Primary 1a and Primary 1b were very excited to receive a visit today from the musician Dave Trouten. We had a great time finding things that rhyme in his shopping bag and singing a song about our favourite sandwich fillings. We used our listening skills to sort out his shakers and then used the shakers with other instruments to create a piece of music about our imaginary train journey to the seaside. Afterwards we were all ready to come home for a rest!
Eco News
It was a very busy meeting today and we had lots of items on our agenda!
* We are going to write a letter and petition to West Lothian Council to complain about the state they have left our Eco Garden in.
* The Eco reps are going to visit P1,P2 and P3 weekly to tell them all about ECO.
* COMPETITIONS – We are going to enter two competitions. One is about encouraging bees back into Scotland and the other is about planting food. We are planning to make a MASSIVE bowl of soup in August.
* WW EARTH HOUR 2014 is going to be on 29th March 2014. See poster on Eco board.
* Are you rembering about NO Electricity Fridays? It’s very easy to do during prayers.
Solar System
Primary 6 have been busy transforming themselves into space experts.
We have been using our Space topic to cover lots of areas of the curriculum including; mathematics, science, art and design, technology and language skills.
Over the past few weeks Primary 6 have been busy researching our Solar System using computers and information books. We used the information we had gathered to create different posters, make 3d models and design our classroom doors.
To make our 3d models of the Solar System we had to use lots of problem solving skills, maths skills and our knowledge of the planets to ensure our model was accurate. Before we could begin making the planets we had to work out the size of each planet. To do this we learned about the diameter and radius of a circle. We then set a compass to different measurements to draw the circles so that the planets were different sizes, like they are in real life. The next step in making our models of the Solar System was to scrunch up lots of newspaper and stick it onto the circles of cardboard to make it 3d. Then we had to layer our models with mod rock so that they were smooth, but the rocky planets were a bit bumpier than the gas giants. Finally when the mod rock was dry we painted our 3d models which the Janitor helped us to put up on the wall. Once the planets were up we started to make posters to go along with our planets.
When designing our classroom doors we used our math skills to measure the length and the width of our door and then used these measurements to cut our paper. To make our door design we had to draw out our design on a4 paper at home and then we put a bit of different peoples’ ideas together to make our final design. In the end we decided on having an astronaut on the smaller door and on the bigger door we split it into 3 sections. On one section we put the earth and all the phases of the moon around it, on another section we put a comet saying welcome to p6 on it, on the last section of the door we painted the moon then drew famous spacecrafts.
By Mirren and Caitlin
Tobacco Education
Over the past three weeks P7 have taken part in a Tobacco Education Programme.
Week 1 – We learned about the dangers of smoking
Week 2 – We learned about the health risks and also the chemicals that are in cigarettes. We also learned how cigarettes are marketed.
Week 3 – We learned about the dangers of second hand smoke. We learened where we are most likely to be exposed and also how we can protect ourselves better.
The Scottish Government Tobacco Control Strategy target for 2034 is to have less than 5% of the scottish population to be smoking. They are hoping that by then it will be normal NOT to smoke.
This has been very interesting and we have learned lots! Huge thanks to Michelle, Keith and Janet for all their input.
Cheerleading Championships!
A huge well done to the girls from JHM Youth Team who competed at the ICC Cheerleading Championships on Saturday at Meadowbank in Edinburgh! They recieved a huge trophy for coming second in the competiton!
We are all very proud of Paige (P5 b) Lauryn and Olivia (P7b)! Keep up the hard work girls! We look forward to hearing all about your next competition in June!
Hard at Work!
The Eco Warriors have been working hard to clean up the school garden this week. We have also registered for the Big Spring Clean!
Joyeux Noel
Today we have been watching extracts from the film “Joyeux Noel”, a film in three languages, French, German and English, to explore a range of features of text such as character, relationships and theme.
We have been looking at different techniques just as we do when we read a piece of writing.
