wear high viz vests to the Civic Centre .
Mr Paul also invited the children and staff who were going to the Civic Centre to the café for juice and cake which he will kindly pay for.
We have to take two children from Baillie Avenue to represent the school.
The children were advised to say their names before they speak their part of the power point.
The children have to have their own paper work for each of their speeches.
Emma’s speech has now been added to the power point and she will rehearse it before we go.
The meeting went well and Mr Paul and Miss Redmond gave the children lots of feedback regarding their speaking .
Thank you
Miss Benson.
eeting Thursday 17th March
This week in Greenrigg…
Monday 21st March
- P2 visit to St Andrew’s Church
Tuesday 22nd March
- All of P3 and P4 to Polkemmet Country Park for Outdoor Learning day led by Countryside Rangers and by Mrs Gibson. Straight after registration we will walk along to Polkemmet where we will meet with the P3s and 4s from Stoneyburn. The P3s will spend the day together and the P4s will meet up with the friends they made at the Ecology Centre two weeks ago. The children should dress for the weather and for (probably) getting dirty. Layers are best – no jeans though as they don’t do well if they get wet:)
- P5/6 are off to Whitburn for a Cross Country Festival with Miss Cook
- 3.15 – 4.15 ASC Netball
Wednesday 23rd March
- We are delighted to welcome Mrs Bradley who will be in school all day
- P7s will have an additional Futsal session (to make up for one that they missed)
- Bailey House are this term’s winners – their reward is a Pink Unicorn Activity Party All Bailey children are requested to wear something pink on Wednesday – this may be a scarf/piece of material that they can use as a bandana or wrist band:)
- 3.15 – 4.15 ASC Football
Thursday 24th March
- Whole school to church for Easter Service, 10am at the Church – everyone welcome. We will leave at 9.25am. If you would like to walk up and down with us, please meet your child’s class at 9.25 just outside the front door.
Friday 25th March – Sunday 10th April Easter Holiday
School reopens on Monday 11th April
P6/5 and P7 debate
Today, P7 came to teach us all about debating.
We found out that we have to use persuasive language to get our points across and different phrases when we are debating. We learnt that we have to be polite rather than argue with the opposition.
We had 2 different debates.
We debated that the school day should be longer. This was in the news yesterday so we found it a relevant topic to debate and talk about. The “agree” team found it difficult to think of reasons why but did a fantastic job to try and persuade Miss Cooke to agree with them.
Our second debate was that jobs are paid what they are worth. We had lots of different points and opinions and felt that this debate could have gone on for a while.
Miss Cooke and Miss Wickerson were very proud with how we debated.
We are going to get together next week to continue to work on our debating skills.
P6/5 visit Glasgow Gurdwara
Yesterday P6/5 went to Glasgow to visit the Gurdwara.
A Gurdwara is the Sikh place of worship. We looked at the building and discussed how it was different to a church and a mosque.
” The building is symmetrical” – James
” The Gurdwara has domes on the top to make it easy to recognise” – Adam
When we went inside, we had to remove our shoes and wash our hands. This is a sign of respect and keeps the Gurdwara clean and tidy.
We also had to wear headscarves so that our hair was out of our faces. All Sikhs wear headscarves in the Gurdwara.
Once we were ready, we had a talk about the history of Sikhism from Manjit. She told us what Sikhs believe about God and why they have the Khalsa. We learnt that there have been 10 Gurus during the history of Sikhism.
” Guru means teacher and Sikh means learner” – Carla
” The khalsa is known as God’s army and have the 5ks as symbols to recognise them” – Jason
Then we went into the auditorium. This is where Sikhs come and pray and listen to the teachings from the Guru Granith Sahib. It was very quiet and peaceful.
” Sikhs put the Guru Granith Sahib to bed at night as it is respected like one of the family” – Scott
” The fan was really jewelled” – Morgan
Before we headed back to the bus, we were invited to the Langar hall to have try some pakora, curry and Indian tea.
” I really loved the pakora” – Emma D
” I tried the Indian tea, it was quite spicy” – Miss Cooke
We had a fantastic time at the Gurdwara. It was an experience that some of us will never forget.
Internet safety workshops
On Monday, Primary 5, 6 and 7 took part in an internet safety workshop.
We had a discussion about why we need to keep safe and what we can do to keep safe online. We found that most of us are safe when we use the internet.
We learnt what cyber bullying is. Cyber bullying is when people call you names, are mean and do things online that they shouldn’t. We talked about whether people online are our friends if we have never met them.
We worked together to produce a play which showed all the things about cyber bullying and being safe online. We performed this to the whole school.
We really enjoyed taking part in the workshops as we learnt a lot from it.
This week in Greenrigg…
Monday 14th March
- Warm welcome to Miss Magali Tuke who joins us at Greenrigg as Acting Principal Teacher
- P5 – 7 Internet Safety Workshops
- 2.40pm Internet Safety Performance for whole school and parents in Hall
Tuesday 15th March
- Mrs Malloch in School
- 3.15 – 4.15 Netball After School Club
Wednesday 16th March
- P5/6 visit to Gurdwara, Glasgow
- 3.15 – 4.15 Football After School Club
Thursday 17th March
- Nursery parents meeting in Community Lounge am
- 3.15 – 4.15 Challenge ASC
- 3.15 – 4.15 Dance After School Club
- 6.30pm Parent Council AGM – all parents welcome
Friday 18th March
- 9am Assembly – led by P1 children – all parents welcome
- P7s Futsal
