Here we have our ‘Star Pupils’ this week proudly showing off their certificates. Well done to you all. We are very proud of you!
Look at the lovely smiles from our ‘Dojo Champions’ this week ! These children gained the most points in each of the classes. We award points for a variety of things including : trying hard, being kind, having magic manners, helping others and tidying up. Well done to these children for doing all of these things so well this week.
We have had the best day ever in Primary 1 ! Why ? Well, this afternoon after we learnt all about St Nicholas we went into our classrooms and saw that our eggs had hatched ! As you can imagine, this caused great excitement as it would seem that the mummy dinosaur also visited our classrooms. We know this because she left her footprints in each of the rooms. We were so excited that Mrs Brown came along to see what was going on. She was mighty impressed to see three baby T-Rexes in her school.
James F and James H from Mrs Evan’s class actually spotted the mummy dinosaur in the bushes, wow ! We will keep you all updated with our pet dinosaur’s adventures !
Due to us being so busy with our coffee morning last Friday, we did not get the chance to celebrate our ‘Star Pupils or ‘Dojo Champions’, apologies for this. So, h ere we have last week’s ‘Star Pupils’ from Primary 1. Well done to you all for working hard in class and trying your best.
Here we have our ‘Dojo Champions’ ! These children all had the the largest number of Dojo points in each class. Well done to you all too !
It is with great pleasure that we can now announce the grand total for our ‘Macmillan Coffee Morning. We raised a whopping £500 !! Thank you so much for digging deep and helping us raise such a super amount for a great charity. We enjoyed ourselves so much that we are thinking of planning another one. Watch this space !
Best wishes from,
The boys and girls in Primary 1
The boys and girls ( and teachers ) would like to say a great big ‘thank you ‘ to our lovely parents, carers and guardians for supporting us at today’s Macmillan Coffee Morning. We really enjoyed sharing our work with you over a cup of tea (juice for us ) and a slice of cake . We will count all of our pennies and let you know how much we have raised as soon as possible. Thanks again everyone!
Today we learnt all about ducks. Mrs Macdonald spotted a duck in the burn next to our school on her way to school this morning. Keep your eyes peeled for it next time you pass the burn. Please remember though boys and girls to never go near water on your own.
What did we learn ?
They can eat bread – Lucas S.
A baby duck is called a duckling – Roman.
They can swim straight away – Chloe.
They come out of eggs – Eleanor.
Today we had great fun learning alongside our primary 7 buddies when we played a game in Spanish called ‘ Un, dos tres Calabaza’, (One, two, three pumpkin) in celebration of ‘International Day of Languages’. We had lots of fun playing this game as it helped us to learn how to count in Spanish. We also played number games that our p7 buddies made especially for us. We love learning Spanish in Primary 1. We can say hello, goodbye, good morning, how are you and are learning the names of colours and numbers.
Muchas Gracias to Senorita Alvarez por ayundarnos and our lovely friends in P7 for helping us to learn how to count in Spanish.
Today we have been learning all about the Stegosaurus.
What have we learnt ?
Megan – A stegosaurus was the size of a bus.
Lucas – They had plates on their back.
Thomas – They ate grass.
Max C – Stegosauruses were herbivores.
Sophia & Chloe – This dinosaur had spikey horns on their tail to help them get away from other dinosaurs.
Isabella A – They moved slowly.
Ava – They moved slowly because they had short legs.
Toby – They had 17 plates on their back.
Well done to all of the boys and girls for listening so well. Tomorrow we will learn all about another dinosaur. Which one will it be ?
A big well done to Leo, Daniel and Jie-Rui for being our ‘Star Pupils’ this week. We are very proud of you all.
Here we have Joshua, Isla and Lucia A big well done too to you all for being our ‘Dojo Champions’ this week. Who will it be next week ?
Wow ! We have some really exciting news to share with you all. Today, we receiveda letter and a package from Professor D. Inosaur asking us for some help. He asked all of the lovely boys and girls in Primary 1 to help him to look after a dinosaur egg.
Well, we could not believe it and of course we have said ‘yes’. The next few weeks in Primary 1 are going to be so much fun as we wait for the egg to hatch and learn lots of exciting things about dinosaurs. Stay tuned for dinosaur updates !
Well done to Hugh-John, Justyna and Haziq for being our stars this week. We are very proud of you all !
Here we have Thomas, Oona and Lucas. These children had the most points this week which makes them all a ‘Dojo Champion’. Who will it be the next time ?
See you all on Wednesday ! No school on Monday and Tuesday as these days are holidays. Have a lovely rest.
Primary 1 teachers.
Here we have Rian, Andrew and Brooke proudly showing off their certificates for being our stars this week. Well done to you all !
