Everyone in Primary 5 was given a ticket to ride on the Polar Express this week! This little surprise made our imaginations run wild as we wrote a piece of descriptive writing, sharing our thoughts about this amazing adventure.
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Primary 5 Christmas Songs Showcase
Yesterday both Primary Five classes were delighted to invite friends and families to hear us sing some of our Christmas songs from around the world. We sang a Polish song, French songs, a Spanish song and a traditional carol too. We finished off the afternoon with hot chocolate and mince pies to reward all our hard work. Well done Primary 5! More photos to follow.
Dynamic Data
On Thursday the 10th of December primary 7 visited Dynamic Earth as part of the Big Data Event. Data is information stored in an electronic device or computers.
When we arrived we split into three groups, one of which went off to do an interview with Jude Spence and the other two had a tour of Dynamic Earth. First on the tour we found out about the Big Band. We went into a time machine to travel back 6.2 billion years, surprisingly it didn’t take us that long! We all thought the time machine was very interesting as we got lots of facts about how our Solar System began.
Next we moved onto find out about the formation of Planet Earth and how ice formed the mountains, rivers and valleys. We even got to see and touch a huge iceberg!
Afterwards we went a flight to find out about the Rainforest. This was most people’s favourite part of the day as the it was quite scary and we loved wearing our 3d glasses.
Ten people were chosen by the teachers to go to and answer questions and got a once in a life time experience in the data dome. The Data Dome is a large black sphere and projectors shined on the sphere which created circles to go round showing the trending data on Social media such as Twitter. They also showed how some of the data is used. Rachael learnt that data came from many different places and Sophie learnt that data is formed by many different ways.
To finish the day we also got a chance to use some Google Cardboard, this is like Google glasses. It was so much fun and everyone was laughing at each others reactions.
Finally we would like to say a big thank you to Jude Spence for organising the day for us, we all really enjoyed ourselves and would love to go back.
Let’s take a selfie!
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!
Primary 1a’s ‘Star of the Week’ and ‘Dojo Champion’.
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 !
Christmas sorting with Venn Diagrams
Primary 5a have been working hard on our Maths topic: data handling. Today, we have used Venn Diagrams to sort Christmas objects, Christmas meals around the world and presents. It was fun!
P6 EGGSPERIMENT!
Primary 6 have been completing our health and well being topic about nutritional values of our food and drinks. We learned about the sugar in our drinks and were amazed to see the amount in some of our favourite drinks! We created a ‘think before you drink’ display to remind us just how unhealthy these drinks are and to make us think twice about buying them regularly!
This week we completed an experiment with eggs to find out what these drinks can do to our teeth! Mrs Thomson boiled us some eggs and we put them into cola, coffee, tea and water. We left them for 5 days… not only did they smell bad, when we removed them they looked disgusting! The tea, coffee and cola all stained the eggs… the coffee was the worst; it stained the inside of the egg when we cut it open! The egg that we left in water was perfect, it was not stained at all. We got some toothbrushes and and tried to see if any of the staining would come off but it didn’t! The egg soaked in cola was slimy and solid to cut! Yuk!
We also looked at calcium in bones and teeth! We soaked some bones from chicken drumsticks in vingear, the acid made the bones very easy to bend, this showed us the importance of drinking calcium based drinks and food!
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Christmas Lunch!
A great time was had by all today at the annual Christmas Lunch!
All the staff and pupils would like to say a huge thank you to our AMAZING kitchen staff who work so hard to provide tasty meals for us every day!
Super Swimmer!
A big well done to Megan who came 1st in her swimming race. Here she is with her gold medal 🙂
Rudey reads the Nativity Story
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.
Medal madness
Well done to Mode Jnr for taking part in a go-karting competition in London at the weekend. He came joint first. Congratulations!
Also well done to Ruby, Luke, Molly, Maisie and Grace for receiving medals for swimming at a gala at the weekend. Congratulations!
Double Trouble!
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.
Primaries 2 and 2/1 get a special visitor!
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!
P2 Christmas Crafts
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!
Cooking for Christmas Fair
Primary 5 have been busy preparing sweet treats to sell at the Christmas Fair. We took great care to ensure high quality standards during our cooking session. We were delighted with the delicious lemon creams which we are now packaging in our fantastic hand-made Christmas boxes.
Primary 1’s Christmas Crafts.
We have been very busy behind the scenes making crafts to sell at our Christmas Fair. We will be selling Christmas slates at £5 and Christmas Placemats at £1. Here is a sneaky peek for you !
Primary 1a’s Weekly Evaluation.
What have we learnt ?
