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 having a fantastic week this week, celebrating book week.
We have been engaging in lots of activities all week, and still have plenty to go.
This week we have been enjoying lots of paired reading (reading to others in the school). Primary 1 particularly enjoyed the primary 7 boys and girls reading to them.
Primary 4-7 have been going on a ‘Cluedo Quest’. Someone stole all the books from Mrs Brown’s office! They have been answering clues, leading them all around the school, to help them work out who did it!
We have been receiving some amazingly creative photos for our Extreme Reading competition. They are all on display in the gym hall. We have had children reading whilst hula hooping; upside down; in the dogs bed; on the moon; standing on top of a giant peach; on a horse; in a tree and many more!
Our teachers have been challenging us this week as well. There is a display in the gym hall, with lots of teachers hiding behind their favourite books. It is really tricky to work out who is who!
We have all been working as a class to create an imaginative display based on a favourite book, or a number of favourite books. We can’t wait to see which class wins this competition on Friday.
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We still have many more activities to do as well!
Tomorrow (Thursday) we are participating in a book swap in the classes. Every child has been asked to bring in a book they no longer want, or read, and it will be swapped with someone else, meaning we all go home with a new book to enjoy.
Also tomorrow our teachers are all swapping classes to read a story to another class.
But the thing we are most looking forward to is the chance to dress up as our favourite book character on Friday (Nursery is on Thursday)! We have been discussing costumes all week. There is a prize for the most imaginative costume from each year group.
Keep checking back for more updates!
Today, primary 1 and 2 had a fantastic afternoon. We visited the local library. We met the author and the lead character of the children’s books Badger The Mystical Mutt.
Badger is a large black and white dog, who loves toast, and is awfully cheeky! He is also very good at magic. We watched him perform a number of magic tricks, in between annoying Laura, the author.
We also listened to a short extract from the first book.
It really was a brilliant afternoon. Thank you so much to the library and to Laura and Badger.
Primary 1 have been having a fantastic week this week. We have been celebrating books in all sorts of ways!
We have had our primary 7 buddies come to read to us twice this week! We loved listening to their stories, and even read them some stories too.
We have each designed / coloured a bookmark, which Mrs Baty says she’s going to laminate for us to keep.
We have read lots of new books and our favourite books every day this week.
We chose our favourite class book (The Selfish Crocodile) and have been designing a display on our door. It is looking so good. Fingers crossed we win the competition on Friday.
We got together to write the first page of a whole school story. We began it by introducing Mr Zebra, who was getting ready for his own birthday party with Mr Tiger and Mrs Hippo. He wore a blue and red sparkly party hat, and his party t’shirt. But on his way to the party … he fell into a puddle! We can’t wait to hear how it ends.
Today we went with the primary 2’s, to the library. We saw a short performance about Badger The Mystical Mutt. He was a very cheeky dog!
We have also been looking at some of the amazing ‘Extreme Reading’ photos. We are so creative.
We are really looking forward to the rest of the week. Tomorrow we are going to have a story from a different teacher; we have our book swap; and we can’t wait for our Dress Up Day on Friday.
Primary 1b had a fantastic time at Edinburgh Castle (please forgive the delay of this post!!!)
We arrived at the Royal Mile, and were so excited walking up the hill, to catch our first glimpse of the castle.
It was so much bigger than we expected! And luckily the weather stayed clear for us.
We visited The Crown Jewels (very pretty); The Great Hall (have you seen the size of some of those swords??? And we found the key to the entire castle); we had lunch in the dungeons; we saw Mon’s Meg (the biggest ever canon … it was huge!!) and we heard (and viewed) the one o’clock gun (it was awfully loud … it gave us such a scare).
We had a brilliant day …. and most of us fell asleep on the bus home.
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.
Primary 1 had a super afternoon, showcasing their learning to their parents.
We began with a short presentation, telling the mummies and daddies lots of things that we have learnt about Scotland.
‘Glasgow is famous because they build big ships [on the river Clyde]’ – Gabrielle
‘Tartan is a pattern’ – Shay
‘Heid means head’ – Tavia
‘Edinburgh Castle was build on top of an old volcano’ – Grady
‘The Falkirk Wheel is like a big lift for boats’ – Liam
We then put our parents to work!!!
Some of the things they had to do, included making thistles; designing a tartan pattern; translating Scottish words; marking Edinburgh on a map and drawing a picture of Edinburgh Castle.