We have discussed facial expressions, speech, tone of voice, gesture, music, lighting and sound effects.
At the start of P7
Homefront Models
Well done everyone who made models as part of their Homefront Homework. We can see just how much effort you have put into these!
WW2
Fantastic art work Iona, Chloe, Luke and Liam.
Impressive Floor Work!
In P.E primary 6b have been learning about Gymnastics. Mrs Smith has been teaching us about different jumps, balances and floor work.
In teams Mrs Smith challenged us to make a routines to show off our learning. These routines had to be original, show creativity and good transition. Over the course of two weeks we used all our knowledge about jumps, balances and transitions to put together our ideas and create our routines.
Now you can view the finished product for yourself!
By Amy and Gregor
It’s coming to eat you!!!
Primary 5A have been doing amazing projects. Mrs Buchanan-Coutts wanted us to show her, by thinking outside the box, a creative way to show that we understand the food chain. We were allowed to be as creative as we liked. We were given a whole week to do this task, and we’ve had some outstanding work from some of the Primary 5 students this week!
We came up with some extraodinary ideas like powerpoints, posters, puzzles, mood boards and boxes decorated about the food chain. Some of the class used lego, Minecraft and even clay models to show their understanding.
Mrs Buchanan-Coutts was very impressed with some of the unusual ideas we came up with and we all had great fun doing it into the bargain. Written by P5a.
Dragon visit!
Primary 1a and Primary 1b were very excited this morning to discover a glitter trail in their classrooms after playtime! The trails led to letters from the Friendly Dragon asking for our help. We decided we would help all the fairytale creatures by building Fairyland in our classrooms. We checked with Mrs. Brown that we would be allowed to re-build Fairyland and she said it was OK. We wrote a letter to the dragon to tell him all the things we would do.
A Film Critic in the Making
The St Nicholas filmclub is very proud to announce that one of their members, Seren (P5B), recently won Review of the Week. No tall order I can assure you, as Seren’s review was chosen from all those written across the entire UK!
The review was written after she watched the film, ‘Arrietty’. Here’s what Seren had to say about it:
Beneath the floorboards of a kitchen in Tokyo, a 14 year old lives with her parents which are the same size as her. They may seem tiny but they are much more. Two ladies and a young boy live in the house above. The story is about the Borrowers and is about how they live in the house with humans. It is a 10/10 story because it has lots of cliffhangers and excitement in it.
I give it *****
Sharing the learning – Viking Museum
Viking Museum
After visiting the museum last week Primary 4 and Primary 4/3 decided to create Viking artefacts to showcase their learning.
We used our knowledge of the artefact and our technology skills to build the artefacts and write descriptions of the artefacts. Have a look at our amazing artefacts.
Responsible Wildlife
Primary 5 had a special visit from the SSPCA today. Amy told us all about some of the strange places they have found animals in distress, including an otter in a Post Office and a bat in a sink! We all sat totally engrossed while she told us about some of the cruel things that people do to animals, but also reassured us that the SSPCA have lots of sanctuaries around Scotland to help these animals out. Amy was extremely impressed with our knowledge of local wildlife and in particular, ornithology. We even managed to fit in a game where we asked each other questions and had to say whether we thought they were fact or fictional statements. If you see an animal in distress, you should be responsible and call:
Animal Helpline 03000 999 999
Chariot Challenge
Miss Crease and Miss Woods were extremely impressed by the hard work and effort that went into our homework challenge. We used lots of household recycled materials to create Roman chariots as part of our class topic. We enjoyed explaining to our classmates how we made them. Finlay even made a Circus Maximus!
Owen’s grandad kindly provided a Roman soldier’s outfit to show the class. Owen felt like a real gladiator!
Thank you to all family members for helping your children to create such amazing masterpieces! We will be showcasing these to P4 on Friday morning.
