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Primary 1’s Book Week

March 8, 2017 Mrs Baty Leave a comment

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Primary 1 have been having a great Book Week so far.

We have been reading lots of books in class, with our teacher, with our friends, with nursery children and with our primary 7 buddies. We also took some of our favourite books outside to read in the sunshine today.

We’ve had lots of fun book related activities, including painting and other art activities related to some of our favourite stories.

We have been decorating our door like a book too – we are trying to win a ‘Dress Your Door’ competition against the rest of the school (of course, ours are by far the best!).

We helped write the first chapter of a ‘School Story’ – the rest of the school will continue and finish the story.

We have also been doing lots of fab writing related to and inspired by some of our favourite books.

We’ve also been bringing in some fab photos of our ‘extreme reading’ for the competition – the winner will be announced on Friday.

There’s still lots more to come, including a school carousel (where we will hear some stories from other teachers in the school, and finally, we are really looking forward to dressing up as our favourite book character on Friday.

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Burns Celebration in P1

January 25, 2017 Mrs Baty Leave a comment

Burns Day

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Today in Primary 1, we had great fun learning all about Robert Burns. We learned that he was a super clever man, who lived in Scotland. We learned that he wrote lots and lots of poems. We listened to some of his poems. We also learned about the traditional Burns Supper, which includes Haggis, Neeps and Tatties.

We listened to some Scottish songs (and learned about bagpipes). We then learned to sing some Scottish songs, including Donald Where’s Yer Troosers?’, ‘Ye Cannae Shove Yer Granny Aff The Bus’ and ‘Ali Bali Bee’.

We then learned some Scottish words:

Troosers – James H

Wheisht – Roman

Braw – Andrew

Ston up – Max & Megan

Doon – Lucia & Julia D

Aye – Joshua

Heid – Justyna

Lugs – Toby

We then had our own Burns Supper. We had some oatcakes and cheese and some shortbread.

We then went to the hall to practice some Scottish dancing.

Here are some of the things we have learned:

‘Today is Robert Burns Day’ – Toby

Robert Burns wrote hundreds of poems – Olivia

Robert Burns was very very special – Matthew P

It is Robert Burns’ birthday today – Daniella and Sophia

It is Robert Burns day on 25th January – Piper

Robert Burns wrote lots of letters – Lucas

Hope you enjoy the rest of your Burns Day!

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St Nicholas in Primary 1

October 4, 2016 Mrs Baty Leave a comment

Today in Primary 1, we have been learning all about our school’s saint: St Nicholas.

Here are some of the things we have learned:

Louvisa – he rescued someone

Thomas – he rescued them from a storm

Chloe – he made people rich (he was generous)

Leo – he shared his money

Roman – he left a bag of money for a man

Matthew (P1b) – the man found the money

Lucas (P1a) – he wants to give money

All – he was happy

Toby – he wanted to be a bishop

All – A bishop is like a priest

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P1’s Fantastic Facts

September 22, 2016 Mrs Baty Leave a comment

Today, P1 all got together to learn some fantastic facts. Today we were learning about Spiders!

We began by reading two different stories. One was a fiction book. This means it is not real (Andrew).

The other was a non-fiction book. This means it is real (Joshua).

We learned lots of facts about spiders:

Kayleidh – they have 8 eyes

Isabella P – they have 8 legs

Matthew P – they have spinnerettes

Matthew R – these make webs

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More people who help us!

September 8, 2016 Mrs Evans Leave a comment

Our primary one children had a fantastic day today visiting our local fire station!

The children listened well as the fireman told them what his job was. They learned all about the uniforms (did you know that most fire fighters wear yellow helmets, but the one who’s in charge wears a white helmet?!) and all about the fire engines (in Scotland they are red with blue lights – the same as the ambulance!!)

We learned that at Broxburn, all the firefighters have pagers, which beep when it’s time to go to work, but other stations have fire fighters who eat and even sleep there!

They then saw what fire fighters have to wear (Mrs Evans and Mrs Baty modeled the uniform – it was very heavy and warm!!)

We also learned what to do if we ever see someone on fire (tell them to Stop, Drop and Roll – you can see us practicing this in our photos).