We had such a lovely time. It really was great seeing so many parents in our classroom. Thank you all so much for coming!!
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 !
Primary 1b have been having great fun with their numbers over the last couple of weeks. We particularly enjoyed working in teams to create numbers using our bodies. We had a team leader, who had to organise the rest of the team, and the team had to listen to them (we found it a bit tricky not to try to take over sometimes). We were proud of our hard work though.
We have been working very hard with our addition. We have been using lots of objects to help us, and have been learning number bonds up to 5 as well. We are so clever!!
This week we have also been learning about money. We have been learning to recognise coins, and to use coins to make amounts to help us buy objects in the class shop.
We loved looking at the old coins Lucas brought in. There were coins which were over 100 years old!!! There used to be a 3p coin! We think that would be helpful now! Thank you for showing them to us Lucas.
Primary 1 have been so busy these last few weeks! We have been really enjoying our Scotland topic.
Last Monday we celebrated Burns Night in the class. Primary 1 a and b got together to learn who Robert Burns was, why he is famous, and how we celebrate him. We had our own Burns Supper in the class. We tried oatcakes, shortbread and irn bru. I think you can tell by our faces that we particularly liked the irn bru. Who knew drinks could be such a bright colour?!
We have been enjoying our Edinburgh Castle themed classroom. We really enjoy pretending to be princesses and knights living in the castle. We have also been building our own castles in the construction area.
Hamish McHaggis is our new class friend. He lives in Corrie Doon, which is in the Highlands of Scotland. He is a haggis, who enjoys travelling around Scotland. He even has his own stories about his adventures! He is in our class to teach us all about Scotland. So far we have learned about Edinburgh, Inverness, Loch Ness and Glasgow.
We have been taking him home for sleepovers. He really enjoys learning what Scottish children enjoy doing, and has had fun going on walks in the Scottish countryside, watching TV, and helping to read bedtime stories.
We had a particularly fun time learning Scottish words. We now know how to sing head, shoulders, knees and toes in Scottish (or rather heid, shooders, shanks and taes).
As well as all this, we have also been learning where Scotland is on a map, what the Scottish national flower looks like, what the flag looks like (and what it’s called) and we even made our own tartan!!
Mrs Baty is so proud of all our hard work.
We can’t wait to share all our learning with you at our Scottish Showcase on Thursday (2pm in the P1 classrooms). See you there!
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.
Since coming back after the holidays, primary 1b have been getting stuck into their work.
We have been very busy bees, and have been showing Mrs Baty how clever we all are!
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We wrote some amazing sentences about our new year resolutions. We all have lovely plans for this year.
‘I want to help my mummy and daddy wash the dishes’ – Gabrielle
‘I want to eat more fruit’ – Adriana
‘I want to help look after the baby’ – Gabriel
We even had some resolutions for the following few years:
‘I want to look after my kids when I am older’ – Oliver (( how cute!!!))
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We really impressed Mrs Baty when we wrote some imaginative sentences about what we might see in a castle. We used some AMAZING adjectives and some super language!!!
‘ In the haunted castle I saw a wolf. In the haunted castle I saw a humongous stretchy spider’ – Oliver
‘In the creepy castle I saw a witch with a green head. In the creepy castle I saw a bat with big wings and scary eyes’ – Martyna
‘In the castle I saw a king with a red cape. In the haunted castle I saw a black spider’ – Shay
‘In the humongous castle I saw a ghost, a giant and a dinosaur’ – Grace
‘In the scary castle I saw a ghost with a white nose’ – Adriana
‘In the creepy castle I saw a big spider that was hiding in the corner’ – Catherine
‘In the creepy castle I saw a monster with sharp claws’ – Brooke
I think we all deserve a well earned rest this weekend!!
Mrs Baty
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.
Primary 1b have been doing some super adding today. We worked with a partner, and used coloured cubes to add, then wrote the sums on a whiteboard. We are so clever!!
Primary 1 are very excited to have begun our new topic.
We are going to be learning about Scotland, with a focus on Edinburgh.
We have been discussing what we already know and what we would like to find out.
Scotland
What do we know?
Niamh – Scotland is a country.
Liam – In Scotland there are castles.
Thomas – Sometimes it snows in Scotland.
Michael – Scotland is joined onto England.