Parent group
The first meeting of the Parent Group will take place on Friday 28 February at 11.20am. Tea/coffee and cake!!! The Nursery team look forward to welcoming you and hearing any suggestion or ideas you may have for improving our Nursery. Will also be looking at discussing future fundraising events. See you on the 28th.
P3 & P3/2 Class Mass – Ash Wednesday
Just a little reminder that P3 & P3/2 will be leading our Ash Wednesday Mass on 5th March at 11 am in our school hall. If your child has been given a reading/prayer, please ensure they are practising this every night to ensure they are reading it fluently. These are stapled into their homework diaries.
Children must come to school wearing full school uniform – white school shirt and tie – on this day.
Many thanks for your continued support.
Miss Crease and Miss Woods
Creative Creature Categorising!
Primary 5b have been learning all about the different types of animals that can be found in the rainforest! We learned about vertebrates and invertebrates, then we started to classify different animals into categories; mammals, fish, birds, reptiles and amphibians!
Last week we were set the homework challenge to ‘show animals that are mammals, fish, birds, reptiles and amphibians in ANY WAY!’ Miss King wanted us to be as creative as possible! The results were amazing…
Some people created interactive powerpoint presentations full of facts and examples of animals, some people made books, fact files and posters, some people wrote lists or drew tables and some people drew pictures of different animals! Hannah B made some amazing creatures out of modelling clay; we all thought they were so cute! Hannah S made a beautiful mobile using coat hangers, tissue paper and ribbons with the animals pictures attached! Fraser baked 5 cupcakes and decorated them with an animal from each of the five categories! Paige created a rainforest song to the music of ‘We Are the Champions’ by Queen; we all sang along it was fantastic! Terri created her own jigsaw with pictures of animals from each category and we helped her to put it together, what a fantastic idea! Krzysztof used lego to create models and Marco even used his favourite game minecraft to ‘build’ his animals and took pictures of them!
It was amazing to see all the fantastic ideas and creations! Miss King was so proud of us that she invited Mrs Brown and Mrs Deas to visit us and see all our fabulous work… they were VERY impressed!
Some helpful information
What is a Rights Respecting School?
School Charters
Learners have been in full swing contributing to the creation of classroom charters which will be put together with the staff charters to create a whole class charter. The process has involved the learners choosing the rights from the Convention on the Rights of the Child that they feel are most important to the school. Once these have been collated they then think about how they can show respect towards these rights. This involves thinking about what day to day actions learners can take to protect their rights and take the most of the opportunities given by these rights.
Assemblies
Learners regularly attend and lead assemblies that promote the Rights Respecting ethos. They have had the process of gaining the award explained to them and were asked to reflect on the following themes:
- How easy is it to get your rights in Scotland?
- Why are our rights important?
- What can you do as learners to make the most of your rights?
- How can everyone involved in St Nicholas Primary School look after children’s rights?
The global dimension and RRSA
The global dimension of RRSA is a central part of the award. Children learn that rights are universal and that all children do not have equal access to these rights across the world. As an international children’s rights organisation, UNICEF is committed to developing a global perspective in schools, so global citizenship in rights-respecting schools promotes the idea of taking action with and building cohesion rather than doing things to or for people.
A global citizen in a rights-respecting school is someone who knows their rights, believes everybody has rights and is committed to working towards a world where everyone can access their rights. At the heart of the CRC is the fundamental moral principle that all human beings are of equal worth who share an equal entitlement to enjoy the rights set out in the Convention.
Primary 7a’s visit to Primary 1
Our class have been working on presentations of OLD TESTAMENT stories.We performed them to the primary 1 classes yesterday afternoon.The primary one children enjoyed the stories and they joined in with songs which primary 7 had written.We also enjoyed performing, and hope to repeat the whole experience next WEDNESDAY in Mrs. Hopkinson’s class.Video link to follow!
Our Viking Trip!
