Author: Mr Neale

A big well done to our school Digital Champions who hosted a Digital Code Along in the hall this afternoon. They did a great job of demonstrating how to use the micro bits and helping those who were stuck. Thank you to everyone who came along to our coding event.

Our STEAM week has been taking place on the theme of ‘Boats and Buoyancy’. P7 have been conducting some experiments on buoyancy and using this knowledge to help them design model boats which will float in the water. We look forward to testing these boats at the end of the week!

Today we welcomed one of our wonderful parent speakers in as part of our STEAM week. We learned lots about submarines during today’s talk. 

Our next parent session is due to take place next Thursday, 13^th March 2025. You are invited to visit your child’s class for a ‘Building Thinking Classrooms’ session. During the afternoon, some of our P6 and P7 pupils will be leading a ‘Code along’ in the school hall which we hope you can attend. Class visits will take place at the following times:

1:15pm – 1:45pm P3, P4 and P5

1:50pm – 2:20pm: P6, P6/7 and P7

2:25pm – 2:55pm: P1, P2 and P2/3

Other family members are also welcome to attend on the day of the event.

On Monday, classes in St Joseph’s had the chance to take part in a ‘pedal powered cinema’. This was arranged as our school came third in the SusTrans Scotland ‘Leg it to Lapland’ challenge before Christmas. Everyone had a great time dancing, singing and cycling!

This week, P7 have been visiting some of our local care homes to spread some Christmas cheer. On Monday a group of our P7s visited Whitdale care home and today some of us visited Redmill care home. We enjoyed singing for the residents and are grateful for the very warm welcomes we have received. Merry Christmas from P7!

P7 had lots of fun during our school-wide Outdoor Learning day today. We found resources which we later used to make artworks and structures. We looked after our local community by taking part in a litter picking event and took part in a maths scavenger hunt in the playground.

Thank you to everyone that donated towards the foodbank, thanks to your contribution we can help the people that are in need. We acquired 150 items in total.

  Today in class, P7 resumed their Project Based Learning activities. Each person chose a set of skills that they wanted to develop and then chose a project which would help them achieve these goals. Some wonderful work has been taking place so far!

      

A big thank you again to Mr Binnie, who came in to visit our P1s yesterday. We made some wonderful drawings and then used wood to turn them into real models.