After that, the children went outside to explore the fire engine. They even got a shot of a water hose out of the fire engine!

All primary 1 children were fantastic on our first trip! Thank you again to our fabulous parent helpers!

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Amazing Ambulance in Primary 1!!

September 7, 2016 Mrs Baty Leave a comment

Today, primary 1 were lucky enough to have some very special visitors! As part of our People Who Help Us topic, we invited some paramedics to come to see the children. They told us all about their job, what they do and what equipment they use.

Some of us were allowed to dress up in their real High Vis Jacket, and their paramedics helmet. Then, we pretended Mrs Evans had been trampled by an elephant!! The paramedics put a bandage on her head (like a big plaster) and used a special machine to make sure she was feeling okay (it beeped, and had a blue wavy line on it).

Then, we went to see the ambulance!!! It was amazing! We even got to go inside! Then they put the siren on for us to hear! (See our picture with our hands over our ears … it was so loud!).

We had a really great day!!

Joshua – Paramedics have ambulances

Alfie – they wear an ambulance suit

Ava – they have a torch

Kayleidh – (how could they make sure they are seen?) you wear a jacket

Isla – (Mrs Evans should..) get away from the elephant!

Lucas – (Mrs Evans is hurt, what do we do?) phone the doctor!

James – is the number 909?

Ben – the ambulance is blue

Lucas – …and green and yellow

Matthew – the ambulance has lights

Olivia – the lights are blue, and they flash

Matthew – it has a siren, and they rescue people

Toby – they help people who get hit by a car

Ben – they are sometimes with the fire brigade

Arran – they take you to the hospital

Dermott – St Johns hospital.

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Primary 1a working hard!

September 6, 2016 Mrs Baty Leave a comment

Primary 1a have been working so hard this week! We have been learning to read and write some sounds. So far we have learned ‘m’ and ‘a’.

We have also been continuing to learn about patterns. We have made some lovely pattern caterpillars, which Mrs Baty is looking forward to putting up on our wall!

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Primary 1’s Lovely Lunches

September 6, 2016 Mrs Baty Leave a comment

Primary 1 are really enjoying having lunch at school, now that we are in school all day!!

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Perfect Police

September 6, 2016 Mrs Baty Leave a comment

Today, Primary 1 were learning all about The Police, as part of our People Who Help Us topic.

We began by watching a video about police in action, then we had lots of fun activities. We got to play dress up (as police and firefighters), and we even took our own finger prints!

Here are some of the things we learned today:

Ben – the police use helicopters

Toby – They catch bad guys

Olivia – They drive police cars

Lennox – They go fast on their motorbikes to get badies

Dermott – They have sirens on the top of bikes and cars

Ava – They have handcuffs

Arran – They go on motorbikes

Daniel – They use horses

Roman – They go on police helicopters

Daniella – They wear a white and black vest

Ben – They wear helmets

Abdullah – (the pattern on the side of their cars is…) blue and white and yellow

Ava – Everyone has different lines on our fingers

Tyler – … called their fingerpints

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Full tummies in P1.

September 6, 2016 Mrs Macdonald Leave a comment

Eating lunch at school is great ! Here we are being big boys and girls filling our tummies with our delicious lunches.

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Working Hard in Primary 1a!!

August 31, 2016 Mrs Baty Leave a comment

We have been having so much fun and we’ve been working very hard in Primary 1a! Mrs Baty is very proud of us!!

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We have been learning all about pattern. We know that pattern means ‘it is repeated’. We have been making patterns with colour using counters / cubes, and we have begun making patterns with shapes. We also made a pattern using ourselves!!! (sitting and standing).

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Today we read the story of Elmer the Elephant. Elmer was sad because he was different from all the other elephants. He painted himself grey, but quickly realised that by embracing his unique personality and his colours, he was happier and he made everyone else happier. We then spoke about what makes us all special and unique.

