Good afternoon.
A reminder that there will be no Basketball after school club today. It will resume next week, the 29th of October 2019.
Thank you
This week in P2…
We have been learning:
- to read and write words using the sound ‘ow’
- to draw and measure using a ruler
- to log on and play games in Sumdog
Nursery Stay & Play
The nursery children loved their stay & play this week! The children loved having you all in their learning environment and of course really enjoyed exploring the open ended baking discussing the textures, smells and flavours. Thank you to all the parents that attended!
Buddy Reading in P1
P1 enjoyed a visit from their P7 buddies this afternoon, who came down to read a story to them. The P7 children engaged beautifully with P1, reading enthusiastically with fantastic expression and fluency. The P7 children chose great quality picture books which had their buddies smiling, talking about the pictures and laughing at the funny plots. Thank you again P7!
Art Display
Good Afternoon,
During Parental Consultations on Thursday, 10th of October 2019, artwork completed by all our children, across Primaries 1-7 will be on display. This is an opportunity to showcase their learning, following our recent partnership work with the National Galleries. We are sure you will be delighted with what they have produced.
On the night, you will have the opportunity to purchase your child’s work for a fee of £7. All work has been professionally framed and would be a wonderful keepsake.
Regards
Mrs Mooney
Race Night
Good Morning.
We are all very excited about the upcoming family Race Night, organised by the Parent Forum on the 1st of November in the Parish Centre. Doors will open at 6.30pm. Tickets are available to purchase from the School office. Adults are £2 per ticket and children are free.
An order slip will come home with your child this week. Please complete and return it to the school with payment for the tickets.
One, Five Race Forecast per family will also be sent home. Please complete and return with payment to the school if you would like to take part.
As always, thank you for your continued support.
Mrs Mooney
St. Joseph’s Nursery
Good Morning,
A little reminder, the Nursery will be open as normal on the 21st of October 2019. Please note, this is an In-Service day for all other children in Primaries, 1-7.
Regards
Mrs Mooney
This Week in P7/6
This week in P7/6 we:
- Learned about rationing during World War Two and how our modern day diet differs to that of the early 1940’s.
- Wrote the final draft of our evacuee letters.
- Discussed clothing in French and designed our own piece.
- Looked at various strategies for addition in Numeracy.
- Played the Shannon Switching Game in Maths, looking to find a winning strategy and to identify if one of the players had an advantage over the other.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs Lauder.
Some recent Maths learning in P1…
Over the past few weeks, P1 have become more and more confident in their Maths learning. The children have been identifying, naming and writing numbers. They have also been using lots of different materials to improve their 1:1 correspondence when counting objects.
P1 Science
P1 continued their learning in their Science topic today: Our Incredible Body. This week, they were learning about the heart, its position in our body, its important job and what happens to it when we exercise.
To start our lesson, we explored what we already knew about our hearts:
Kalvin – “It bleeds!”
Aimee-Leigh – “It beats!”
Flynn – “It is near the lungs!”
The children had fun throughout the lesson listening to their own hearts beat through a stethoscope and comparing how our heart felt before and after a short burst of exercise. We even played with some pretend blood and droppers to simulate how the heart works as a pump . Great work P1!