Today we went for a visit to the National Museum of Scotland. We all had a fantastic time. We saw lots of Viking artefacts including pots, jewellery, weapons and utensils. We even saw a Viking man’s grave! We know that Vikings were buried with objects that were special to them. We saw one poor horse who was buried with his master. We got to handle a lot of Viking artefacts too. We found out that the Vikings used ice skates and that they played games that were similar to chess. Following lunch, we had a quick visit to the fantastic animal kingdom, and then we were homeward bound for St Nicholas and Broxburn.
Thanks to all our helpers today: Miss King, Mrs Fitzpatrick, Mrs Chaudhry and Mrs Chatterjee.
DIVERSITY ASSEMBLY 14/2/14
Just a quick reminder that P2/1 and P2’s assembly will start at 11am.
Primary 7 will be running the cafe afterwards.
An author in the making!
I sat on the edge of the solid, freezing pavement. With a depressed look on my filthy face. All around me was rubble. What had been my home was now demolished into thousands of individual pieces. I couldn’t recognise anything now. All around me were smouldering fires that were instantaneously spreading. Destroying even more. The dancing fires were hissing and spitting. With every short, sharp breath that I took, I inhaled smoke. I was frozen to the bone but unfortunately we didn’t have any shelter. My shoulders were hunched and my hands were pulled tight into my chest to try to generate heat. I rubbed my hands together so furiously that I expected sparks. Suddenly, all was silent. Unhurriedly, I looked up into the bleak sky. A cumbersome bomb was descending from the dull, grey sky. BANG! Then everything went pitch black…
By Meg P7B
Viking Trip to National Museum
Tomorrow (Thursday 13th February) Primary 4 and 4/3 are going to the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. We are all looking forward to seeing Viking artefacts and learning more about the Vikings. We will be able to touch Viking artefacts and we will take notes and draw pictures of what we see.
Please remember packed lunches and to wear school uniform. You do not need any money to have fun and learn about the Vikings.
Nursery Welly Walk
Last Wednesday 5th February saw both morning and afternoon sessions go on their sponsored Welly Walk. Luckily the weather was very kind though there were still lots of puddles for us to jump in! It was also a great opportunity to observe lots of interesting things in our local environment and the most brilliant piece of news is that so far we have raised £660. What a remarkable achievement. A huge thank you to our parents, grandparents and all those who helped either by coming along on our walk or by donating money. Our next job is to decide how to spend it! If you have any suggestions then please let us know. We will also be asking the children what new toys or games they would like to see in their nursery.
Puzzling Mental Maths
Primary 6b have been very busy this week working on their mental maths skills.
Lots of us find mental maths tricky so we wanted to find a fun way to develop our mental strategies. To help with this we worked in groups to practice our fraction, multiplication and division skills. To make this more fun, we worked in small groups to try out some new mental maths puzzles. These included loop cards, tarsia puzzles and jigsaws. We found this fun because we are working together and discussing different ways of solving problems.
Over the next few weeks we will continue practicing these skills and have some fun along the way!
Rainforest Explorers!
Primary 5A have become explorers of the deep, dark rainforest. Now that we know where to find rainforests, what the climate is like and what it might look like from within, we have started converting our classroom. It is beginning to take shape, but in order to help us learn about this vast area of amazing land, we have arrived as teams of experts – Ornithologists, Botanists, Mammologists, Herpetologists and Entemologists. Last week we had to research and share information on our specific groups with the rest of the class. Next we will be looking at some of the products that are found in the rainforest, in particular from the plants and we hope the Botanists will help us a bit!
Let’s Dance
Mrs Downham, a PE teacher at St Margarets Academy, brought some of her sixth year Dance Leadership girls to do a workshop with us today. Before they taught us some really cool moves, we had to warm up and stretch; this is an extremely important part of any sport or excercise regime. Once completely warmed up, we got down to the business of learning a dance to a song from The Little Mermaid – Under the Sea. The concentration on our faces in the photos shows just how much we tried to follow the routine. Towards the end of the session, just to make sure we were completely exhausted, we joined in with a couple of zumba songs. It was really good fun and we would like to say a huge thank you to the girls and their teacher for taking the time to teach us and we can’t wait to see them again when they put on a performance for us next month.