Here are our ‘Dojo Champions’ this week, Leo, Patryk and Isabella. All three children received the most points in their classes. A big well done to you all too.
Have a great weekend everyone, see you all on Monday for more learning and fun in primary 1.
Your teachers.
Primary 1b are really enjoying learning lots about ‘People Who Help Us’. So far, we have been learnt all about the police and paramedics. Today we got to see inside a real ambulance. It was very cool! Thank you to the two lovely paramedics, Andrea and Scott for bringing an ambulance along to our school.
What have learnt so far about the police ?
‘The police have cars and motorbikes’, Matthew.
‘They catch robbers and have handcuffs’, Andrew.
‘They have the same jacket as their car’, Keilidh.
‘The police look at fingerprints to help them catch the baddies’, Alfie.
‘We can see lines on our fingers and these are fingerprints’ Thomas.
‘The police wear a badge with their name on it’ Sofia.
‘Police dogs catch the baddies’ Isla.
Here are some of us having fun dressing up in polics clothes, making fingerprints, reading books and playing with the polic toys.
What have we learnt so far about paramedics?
‘They wear a uniform’, David
‘When you get hurt they put a band aid on you’, Thomas.
‘There is a bed inside the ambulance’, Alfie.
‘People lie down on the bed and it helps them’, Matthew
‘You call 999’, Jamie -Leigh.
Eating lunch at school is great ! Here we are being big boys and girls filling our tummies with our delicious lunches.
Here are some lovely pictures of us working hard. We love school!
Here are our three ‘Star Pupils of the Week’ in Primary 1 , Abdullah (P1a), Chloe (P1b), and Ian (P1c). Well done everyone !
A big well done too to EVERYONE in primary 1 for working hard and for settling in so well. We had a hard task deciding who to choose for this award because you have all been stars.
Have a lovely weekend,
Primary 1 teachers.
We are really enjoying listening to stories each day. We have a few favourites already, ‘Elmer’s Parade’ and ‘Aliens love Underpants’. We have been busy participating in different activities linked to these books. Here are some pictures of our super work.
Here we are having fun making new friends, exploring our new classroom and playing. It has been a great day !
Here are the lovely boys and girls from Primary 1b on their first day at school. They all settled very quickly and had a great day exploring their classroom, playing and meeting their super P7 buddies again.
I am super excited to be your teacher and am looking forward to the year ahead.
Love,
Mrs Macdonald.
Here we have Tavia and Kyle !
Tavia is proudly showing off her swimming certificate for moving up a level. Well done Tavia, I am very proud of you.
Here we have Kyle showing off his football medal. It was presented to him at a recent football festival. Well done Kyle, I am proud of you too !
I would like to say a big thank you to all of my lovely boys and girls for working so hard all year and making me very proud to be your teacher. I am going to miss you all ! Have a lovely Summer and I will see you around the school when you get to Primary 2.
Love,
Mrs Macdonald xxx
PS – Thank you so much for the lovely best wishes, cards and gifts. I have been truly spoiled.
Thank you to all of our lovely mummies, daddies, grannies and grandads for coming along to our assembly. We hope that you enjoyed it as much as we did! We are looking forward to a well earned rest this weekend.
For working hard, we have decided that all of our children deserve to be ‘Star Pupil of the Week’. A special treat will follow on Monday.
Have a lovely weekend everyone !
Mrs Macdonald and Mrs Baty.
Here we have Santiago and Grady ! Santiago is holding his orange belt that he was awarded in Tae Kwon Do. Well done ! Grady is proudly showing off his medal for being a fantastic boy at rugby. Well done ! I am very proud of both of you both.
Today we had a visit from three lovely ladies from ‘West Lothian Gymnastics’. What did we do ? Well we all went to the gym hall and had a gymnastics taster session . It was amazing ! First of all we played a warm up game called ‘Breakfast’ before we stretched out. We were then placed into three groups and let loose on the equipment doing forward rolls, backward rolls, handstands, kangaroo jumps and more jumping using the springboard. We had such a good time that some of us wanted to have another go. Well done everyone for working hard !
We have had a fantastic day today !
What have we been up to ?
This morning we took a walk up to the ‘Range Park’. Some of us had already been before so we were already familiar with it. For some of though, it was our first time there and we were amazed when we saw all of the super things there. What did we see ?
a flying fox
a climbing wall
a roundabout
a chute
an obstacle course
a trampoline
a roundabout
and lots of lovely green grass and sand for us to run around on.
We all had lots of super fun running around and using the equipment. It was really great ! We arrived back to school just before lunchtime having walked back. Mrs Macdonald and Mrs Baty agreed that because we walked up and down to the park we didn’t have to do our ‘Daily Mile’ back at school. Phew !!!!