What have we enjoyed ?
Grady – I have learnt how to write 15.
I have enjoyed having ‘Golden Time’.
Niamh – I have learnt the sound ‘ow’.
I have enjoyed making my owl.
Santiago – I have learnt ‘oy’.
I have enjoyed practising the nativity.
Umaima – I have learnt how to write 15.
I have enjoyed playing with my friends.
Lara – I learnt how to write lovely 13s.
I have enjoyed making the things for our Christmas fair.
Sweet Primary 5…
Yesterday Primary Five practised making sweets for the Christmas Fair, using what we’d learned about reading and writing instructions. Our “Official Tasters” did their jobs very well!
Super 3D shape challenge!
Primary 2/1 have been working very hard at home. We have made some super 3D models using lots of 3D shapes. To make these models we used:
cereal boxes
tins
paper
cardboard
tubes
pens
paints
tin foil
Have a look at our pictures and see if you can spot any cuboids, spheres, cubes, cylinders, cones or pyramids.
Well done boys and girls!
Ice Experiment
Today Primary 3A and B completed an experiment to see how to melt ice the quickest way using our bodies. We made a prediction about how fast we thought we could melt it and the best method of melting it.
We tried to rub it between our hands, left it on the table, crushed the ice in our hands, heat it with our breath and used our sleeve to melt it.
We discovered the best way to melt the ice was to try and heat it with our hands or breath.
In primary 3B the fastest person to melt the ice was Emily in 1 minute 54 seconds. In primary 3A Robbie melted it 1 minute 40 seconds.
We know that when ice melts it turns back into water.
Here are some pictures of us in action.
After we melted the ice we all had cold hands and then completed a science report.
The Mobius Strip P7
This morning, Mrs Casey (from St. Margarets) came to visit P7A. Firstly, we played a game, identifying different types of numbers – we had to identify if the number was: odd, even, multiple of ten or a multiple of five. Faith thought the game was really enjoyable because it really got your brain thinking because some numbers went in more than one category. Rachael thought it was quite challenging because we had to come up with definitions for odd and even which is quite hard to put into words.
Next, we looked at the Mobius Strip, which was invented by the famous mathematician August Ferdinand Mobius. To complete our investigation, we were given 3 strips of paper, and 3 stickers. First of all, we created a loop with 1 strip and put 1 twist into the loop. We predicted what we thought would happen when we cut the strip in half. Ellie thought that it would make 2 separate loops. The outcome was 1 loop in the form of the infinity sign. We then tried this with 2 twists, and predicted what would happen. Sana thought it would be double the infinity sign. Ellie thought there would be 4 loops on each side. The outcome was double infinity sign. With the 3rd piece of paper we made one
with our own amount of twists to investigate what would happen. We also discussed how the Mobius strip is used in the world, it was used in: art and fan-belt in cars.
Primary 1a’s ‘Star Pupil of the Week’ and Dojo Champion.
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.
Solar System
This week p7 have started their topic on Space. Already we have learned lots of new information about the Solar System. Calum learned that Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System and it has a greater mass than all the other planets put together. Nikola learned the order of the Planets; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. We also created a rhyme to help us remember the order My Very Eager Mother Just Severed Up Natchos. Sophie learned that there are two different types of planets; Rocky planets and Gas planets. Rachael learned that Saturn, Uranus and Neptune have rings. Lewis learned that the Sun is a star.
Primary 7 have also been gaining an awareness of the scale and distance between the planets. To do this we created a scale drawing of the Solar System. During this task we had to use a scale and measure very carefully to ensure our drawing were actuate.
Primary 5 Einstein Portraits
Primary 5 have been looking at light and shade and have learned about sketching techniques. They then followed a tutorial on sketching a portrait of Albert Einstein. It was really tricky, but we kept trying and are really pleased with the results.
Basketball Festival P7
On Monday 16th November P7a and P7b went to Broxburn Academy to participate in a local basketball festival. Schools from the Broxburn cluster attended and played against each other . We all thoroughly enjoyed it and hope to do it again in the future. In fact we enjoyed it that much that some of us have signed up to attend an after school basketball club.
Anti-Bullying Week
This week Primary 7 have been exploring Bullying. We have identified what bullying is, what types of bullying there are and what we can do to stop it. As a class we made different posters on how bullying can take on many forms, such as cyber-bullying, mental, emotional, and physical bullying. We looked at different types of posters, discussed what a good poster looks like and all the different ways we could layout our information.
Here are some of the posters we created.
These are our top tips for dealing with bullying:
- Tell an adult
- Walk away
- Don’t respond
- Don’t React
- Don’t spread rumors you’ve heard
- Treat others how you’d like to be treated.