We had some brilliant answers:

Joshua – I was really good at football when I was wee

Olivia- I am very good at swimming and gymnastics

Ben – When I was younger I went to football and I was really good

Toby – when I am a grown up I am going to be a really good fireman

Rian – I am really good at football

Roman – I am really good at football and I can go under the water

Daniel – I am really good at football

Leo – I’ve played in lots of football games

Tyler – I am good at swimming underneath the water

Matthew – I am really good at football

Lucas – I am good a lot of games

Daniella – My daddy’s daddy used to live in Sri Lanka

Lennox – I can jump in the swimming pool from really high

Abdullah – I am good with my bike

Hugh-John – I am good at swimming

Julia – I am a perfect ballerina

Nadia – I am good at ballet

Dermott – I am really good at painting

Arran – I can speak snail

Ava – I am really good at football

We then decorated our own Elmer in our own unique way. We were excited to add glitter to make them super special.

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Last week we made our beautiful Rainbow Fish, whilst learning about how to be kind to each other by sharing. Our Rainbow Fish look ‘amazing’, ‘fantastic’ and ‘beautiful’ on our wall.

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We have also been learning to draw a self portrait. Don’t they look fantastic?

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Lovely day in Primary 1a!

August 24, 2016 Mrs Baty Leave a comment

Primary 1a have had another exciting day at school today.

This morning we had fun doing lots of different activities to build our fine motor skills. We drew spikes on crocodiles, we playing with jumping frogs, we made necklaces, we played with laces, and we played / danced with some playdoh to the Doh Disco (so much fun!).

After playtime (where we got to see our buddies again), we listened to the story The Rainbow Fish. We had a chat about the importance of sharing, and discussed the ways each of us have shared things with others. We then had to share the glue, scissors, and coloured paper, to make our very own Rainbow Fish. They look beautiful!

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Welcome to Primary 1a

August 23, 2016 Mrs Baty Leave a comment

We had a fantastic morning in Primary 1a, we had so much fun and made lots new friends.

We showed Mrs Baty how clever we were by doing fantastic listening, sitting and by putting up our hands to talk.

We played some circle time games to get to know our classmates, and found out all of our favourite animals. We all seem to like cats, dogs, lions and penguins amongst others.

We had a story after break time and met our story animals. They help us to listen nicely to the stories, and sometimes ask questions too.

We even got to use some paint to make a friendship tree for our classroom (photo to follow).

Have a look below at our super smart First Day Photos. Don’t we look super?!

Keep checking back to see what else we get up to in our first week of Primary 1.

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Day 8 of Primary 1’s Fitness Fortnight.

June 15, 2016 Mrs Macdonald Leave a comment

Today we had a visit from three lovely ladies from ‘West Lothian Gymnastics’. What did we do ? Well we all went to the gym hall and had a gymnastics taster session . It was amazing ! First of all we played a warm up game called ‘Breakfast’ before we stretched out. We were then placed into three groups and let loose on the equipment doing forward rolls, backward rolls, handstands, kangaroo jumps and more jumping using the springboard. We had such a good time that some of us wanted to have another go. Well done everyone for working hard !

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Fitness Fortnight continued – Karate

June 14, 2016 Mrs Baty Leave a comment

Primary 1a and 1b had a fantastic afternoon of Karate. Some of us have already experienced Taikwondo or Karate before, and we were keen to show off our skills.

We found out that Karate is a Japanese sport.

We began by learning how to say hello in Japanese. They are very formal. To say hello, they bow, with their hands at their sides and their feet together. The more important the person, the lower we bow. So of course, we all bowed very low to our teachers!

We then learned how to count to 5 in Japanese.

1 – ish

2 – ni

3 – san

4 – chi

5 – go

We then learned different ways to punch and kick correctly, so as not to hurt ourselves. (Of course, we learned that this is just a sport, and only to be done in safe environments, such as in karate or taikwondo classes).

We learned a forward punch – it is important to keep our thumb tucked away, punch in a straight line, and use the top part of our first 2 fingers.

We learned to a head block and a side block (to stop others punching us).

We then learned something called a slap kick – we don’t use the bottom of our foot or our toes, as this would hurt. Instead, we use the top part of our foot.

We practiced all of these on punching pads, held only by the instructors. We then got a go at using the pretend man called Bob. This was fun as he was very squishy and wobbled a lot.