In the afternoon we had a visit from a nurse ! She told us lots of super things about our body and what we can do to keep ourselves strong and healthy. She also showed us what a heart looks like and told us how important it is to exercise. We learnt that children’s hearts should beat between 80-120 beats per minute. We also learnt how important it is to wash our hands. It was a very informative visit. Thanks so much toMrs Purves for giving up her time to talk to us.
A big thank you also to Freya and Tavia’s mummy, Wiktoria’s mummy and Thomas’s mummy for coming along to the park this morning to help us.
Here is Kyle proudly showing off his trophy that he was given for having good football skills. Well done Kyle ! In future years you could maybe play in the World Cup !
It was very, very, very difficult to choose a star this week in P1a because all of the boys and girls are stars. We have had such a busy week and every single one of the children has worked well and joined in every activity with great enthusiasm.
However, I have decided to give the ‘Star of the Week’ to Cole. He has impressed me with this week with his kindess towards others and how enthusiastic he has been with all our ‘Fitness Fortnight’ activities, (especially the daily mile). Well done Cole !
Our DOJO Champion this week goes to Kuba ! Well done Kuba for getting points for tidying up, changing quickly and remembering his magic manners.
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This year at St Nicholas we have had Oyster catchers nesting on the roof. Unfortunately the baby chick fell out of the nest early and has been living in the playground ever since.
The children have been really good at watching it from a distance, so that the mum and dad can still look after it.When it fell out of the nest it was so fluffy but the baby is nearly as big as the mum now.
The Eco Club phoned the RSPB and asked for advice. The kind people from the RSPB said that the chick is being looked after very well and should be able to fly away in the next few days.
The mum and dad will look after it for 6 months before it is able to live alone. They will teach it everything it needs to know. The children have learned a lot about how to be kind to wildlife because of this and have found it very exciting. Well done everyone !
We have had another great day today ! We started our day off learning about lots of different fruits. We spoke about our favourite fruits before trying some of these in the form of smoothies.
We tried a mango and passion fruit smoothie, a pineapple, banana and coconut smoothie, a strawberry and banana smoothie and a pomegranate, blueberry and acai berry smoothie. We liked some of these better than others but we still tried them and some of us even asked for more. A big well done to everyone for trying these , we are super proud of you all.
Primary 1b voted, and we decided our favourite was the strawberry and banana smoothie, although the mango and passion fruit was a very close second.
In the afternoon we went for our mile walk. This is starting to become easier for us and we are enjoying being out in the fresh air.
We are looking forward to inviting our mummies, daddies, brothers, sisters, grannies and grandads to our assembly on Friday, 17th of June at 11.00am in our hall. Please come along if you can to share our learning with us.
Today has been another busy day gfor the boys and girls in P1a and P1b.
What did we do ?
We walked another mile today with the help of our lovely friends from P7. This is what we think about the daily mile :
Lara – I love it !
Mia – It is nice !
Gabriel – I am excited going for a walk.
Haroon – I like it because it gives me strength, (good words Haroon !)
After the daily mile we played games outside ‘Duck Duck Goose’ and ‘Donkey’.
After lunchtime we walked over to Strathbrock and did some Zumba. This was great fun! A huge thanks to Nina, the dance teacher for showing us some cool moves and helping us with our fitness.
Look at our amazing castles ! Haven’t we done well ? Well done everyone for working so hard on these. I am super proud and I think that our friendly dragon will be too.
Here are the boys and girls from P1a and P1b taking advantage of the super weather whilst participating in the ‘Daily Mile’.
Here is Flynn proudly showing off his swimming certificate. He has moved up to Level 9. Wow Flynn ! Keep up the good work.
A very big well done to Lara for being our ‘Star Pupil’ this week. Lara has been kind, helpful and hardworking. Congratulations to Luca for bring this week’s ‘DOJO Champion’. Luca pipped everyone by just one point. Well done !
A big well done to Michael for being last week’s ‘Star Pupil’. Well done too Niamh for being our DOJO Champion. You are both hard workers and have super listening ears.
Thank you to our lovely mummies, daddies, grannies, grandas and friends for coming along to our ‘Fairytale Showcase’ yesterday afternoon. As always, it was lovely to see you. We had fun and hope that you did too.
Here are some of us dressed up as dragons, pirates, knights and princesses. We even have a couple of Jacks from ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’, and two Big Bad Wolves . EEK !!!!! Can you spot the Ice Queen and the Gingerbread Man ? Little Red Riding Hood and one of the three bears have dropped by too ! We are looking forward to our fairytale showcase this afternoon.
Mrs Baty’s boys and girls.
Mrs Macdonald’s boys and girls.
After reading Cinderella, we decided that it would be fun to write about things we wish for. Here are some of our wishes. I wonder if any of them will come true ?
Wiktoria – I would like to be able to run fast.