Remember;
Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me.
Fencing taster
Primary 3A had a fencing taster session today. It was great fun and we all learned a little about this sport and how to stay safe when taking part in it. Look at us in action.
Champions
Well done to Grace and Rebecca for taking part in a Tapathon to try and beat the world record yesterday. Keep dancing!
Also well done to Monde-Jnr for receiving a trophy for coming 2nd in a Go karting competition with the West of Scotland Karting Club at the weekend.
Photos to follow, when Mrs Canning can sort the camera!
What makes a good learner?
Primary 3 have been discussing what makes a good learner.
Look at some of our fabulous ideas about being a good learner.
Budding inventors pair up to solve problems…
Primary 5 have been looking at Professor Ryan’s Thinking Keys to solve some inventive problems such as designing a new umbrella and creating new inventions with classroom objects. Here we are working creatively together:-
School Lunches Around the World
Primary 5 have become health inspectors to learn about healthy eating and having a balanced diet.
They have looked at typical school lunches around the world and explained why they are healthy or unhealthy.
Primary 1a’s Weekly Evaluation.
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.
Christmas Fair.
Preparations are underway for this year’s Christmas Fair which will take place on Thursday, 4th of December from 6pm till 8pm. Thank you for the donations that have been handed in so far. There is still lots of time to hand in a raffle prize, tombola prize , ( children or adult) and good quality toys and books that we can sell . These can be handed in to the office.
Many thanks,
Mrs Macdonald.
Powerful Presentations
Primary Five are showing a great interest in their new mini-topic:- Inventors and Scientists. We have been fascinated learning about the early years of some famous figures such as Albert Einstein who couldn’t speak until he was the age of four and whose Grandmother thought was stupid! Here we are putting together some powerful presentations to present the key facts…
SSPCA Visit Primary 5
We received a visit from the SSPCA this week in Primary 5. We learned about the role of the SSPCA in Scotland, what number to call if we found an animal in distress and what we need to do to look after our pets. We then played a fun game to help us find out facts about animals – Our teachers learned a thing or two too!
Hallowe’en Fun in P1a.
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 !
Happy Halloween
Today Primary 3 came to school dressed up for Halloween. We looked at artwork by Pablo Picasso. We looked at his art work of faces and how two faces are on the picture of one face. We discussed how one side of the face is looking to the side and the other is looking forwards. Look at our amazing work.
Primary 1bs Halloween Fun
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Mild, Hot and Spicy Maths Challenge
This week Primary 5 are concentrating on challenging themselves to answer as many tricky maths questions as they can using their knowledge of number bonds and a variety of mental computation strategies. Great Effort Primary 5!
Class Dojo in P1a and P1b.
We are very excited to have starting using ‘Dojo Points’ in our classes. We will be awarded a point for the following good behaviours:
Having good lunchtime manners.
Working as part of team.
Helping others.
Trying hard.
Tidying up.
Good listening.
Changing quickly.
Remembering our magic manners.
Being kind.
Who will be our first DOJO champions this week ?
We have sent home a note with a personal code on it. This can be used to access your child’s DOJO points from home.
Thankyou everyone,
Primary 1 teachers.
P7 Transition
Today p7a and p7b started their high school transitions at St Margarets Academy. Once we arrived we were introduced to Mrs Melville (Deputy Head Teacher), who took us to our classrooms in the Social Studies department. Primary 7a were working with Miss Stone.
Taylor – We learned about how WWII affected children in Germany and how Hitler created “Hitler youth”. The Youth clubs were used by Hitler to prepare young boys to be soldiers and young girls were prepared for motherhood. In Hitler youth,there were 3 stages for boys and 2 stages for girls. Boys started in these clubs at the age of 6 and continued until the age of 18.
After break time we focused on what life was like for Jewish people in Germany. We learned about some laws that Hitler pasted to make life very difficult for Jewish people.
Racheal- I learned that in 1938 Hitler created a Law to stop any Jewish people attending University and in 1942 another Law was created to stop Jewish children attending school.
We are all looking forward to going back next week to find out more about how Jewish children were affected by Hitler during WWII.
It’s goodbye from me…
I would just like to say a huge thank you to the whole St Nicholas family – your generosity has overwhelmed me. I have some wonderful memories to take with me to my new school and post and will pop in now and again to see how everyone is getting on.
God Bless you all
Mrs Buchanan-Coutts
Primary 5 60s Showcase and Disco
Primary 5 have enjoyed sharing our learning about the 60s with you! Thank you for your support and enthusiasm!