Lara – You can have Scottish food like haggis.
Kyle – You can do Highland dancing.
Shay – Edinburgh is a place in Scotland.
Lucas C – Aberdeen is a place in Scotland.
Gabrielle – Highland cows stay in Scotland.
What do we want to know?
Racaab – I would like to find out about other places in Scotland.
Zophia – I would like to learn some Scottish songs and poems.
Kyle – I would like to find out about the Loch Ness Monster.
Catherine – I would like to find out about Scottish words
Grace – I would like to find out about Scottish clothes
Lucas T – I would like to find out about Scottish foods, and try some.
Michael – we could find out about highland cows and make one.
Edinburgh
What do we know?
Catherine – there is sometimes a big wheel in Edinburgh
Brooke – there is a castle in Edinburgh
Michael – there is a zoo in Edinburgh
Mia – there was a big fair in Edinburgh
Martyna – Edinburgh is cool
What do we want to know?
Niamh – I want to find out about Edinburgh castle.
Finn – I would like to go to Edinburgh Castle.
Michael – I would like to find out about Edinburgh zoo
Safaa – I would like to find out what Edinburgh used to look like.
To help us learn about Scotland, we have a friend who has come into our school to help us. His name is Hamish McHaggis. He knows lots about Scotland.
Look at us learning about where Scotland is in the world. The world is huge! The map was the same size as us!
We are looking forward to learning lots more about Scotland. Keep an eye on the blog for more updates.
Mrs Baty & 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.
Primaries 2 and 2/1 were very excited by Rudey’s message this morning. He has rewarded us for all of our good behaviour and hard work with a popcorn and movie afternoon. This will be a lovely way to spend our final day with Rudey! He has really enjoyed visiting our classrooms this year and will be heading back to The North Pole to make the final preparations for Christmas. Goodbye Rudey, we will miss you!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Love from Primary 2 and Primary 2/1
On Tuesday afternoon primary 1 had a lovely Christmas craft afternoon. We invited our parents / carers / grandparents to come along to help us. We also had some primary 7’s come along.
We made lots of lovely things, such as a paper chain Christmas tree; reindeer food (to make sure they land on our gardens on Christmas eve); hot chocolate rudolphs. We also played games, read Christmas stories and did some Christmas worksheets.
Thank you to everyone who came along. It really was a fantastic afternoon.
Primary 1 had a really fantastic Christmas party on Wednesday afternoon.
We were all wearing our beautiful party clothes, and were so excited all day!
We played lots of games and won lots of prizes for musical statues, pass the parcel and best dancers, but our favourite was musical bumps.
We even had a visit from SANTA!!!! He gave us all a present!
We are now well and truly in the Christmas spirit!
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 !
This morning Primaries 2 and 2/1 were confused when they entered their classrooms as there was no sign of Rudey! They were worried that he had gone back to The North Pole early. However, Mrs Leonard came in with some interesting news! She asked us to come down to the photocopying room to investigate. On the walls were selfies of the two Rudey’s which they had taken using the photocopier over the weekend. They also left us a note saying they were bored without us. Mrs Brown also came to investigate and said that we should keep the photographs as evidence of their naughty behaviour to show Santa.
Arran H – I was very shocked when Rudey wasn’t in our classroom.
Finlay F – I was amazed to see that Rudey had used the photocopier.
Matthew M – I was a bit sad to see that Rudey wasn’t there.
Zach – I think that Rudey should go home with us over the weekend to show him how to behave properly.
We hope that Rudey’s behaviour will be better tomorrow!
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.
Today, Primaries 2 and 2/1 had another surprise. They came into their classroom to discover Rudey reading the Nativity Story to the teddy bears and dolls!
He left us a letter asking us to teach him more about this story.
Zach- It was a little bit like when the teacher reads the story and we have milk.
Cerys- I want to teach Rudey that Christmas isn’t about getting presents, it is about Jesus’ birthday.
Connor G- Rudey needs to be taught that Christmas isn’t just about Santa, it is about the day Jesus was born in a barn!
The children are going to learn as much as they can about the Nativity story and teach Rudey the true meaning of Chrismas.
On Thursday, Primaries 2 and 2/1 made snowflakes, snowmen and robins to cheer Rudey up. He was very pleased and rewarded us with 10 minutes extra Golden Time!