Cole – I would like a jet pack so I could fly.
Thomas – I would wish for a pet cat.
Santiago – I would like to have my own house.
Kyle – I would like to play for Celtic.
Fynn – I would like to be jump high.
Flynn – I would like a trip to Legoland.
Tavia – I would like to live forever.
Luca – I would wish for 13 diamonds.
Grady – I would like to see the queen.
Raqab – I would like a trip to Brazil so I could see everything.
Niamh – I would like a pet panda.
Lara – I would wish for a flying car.
Michael – I would like to have superpowers.
Zofia – I would like to go to America.
Anum – I would wish for money so I could give it to poor people.
Lucas – I would like to turn into a car so I could go fast.
Umaima – I would wish for a new toy kitchen.
Kacper – I would like to fly.
Haroon – I would like to get money to buy toy cars.
Maksymilian – I would like a black panther.
Kuba – I would like to be invisible.
We came in from lunch today to find yet another surprise left for us in our classrooms. Two lovely cuddly kangaroos and their babies were waiting for us! Who left these for us you may ask ?
It was Harry, our lovely Saint Nicholas friend who has returned from a well earned holiday in Australia!
Thank you to Harry for your kindness ! We were so happy with our gift that we decided to learn lots about kangaroos. We learnt that :
The boys and girls in Primary 1a and 1b would like to invite their mummies and daddies along to their classrooms on Tuesday, 24th of May at 2.00pm to see all of their super work. Please come along if you can.
We received another letter from the Friendly Dragon today and another clue for the fairytale that he would like us to read. He left us a beautiful, sparkly shoe ! Who does it belong to ? We think we know, do you ?
Here is some of the super writing that we did today in our news jotters. We are practising using our sounds, capital letters and full stops. We love writing !
A very big well done to Umaima for being this week’s ‘Star Pupil’. Umaima has worked well all week and especially on her writing. Her letter to our Friendly Dragon was super ! Well done to Leon for being this week’s ‘DOJO Champion’. Leon has been working well all week remembering and been a helpful and kind boy in class.
Who will it be next week ?
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Here is Tavia ! She is our ‘Star Pupil of the Week’ in our class. Tavia caught my eye this week for a number of reasons. She has remembered to use her magic manners, she was VERY brave after falling and giving herself a nasty cut AND she has worked hard in her writing to make sure that she is using capital letters and full stops. Well done Tavia, keep it up !
We have no ‘DOJO Champion’ this week with it being a shorter week. Points will be carried over next week.
Here is Kyle proudly showing off his swiming certificate. He has moved up to level 6 , wow ! You must be a super swimmer Kyle. Keep up the good work.
NEWSFLASH !!!!
The dragon has left us another note and clues ! He has left us a brick, straw and some sticks. What could this mean? Maybe he wants us to read another fairytale. All will be revealed tomorrow !
A very big well done to Flynn this week for being our ‘Star Pupil of the Week’. Flynn has worked well this week, had super manners and been a good and helpful friend.
(I will have to retake your picture Flynn as it won’t upload for me).
Here is Lara proudly showing off her certificate for being our ‘DOJO Champion’. Like Flynn, Lara has been kind, helpful and worked hard. Keep up the good work everyone. YOU all make me proud.
Mrs Macdonald.
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We have some exciting news ! Our friendly dragon has left us another two letters. He left us letter number 2 yesterday. In his second letter he told us that he was so happy to see our classroom beginnning to look like Fairyland. As a special gift he left us all a ‘Castle Book’ for us to write in. So, we have all drawn a picture of ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ on the front covers.
Today though, has just been fantastic! We got a big shock after play time to see that someone had ran through our classroom and had spilt porridge oats all over the carpet. After a lot of discussion we all agreed that we think this must have been GOLDILOCKS !!! She has been very naughty leaving our classroom in such a mess.
However, our shock turned to delight to see that the dragon had left us letter number 3 and ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ to read. We read this story. It was great! We have asked Mr Macdonald to be on the look out for Goldilocks. She needs to come back to our class to tidy up !
Here are some photographs of us all.
A very big well done to Maksymilian for being this week’s ‘Star Pupil of the Week’. He has tried really hard this week with his writing. Keep it up !
Our DOJO champion this week is Haroon .Well done !
The boys and girls from P1a and P1b got a special surprise today ! It would appear that a friendly dragon visited our classrooms whilst we were outside practising our capital letters.
We have been left a letter and a special D-mail box from this dragon. He is sad because his land, ‘Fairyland’ has been destroyed so he wants us to turn our classrooms into a new Fairylands.
Well, as you can imagine this has caused great excitement and we are definitely up for this challenge. We will keep you all posted over the next few weeks as to what we are going to do to rebuild Fairyland.