Here are some pictures of our mood baords and our 60s disco.
Friendship Spot
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.
Step Back In Time With Primary 5…
A great visit to Broxburn Library today for Primary 5 A and B. We learned that a lot of things were MUCH cheaper in the 1960s than they are today, but that many people didn’t have very much money to spare. We learned that most houses would only have one black and white television and the whole family would gather around it in the living room where it would be warm from the fire to watch favourite programmes such as Coronation Street! Here we are at the library and here are some of our fantastic 1960s costumes!
Swimming Champion
Well done to Harris in Primary 3 for receiving this certificate and badge for swimming 600 metres. Keep swimming Harris!
Racing driver
Well done to Monde-Jnr in Primary 3 for receiving this trophy for taking part in a go kart competition at the weekend. Keep driving!
Egyptian Pyramid game
Today Primary 3 were learning about pyramids. We played this game to build our own pyramid. It was fun.
Can you build a pyramid? Have a go!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/launch_gms_pyramid_builder.shtml
P3/2 Egyptian Necklaces
Primary 3/2 also really enjoyed creating the Egyptian necklaces. We think we all look great wearing them!!
Primary 1a’ ‘Star Pupil of the Week’
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 !
Egyptians
This week Primary 3 had a design challenge to design then create their own Egyptian collar using paper plates, paint and pasta. Look at our fabulous creations.
Money Week
This week primary 3 have been learning all about money. We have looked at lots of different coins and we have been working out the total value of the coins. We have played lots of games and completed interactive activities to practice using the coins. Next week we will be learning about finding the change.
Here are some interesting facts we have learned.
Molly – I know that if you have zero pounds and just pennies you write it like this £0.24
Monde Jnr – There are one hundred pennies in one pound.
Freya – Coins only go up to £2.
Harris – There are fifty two pences in £1.
Callum – There are two hundred one pences in £2.
Luke – There are two fifty pences in £1. There are twenty two pences in £1.
Here are some photographs of us working hard.
Primary 5 Create Sets of Seven
Today Primary 5 worked on understanding their seven times table by getting very messy! Their task was to quickly show the meaning of several seven times table sums by creating an array of dots using a variety of media (the clock was ticking!). This also helped us demonstrate exactly how multiplication sums could be turned around so that 3 x 7 became 7 x 3 and 6 x 7 became 7 x 6 and so on. Speedy work Primary 5!
Autumn Adventure in P2 and P2/1
Primaries 2 and 2/1 went on an autumn walk today. We used our five senses to look out for the signs of autumn. We have a new topic called ‘The Hodgeheg’ which will involve learning about the season of autumn. In Maths we have also been learning about time – looking at the months of the year and sorting these into seasons. We know that the autumn months are September, October and November. Here are our thoughts on our autumn walk:
I heard a squeaky noise outside and Mrs Gibson thought that it could be a little animal. – Kaylan
I saw some leaves falling from the trees. – Alex
I enjoyed going on the walk as it was nice to get some fresh air. – Justin
I heard a bird tweeting. – Zach
We recorded all of our observations and look forward to writing all about this tomorrow!
Super Sorters Succeed in Primary 5A…
Working hard to put our place-value learning into action: Primary 5A worked in groups to sort hundreds of numbers – all done in a matter of minutes thanks to our 3-stage process and some place-value inside knowledge!
Primary 6 Appeal for YOUR Support!
As you know, Primary 6 are running a charity appeal as part of our assembly, we are sending a lorry of donations to refugee children in Calais!
Please watch our appeal advert, we hope we can persuade you to help!!!
URGENT APPEAL FROM PRIMARY 6!!!
As you know, Primary 6 are running a charity appeal as part of our assembly, we are sending a lorry of donations to refugee children in Calais!
Please watch our appeal advert, we hope we can persuade you to help!!!
Swimming Champion
Well done to Harris in primary 3 for receiving a certificate and badge for swimming 400 metres at his swimming club. We are very proud of you. Keep swimming!
1970’s Groovy Disco!
Today Primaries 2 and 2/1 had a 1970’s disco to mark the end of their topic! Even Mrs Brown joined in with our disco and showed us her moves. We were all dressed up and we looked FANTASTIC!
Lucas- We used lots of different dancemoves from the 1970s.
Emily- We played the corners game with a disco ball, flares, platforms and a record.
Adam- We played 1970s musical statues.
Ciaran- We did interesting dance moves from the 1970s!
Connor C- We had party snacks and juice.
We would like to share everything we have learned about the 1970s:
Matthew- We learnt that the first video game ever invented was called Pong.