We also had lots of fun playing games. These games were to help us get fit, and to exercise our muscles. We played an opposites game. We found this tricky at first but eventually got the hang of it. If the man said sit, we had to stand. If he said fight, we had to dance.

We then played a dice game. The dice had different exercises on it, including crunches, push ups, star jumps and squats. There was even a side which got the teachers to do 25 exercises! Luckily it only landed on this once. It was very funny watching Mrs Baty trying to do 25 push ups! She’s not as fit as us.

We had a really fun day, and we’re looking forward to the rest of the week.

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Primary 1’s Fitness Fortnight Day 6.

June 13, 2016 Mrs Macdonald Leave a comment

We have had a fantastic day today !

What have we been up to ?

This morning we took a walk up to the ‘Range Park’. Some of us had already been before so we were already familiar with it. For some of though, it was our first time there and we were amazed when we saw all of the super things there. What did we see ?

a flying fox

a climbing wall

a roundabout

a chute

an obstacle course

a trampoline

a roundabout

and lots of lovely green grass and sand for us to run around on.

We all had lots of super fun running around and using the equipment. It was really great ! We arrived back to school just before lunchtime having walked back. Mrs Macdonald and Mrs Baty agreed that because we walked up and down to the park we didn’t have to do our ‘Daily Mile’ back at school. Phew !!!!

In the afternoon we had a visit from a nurse ! She told us lots of super things about our body and what we can do to keep ourselves strong and healthy. She also showed us what a heart looks like and told us how important it is to exercise. We learnt that children’s hearts should beat between 80-120 beats per minute. We also learnt how important it is to wash our hands. It was a very informative visit. Thanks so much toMrs Purves for giving up her time to talk to us.

A big thank you also to Freya and Tavia’s mummy, Wiktoria’s mummy and Thomas’s mummy for coming along to the park this morning to help us.

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Bouncy Obstacle Course

June 10, 2016 Mrs Baty Leave a comment

Primary 1 continued their Fitness Fortnight today by playing on a bouncy obstacle course. It was great fun, and very tiring! This means we were doing great exercise. We all felt very hot, sweaty and our hearts were beating fast. Primary 2 and 3 even got to have a go as well. Look at our photos. We all have huge smiles!

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P1s Fab Fitness Fortnight Continued

June 9, 2016 Mrs Baty Leave a comment

P1 are having a brilliant week as part of our Fitness Fortnight. We are definitely feeling very fit …. and very tired!

Today we did our daily mile again. It is 6 times around the field. We have been walking most of the way, then running the last 2 laps, although some of us are pushing ourselves further to run more. We are noticing the differences now that we’ve been doing it more continuously.

This afternoon P1a had a yoga instructor come into the class. We had lots of fun trying to get ourselves into all the different positions. They had funny names, including The Airplane, The Bridge and The Cat. We had a lot of fun! (Primary 1b will get to try this next week).

This afternoon, P1b made some healthy snacks. We actually began by trying Mrs Baty’s smoothie (she wasn’t so keen on the ones we tried yesterday, so brought in one of her homemade ones). Lots of us liked it a lot more than the others, and we found out how easy it was to make.

We then made our own yoghurt snacks. We mixed yoghurt, coco powder, honey and banana, and put it in the freezer. We were hoping to eat them this afternoon, but they weren’t frozen enough. It’ll just have to be our breakfast tomorrow! (P1a will make these next week).

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Day 3 – Primary 1’s Fitness Fortnight!

June 8, 2016 Mrs Macdonald Leave a comment

We have had another great day today ! We started our day off learning about lots of different fruits. We spoke about our favourite fruits before trying some of these in the form of smoothies.

We tried a mango and passion fruit smoothie, a pineapple, banana and coconut smoothie, a strawberry and banana smoothie and a pomegranate, blueberry and acai berry smoothie. We liked some of these better than others but we still tried them and some of us even asked for more. A big well done to everyone for trying these , we are super proud of you all.

Primary 1b voted, and we decided our favourite was the strawberry and banana smoothie, although the mango and passion fruit was a very close second.

In the afternoon we went for our mile walk. This is starting to become easier for us and we are enjoying being out in the fresh air.