Today we were shocked to find both Rudeys had been up to mischief! Mrs Dymock’s Rudey was holding a letter and Mrs Gibson’s Rudey was lying in the snow!
This is what they said:
Dear Primaries 2 and 2/1,
What a boring weekend we have had! We have been so lonely in your classrooms without you all! Luckily, we found each other and managed to get up to a little bit of mischief! Don’t you just love the snow?!
Love from
The Two Rudeys xxxx
Zach- They had a snowball fight as well!
Fallon- They made snow angels.
Aaron Mc- I was a bit shocked to find them lying in the snow.
Baillie- I was shocked and happy they found each other.
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.
Primaries 2 & 2/1 were very excited to see what antics Rudey had been up to during the night. They were shocked to find Rudey hanging from our ceiling! He had also sneaked onto our teacher’s computer to type us a letter. This is what he said:
Dear P2 / P2/1,
I am sad to see that there are no sparkly snowflakes in your classroom. I thought that you would have enjoyed your treat yesterday! I am feeling a bit sad and missing home so I need you to make your classroom look more like The North Pole. I am not moving from here until I start to feel more at home!
Love,
Rudey x
So we have decided to have a busy afternoon making glittery snowflakes, snowmen and robins. We hope that Rudey will start to feel more at home and will come down soon! 
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 !
Primaries 2 and 2/1 had a very special visitor from the North Pole! He is called Rudey and he is one of Santa’s elves. Santa wrote us a letter explaining that Rudey needs help. He is a very naughty elf and he needs to learn some good behaviour from the boys and girls.
On the 1st of December, Rudey left a terrible mess in our classrooms! We had to teach Rudey how to tidy up properly. We also made our own paper elves and painted a huge elf for our classroom doors.
On the 2nd of December, Rudey was very nice. He left us scissors, paper and glitter. He has written a letter thanking us for making him feel welcome and has rewarded us with craft materials to make snowflakes!
Justin- He is very cheeky!
Ciaran- He is magic.
Daniel- He is naughty.
Matthew M- He is kind and a little naughty sometimes.
Connor- I felt excited.
Anna- He is not tidying up properly.
Neve W- I was shocked!
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.
Primaries 2 and 2/1 are delighted to show you what they have been busy making to sell at the Christmas Fair. We have made Good Luck Calendars which will be £1 and some Snowmen decorations which will cost £2.50.
We have really enjoyed making these!
If you are a parent in P2 or P2/1 and are unable to attend the Christmas Fair, you may send an envelope with money inside clearly stating what you wish to buy before Thursday 3rd December.
Many thanks!
Well done this week to Kyle for being our star this week. Kyle has worked really hard all week and especially with his writing. Great work Kyle keep it up !
A big well done to Flynn for being our ‘Dojo Champion’ this week. Flynn has remembered his super manners all week and has tried really hard to remember his lines for our Nativity. Cock a doodle dooooooo Fynn !
Primary 1 would like to say a big thank you to Peter from ‘Better Movers, Better Thinkers’ for coming along to our class today. We learnt new games and exercises, that not only had us moving around, but also had us developing our thinking skills. We had great fun and will continue these games in class.
Mrs Baty would like to appologize for the lack of blog posts recently.
We have all been working so hard over the last few weeks, making it very hard for our teacher to choose a star of the week each week.
Friday 6th November – our star of the week this week was Hamza. Hamza had been working very hard over the last week and a half (as it was just a short week the week before). He had been trying really hard with his writing and reading. Well done Hamza.
Friday 13th November – our star of the week this week was Grace. Grace had been doing brilliant listening all week and had been a lovely friend to others in the class. Well done Grace.
Friday 20th November – our star of the week this week was Wojciech. Wojciech had been working super hard with his sounds, his reading and his writing, and had been writing beautiful sentences. Well done Wojciech.
Primary 1b have been so very busy since the October holidays, that Mrs Baty has barely had any time to update the blog (very sorry about that!)
We have been working very hard with our numbers, and have been doing so well, that we are now learning numbers to 20 (and beyond!). Look at some of the things we have been doing. We are so proud of ourselves.
Well done to Wiktoria for being P1a’s ‘Star Pupil of the Week’. She has worked hard, listened well at all times and has been kind and helpful in class.
Well done to Zofia for being our ‘Dojo Champion’. She got the most points although it was very close this week with three children in second place with the same number of points. Keep it up everyone ! I am proud of all of you and how hard you try.
