Monthly Archives: October 2017

Primary 5

Trip to the castle and first week back

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We had a fantastic trip to Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace where Primary 5 learned more about Mary Queen of Scots and the history of Scotland.

Every morning this week, our whole school has been working together to focus on our positive values with Rookie Rockstars. The children have been working towards a final performance were they will be singing and dancing songs about bullying and being kind to others.

Primary 5b have also worked on their multiplications skills, spelling patterns, reading skills and also investigated bridges. P5b then had to work in groups to design a strong structure that would support Nia’s pencil case for 10 seconds using materials such as paper, cards, straws or spaghetti. All the groups worked incredibly well, showing great cooperation and working as a team. Well done!! Most groups also managed to build structures that were fit for purpose 🙂

 

Parents as Partners, School News

An Invitation to you…

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Preparations are well under way for our first FAST session of this term on Thursday 26th October at 3.30pm in the P5 classrooms.

If you have a child who attends pre-school year at Nursery, Primary 1 or Primary 2 then we would be delighted to see you along with the rest of your family at FAST. We welcome older and younger siblings, parents and grandparents to participate in our sessions.

Here are some quotes from the families who participated in January:

· I’ve realised since starting FAST that my daughter is more independent than I thought. 

· My two children and I have really enjoyed FAST. It has also helped me by meeting other parents.

· It has become the highlight of my daughter’s week, when we pick her up from Nursery,  “Fast Families” is the first thing she says. 

· Our son has spoken a lot about FAST and enjoyed it very much. It has given him confidence. 

· FAST has given me the chance to see how my son is in school. I now know he is confident and finds FAST very enjoyable.

· I now understand the importance of play at home. It has developed the quality of the interactions between my daughter and I. 

· Through FAST we have developed our play, learned new words in English and made contact with new friends. 

· My son loves the diversity of the activities. Drawing, singing and talking about emotions. He always asks, “Is it FAST today?” He can’t wait for the next FAST session.

· Our boys enjoy the kids time the most and my wife and I enjoy the parents time. We talk about everyday problems that we all encounter and learning how to cope with them has been very useful. 

· The best thing about FAST has been developing new relationships. Having the opportunity to meet other parents and develop friendships. My son has met new friends who are not in his Nursery class and this will help when he starts P1. It has been great getting to know the FAST team too. 

A lovely ‘family fun’ hamper worth £25 will be going home with two families on Thursday evening and we will be enjoying a delicious Italian meal from Gianninos ….all FREE OF CHARGE.

Please join us on Thursday for fun, food and FAST families. To book a place please contact Miss Morgan through the school office.

Primary 5

STEM – Bridge Building

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Today P5 were designing and building bridges using strong shapes. We had investigated famous bridges from all around the world and looked very carefully at the shapes used to make them fit for purpose.

Team Straw managed to support 4 cars on their bridge. Team Paper managed to support 7 cars and Team Spaghetti supported 3 cars.

Great team work all round.

 

 

Primary 1, School News

Dentist visit!

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We were so lucky to have a visit from a real dentist today- Louise’s mummy! We had a fantastic time learning how to take care of our teeth. Margarita even let us have a go at looking into Dinosaur Colin’s mouth with a special mirror.

We learned that it is important to brush your top teeth downwards,your bottom teeth upwards and your back teeth in little circles. We also sorted the food into ‘happy teeth’ and ‘sad teeth’ baskets. We learned that sweets, lollipops, fruitshoots and cakes are very tasty but they should be eaten as a little treat and not everyday.

We would like to say a huge thank you to Louise’s mummy for coming into our classroom and for giving us all a fantastic goody bag!

Primary 5, School News

Adventures in Primary 5

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My goodness P5 have had a busy few weeks ! We have been looking at historical aspects of the curriculum through a number of events. We participated in an ‘archaeological dig’ where we discovered various parts of a skeleton and then had to re-construct the formation of the body and complete a tricky calculation to work out the height of the person.

We took a trip to Edinburgh where we saw the various locations that we had been studying in class and even went back in time to meet Mary, Queen of Scots. She provided us with costumes from 1566 so that we could attend the christening of King James VI of Scotland who also became King James I of England. He was the King that Guy Fawkes tried to blow up at the Houses of Parliament on the 5th November. Mary taught us the ‘Dance of the Washerwoman’ and we also examined the food that would be served at a Royal banquet and used oranges and cloves to make pomanders. There were some unpleasant odours around in the 1500’s ! On our journey we explored the Royal Apartments in the Palace of Holyroodhouse and saw the spot where David Rizzio was murdered by Lord Darnley. We walked up the Royal Mile passed The Museum of Edinburgh where the collar and bowl of Greyfriars Bobby are kept. We spotted the distinctive Tolbooth building that served as jail in the days of Old Edinburgh. We passed John Knox’s house and admired the architecture and spoke about the window tax which resulted in the ‘wee windaes’. Further along the High Street we saw the Mercat Cross where the residents of Old Edinburgh would hear the news and passed the impressive St Giles Cathedral. We saw the location of the infamous Deacon Brodie’s workshop. Finally we arrived at Edinburgh Castle and saw the many defence features of the building, the one o’clock gun, Mons Meg and the statues of Wallace and Bruce. We managed to visit St Margaret’s Chapel which is the oldest building in the Castle. We were exhausted but had a wonderful time.

In art we have been exploring a new technique where we created autumnal art. We blended oil pastels to create the leaves and then blended paint to create a water effect around them. They were very impressive.

Primary 2

P2′ Visit to Purves’s Puppet Theatre

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As part of our learning about ‘Toys, Now and Then’ P2 had a very enjoyable trip to Purves Puppet Theatre earlier on today.  It was great seeing puppets in action.  We got to see how the puppeteers moved the puppets using black gloves and clever lighting ! It was so cleverly done that it was impossible to see the puppeteers behind the stage.

Here are some pictures of us !

Primary 6, School News

Visualising in Primary 6

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Primary 6 have been learning and revising lots of different reading strategies. This week we have been working on visualisation. We were very surprised to find out that our own background knowledge effected how we visualise things. We read a story about a Bus Stop and had to draw each character in the correct order. It was very difficult! We all worked very hard and now feel more confident in visualising when we are reading! We can’t wait to try it out in our own reading books.

Primary 5

Fantastic week in P5

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This week we have been learning about the different food groups and how to keep a healthy diet. – Megan

We have also learned about Greyfriars Bobby and have been making Power Points and posters about him. – Freya

We’ve done research and found out some interesting facts about Mary Queen of Scots – Lilya

We were doing a Newspaper Report about when Jesus healed the blind man – Marta

We learned how to multiply by 100 and 1000 and also multiplying by multiples of 10 (eg. 40 X 3) – Daniel

In Art we drew Greyfriars Bobby – Julia

I enjoyed making the powerpoints and learning about Greyfriars Bobby – Maisie

I enjoyed tasting Edinburgh Rock – James

I enjoyed drawing Greyfriars Bobby – Emily

Primary 1

A special visitor in P1

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Today, one of our Primary 1 Mums came into school to tell us all about her very important job. The primary 1 children listened so carefully to what Lindsey was saying and then got to try out all the equipment that Lindsey brought with her. It was very exciting. Here are some of the things that we learned:

There are different types of nurses.
Neonatal nurses look after little babies.
Little babies have different cots to sleep in.
Nurses use a stethoscope to listen to the babies heartbeat.
You have to be kind and caring to be a nurse.
Sometimes nurses wear a special hat and mask.

Here we are having a go at being neonatal nurses.