Well done to Thomas for being this week’s ‘Star Pupil of the Week’. He has worked hard all week and especially with his writing.
Insteas of there being a Dojo Champion this week (technical issues), all of the boys and girls were given a treat from the special box for working well. Keep it up everyone !
Have a lovely weekend,
Mrs Macdonald.
What have we learnt ?
What have we enjoyed?
Santiago – I have learnt a new sound. It was tr.
I have enjoyed Golden Time.
Lara – I have learnt the new sound st.
I have enjoyed buying toys at our bring and buy sale.
Kyle – I have learnt a new sound – st.
I have enjoyed learning my new sound.
Tavia – I have learnt about symmetrical things.
I have enjoyed going to music. We were singing and Mrs Steel played the guitar.
P1 and P2 had a great hour this afternoon dancing for our Lenten charities. We danced along to our favourite tunes and played musical statues.
We also had a competition to see who the best dancers were. We all had some moves but we all agreed in the end that Kuba was the winner from P1 and Finn was the P2 winner. Well done boys !
Here we are learning all about symmetry. We are learning that pictures and shapes that are symmetrical are the same on the both sides , even if you turn them or flip them.
Apologies for the late post ! Here are last week’s recipients of weekly awards. A big well done to Niamh for being our ‘Star Pupil’ I am very proud of you.
Here is Fynn proudly showing off his ‘Dojo Champion’ certificate. I am very proud of you too. Keep up the good work boys and girls.
Here is Haroon proudly showing off his certificate for being this week’s ‘Star Pupil of the Week’. You are a star !
Well done to Anum for being this week’s ‘Dojo Champion’. Another close week with only one point of a difference between her and other children. Who will it be next week ?
What have we learnt ?
What have we enjoyed ?
Raqab – I have learnt about Jesus. He turned water into wine.
I have enjoyed playing with friends.
Flynn – I have learnt that you should never put electricity near water.
I have enjoyed going to gym.
Cole – I have learnt a new sound – ai.
I have enjoyed going to gym.
Lucas – I have learnt that you can do half past on an analogue clock. The big hand points to six.
I have enjoyed colouring in a picture of Jesus,
Here we are working together and playing games to help us to learn how to tell the time. We are now really good at identifying o’clock and half past for analogue and digital clocks.
Bring and Buy Sale – Thursday, 17th of March.
The boys and girls are really looking forward their ‘Bring and Buy Sale’. Please hand in donations of good quality toys, games and books for us to sell. All money raised will go towards our ‘Lenten Charity Appeal’. Donations can be handed in to the office or Mrs Macdonald. Thank you for your support.
What have we learnt ?
What have we enjoyed ?
Flynn – I have learnt a new sound – ou.
I have enjoyed making an Elmer.
Lara – I have learnt all about the sound ou.
I have enjoyed dressing up as Heidi.
Haroon – I have learnt all about clocks. I have learnt all about half past.
I have enjoyed going to Broxburn Library.
Lucas – I have learnt all about digital clocks.
I have enjoyed going to the library and meeting an author.
Santiago – I have learnt that when we add we shouls start counting from the biggest number.
I have enjoyed the P5s coming to read to us.
Here are the boys and girls from Primary 1a dressed up as their favourite book characters. Well done everyone, you all look fantastic!
Today was a super day with lots of great things happening. What did we do ?
Lots of classes completed their book themed wall/classroom door.
We brought in books to swap with a friend in our class. We all went home with a new book.
A different teacher read a story to us.
P5 played ‘Book Cluedo’. We now have an idea who took Mrs Brown’s books ! All will be revealed tomorrow.
We have been learning how to tell the time using both analogue and digital clocks. We are doing well showing different o’clock times using both types of clocks. We will move onto ‘half past’ very soon.
Our ‘Book Week’ got off to a super start today with the boys and girls engaging in lots of great actvitiies including :
Whole school story – P1 started off our whole school story. After a super discussion and a vote we agreed that the main characters in our story should be animals. We used our imaginations to start off the story before we passed it over to the boys and girls in P2 who then wrote their part. The story will visit all of the classes throughout the week with each stage adding their part. We cannot wait to hear what happens next.
Paired reading – Primary 7 visited the boys and girls in P1 and read stories to them. The P1’s loved being read to from their special visitors.
P7 went investigating around the school reading clues and looking for pictures of very famous book characters when they played ‘Cluedo’. They had super fun looking for the culprit who stole Mrs Brown’s books. I wonder who it was ? All will be revealed soon.P4, P5 and P6 will play this game too throughout the week.
Log in tomorrow for some more news about ‘Book Week’.
Well done to Lucas for being this week’s ‘Star Pupil of the Week’. Here he is proudly showing off his c
ertificate.