Justin- People wore platforms and flares.
Harry- The names of the ABBA members are Bjorn, Benny, Anni-Frid and Agnetha.
Zac- We know that Camberwick Green and The Wombles are 1970s children’s T.V programmes.
Neve W- We learnt the dance from Saturday Night Fever.
Kaylan- John Travolta is the star!
Aoibhe- You can change the record player to different speeds. You can set it very fast and the voices sound funny and squeaky. When you set it very slow, the voices slow time and it takes a long time for the record to finish.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank Mrs Hesketh. She brought in lots of different things from the 1970s including a record player, 1970s toys, Camberwick Green discs, lots of records, a disco ball and books from the 1970s.
We also want to thank all the mums, dads, grannies and grandads for helping us look super for our disco and for handing in 1970s memorabilia.
Mrs Dymock and Mrs Gibson
Terrific Tessellation
Primary 6 have been working on shape in maths. This week our focus is tessellation. They tried to create some patterns and others tried to make pictures using tessellation. We are very impressed with the results!
Spanish sing along with Primary 6 and Primary 3!
Primary 6 had a fantastic time performing the Spanish song we learned to Primary 3 on European Languages Day. We hope the Primary 3’s enjoyed listening to us as much as we enjoyed listening to their performance. It was excellent!
Primary 5 Perfect Persuasion
Primary 5 have been concentrating on honing their powers of persuasion and perfected them by producing them in print! Great word-processing skills Primary 5A.
Judo star
Well done to Callum in Primary 3a for receiving this medal for Judo at the weekend. Congratulations Callum! We are very proud of you.
P2’s Super Stars
Congratulations to Aoibhe Toner who moved up a belt in Tae-Kwon-Do, and well done to Zach Rova and Matthew Roxburgh for receiving a certificate and medal in Judo. They even got their photograph taken with two ladies who competed in the Commonwealth Games!
What super stars you all are!
Well done Cerys!
Cerys has achieved the next level in her Swimming lessons! Isn’t she a star? A huge well done from all the boys and girls.
Mrs Gibson
International Languages Day 2015
Primaries 2 and 2/1 had a fantastic day on Friday. We celebrated International Languages Day, with a focus on Spanish, as we are learning this language in our school. We were lucky enough to have a visit from P5b, who taught us the ‘Hokey Cokey’ in Spanish! Primary 2 sang their Spanish number song to the nursery boys and girls and Primary 2/1 sang their number song to Primary 5b. We were FANTASTICO! 🙂
Meanwhile, the super Primary 1 boys and girls were taking part in their Macmillan coffee morning. A huge well done to boys, girls, mums and dads for raising money for this great cause.
1970s car
Charlie’s mum very kindly sent us some photos of his dad’s 1970s car. The children were very excited to look at these pictures and discussed the similarities and differences between this car and cars nowadays. Thank you for your support!
P3 and P3/2 visit to the Library
Today Primary 3 and 3/2 went to Broxburn Library to learn more about Egypt. Diane in the library dressed up as Tutankhamen and told us lots of interesting facts.
Here are some of the amazing facts she told us.
Isla M – Tutankhamen died when he was 19 years old.
Millie – they but cone on a ladies head then burst it to get perfume on the lady.
Molly – ladies wore a tunic and man wore a kind if kilt.
Hubert – Tutankhamen was a pharaoh when he was only 8 years old.
Emily – the rich drank beer and the poor people drank wine.
Harris – Narmer the pharaoh united upper and lower Egypt.
Marta – Cleopatra died when she got bitten buy a snake.
Luke – poor people had house with one room, rich people had houses with up to 70 rooms.
Callum – Cleopatra was the last pharaoh of Egypt.
Kordian – Osiris brother killed him.
Nicola – Tutankhamun died because he had an infection in his leg.
Clara – Egypt was split into two different kingdoms – upper and lower Egypt.
Freya – Egyptians removed their brain through their nose when they died.
Isla G – Isis’s husband was the first mummy.
Thank you to all our helpers for coming with us. We had a great afternoon and learned lots of interesting facts.
A BIG thank you from Primary 1.
Thank you so much to all of the mummies, daddies, grannies, grandads and friends who came along to today’s Macmillan Coffee Morning. It was lovely to see so many people. We had fun tasting the scrummy cakes that lots of lovely people baked. You are all SO kind.
Lots of the money has been counted and we are pleased to say that we have raised £660. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for supporting us all.
Love Mrs Macdonald, Mrs Baty and Mrs Gibson.
P7 Anderson Bomb Shelter Homework
For the past two weeks primary 7 a have been busy at home building their Anderson Bomb shelters.