Have a good weekend.
Mrs Macdonald.
What have we learnt ?
What have we enjoyed ?
Santiago – I have learnt about the Nativity story.
I have enjoyed practising the Nativity.
Lucas – I have learnt how to write ‘ing’.
I have enjoyed playing with the lego.
Cole – I have learnt the ‘oo’ sound.
I have enjoyed trying hard.
Zofia – I have learnt how to write 14.
I have enjoyed having ‘Golden Time’.
Fynn – I have learnt how to write ‘oo’ words.
I have enjoyed going to gym.
We have started learning about nocturnal animals. We have been focussing on owls.
What have we learnt ?
Kyle – When owls go outside to hunt they like to eat mice.
Grady – They swoop down to get some food (Good words Grady !).
Niamh – Some owls have big wings to help them to fly.
Flynn – They are nocturnal, this means they are night time birds.
Thomas – Owls like to stay in tree trunks.
Leon – They have sharp claws to help them catch food.
Tavia – Some are very, very small.
P1a and P1b had a taste of what it is like to be a popstar today when we recorded our version of ‘When Santa got Stuck up the Chimney’ for our school’s Christmas CD. We sang into one big microphone using our very best voices. We sounded great ! The CDs are currently being made and will soon be ready for you to order for £4. More details will follow about this shortly.
P1 received some special post today, a lovely certificate from Macmillan Cancer Support thanking us all for our recent donation. Thanks again everyone for your support. It is greatly appreciated.
Many thanks,
Mrs Macdonald, Mrs Baty and Mrs Gibson.
Well done to Kuba for being this week’s ‘Star Pupil of the Week’. Kuba has tried hard to write words this week and not give up. Super attitude Kuba !
Well done to Santiago for collecting the most dojo points this week. You are a star !
What have we learnt ?
What have we enjoyed ?
Flynn – I have learnt how to say ‘I like and I don’t like’ in Spanish.
I have enjoyed plannin g a Spanish game.
Haroon – I have learnt a new sound, ‘ee’.
I have enjoyed writing sounds on the board.
Kyle – I have learnt how important it is to listen. (You are a good example of a super listener Kyle !)
I have enjoyed playing with Lego.
Zofia – I have learnt how it is nice to help each other.
I have enjoyed dancing in class.
Cole – I have learnt how to write number 11.
I have enjoyed writing ee on the board.
Here is Flynn showing off his swimming certificate. He has now reached level 8 ! Wow !!! We are all very proud of you.
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Well done to Cole for being this week’s ‘Dojo Champion’. Lots of points were awarded to Cole for trying hard and for helping to tidy up. Well done to you!
Well done too Niamh for being our ‘Star Pupil’ this week. Niamh has worked very well this week on all tasks. She has also had super duper manners. Great work !
What have we learnt ?
What have we enjoyed ?
Niamh – I have been learning about night time animals. I have enjoyed playing in the area. I built a tower.
Kacper – I have learnt how to write a sentence. I liked to paint.
Tavia – I have learnt how to make a sentence and I was happy. I have enjoyed Spanish . I can ask how are you ?
Fynn – I have been learning about Guy Fawkes. He almost blew up the Houses of Parliament (wow, you have remembered lots !!! Mrs Mac). I have enjoyed making the firework picture.
Thomas – I have learnt that Guy Fawkes didn’t like the king. I have enjoyed working with my shoulder partner.
Well done everyone ! You have worked hard.
Here is Kyle from Priamry 1a proudly showing off his swimming certificate. He has been moved up to level 5. Well done Kyle, you must be a fantastic swimmer!
Today , we learnt all about why we celebrate ‘Bonfire Night’. We also learnt ways to keep safe if you go to a bonfire or a fireworks display. To finish off our afternoon we made fantastic firework pictures using paint and glittery glue. We think that they look lovely !
Here is Leon from Primary 1a showing off his super swimming certificate. Leon has worked hard and has now moved up to Level 4. Well done Leon ! You must be great at swimming !
Today, primary 1 had a chat about their brand new topic. Now that we have finished learning about dinosaurs, we are very excited to find out what we’re going to be learning about this term.
We are beginning to learn about the sun, moon and stars, and night time animals (very big topic!).
We already know quite a lot about this:
Here are some of the things we want to learn about:
We are very excited to begin finding out lots of new things, and we will keep you updated with our fab work.