Well done to Flynn for being our Dojo Champion. He had the most points overall although it was very close again this week.
What have we learnt ?
What have we enjoyed ?
Anum – I have learnt a new sound – oa.
I have enjoyed going to gym.
Lara – I have learnt a new sound – all.
I have enjoyed gym as well.
Anya – I have learnt a new sound – all.
I have enjoyed going out to play.
Luca – I have learnt all about clocks. The big hand points at 12 that means o’clock.
I have enjoyed playing with the clocks.
Primary 1 started their new topic this week, ‘Energy’. We will be spending the next few weeks finding out how different things work. We will also be looking at things that use electricity and learn about how we keep safe around electrical items.
This week we focussed on toys. We learnt that some toys need to be pushed, others need to be pulled whilst others need batteries and electricity to make them move. We played games and looked at a super game on the smartboard. It has been fun !
What have we learnt this week?
What have we enjoyed ?
Zofia – I have learnt that Margaret used to pray in her Church.
I have enjoyed going on the bus to the castle.
Michael – I have learnt that the one o’clock gun lets people know that it is one o’clock.
I have enjoyed going on the trip.
Lara – I have learnt that there are 14 Stations of the Cross.
I have enjoyed hearing the gun at the castle.
Grady – I have learnt the Great Hall is in the castle and a long,long time ago there used to be banquets.
I have enjoyed learning about coins.
Santiago – I have learnt all about coins.
I have enjoyed going on the bus to Edinburgh Castle.
Today we visited Edinburgh Castle as we have learnt lots about it and wanted to see what it was like for ourselves.
What did we see ?
What did we learn ?
Flynn – The prison
Tavia – The prisoners had hammocks to sleep in .
(Great word Tavia!).
Fynn – The Crown Jewels
Santiago – They were shiny and you weren’t allowed to touch them.
Haroon – They were in a glass box.
Kyle – The Great Hall
Lara – Kings and Queens used to have parties here.
Cole – Saint Margaret’s Chapel
Michael – Queen Margaret used to pray here.
Zofia – It was very little.
Thomas – Cannons
Niamh – The cannons were big.
Grady – The One O’clock Gun
Lucas – It made a big bang and there was smoke.
Today has been:
Leon – Super !
Cole – Brilliant !
Wiktoria – Good !
Niamh – Great !
Anya – Fun !
Thomas – Exciting !
We had the best day ! A big thank you to Luca’s mummy and Thomas’ mummy for coming along today to help us.
Here are some photos of our day:
A big well done to Umaima for being our ‘Star Pupil of the Week’. She has worked hard all week and remembered to use her magic manners.
Congratulations to Kyle for being our ‘Dojo Champion’. He had the most points this week. Well done !
Pictures will follow next week, (technical issues).
Today we were treated to a highland dancing lesson from Kyle’s mummy. We had great fun and learnt how to do high kicks, the pas de bas and how to dance a reel. We would like to say a big thank you to Kyle’s mummy for giving up her time to come into our class.
What have we learnt this week ?
What have we enjoyed ?
Kyle – I have learnt a new sound – oi.
I have enjoyed making the Chinese Dragon.
Santiago – I have learnt more Spanish.
I have enjoyed playing in the area.
Thomas – I have learnt that you can use lots of 1p coins to pay for things.
I have enjoyed going to gym.
Maksymilian – I have learnt that thistles are spiky.
I have enjoyed going to gym.
Grady – I have learnt that Chinese food tasteds nice.
I have enjoyed the mummies and daddies coming to our class.
The boys and girls in P1a and P1b are really looking forward to seeing all of our mummies and daddies in our classes when we showcase our work on Scotland tomorrow , (Thursday, 11th of February) in our classrooms from 2.00 – 3.00. Please come along if you can.
‘Gong Hey Fat Choy’ to all of our Chinese friends and family !
Today, the boys and girls in Primary 1 learnt all about the Chinese New Year. Why ? Well, today is the Chinese New Year.
What did we learn ?
We found out that the Chinese New Year is a very special time but it wasn’t always like that.We learnt about the legend of the Chinese New Year. We learnt that long ago a monster called Nian appeared in a village in China and scared all of the villagers. A wise old man came up with a plan to scare away the monster. He said that the villagers should wear clothes with red, gold and orange. He also said that the monster was scared of loud noises and fire, so the villagers banged their drums loudly and lit fire crackers. When the villagers did this, the monster ran away.
Chinese New Year is a time when families get together to celebrate. In the days coming up to New Year every family buys presents, decorations, food, new clothes and people have their hair cut. Houses are cleaned from top to bottom. The aim is to sweep out any bad luck from the old year and clear the way for good luck. However, it is bad luck to clean on New Years Day itself.
