There will be an uplift from Rag Bag on Monday 18th February. Any clothing you can donate would be very welcome. Bags will be accepted in school from Wednesday onwards.
Lego Club Update
The St. John the Baptist Primary School Lego Club is now going from strength to strength. We now have two sets of ‘WeDo’ educational software and the ‘Wee-Doers’ are looking forward to building models with much more hands-on experience.
For older pupils, ‘Nexty’ is now fully assembled, ready to start moving! Using ‘Mindstorms’ software, they have called themselves ‘Generation Next’ as they now use the Robot Educator to design their own programmes.
Cinquain Poems
Primary 7 have been working on different types of poetry. Cinquain( sin-cane ) poems are 5 lines long and are written in the shape of a diamond. They can be written in a 2,4,6,8,2, syllable pattern or 1,2,3,4,1 word pattern. Examples of poems to follow.
Cinquain Poems by Primary 7
Nature
Beautiful sights
Chirping,blooming,growing
Flowers surroned me
Wildlife
By Mari McDonagh
Winter
Snow starts to fall
And dark in the morning
And snow also lays on our paths
Icy
By Ciara Mcsherry
Football
Fun sport
Skillful, triumphunt ,scoring
Cheering and wonderful fun
Soccer
By John Clark
Football
Is the best game
Saving a goal well done
Playing what ever the weather
Soccer
By Liam Mckee
Football
Great game
Scoring goals from all angles
Doing funny celebrations
Soccer
By Declyn King
Xbox
Sporty
Playing shooting
Turned up at 100
Computer
By Rhys Millar
Maths
Its hard
Puzzle, struggle, writing
You ask for help
Teaching
By Cameron Noble
Family
Warm hugs from mum
Shopping, Laughing, Loveing
Family days out
Lucky
By Tia Vickery
Puppies
Cute,furry
Playing,jumping,waggaling
Fun to play with
Fast
By Mia Burns
Skating
Putting skates on
Having fun falling and laughing
Icey
By Morgan burns
Heather
Clever,cunning
Shouting,running,swimming
She can be anything she wants to be
fun
by caitlin sykes watson
Fifa
PS3,XBOX
scoring,passing ,saving
career mode , ulimate team
Beast
By David Swift
Football
Amazing sport
Shooting, Running, Celebrating
Saving Goals Passing Scoring
Soccer
By Oskar Bielinski
Puppies
Playful,jolly
Yapping,barking,prancing
A mans best friend forever more
Cuties
By Caitlin Swan
Puppies
Playful and Cute
Barking, Running, Jumping
They run around with all day
Jolly
By Abbey Gunn
Still Game
ever so classic
Jack and Victor walk aboot
Lets not forget Navids little
store
By Andrew McNeil
Football
part of a team
shooting,dribbling,saving
football is very good for you
scored!
by Jamie webster
P6 Forest School
In our second term, we went to Forest School every second Tuesday. Some of the activities we took part in were tree identification, knot tying, making the digestive system using natural sources and making tree masks from mud. Primary 6 loved Forest School but Mrs Traynor usually had very sore ears by the end of the day! Here are some of our photos:
Powerwise Talks
On the 28th February all classes will be taking part in Powerwise Activities. A Teacher from SP Energy Works will be coming to teach us about electrical safety in our school and homes. Something to look forward to!
Pirates topic-What we have been learning.
This week we have been learning about real pirates and pretend pirates. We learned about the terrifying pirate called Blackbeard who was areal pirate. Mrs Nolan has set a homework challenge -To build a model of a pirate ship. Hope you have all began planning your models and looking forward to seeing them all. Closing date is Monday 18 th February. The class are really enjoying this topic and have brought in lots of pirtate related to objects for our class display.Look out for photos of our displays.
Fauldhouse – 100 years
Primary 4 have been looking at Fauldhouse over 100 years. We have been looking at mining in the village to start with. If anyone has anything to contribute regarding this topic please feel free to contact the school as your information or knowledge shared would be appreciated.
Chinese New Year
The children have been learning some interesting facts about the Chinese New year. This is the year of the snake and the children have been investigating the years that their family was born. They have also watched a DVD about Festivals and followed a family’s celebrations. The children were all born in the year of the Pig and have been creating some beautiful pictures which are displayed in the corridor outside the classroom.
St John’s Credit Union
Primary 6 are about to begin working with the West Lothian Credit Union to set up a school credit union to encourage children in the school to begin saving. More information will be available in the forthcoming money week and we hope to have this up and running after the Easter holidays.
Ash Wednesday
Ashes will be distributed in school at 11a.m. on Wednesday 13th February.This is for pupils and staff only.
