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Monday 7th March – this week in Greenrigg ….

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Monday 7th March

Miss Wickerson, Mrs Irvine and 10 x P7 pupils off to Dalguise

4 x P7 pupils Work Experience

Tuesday 8th March

Transition Day for P1, P2, P3 and P4 children

P1 and P2 children from Stoneyburn with their teachers will spend the day in Greenrigg

P3 and P4 children, from both schools, are going to Craigencault Ecology Centre in Kinghorn

3.15 – 4.15 ASC Football

Wednesdy 9th March

No Netball ASC as Mrs Irvine is in Dalguise

6.30pm Developing the Young Workforce Meeting in the Hall for all parents

Thursday 10th March

P1s to Deep Sea World

Nursery Parents in Community Wing

P4/5 to Handball Festival

3.15 – 4.15 Dance ASC

Friday 11th March

12.20 – 1.20 Multi Sports ASC

Dalguise children due back at school between 4 – 4.30

Primary 6
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Greenrigg Primary Six pupils went up to Stoneyburn Primary today to do some more work on our transition project- Bridges.

 

We spent the day looking at Scottish bridges and where they are in Scotland, how they are built, what they look like and finally we created some bridges of our own- inspired by the bridges we had looked at in the morning.

The children all worked together very well, in mixed groups and all had a lot of fun.

 

Take a look at our Twitter pages for more pictures of our activities from today @greenriggps @stoneyburnps

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Monday 29th February 2016

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This week in Greenrigg…

Monday 29th

– P5,6,7 Transition Day – P5s and P7s will all be at Greenrigg

P6 Children (and Miss Cook) will be at Stoneyburn

Tuesday 1st March – St David’s Day

– P7s off to West Lothian College for Dragons Den

– Mrs Malloch will be in school teaching Music

– 3.15 – 4.15 Netball ASC

Wednesday 2nd March

– Mr Henry will be in school teaching Art

– P3/4 Roots of Empathy (and baby Allie is in this week)

– Netball Festival

– 3.15 – 4.15 Football ASC

Thursday 3rd March

– Mr Henry in school

– 1.30 Travel Action Group Meeting

– Football Festival

– 3.15 – 4.15 Dance ASC

Friday 4th March

– World Book Day  at Greenrigg – come dressed in pyjamas, bring bedtime story book and a cuddly toy

– 9am Assembly  as always parents welcome to join us for assembly  (our new Acting Principal Teacher – Miss Magali Tuke – will be with us for Assembly in advance of her official start on Monday 14th March)

12.20 – 1.20 Multi Sports ASC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primary 5, Primary 6

Basketball festival

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On Thursday we went to the cluster Basketball festival at Whitburn community centre.

We formed 3 teams and we were called France 1, 2 and 3. We each got different coloured bibs. Each team played 5 games against other schools. Some of the schools were Stoneyburn Primary, Fall Hill, Polkemmet Primary and Whitdale.

Each game was 3 minutes and we had to try and score a basket.

We used different skills to help us play – defending, attacking, passing, communicating, dribbling and team work.

Even though we didn’t win we had fun and enjoyed it.

Primary 5, Primary 6

Angles in P6/5

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In Maths, we have been learning all about angles.  There are different types of angles.

An acute angle is less than 90 degrees.

A right angle is 90 degrees.

An obtuse is more than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees.

A straight line is 180 degrees.

A reflex angle is more than 180 degrees but less than 360 degrees.

Today we went outside to draw and measure different angles. We used a protractor, ruler and some chalk. First we drew a horizontal or vertical line. We then lined up our protractor on the 0 line and lined up the circle with the line. We then choose what angle we wanted to draw and made a mark. Finally we then drew a line through that mark.

We made lots of different types of angles.

” I liked this because it was a different way to draw angles” – Eeman

” I liked doing this as we worked in pairs and checked other people’s angles to see if they were correct” – Carla

Primary 5, Primary 6

Victorian school afternoon

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This afternoon we took part in a Victorian school afternoon to learn more about how Victorian children learnt at school.

First of all we set up our classroom so that our tables were in rows. We had to sit with boys on one side and girls on the other.

When we came into the classroom we came in height order with boys first as they were more important than girls.

We took part in dictation, handwriting with chalk and with our right hand and recited our times tables.

If we spoke out of turn, were silly or work was messy we had to stand in the corner as a punishment.

“I enjoyed when we did handwriting and I had to write with my right hand. It felt really weird and sore as I write with my left” – Jenna.

“I enjoyed how scary it was in a Victorian classroom and was scared in case I had to stand in a corner” – Jason.

“I was scared as Miss Cooke was really strict. It was hard not to laugh” – Scott.

” I felt happy and excited as it was fun that we got to have our tables in rows and sat next to our friend.” – Elise

Some of us felt sad when it finished as we really enjoyed it. Miss Cooke felt very relieved as it was hard to stay really strict the whole time and not help those who found handwriting hard.

Primary 5, Primary 6

Active spelling

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We have been practising our spelling words in a variety of ways this term to help us learn them better.

We have used lego and pipe cleaners to make the shape of each letter.

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We have been spelling the words on each others backs and cheerleading each letter according to its height.

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We used shaving foam to write each letter and we’re going to begin to write the letters in sand too.

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We have been using different spelling cards to help us write them in our jotters. We have written letters to Superman, completed rainbow writing, backwards writing, fancy letters and many more.

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We really enjoy practising our spelling this way.

Primary 6, Primary 7

Challenge club begins

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This week in Challenge club we completed 2 STEM challenge cards. STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.

The first challenge we took part in was trying to get 2 ping pong balls to float above a hairdryer that was on. We got 1 to float but found it difficult for the other one to stay in the air. This is because they kept on hitting each other and the air current could only work around one ping pong ball.

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The second challenge we completed was to make a car safe if it had a crash. We designed a crumple zone for the front, back and sides of the car. We used paper, sellotape, masking tape and straws to make the crumble zone on our toy car. We tested our crumple zones by shooting a car towards a wooden block. Some of us were successful and the crumple zone survived, some did not!

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We can’t wait for the next challenge club next week.