Families put lights up outside their homes, rather like Christmas lights. Doors and windows are often newly painted in red. On New Years Eve both narrow strips of red paper, called Chunlian or Spring Couplets, and bunches of firecracker decorations are hung on doors to bring good luck.
Chinese New Year celebrations last for 15 days. In the first three days of Chinese New Year celebrations, people living outside cities can light firecrackers which are similar to rows of fireworks, but which make a series of loud bangs. The idea is that the bangs scare away bad luck. People hang bunches of decorative firecrackers both inside and outside their homes for the same reason.
The colour red is used to decorate for two reasons. The first is because red is a lucky colour and the second because it is supposed to frighten off the monster Nian who is thought to come on New Years Eve. Families also decorate their homes with lanterns and put stickers on things in their homes.
We had lots of fun in the afternoon to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
What did we do ?
We learnt how to count to 10 in Chinese.
We made a part of a dragon. (Once these are dry we will join them together to make a huge dragon).
We tasted lots of Chinese foods and drinks including : Sweet and sour vegetable wantons, prawn crackers, spring rolls, tangerines and lychee juice.
We made Chinese lanterns.
We looked at Chinese images and coloured them in.
We looked at Chinese numbers and copied these.
It was a fantastic afternoon, full of super learning and fun. Well done everyone !
Well done to Santiago for being this week’s ‘Star Pupil of the Week’. Santiago has worked hard all week and has had a super attitude to his work.
This week’s ‘Dojo Champion’ is Kacper ! Kacper had the most points, but it was very cloase between him and lots of other children. There was only one point of a difference ! Keep it up everyone. You are all stars.
What have we learnt ?
What have we enjoyed ?
Anya – I have learnt a Scottish song.
I have enjoyed reading.
Thomas – I have learnt money has a name.
I have enjoyed ‘Golden Time’.
Luca – I have learnt a new sound, ong.
I have enjoyed painting my thistle.
Haroon – I have learnt about money.
I have enjoyed doing number time.
Leon – I have learnt new things in maths.
I have enjoyed playing with the Lego.
Here we are in P1a working hard during topic time. We have had a busy week, designing ships like the shipbuilders used to do in Glasgow, painting beautiful thistles, and learning the names of body parts in Scots language. It has been a braw, (good) few days.
We have been learning all about money in Primary 1a. We have learnt that :
Coins have a name – Santiago.
You can add coins together – Kyle.
The gold pennies are a £1 – Michael.
Coins that are old look a bit dirty – Thomas.
We need coins to pay for things – Niamh.
Here are some of us working with real coins in our class.
Well done to Anya for being this week’s ‘Star of the Week’ You have had a super week !
Well done to Lucas for being the ‘Dojo Champ’. Lots of points were awarded for tidying, super manners and great listening.
What have we learnt ?
What have we enjoyed ?
Thomas – I have learnt how to do gymnastics.
I have enjoyed going to gym.
Grady – I have learnt that there is a museum in Glasgow called the Riverside Museum. You will see lots of old stuff.
I have enjoyed doing number time.
Santiago – I have learnt how to say some animals in Spanish.
I have enjoyed watching Numberjacks at wet play.
Kacper – I have learnt a new sound igh.
I have enjoyed writing on the board.
Leon – I have learnt new sounds
I have enjoyed doing gymnastics.
We have enjoyed learning about tartan in our class. We have learnt that tartan is a Scottish checked pattern. Some of the lines go across the way and some go down the way. We learnt that there are lots and lots and lots of different kinds of tartans and each one usually has a Scottish family’s name. Michael and Niamh very kindly brought in their tartan kilts to show us. They were both very different ! We also learnt that long ago you could tell which family a person belonged to just by looking at the tartan that they wore.
Look at the tartans that we designed !
Primary 1 are fair enjoying their topic. It is fandaaaabie dozeeeeee !
Whit dae we ken so far ?
(What do we know so far ?)
Michael – Nessie lives in Loch Ness.
Catherine – A ‘Heilan Coo’ is a highland cow.
Lucas C (P1b) – Inverness is near the top of Scotland in the Highlands.
Lucas C (P1a) – The Scotland flag is called the St Andrew’s cross.
Raqab- ‘Bahookie’ is the Scottish word for bottom.
Lucas T – Robert Burns was a writer.
Luca – Loch Ness is near Inverness.
Anya – Edinburgh Castle is on an old volcano.
Lots of super listening and finding out bairns !
Guid joab a’body !
(Good job everyone !)
Mrs Macdonald and Mrs Baty.
What have we learnt this week?
What have we enjoyed ?
Cole – I have learnt about tartan. It is a pattern.
I enjoyed painting my tartan.
Fynn – I have learnt about Nessie.
I liked making my tartan.
Anya – I have learnt that jewels are in Edinburgh Castle.
I liked playing outside.