Look who came to visit!!
Primary 5A had a fantastic surprise today, when an old classmate made a special visit. Katie left St Nicholas back in October to move to Tranent. She has settled well into her new school, but thought that since she was on half term holidays this week, she would pop in and see what we were up to. Everyone was delighted to catch up with her.
Primary 6 Rap Stars!!
Primary 6 have been working together to learn about our solar system and have become rap stars in the process.
We have been working in groups to research each of the planets and decided that we wanted to show our knowledge of the planets through music. Each of our groups took on the challenge of writing our own rap song about each planet and becoming rap stars.
Please click below to have a sneak peek into what we have come up with.
Stay tuned for the full version coming to a stage near you soon!
Strictly Stars of the Future!
Congratulations to Lauryn and Olivia who recently passed their MOdern Jazz Exams with MERIT!!
Well done girls. Keep up the good work!
A piece of history in our very own classroom!
This week in class we have been learning about the Roman army, so Miss Woods brought in a replica of a real Roman soldier’s helmet. Some of us were lucky enough to try it on. Brandon and Sarah said that it was very heavy. We understand now how strong the Roman soldiers had to be, as not only did they wear a helmet, they also wore a suit of armour and had to carry weapons, a shield and personal belongings.
Phases of the Moon Homework Challenge
Mrs Heather and Miss Watson have set us a challenge to record the phases of the moon.
Each night for the next two weeks, we have to draw or take a photograph of the changing shape of the moon. Remember each night to date your picture and note the time the picture was recorded.
We are looking forward to seeing what phases of the moon we were able to record over the two weeks. Once we have the results we can begin to investigate the patterns arising from the phases of the moon.
Click the link below if you need some help.
Have fun recording!
In the Jungle, the Mighty Jungle…
Primary 5b have been learning all about animals of the rainforest!
We worked in pairs of research teams and were given an animal to create a fact file for, all the fact files were to be published in our very own ‘Rainforest Encyclopedia’!
Some of us had animals we had never even heard of like an okapi (which is actually a horse like creature with zebra legs!) or a gaboon viper (which is a deadly snake!), before we started our research another research team set us some questions to find out about our animal, such as; How long does it live for? Is it poisonous? What does it eat?
We went off in our research teams and used the internet and books to find our information. Then we used Mircosoft Word to create eye catching fact files with images and different fonts!
Once our fact files were complete and in the encyclopedia we presented them to our class, some of the facts were amazing… Did you know a blue morpho butterfly has a lifespan of only 115 days? The harpy eagle has a wingspan of over 7 foot!
We then provided each other with quality feedback on the presentations, we looked at each others fact files and tried to decide if they had provided enough information or answered all the questions they were asked, then we left comments for the researchers to read! We are hoping our wonderful encyclopedia will be filled with amazing information all about the rainforest as we continue our topic!
We then started to draw our animals for our rainforest display! We had to use maths skills to create a grid to help us draw our animals in proportion! First we drew the outline in a light coloured pencil, then we began to shade and mix colours to make our drawings really realistic! What do you think?! Come and see them for yourself in our classroom display!
Next we are moving on to classifying animals as vertebrates or invertebrates, then mammals, birds, fish, amphibians and reptiles!
Viking Crafts
Primary 4 and 4/3 have been very busy learning about the Vikings and making some Viking items.
We made Viking helmets. We made them using a balloon and paper mache. When they had dried we painted them and made a nose protection for them. Look at us with our helmets on.
We also made Viking cups. We designed them on paper and then painted our Viking design. We then wrapped them around a cup. They look very like cups the Vikings would have used.