We learned that the Anderson Bomb Shelter was designed in 1938 by William Paterson and Oscar Carl Kerrison. The shelter was named after Sir John Anderson, the man responsible for preparing Britain to withstand German air raids.
Have a look below to see our models of an Anderson Bomb Shelter.
Primary 1bs Super Star
Whoops, Mrs Baty accidently didn’t ‘post’ this blog page.
Last week our super star of the week was Martyna! She has been working so hard, has got lovely manners, is always helping others and always has a smile on her face. Well done Martyna!
A wonderful Wednesday in P1.
We have had a very, very busy day today.
What did we do ?
We learnt a new sound, ‘ l’.
We blended our sounds together to read and write words.
We practised forming our numbers on the smartboard.
Mrs Macdonald’s class had music.
Mrs Baty’s class had P.E.
During R.E we learnt that it is nice to help people and do kind things.
We made bunting, coloured in posters and made a table decoration for our coffee morning.
We learnt two new songs that we are going to sing at our coffee morning.
Busy bees ! Thank you everyone for working hard.
Mrs Macdonald and Mrs Baty.
Primary 1a’s ‘Star Pupil of the Week’.
Well done to Raqab for being P1a’s ‘Star Pupil of the Week’. I really did have to think for a while this week as all of the boys and girls are working hard, remembering their magic manners and trying really hard to listen to instructions. However , Raqab receives this week’s award for being a super team player. He is always helpful around the class and caught my eye this week as he helped a friend to tidy up. Well done Raqab !
Wonderful Egyptian God Homework
Well done to the children in Primary 3 for completing excellent homework on Egyptian Gods. Miss Boyd and Mrs Canning were very impressed. Look at their hard work – the children created power point presentations, posters, leaflets and fact files. Well done!
Primary Six are SHAPING up to have a super year!
This week primary 6 have been working on shape in maths! Some of us have been looking at properties of 3D shapes and some have been focussing on how 3D objects can be made up of 2D shapes. We’ve been embracing active maths in the classroom and choosing our own learning tasks to make sure we are all being challenged in the areas we are confident in and supported further in areas we’re not!
Have a look at some of the great things we’ve been getting up to…
Gold, Silver and Bronze for Saint Nicholas in Broxburn Cross Country
On Wednesday the children of primary six took part in a cross country race against Holy Family PS, Uphall PS, Broxburn PS and Kirkhill PS.
We raced around the back of Kirkhill, the track was about 1 kilometre long. First all the girls raced and we were so pleased to see them all trying their hardest and keeping on going! The first girl from our school to cross the finish line was Madison Clarkson, she just missed out on a medal position but finished in the top 10 of around 100 girls in total! Well done Madison and all the girls who did us proud!
In the boys race Saint Nicholas had a ‘clean sweep’ of the medals winning Gold, Silver and Bronze!!! First to cross the line out of all 100 boys AND taking the gold medal was our very own Logan Beagley, he was closely followed by his brother Michael Beagley in 2nd place and Eoin Sword in 3rd!
We are extremely proud of all the children who took part and represented our school in our local community!
Primary 5A Work In Collaborative Groups To Create Class Charter
Last week Primary 5A put their collaborative working skills to good use when they assessed the variety of suggestions for the display of our class charters. They showed fairness and respect for the ideas and thoughts of others. Appropriately rights respecting Primary 5A!
Primary 5A Look At The Fashions Of The 1960s
Fantastic creative work today when Primary 5 created their very own 1960s-style fashion logos. After discussing the role of a Graphic Designer and looking at the Dos and Don’ts of a successful logo, the children used their knowledge of pattern, colour and line to design some superbly eye-catching and effective logos which will advertise their own fashion designs. Well done Primary 5!
T-Rex’s were ENORMOUS!!!
Primary 1b have been learning all about the T-rex today.
We found out that it was over 12 meters tall! We measured this out and decided it was about 12 of us! That’s bigger than the entire classroom!!
We also found out lots of other interesting facts about these huge dinosaurs:
‘They are carnivores’ – Lucas T
‘They are meat eaters’ – Freyja
‘They eat other dinosaurs’ – Oliver
‘They have huge, sharp teeth’ – Gabrielle
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P1’s Macmillan Coffee Morning on Friday, 25th of September.
Primary 1 are hosting their first ever enterprise event on Friday, 25th of September for Macmillan Cancer.
What are going to do ?
We are going to sell cakes to the boys and girls in each of the classes. These will be available before break time.Cakes will vary in price from 10p – 50p.