Look at the work from our two writing stars from today, Lara and Kyle.
We have now started to write about our news on a Monday morning. We are doing well using our sounds to write words independently. Keep it up everyone !
Happy Hallowe’en everyone !
The boys and girls had a great day today doing all things spooky (not too spooky, Mrs Macdonald is a scaredy cat !). Some of us made skeletons, some of us practiced our good colouring in skills on our Hallowe’en pictures. We also played with dough and used spooky cutters to make shapes. Our story was SPOOKTACULAR ! It was very funny as it was about a smelly ghost. Our teacher hardly reecognised us all as we had all come to school dressed up. Mrs Macdonald said that our costumes were fantastic ! As a treat we have all been given an apple to use for dooking tomorrow and some sweeties.
Here we are having fun !
I am pleased to announce that Grady is our first ever DOJO champion as he had the most points. He was even given a point from one of our lovely dinner ladies for super lunchtime manners ! Well done Grady ! Who will it be next week ?
Due to it being a shorter week and with us concentrating on DOJO points, we have had no ‘Star Pupil of the Week’ for this week. This will resume again next week and run alongside the DOJO points. All of the children have come back to school after the break refreshed and ready to work hard. Well done everyone, this makes me proud !
What have we learnt ?
What have we enjoyed ?
Niamh – I have been learning about pumpkins. Some are orange, green and white. I have enjoyed making a paper pumpkin.
Cole – I have been learning about pumpkins. They have lots of water in them. I have enjoyed doing the pumpkin.
Raqab – I have been learning about chocolate. Chocolate is white, brown and dark. I have enjoyed watching ‘Alphablocks’.
Tavia – I have learnt pumpkins are fruit. I have enjoyed the Hallowe’en fun.
Leon – I have learnt how to write sounds. I have enjoyed moving tables.
We made perfect pumpkins today in class. We learnt that a pumpkin is a fruit because it has seeds but most people think that it is a vegetable. We also learnt that:
What have we learnt ?
What have we enjoyed ?
Michael – I have learnt that a diplodocus has a long neck. I liked seeing my mummy and gran at the showcase.
Niamh – I have learnt a new sound called ‘nk’. I have enjoyed my granny coming into my class to see my work.
Fynn – I have learnt about numbers before and after. I liked building a house out of lego.
Leon – I have learnt ‘z’. I have choosing this week as I am fast.
Anya – I have learnt a rap about triceratops. I liked doing all of my work.
Well done everyone for working well !
Well done to Haroon for being P1a’s ‘Star Pupil of the Week’. Haroon has been awarded this for being kind and gentle. You are a star !
Haroon’s picture will follow after the holiday.
Today, we celebrated all of our successes of the last few weeks, both academically and wider. We were all awarded four different certificates: one for learning our sounds, one for learning all about numbers, one for super learning about dinosaurs and one for settling in well to school. We also brought in certificates from home. Some of us have moved up a level for swimming ! Some of us brought in certificates as we had raised money for charity, well done. We also saw a trophy for good ball skills, and certiciates for moving up a level in tae-kwon do. Well done everyone ! You have all worked very hard and we are all proud of you.
Happy holidays !
Mrs Macdonald and Mrs Baty.
Primary 1a, would like to say good bye and good luck to Ciara as today was her last day at St Nicholas. We will miss you Ciara ! Please keep in touch.
Love from.
Your friends and Mrs Macdonald.
We would like to say a huge thankyou to all of the special people who came along today to our ‘Dinosaur Showcase’. It was a RAAAAWWWWRING success.
Here are some pictures from today. We will upload the slideshow before the end of the week.
Kind regards,
P1 teachers.
Mrs Hesketh has very kindly been busy making a new friendship spot for our playgrounds.
This lovely sign is already up in the infant playground and will soon be introduced into the other playgrounds too.
Children whose friends are off school, or are still eating lunch, can go to the spot, and can find new people to play with.
The primary 1’s have particularly loved this. They have all been keen to share stories of finding new friends or playing with someone who didn’t have anyone.
We are looking forward to hearing many more lovely stories.
Here is Tavia, proudly showing off her ‘Dinosaur Invitation’. Just a reminder to P1a/P1bs mummies and daddies that it is on Wednesday, 14th of October at 2.00pm in our classrooms.