Some children also designed a Viking stone. We painted our designs onto a stone carefully. The Vikings used stones to record their history and stories about Gods so we have tried to copy some of them.
After learning about Viking Ruins we used Viking Ruins to write our names.
Finlay and Ben also built Viking Longships at home.
We enjoyed all of these art and crafts activities.
Time
Primary 4/3 and primary 4 have been learning all about time. We can tell the time on digital and analogue clocks. We have made posters to tell people what we know about time.
We enjoyed playing different time games together.
Diversity Assembly
All children have been given their parts for the assembly – please check reading diaries. Don’t worry if you have been off – we have set aside parts especially for you.
Each child has been asked to wear their favourite t-shirt to the assembly.
Swimming Star
Ellie has been selected to swim for West Lothian. This will involve early morning training at least 5 times a week. Ellie will now be swimming in even bigger competitions!
Well done Ellie, we are all very proud of you.
Helpers needed..!!
Primary 4 and 4/3 are going on a trip to learn all about the Vikings next week, Thursday 13th of February. We need parent helpers to go along with them. If you can help out then please contact the school office. Your help and support is greatly appreciated.
Homework Challenge- build a Roman chariot.
As part of our homework, Miss Woods and Miss Crease have set us a challenge! We have been asked to design and build a Roman chariot using everyday materials from home.
We looked at photos and video clips of Roman chariots and learned how and why they were used by the Romans.
We have to bring our chariots into school by next Friday 14th February. Photographs will follow…
If we find this challenge a little bit too difficult, our teachers said that we could draw a labelled diagram of a Roman chariot instead.
Let it Shine, Let it Shine, Let it Shine!
Miss King and Mrs Buchanan-Coutts felt like two very proud mums on Friday when, along with Monsignor Patrick Burke, Primary 5 led the school in a lovely Mass in preparation for Catholic Education Week. The theme of the Mass was ‘Shining the Light of Faith’ and the children had prepared well by learning how the Gospel according to Matthew 5-15 helps us understand what our faith is and how we can let it “shine out” so that we can show other people what we believe. We also made lanterns from recycled tin cans to decorate the alter. Everyone read clearly and sang beautifully, including their own rendition of He Never Sleeps.
Well done Primary 5.
Click on the link below to watch us singing…
St Nicholas Eco Club
Today was the first meeting of the Eco Club in 2014.
7 members attended and 3 sent apologies.
Our Chairperson Wiktoria opened our meeting offering a warm welcome to old and new members.
Agenda
* Cutting back hedge in Eco Garden – should we write a letter?
* Discuss Healthy Tuck Shop – appears to be very busy
* No electricity Friday – 10 mins – extend time?
* Possible visit to Willow Den
* Next week wear old clothes as we are going into the garden.
Next meeting Thursday 6th February 3-4pm
It’s all go in St Nicholas playground!
Last Tuesday Primaries 3 and 3/2 went out to the playground to find out more about what is happening with all of the building work. A very helpful workman, named Grant, came over to tell us all about the construction work. He also explained about how the workmen keep safe and the different materials, equipment and machinery that they use. We learned that they need to wear a hard hat, steel toe-cap boots and a fluorescent jacket. When we got back into class we worked with a partner to design posters to inform passers by and the rest of the children what is happening in our playground. We attached the posters to the fence so please have a look!
Film, Camera, Action
There’s a new club at St Nicholas – The Filmclub! We meet every 2nd Wednesday to watch films, write reviews and look at what goes on behind the scenes.
Last week we all relaxed, got comfy on our cushions and under blankets to watch Robin Williams in ‘Flubber’.
One of our up and coming projects will be to organise a school community film night – so keep your ears peeled for more information.
Our Voices Rock!
Jennifer Baird from Voice Rocks joined Primary 5 last Wednesday for a taster session of their project. She taught us how to warm our voices up properly before we got to show of our singing skills with our own rendition of Adele’s Rolling in the Deep.