We are going to organise a non – uniform day. We would like everyone to wear green and donate £1.00
We are going to have a cake and coffee morning for all St Nicholas mummies, daddies, grandparents and friends. This will be in the hall from 11.00 – 12.00. Entry for this will be £2.00 for adults. Kids go free. The adult ticket will provide you with a refreshment and a cake. There will be additional cakes for you to purchase on the day. There will also be a raffle too.
There will be a donation box. We are hoping to raise as much money as we can for a fantastic cause. Please support us if you can. More details to follow this week in a letter.
Many thanks,
Primary 1 teachers.
Go Kart Champion
Well done to Monde-Jnr in Primary 3 for receiving two gold medals for taking part in a go-kart competition in South Yorkshire at the weekend. What a star!
70’s memorabilia
Primaries 2 and 2/1 have been learning all about the 70’s era. So far we have been looking at the fashion and listening to some music. Thank you to these boys for bringing in some memorabilia from this decade to share with the class!
Primary 7 Library Visit
Today Primary 7 took a trip to the local library to learn about the history of WW2. During our visit Diane gave us a detailed talk about WW2. We learned lots of interesting information and even got to see and hold a helmet that the soldiers might have worn.
Lewis learned that American solider worn camouflage helmets and the British soldiers had plain green helmets.
Sophie learned lots about children during WW2. Children had to be evacuated to the countryside; Devon and Cornwall were the most common places to be evacuated to. Often it was the children’s teachers who took them to the countryside.
Ryan learned that children who were evacuated only got to take one suitcase, had to wear a placard and carry a gas mask at all times.
Rosie learned that all people in Britain had to carry an identity card so that they could be identified if a bomb dropped.
Lewis B learned that some people had Morrison Shelters in their homes. These looked like a cage and would be used if the family could not get to the Air Raid shelter.
Ellie learned that in London people used Tube Stations as an Air Raid shelter.
Matthew learned that during the Blitz there were wardens that went round the houses to check everyone had their lights outs.
Hannah learned that the British flew large silver balloons shaped like airplanes to distract the German bombers.
Primary 1b Star of the Week
This week, we have all been working so hard, it has been almost impossible to choose a super star to be star of the week.
However, this girl really stood out, for her very hard work, always helping others, and her lovely lovely manners which have been commented on by numerous staff members.
Well done Mia!!!!
(Photo coming)
Mrs Baty
Primary 1b’s Weekly Evaulation
This week, primary 1b have been SUPER busy!
Here are some of the things we have learned:
We learned lots of new sounds, like ‘o’ and ‘k’ – Lucas T
We have learned lots of new numbers like ‘8’ and ‘7’ – Liam and Catherine
We have made patterns using dinosaurs ‘Lucas T’
We have been learning how to be good friends – Freyja
Dinosaurs eat plants – Gabrielle
Plant eating dinosaurs are called Herbivores – Shay
Dinosaurs eat plants and meat – Freyja
Meat eaters are called Carnivores – Liam
We really enjoyed:
I enjoyed playing duck duck goose with Mia – Oliver
I enjoyed watching the Roald Dahl show – Holly
I enjoyed making our friendship tree – Gabrielle
I’ve enjoyed singing new number songs – Brooke
Mrs Baty
Primary 1a’s Weekly Evaluation
What have we learnt in class this week?
What have we enjoyed?
Here is what some of us had to say.
Kyle – I learnt how to write a kicking k. This sound is in my name. I really enjoyed writing my letters this week.
Zofia – I learnt how to do a new dance and I enjoyed dancing to Boogie Beebies.
Lara – I learnt all about dinosaurs. I learnt that some dinosaurs have wings. I enjoyed taking Borisaurus for a sleepover.
Thomas – I learnt that some dinosaurs have two legs. I have enjoyed going to music.
Flynn – I learnt how to do neat colouring in. I have enjoyed playing in the area.
Santiago – I learnt how to draw a dinoasur. I have enjoyed painting dinosaurs this week.
Raqab – I have learnt how to draw. I have enjoyed playing in our dinosaur corner.
P3 Pharaohs
This week Primary 3 have been very busy learning about Pharaohs. We made our own Egyptian Pharaoh death mask. We also completed a fact file of information about Tutankhamen.
Did you know:
Tutankhamen was the most famous pharaoh – Freya
Tutankhamen was a pharaoh when he was only 9. He died at 18 years old. Beth
He was a pharaoh for 10 years – Hubert
He married his sister – Warren
Look at all our hard work.
P3/2 Egyptian writing and art.
We had a very busy day yesterday completing lots of activities about Tutankhamen.