Primary 1b have been learning all about hand washing, and why this is important.
We watched a video showing germs on our hands. They are so small, that we can’t see them, but apparently they can be spread really easily. We weren’t sure if we believed this or not.
So, we decided to play with glitter! The glitter is the pretend germs (just a bit bigger so we can see them). We went around the classroom, touching everything. They spread so easily! The classroom ended up covered in germs!
When we tried to wash them off, it was quite hard, we had to use soap to help make sure our hands were very clean.
This week Primary 1b have been learning about churches. Our favourite part of churches are the beautiful stain glass windows. They are so colourful!
We decided to make our own to decorate our classroom. We drew a huge squiggle with a pencil on the tracing paper, and then coloured in each section with a different colour, using felt tips. We are very impressed with them.
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On Friday, we were all wearing our own clothes, as part of the Syrian Appeal.
Mrs Baty was very impressed with 1 child in particular. Hamza was by far the smartest dressed pupil in the whole school!
This week our super star of the week is Freyja.
Freyja has been working very hard this week. She is always very helpful, always trying her best, and has been a lovely friend to everyone in the class.
Well done Freyja!
Primary 1b had a very busy week last week.
Here are some of the things we learned.
Mya – ‘We learned about germs’
Safaa – ‘The germs were all over the table!’
Lucas C – ‘They spread easily’
Liam – ‘We have learned 26 sounds!’
Gabrielle – ‘We learned the letter z’
Mia – ‘We wrote some fab sentences’
Shay – ‘We made lots of words’
Lucas C – ‘We made stain glass windows’
Gabriel – ‘We go to church on Sundays’
Oliver – ‘The windows are very colourful, and are found in chaples’
Freyja – ‘They are also in churches’
Lucas T – ‘Rory’s mum came to visit!’
Grace – ‘She had really big feet!’
Mrs Baty thinks we are all super stars and is very proud of us all!
What have we learnt this week ?
What have we enjoyed ?
Grady – I have learnt how to write z. I enjoyed going to the hall.
Anum – I have learnt a new sound – y. I have enjoyed painting my autumn tree.
Tavia – I have learnt how to read. I liked getting a dinosaur sticker.
Haroon – I have learnt all ablout the poor children. I have enjoyed watching P6 in assembly.
Umaima – I have learnt sounds. I enjoyed playing with my sister at school.
Well done to Ciara for being our ‘Star Pupil of the Week’. Ciara has been chosen this week for working hard and for having lovely manners. Well done Ciara, you are a star !
Primary 1b have been so busy this week!
We have been working really hard to count and write our numbers perfectly. We have also been ordering numbers forwards and backwards, working out missing numbers and even building our own numberline (with people holding numbers).
We have been working just as hard with our sounds as well. This week we have been focusing on finding the initial sound or the middle sound in a word, as well as building words of our very own. We will be reading and writing entire stories before you know it!
For today’s ‘Wednesday’s World’ we learnt all about hedgehogs. Mrs Macdonald has one living in her garden. She is going to see if she can take a picture of it.
What did we learn ?
Catherine – They curl into a ball because they get scared.
Thomas – A baby hedgehog is called a hoglet.
Ollie – They like to use leaves to keep warm.
Grady – They like to eat berries.
Lucas C – They like to eat worms.
Tavia – Hedgehogs hibernate in Winter. Hibernate means you go for a long sleep.
We also learnt that hedgehogs eat frogs ! Wow, we never knew that !
At the weekend, Gabrielle worked so hard at her swimming that she moved up to a new level. She is now swimming at level 3! She brought in her certificate to show the class.
Well done Gabrielle!
On Monday, primary 1 had a surprise when we came in the classroom. We found enormous footprints on the floor all around the classroom! They went straight into the dinosaur tent. We had a chat to Rory, our class dinosaur, who told us that his mum had been in to visit! She must be huge as her feet were so big!
Rory told us that she’d had a look at our dinosaur sleepover sheets, and was pleased with how well we have been looking after him.
We then wanted to measure these footprints (using cubes), and we then compared them to the size of our feet. The dinosaur footprints were so much bigger!
We’re glad she had gone by the time we came back into class!
This week we have been practising how to ask, ‘How are you ?’ in Spanish and answer back.
How are you ? – que tal ?
We have also been practising our bodies parts. We can sing ‘Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes’. Fantástico !
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