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P1’s Fantastic Fitness Fortnight (Day 1)

June 6, 2016 Mrs Baty 1 Comment

Primary 1 have had a brilliant start to their Fitness Fortnight!

This morning we went on a trip to Craigswood Xcite Leisure Centre.

It was amazing! We had 7 different activities set up for us, and the trainers were very helpful.

We experienced shot-put, using basketballs before using REAL shotput balls!!

We tried the javelin. This was very tricky.

We tried the high jump and the long jump (I think we brought back most of the sand!)

We had a go at wellie throwing.

We had a hoop game, and we had races. We were all super fast, but eventually we got our boy and girl winners. We even got prizes!!

We had a really fab time!

Then, this afternoon, we took part in our daily mile. We are enjoying it a lot more and are finding it easier now. We are even trying to run more and more of it.

Then we had some team building games.

We had a hoop game – we had to get the hoop around the circle, without letting go of each others hands. This was quite tricky, but Mrs Baty & Mrs Gaffney’s team seemed to get the hang of it very quickly.

We then had some wheelbarrow races. Most of us went in the right direction! This was great fun though.

Finally, we played a game with a ball. We stood in a row in our team, and had to pass the ball along the line in a pattern. We were quite good at this, but rather tired by this point.

Overall, we had a fantastic day! (and what great weather it was too!)

Hopefully we’ll all sleep very well tonight, and be ready for more adventures tomorrow.

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Primary 1a’s ‘Star Pupil of the Week’.

May 6, 2016 Mrs Macdonald Leave a comment

Here is Tavia ! She is our ‘Star Pupil of the Week’ in our class. Tavia caught my eye this week for a number of reasons. She has remembered to use her magic manners, she was VERY brave after falling and giving herself a nasty cut AND she has worked hard in her writing to make sure that she is using capital letters and full stops. Well done Tavia, keep it up !

We have no ‘DOJO Champion’ this week with it being a shorter week. Points will be carried over next week.

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Super swimmer in P1a !

May 6, 2016 Mrs Macdonald Leave a comment

Here is Kyle proudly showing off his swiming certificate. He has moved up to level 6 , wow ! You must be a super swimmer Kyle. Keep up the good work.

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Primary 1a’s ‘Star Pupil of the Week’.

April 15, 2016 Mrs Macdonald Leave a comment

Well done to Thomas for being this week’s ‘Star Pupil of the Week’. He has worked hard all week and especially with his writing.

Insteas of there being a Dojo Champion this week (technical issues), all of the boys and girls were given a treat from the special box for working well. Keep it up everyone !

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Macdonald.

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Primary 1a’s Weekly Evaluation

March 18, 2016 Mrs Macdonald Leave a comment

What have we learnt ?

What have we enjoyed?

Santiago – I have learnt a new sound. It was tr.

I have enjoyed Golden Time.

Lara – I have learnt the new sound st.

I have enjoyed buying toys at our bring and buy sale.

Kyle – I have learnt a new sound – st.

I have enjoyed learning my new sound.

Tavia – I have learnt about symmetrical things.

I have enjoyed going to music. We were singing and Mrs Steel played the guitar.

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P1a’s ‘Star Pupil of the Week and Dojo Champion’.

March 11, 2016 Mrs Macdonald Leave a comment

Here is Haroon proudly showing off his certificate for being this week’s ‘Star Pupil of the Week’. You are a star !

Well done to Anum for being this week’s ‘Dojo Champion’. Another close week with only one point of a difference between her and other children. Who will it be next week ?

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P1a’s weekly evaluation.

March 11, 2016 Mrs Macdonald Leave a comment

What have we learnt ?

What have we enjoyed ?

Raqab – I have learnt about Jesus. He turned water into wine.

I have enjoyed playing with friends.

Flynn – I have learnt that you should never put electricity near water.

I have enjoyed going to gym.

Cole – I have learnt a new sound – ai.

I have enjoyed going to gym.

Lucas – I have learnt that you can do half past on an analogue clock. The big hand points to six.

I have enjoyed colouring in a picture of Jesus,

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Primary 1 Book Week

March 2, 2016 Mrs Baty Leave a comment

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.

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Primary 1a’s Weekly Evaluation.