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Super Judo
Well done to Matthew for being a star at Judo and receiving this super trophy!
Support your child’s Spanish at home
The children in St Nicholas RC continue to work hard on their Spanish. They are very enthusiastic language learners and they enjoy singing and playing in Spanish every week. Some of the topics we have been covering are Greetings, Colours, Animals and giving personal information about ourselves.
We are also trying very hard to incorporate Spanish into our classroom routines. If you are interested in supporting your child’s Spanish at home, here are some useful websites and apps!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primarylanguages/spanish/
https://www.duolingo.com/welcome
Phone apps:
Spanish School Bus
Spanish Challenge – For more advanced learners
We will keep you updated on our Spanish learning!
Miss Alvarez
A terrific Wednesday in P1a.
Another busy day for us today ! What did we do ?
We learnt how to read and write sound ‘g’.
We blended our sounds together to make words.
We learnt all about number 7 and how to write it .
We had music with Mrs Steele.
We learnt that today is a special day for our Queen. We watched some of today’s ‘Newsround’ as there was news on it about her. We learnt that she has been the Queen for a very looooooong time !
We exercised in our class to ‘Boogie Beebies’ and ‘Five a Day’.
We heard all Borisaurus’s sleepover at Santiago’s house. He had a great time !
Borisaurus has gone to Lara’s house for a sleepover.
Lots of learning and fun in primary 1. Well done everyone !
Well done
Well done to Callum in Primary 3 for receiving this certificate for getting 6 badges at Beavers.
Well done to Harris for receiving this certificate and badge for doing 200 metres at swimming.
Well done boys! We are proud of you.
Groovy Grandparents- Learning about life in the 1970s
Primaries 2 and 2/1 were very lucky today! Mrs Hesketh was born in 1970. She brought in a record player and all her favourite records from when she was a little girl. We learned lots of new facts about our topic.
Mirin- You have to hold the records really carefully or they will get scratched. If they get scratched, they jump all over the place and we can’t hear them properly.
Aoibhe- We learned that it’s not just music. We can listen to stories too. Mrs Hesketh brought in the Peter Pan story for us to listen to.
Matthew, Christy- We listened to the Carpenters.
Adam- When Mrs Hesketh set the record player to 78, it was really funny. The voices were very fast and squeaky.
Cerys and Mrs Hesketh both brought in a disco ball! We decided to put out the lights, switched these on and dance to the records. We tried to dance like they did in the 1970s, with lots of special moves!
Judo Star
Congratulations to Zach Rova in P2 who received this fabulous trophy for outstanding Judo! Well done Zach, we are very proud of you!
P1 photos.
Tomorrow, a photographer from the ‘COURIER’ newspaper will take class photos of the P1s. If possible, please dress your child in a white shirt and tie. We have spare ties should you need one.
We are looking forward to this as it will be a very special photo for us to treasure as we get older.
P1b Star of the week
Primary 1b’s star of the week last week was Lucas T! Lucas won this award because he had been working very hard all week with his sounds, and has been blending sounds to read words! We’re all so very proud of him.
Mrs Baty
Fantastic Kyle !
Here is Kyle proudly showing off his certificate and number from ‘Pedal Scotland’. Kyle , along with his mummy, daddy and big sister cycled all the way from Kirkliston to Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh yesterday ! What a super achievement !
Kyle did this for charity. We are all very impressed and proud of you for doing this. You have inspired Mrs Macdonald and your friends in P1a to also do something nice for charity. Watch this space.
Perfect Popping in Primary 6!
Last week we were practicing using ‘an’ and ‘a’ in sentences based on words with vowel sounds. Some of it was quite tricky because we thought it only mattered if the next word began with a,e,i,o or u, but ACTUALLY be discovered that words with any vowel sound would have ‘an’ for example….
‘An honest man’ would have an instead of a because the h is silent and the word starts with a ‘o’ sound!
Once we finally got to the bottom of it we worked in teams to complete a quick assessment of what we had learned. We worked in 2 teams in a race against time! We had to read a sentence with ‘a’ or ‘an’ missing then put it into the correct category… sounds easy? Well the trick was the sentences were inside balloons! We had to pop the balloon first! As soon as Miss Miller and Miss King said ‘Go!’ the classroom turned into a frenzy of cheering and excitement! At the end we made sure everyone had placed their sentence in the correct category and it showed us that most people had really grasped using a and an properly! We are looking forward to using this game to assess our learning in other areas soon!
Fantastic Presentations
Well done to the Primary 3 children who prepared and presented a short 1 minute talk on a favourite book this week for homework. Miss Boyd and Mrs Canning were very impressed.
