Today our Primary 7 buddies came to our classroom. Some of us listened to our buddies read a story that we chose from our library. We then had a chat about what happened in the story. Our buddies were fantastic readers!
Some of the buddies played number games with us too. We enjoyed learning about dot patterns and playing dominoes. We played other number games using ten frames, numicon and number lines. It was great fun! Here are some photos of our afternoon…
Today, Primaries 4 to 7 enjoyed a fantastic visit from the travelling art gallery. The exhibits were all about work and routine which made us think about our own routines in a new way. We loved the people-sized sculptures dressed in bright prints and the ‘workers’ happiness’ graphs. Thank you once again to the travelling gallery for giving us the opportunity to think differently about things!
Yesterday Primary 6 and Primary 7 went to Broxburn Academy to work with tutors from Badminton Scotland in a series of skills workshops. This was especially exciting as the badminton world championships are being held in Scotland this year in August!
We had great fun dressing up today as part of our Hallowe’en fun. Don’t we look great ? We also made pumpkins, played with witches potions, made lanterns and played with wiggly worms (cooked spaghetti). After break our lovely Primary 7 buddies joined us for some spooky stories. It was great !
Here we are having fun !
Over the past few weeks primary 7A have been learning about anime and making their own characters. Our characters are really creative and inventive. After that, we made our own manga comics in groups.
Katriona – I thought that was a lot of fun because we made our own characters.
Rosie- In my opinion anime is really creative and fun and it was the best art lesson we have had so far.
Carrick-I thought it was fun learning to draw the proper anime features.
Primary 7 have been working hard learning all about Japan. As part of their homework they took on the challenge of researching and building a Japanese house.
In science, primary 7 have been learning about air resistance. This week we carried out an investigation using bin bags, cups, eggs & string. We each in a group of 4/5 made 3 different size parachutes: small, medium & large to test which would have the greatest air resistance. Before the investigation we (the majority of the class) made a hypothesis that the small parachute would have the least air resistance. From the investigation we found that the hypothesis was correct & the larger the parachute, the greater the air resistance.
Jasiu thought it was quite fun making the parachute & dropping them to see which one would land first.
Ellie thought that the experiment was good and she enjoyed using the eggs to test our theory.
In Health and Wellbeing this term primary 7 have been learning about tobacco. As part of this unit they created posters to highlight some of the negative effects that smoking can have on our bodies. Some of these posters will be on display in our local Library to promote No Smoking day on the 9th of March.
We have been having a fantastic week this week, celebrating book week.
We have been engaging in lots of activities all week, and still have plenty to go.
This week we have been enjoying lots of paired reading (reading to others in the school). Primary 1 particularly enjoyed the primary 7 boys and girls reading to them.
Primary 4-7 have been going on a ‘Cluedo Quest’. Someone stole all the books from Mrs Brown’s office! They have been answering clues, leading them all around the school, to help them work out who did it!
We have been receiving some amazingly creative photos for our Extreme Reading competition. They are all on display in the gym hall. We have had children reading whilst hula hooping; upside down; in the dogs bed; on the moon; standing on top of a giant peach; on a horse; in a tree and many more!
Our teachers have been challenging us this week as well. There is a display in the gym hall, with lots of teachers hiding behind their favourite books. It is really tricky to work out who is who!
We have all been working as a class to create an imaginative display based on a favourite book, or a number of favourite books. We can’t wait to see which class wins this competition on Friday.
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We still have many more activities to do as well!
Tomorrow (Thursday) we are participating in a book swap in the classes. Every child has been asked to bring in a book they no longer want, or read, and it will be swapped with someone else, meaning we all go home with a new book to enjoy.
Also tomorrow our teachers are all swapping classes to read a story to another class.
But the thing we are most looking forward to is the chance to dress up as our favourite book character on Friday (Nursery is on Thursday)! We have been discussing costumes all week. There is a prize for the most imaginative costume from each year group.
Keep checking back for more updates!
Today after lunch, P7a had a visit from the West Lothian Drug and Alcohol Service. They let us know about the dangers of smoking, and how it affects our bodies, as well as the drugs in the actual cigarettes like nicotine, tar and carbon monoxide. We found out there are between 4000-5000 chemicals in each cigarette.