February 19, 2016 Mrs Macdonald Leave a comment

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.

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P1a at Edinburgh Castle.

February 18, 2016 Mrs Macdonald Leave a comment

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:

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Primary 1’s Spectacular Scottish Showcase

February 11, 2016 Mrs Baty Leave a comment

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!!

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Primary 1a’s Weekly Evaluation.

January 29, 2016 Mrs Macdonald Leave a comment

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.

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Busy bees in P1a.

January 12, 2016 Mrs Macdonald Leave a comment

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.

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Primary 1’s exciting new topic

January 12, 2016 Mrs Baty 1 Comment

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.

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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.

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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

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Happy Christmas from P1a !

December 18, 2015 Mrs Macdonald Leave a comment

As the song goes , ‘We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year’.

Love from P1 and Mrs Macdonald.

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Primary 1 Christmas Craft Afternoon

December 17, 2015 Mrs Baty Leave a comment

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.

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Primary 1 Christmas Party!!!!

December 17, 2015 Mrs Baty 1 Comment

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!

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Primary 1a’s Weekly Evaluation.

November 20, 2015 Mrs Macdonald 1 Comment

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.

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Primary 1a’s Weekly Evaluation

November 13, 2015 Mrs Macdonald Leave a comment

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.

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Primary 1a’s Weekly Evaluation.

November 6, 2015 Mrs Macdonald Leave a comment

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.

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Super swimmer Kyle !

November 6, 2015 Mrs Macdonald 1 Comment

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!

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Fireworks fun in P1a.

November 5, 2015 Mrs Macdonald Leave a comment

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 !

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Primary 1’s New Topic

November 2, 2015 Mrs Baty Leave a comment

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:

Flynn – I know that the moon is in space and astronauts can go on it.
Shay – the stars are shiny.
Lara – The stars twinkle.
Gabrielle – Stars are actually out at day time.
Kyle – the sun shines in the morning.
Gabriel – The sun makes you hot.
Thomas – The moon is far away from the sun.
Liam – The moon changes different shapes, it can be a circle or a mouse shapes .
Racaab – The stars have spikes on them.
Freyja – The stars are always in the sky but when it’s morning the sun is too bright for you to see the stars.
Niamh – The sun is bright in the mornings.
Niamh the sun comes out in the day.
Lucas T – the sun goes down in the night time.
Safaa – the stars come out at night.

Here are some of the things we want to learn about:

Has anyone ever been on the moon?
Oliver – is the sun a star?
Catherine – how does the moon turn into different shapes?
Lara – what kind of colours the moon can change to?
Zophia – why does the sun only come in the day?
Flynn – why is the sun so bright?
Liam – I want to see what the earth looks like from space?
Gabrielle – why does the sun begin with S?

We are very excited to begin finding out lots of new things, and we will keep you updated with our fab work.

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Super Spanish in P1.

October 7, 2015 Mrs Macdonald Leave a comment

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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Primary 1 Magic Moves

October 7, 2015 Mrs Baty Leave a comment

Primary 1 had great fun in their joint gym lesson yesterday.

We began by learning how to move like different animals.

Lions – crawling and roaring!

Kangaroos – jumping with 2 feet together

Snakes – slithering along the floor and hissing

Horses – galloping with one foot in front of the other, neighing

We then had lots of fun dancing to just dance on the whiteboard. We loved the songs and even made up some fab moves of our own. We were all sweating and breathing heavily by the end, which meant we’d been exercising well. Even Mrs Baty and Mrs Macdonald were worn out!

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Primary 1a’s ‘Star Pupil of the Week’ is …

October 2, 2015 Mrs Macdonald 1 Comment

Flynn is Primary 1a’s ‘Star Pupil of the Week’. Flynn is this week’s choice for lots of reasons ! He is kind and helpful, he listens well, he has magic manners and he has been working hard. Well done Flynn, I am proud of you ! Picture to follow on Monday.

Mrs Macdonald.

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Wednesday’s World in Primary 1

September 30, 2015 Mrs Baty Leave a comment

On Wednesdays, Primary 1 will be learning about something different in the world. We have called it Wednesdays World.

This week we learned all about Lego.