Voice Rocks is free weekly Pop/Rock choir experience for young people in West Lothian.
Classes will be taught an easy-to-learn style – no formal training, sight singing or reading of music or theory is required. Participants will listen to and discuss songs in the rock/pop genre and decide as a group which ones to rehearse. Call Howden Park Centre for more information.
Fantastic Fractions in Primary 5!
This week primary 5 have started to look at fractions as our maths topic!
To help us really understand what a fraction is we began our topic by cutting up a huge chocolate cake into halves, then quarters, then eighths, then sixteenths!
Some of us have been creating our own ‘Fraction Paths’ by cutting up 1 whole piece of paper into fractions, we were then comparing and coming up with statements about what the paths show us! Have a look at the fantastic effort by Kieran and Hannah in the photo gallery.
Some of us have started looking at comparing equlivent fractions as well! This is when 2 fractions mean the same amount, like 1/2 is the same as 2/4!
P4 & P4/3 – NYCoS (National Youth Choir of Scotland)
Primary 4 and 4/3 have been very lucky to receive lessons from NYCoS (National Youth Choir of Scotland)
The children absolutely love it! This experience develops their concept of rhythm and rhyme and NYCoS stongly believe that singing and musicianship go hand in hand, and that the singing/education experience should start as early as possible in a child’s life.
If you would like further information about this programme then please visit http://www.nycos.co.uk/
Ask your child to recite some of the rhymes for you – Remind them to keep a steady beat!
Learning is fun at the local library!
Primaries 3 and 3/2 visited Broxburn library to find out about our new topic The Romans. The friendly librarian, Diane, prepared posters which included lots of interesting information about life in Roman times. Diane was dressed up as a Roman and she invited Ehlana and Sean to dress up too. They wore a toga and a head piece made from a plant. Traditionally, Romans wore sandals with laces tied around their legs. We enjoyed our visit to the library and Diane made the learning fun! We brought books and posters back to school to continue our learning. This is going to be a great topic!
New Road – work commences!!
Work commenced today on the new entrance road to the school. It is very exciting and the boys and girls have been amazed by the big digger moving all the soil!
Please be aware that there will be trucks, diggers etc. on Blyth Road. The work is estimated to take around 5 weeks.
Welcome to Inverness Tourist Information Centre!
- Primary 5 transformed their classes into tourist information centres for the city of Inverness!
We sent letters to Miss Sweeney at the real tourist information centre in the city and she replied sending lots of fantastic information, from how to welcome people, questions to ask tourists, leaflets about attractions in the highlands and the layout of her building!
We displayed lots of information on the walls, created characters to work in our centres and even created a gift shop with lots of wonderful nessie figures and post cards for sale! At the Scottish Showcase we invited our parents to visit our centres to find out lots about the city! We also had a Highland Cafe serving haggis, oatcakes and of course Irn Bru! The event was opened by Paige and Rachael dancing the Highland Fling! Some people spoke to parents about the Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club, showing them highlights from the last game and giving lots of information about the club!
Some people were telling our visitors about the Scottish Whiskey industry and the very important job of a coppersmith! Some people where showing parents our own mini version of Urquart Castle and telling them some key facts about Inverness! Another group were showcasing our historic portraits of Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Red Coat Army and were looking at the battle of Culloden! Lastly we asked parents to participate in the St Nicholas Highland games! The activities were: chuck the welly, toss the caber, strength test and toss the hay! We even had a trophy for the Champion! To round up the event Oliver played the bagpipes to a cheering crowd!
We hope you were able to come and enjoy this great showcase, but if you weren’t able to have a look at these great pictures!
Welcome to our Blog!
Welcome to the blog of Primary 5b!
Here you will be able to find out all about the things we have been doing in our class!We already have a lot to tell you about; Children in Need, our assembly, our Inverness showcase, school camp…
We hope you will check here regularly and you enjoy sharing our learning!
Primary 5b and Miss King