Today we done an experiment with Smoky Sue! Smoky Sue is a plastic doll with no arms and no legs and really showed us how cigarettes effect our lungs.During the experiment we lit a cigarette outside and pumped the doll so she could breath in the smoke. After the experiment we examined the liquid that would be in her lungs from clear tap water to yellow tar water. This showed us what is going into our lungs if we smoke.
After we played a game to talk about how we might react in situations where we might feel pressure to smoke. This helped us to see what we could do if these situations arise in the future.
So far we have really enjoyed learning about the effects of smoking and are working on some ‘Stop Smoking’ posters. These posters might even be featured in the local health center to encourage people to stop smoking,
Taylor and Ellie
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 7 have been learning all about the world of employment through their ‘I Can Do Anything’ conference which took place this week. The were joined by an array of different people such as Financial Managers, architects, dance teachers, firemen, train driver, nurse, estate agents, printers, bakers, beauty therapists, librarian, sports development officers, nursery managers and speech and language therapists. The children had the opportunity to go around and spend 4 minutes with each role model and ask them questions about their job. This gave them an insight into the different qualifications, training, job description, hours and, of course the most vital question – pay! A lot was learned and we would like to say a very big thank you to all those who gave up their valuable time to share this information with us in the safe environment of school.
Well done to Jack in primary 7, Aayan in primary 4 and Max in primary 1 for getting closest to the Easter egg. It was a close competition. Thank you to everyone who took part and especially to Joseph in P7 for helping us.
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Our education allows us to share our talents.
This week the school has been ringing out with music, as the stars of the school production of ‘Annie’ were able to share their hard work with their friends and family. The cast, who have been working hard on the show for only seven weeks, performed Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week to packed audiences.
Set in 1930s New York, Annie tells the story of an eleven-year-old girl, who has been living in the horrid Miss Hannigan’s orphanage for girls her whole life. She has the dream that one day she will be reunited with the parents who left her a letter and a locket so many years ago. Annie’s quest to find her real parents and the adoption by the billionaire businessman Oliver Warbucks is what provides dramatic plot for this spectacular and heart-warming musical.
We would like to thank all the parents, grandparents and friends who have donated their time, props, costumes, and for supporting learners in their learning of lines and dance routines.
Every single performer gave everything they had, helping to make this production so successful.
Thanks are due to all the staff who helped with auditions, rehearsals and backstage. Of course, the entire performance could not have happened if it were not for all the brilliantly talented actors, actresses and chorus who helped to make the event so memorable. Well done everyone!
Here’s just a few photos with lots more to come. Please leave a comment about your thoughts on the production…
Everyone had their glad rags on, the aftershave was most definitely flowing, the lights were flashing and the music pumping. This could only mean one thing – Primary 6 and 7 were able to show off some of their dancing moves at their Christmas disco.
Here’s a few photos of them having fund and enjoying themselves…
Stay tuned for pictures of our teams in their new fabulou
s uniforms!
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We have the right to education which develops your personality, respect for other’s rights and the environment.
Today the primary 7 football team were invited to take part in a football festival at Howden St Andrew’s Primary School! We played 4 games against teams from St Pauls, St Andrews, Holy Family and Livingston Village. We are very pleased to announce that we won every game!
This was a great opportunity to meet with other primary 7s from different schools, thank you to Howden St Andrew’s Primary School for organising the event!
A huge thank you to Mrs Bell and Mrs Thompson for driving us there and cheering us on from Miss King and the team!
Meet the Primary 7’s from the St. Nicholas Football Team!
So far the team, along with Lewis and James from primary 6, have competed in 2 tournaments at the Albyn Park organised by the Broxburn United Sports Club. We have been playing against Broxburn Primary, Uphall Primary, Kirkhill Primary and Pumperston and Uphall Station Primary.
Our first tournament was on 29th November and we won every game.
Our second tournament was on 21st February and we won 5 of the games we played and lost 1.
On Friday 4th April we will be playing again at Albyn Park at 1.3opm. All are welcome to come and watch! We would love to see some supporters cheering on the school team!
HUGE THANK YOU!
A huge thank you from everyone at St Nicholas to Neil Gorman at Piggy Print for providing us with the fantastic football strips for the team and being our sponsor!
PRIMARY 6 TEAM
We are hoping to recruit a second team to play in tournaments from children in Primary 6! If you are interested in joining the Primary 6 football team please see Miss King or Mr Valentine as soon as possible!
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!