Here are some of the things we have learned.

Before the man made Lego, he used to make ‘trains’ out of ‘wood’ – Leonard and Gabriel

‘It used to be made out of wood’ – Shay

‘Lego means play well’ – Oliver and Lucas C

‘It has little circles on it so it sticks together’ – Gabrielle

‘If it didn’t have the circles on it, it wouldn’t stick’ – Holly

‘The man got a machine to make it out of plastic instead of wood’ – Holly and Liam

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A BIG thank you from Primary 1.

September 25, 2015 Mrs Macdonald 3 Comments

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.

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Primary 1a’s Weekly Evaluation.

September 25, 2015 Mrs Macdonald 1 Comment

What have we learnt this week ?

What have we enjoyed doing ?

Leon – I learnt how to write the sound l . I liked seeing mummy at the coffee morning.
Michael – I learnt learning l. I liked doing the cake and candy.
Anya – I learnt more about dinosaurs. I liked hearing a dinosaur story.
Luca – I learnt more sounds. I enjoyed making tickets.
Fynn – I learnt about the Bible, it has stories in it. I enjoy Golden Time.

Well done everyone ! Have a good weekend.

Mrs Macdonald.

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Macmillan Coffee Morning, Friday 25th of September.

September 22, 2015 Mrs Macdonald Leave a comment

Just a reminder to you all that P1 are hosting their first ever coffee morning on Friday, 25th of September at 11.00 in our school. Tickets cost £2 for adults at the door, children go free. The ticket price includes a tea/coffee and cake. There will be additional cakes for sale on the day too. We will also have a donation box and a raffle. Thanks for the support shown so far. We have lots of lovely raffle prizes !

Thank you everyone,

from P1.

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Fossils found at St Nicholas!

September 17, 2015 Mrs Macdonald Leave a comment

Primary 1a and 1b have had a couple of very exciting afternoons ! Prof. D. Inosaur left us all a note saying that there were dinosaur fossils buried somewhere in our school ! Well, as you can imagine this caused great excitement amongst the children. Where could they be ? And what is a fossil ? Luckily for us, our kind professor told us in his letter all about fossils and he left us clues to find the fossils.

Our clues led us outside. We found a spade in our playground and started digging. Just as he had said, we found lots and lots of dinosaur fossils ! These were so cool. We had a good look at them, guessing the name of each dinosaur from the print on the fossil. It was great fun.

To help us to develop our understanding more, we then played a matching game. We had to match the picture of the dinosaur to its fossil. Thes dinosaur pictures were hidden all around our room, so we had to have a good look for them. We also made a start making our very own dinosaur fossil picture out of cotton buds. We cannot wait until they are finished.

Well done everyone for working hard !

Mrs Macdonald and Mrs Baty.

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Outdoor fun in Primary 1.

September 16, 2015 Mrs Macdonald Leave a comment

We were very busy this morning writing our numbers in chalk. It was fun !

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P1a having fun.

September 10, 2015 Mrs Macdonald Leave a comment

Here we are having lots of fun during our ‘Activity Afternoon’ in the area. We painted dinosaurs, big and small. We made jigsaws, drew lovely pictures, read books in our cosy corner and built dinosaurs too out of the construction toys. It was great !

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A terrific Wednesday in P1a.

September 9, 2015 Mrs Macdonald Leave a comment

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 !

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Breaking News in P1a !

September 7, 2015 Mrs Macdonald 3 Comments

We had a huge surprise today after lunch to see that our dinosaur egg had hatched open to reveal a baby dinosuar ! This caused great excitement. After a dicussion about a name, we decided to vote for the best suggestions. Our baby dino will be called ‘Georgeosaurus’. This was Tavia’s great idea !

To celebrate this special day we watched a cartoon about dinosaurs and learnt lots of amazing facts. We spent the afternoon doing all things dinosaur. What did we do ?

We played with the dinosur small world.

We used playdough to add features to our dinosaur play mats.

We used our fine motor skills to follow the lines and do super colouring in of dinosaurs.

We told Mrs Macdonald a dinosaur fact that we learnt today. She wrote down what we said.