Umaima – I have been learning to talk in Spanish.
I liked it when we said Scottish words.
A very big well done to Leon for being this week’s ‘Star Pupil of the Week’ . Leon has a super attitude to his work and always tries his best. Keep it up Leon !
A very big well done to Wiktoria for being this week’s ‘Dojo Champion’. Who will it be next week ?
We have been very busy this week learning lots of new things about our topic. Hamish McHaggis took us on a tour of Edinburgh. We were amazed to find out that the castle was built on an old volcano and that long, long ago it was surrounded by water. We also located Edinburgh on a map and found out that it is close to Broxburn!
We also took a ‘trip’ to Inverness. We learnt that it is the largest city in the Highlands. We explored Loch Ness and watched a clip of the loch . Some of us thought that we spotted something?! What could it be? Ah, Nessie ? We learnt lots about her and had a vote. Nearly everyone believes in her ! Wonder where she is hiding?
We also used our super knowledge of our sounds to help us to write an imaginative story about her . We did a good job. Well done everyone !
A very big well done to Fynn for being our ‘Star Pupil of the Week’ and to Santiago for being our ‘Dojo Champion’. Super work, manners and effort from both boys this week. You have both made me very proud.
What have we learnt this week ?
What have we enjoyed?
Lara- I have learnt how to work with a ten frame.
I have enjoyed sorting my learning log.
Flynn – I have learnt how to spell five new spelling words.
I have enjoyed looking at my bunting in our class.
Kyle – I have learnt a new sound oa.
I have enjoyed making the castle bunting.
Michael – I have learnt that the Scotland flag is called the St. Andrew’s Cross.
I have enjoyed learning the sound oa.
Umaima – I have learnt how to write a new sound.
I have enjoyed having golden time.
The children have been selecting some of their very best work from last term to put in their special folders (Learning Logs). If at any time you would like to look at these, please let us know.
Mrs Macdonald and Mrs Baty.
We have settled in really well after the holidays and have been working well and having fun learning new things.
What have we been doing ?
We have made new year’s resolutions .
We have been talking about how numbers are made up , eg : 3+2 =5
We have been learning how to say a very special prayer , the ‘Hail Mary’.
We have started our new topic , ‘Scotland and Edinburgh’.
Today , we made our very own Scotland flag and learnt that it is called the Saint Andrew’s Cross.
As the song goes , ‘We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year’.
Love from P1 and Mrs Macdonald.
Well done to Grady for being this week’s ‘Star Pupil’. You have had lovely manners and super listening ears on all week. Good job Grady !
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Well done to Lara for being our ‘Dojo Champion’. Super listening and manners too. Keep it up everyone.
P1 would like to thank all of the lovely visitors who managed to pop along to our craft afternoon. We had such a great time making reindeer food, Rudolph hot chocolate, Christmas stockings, snowmen and Christmas trees. We hope that you had lots of fun !
Well done to Cole for being our ‘Star of the Week’. Cole has worked hard all week and been a super helpful boy around class.
This week’s ‘Dojo Champion’ is the whole class !! I am so proud of how well you all did performing our Nativity before three different audiences. A special treat is coming your way on Monday. Have a lovely weekend boys and girls !
Don’t we look great ? More pictures to follow tomorrow as I am having technical issues.
Well done to Lara for being our ‘Star of the Week’. Lara worked hard all week, had super manners and wrote lots and lots in her news jotter all by herself.
Well done to Zofia for being our ‘Dojo Champion’. Zofia has also worked hard all wee, had super lunch time manners and been fantastic in class helping to tidy up, 
Well, it became a lot clearer today as to why two elves suddenly appeared in our classes the other day. Santa needs our help ! He left us a letter explaining what it is he wants us to do. It turns out that the two little elves are still learning how to be good and so Santa has sent them to our classes so that we can teach them all about good manners, team work, good listening, how to share and how to be helpful.
We are going to try extra harder over the next few weeks to display these super behaviours in the hope that the two little elves will learn too. We have a lot of work to do though when it comes to these elves!
Our classes were a right old mess on Thursday as the elves thought it would be funny to have a snowball fight. Oopsy ! On Friday, they had decided to make snow angels. More mess ! It looks as though we have our hands full. Watch this space for more elf updates.
P1 have had an exciting start to the Christmas season. The classrooms have had a Christmas makeover ! We have also found two little elves hiding in our classrooms. We have no idea where they came from or why they are here. Watch this space for Christmassy updates!
We hope to see lots of you on Thursday night at our Christmas Fair buying our Christmas Slates and Christmas placemats. We have had great fun making these !
Here is Flynn from Primary 1a proudly showing his certificate. He has been moved up a grade and has a new belt. He is now yellow belt. Well done Flynn, we are proud of you.