To finish off our dinosaur afternoon, Leon was given our friendly class dinosaur, ‘Borisaurus’ for a sleepover. We hope that he behaves for you Leon !

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Fantastic Kyle !

September 7, 2015 Mrs Macdonald 5 Comments

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.

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Primary 1a’s Weekly Evaluation.

September 4, 2015 Mrs Macdonald Leave a comment

What have learnt in class this week ?

What have we enjoyed ?

Here is what some of us had to say.

Kyle – I have enjoyed playing with the dinosaurs.

Michael – I have learnt how to do neat writing.

Grady – I have learnt a new sound, ‘n’.

Cole – I have learnt how to make a play dough ‘a’.

Fynn – I liked it when Mrs Macdonald found a box in the cupboard but I didn’t like the signs on the box.

Anum – I learned how to write more letters.

Leon – I have learnt that numbers stand on a number line.

Niamh – I liked the number hunt in our class.

Ciara – I like doing the prayer because we pray to God.

We have had a great week boys and girls. Well done to you all. See you all on Monday !

Mrs Macdonald.

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Primary 1 had a special delivery

September 1, 2015 Mrs Baty Leave a comment

Today, both primary 1a and 1b came back in our classroom after lunch to find we’d been left a very big box and a letter.

A paleontologist (a dinosaur scientist) has sent us both a real life dinosaur egg! They are HUGE!! He wants us to look after them as he’s very busy at the museum at the moment.

We learned that eggs need to be kept warm, so we’re keeping them in a nest of straw. We don’t know if it is going to hatch or not, but we are going to learn all about dinosaurs, just in case it does, so we know what to feed it and how to look after it. We’ll keep you updated.

Mrs Baty & Mrs Macdonald

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Primary 1a’s Pupil of the Week !

August 28, 2015 Mrs Macdonald Leave a comment

Well done to Michael for being Mrs Macdonald’s first ever ‘Pupil of the Week’ in P1a. Michael was given this very special award for being a super listener. It was very difficult to choose as all of the boys and girls have tried hard this week. Well done everyone !

As a treat, Michael took home a certificate, medal and treat from Mrs Macdonald’s special tin. Who will it be next week ?

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Working hard in P1a.

August 27, 2015 Mrs Macdonald Leave a comment

We have worked so hard this week learning how to recognise and write new sounds and numbers. We have used chalk, magic boards, play dough, sand and shaving foam to help us. It has been messy, but great fun !

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Our first few days in P1a.

August 27, 2015 Mrs Macdonald Leave a comment

Here we are having fun in primary 1 ! We spent out first few days getting to know one another and settling in. Mrs Macdonald is already very proud of us all !

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Mrs Macdonald’s primary 1 children.

August 27, 2015 Mrs Macdonald Leave a comment

Here are the lovely boys and girls from P1a smiling on their first ever day at school. This was a very special day indeed !

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Primary 1 Commonwealth Games Assembly

June 9, 2014 User deactivated 1 Comment

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There are lots of sports played during the Commonwealth Games.

Primary 1a and 1b put together an amazing assembly on Friday! They worked so hard to learn the songs and all their words and Mrs MacDonald and Mrs Renshaw were very proud! It’s hard to believe they started school less than a year ago! Here they are having a go at some of the sports which will be at the Commonwealth Games…
See video in link below (hopefully this works!):

https://vimeo.com/97715719

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Zumba-thon!

March 13, 2014 User deactivated 2 Comments

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We can join club and choose our friends as long as it doesn’t harm others.

Zumba was great fun. We had to do dancing. Thank you for coming to help us learn some Zumba.

Megan, Nia and Freya.

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Primary 1 Measure!

March 7, 2014 User deactivated 2 Comments

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Our education should help us use and develop our talents and abilities.

We have been learning about ‘tall’ and ‘short’ in measure. Everyone in the class arranged themselves in height order. We found objects in the classroom which were taller or shorter than 10 cubes and sorted them. We made tall and short trees and flowers from playdough for Fairyland. We even got to measure Jack and the Giant with pencils to see who was taller!

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Music time

February 27, 2014 User deactivated 1 Comment

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!

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Dragon visit!

February 21, 2014 User deactivated 4 Comments

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.