The children engaged in a wide range of activities to develop physical and mental health and well being. Sport’s day was a roaring success with each House competing to win. The nursery sport’s days were a great display of sportsmanship ! Thank you to all who attended to cheer on and support their children.
Here are Primary 5 creating Healthy Pitta Pockets.
Blackridge Healthweek (LINK)
Please click on the link above to see what will be doing during health week. We are focusing on our minds as well as our bodies this year. This includes information about Sport’s Day-you are most welcome to join us to cheer on your child/children!
Nursery and Primary One are exploring Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths with loose play materials. At the first session we looked at the story of The Three Little Pigs and we were challenged to build a house that the Big Bad Wolf (Mrs Miller & Miss Rodgers) could not blow down.
The Nursery and Primary One are working with Natural Materials in Art. Today we looked at printing using these 
materials. We decided that when they are dry we will try to sell some of the coasters, place mats and cards that we made.
The children in Primary 2,3 and 4 have been busy developing their skills for learning , life and work. They have participated in a range of masterclasses which culminated in a showcase for their parents. Masterclass choices were Orienteering, Fun with Food, Clay Modelling, Dance and STEM activities (Science, Technology,Engineering and Maths) We are very grateful to those pupils from Armadale Academy who led and assisted with our masterclasses.
The children evaluated their classes and decided which higher order thinking skills they had learned.They also thought about what jobs they could do using their new skills.
Some of the comments included
Creating-
‘We made our own maps of the classroom and made funny faces with the gym equipment!’
‘We made various clay animals creating our own patterns and designs.’
‘We all picked a song- took out ideas and put things in. We looked at other people’s ideas and changed them and put them into our dance.’
Evaluating-
‘We watched what Leah was doing and compared it with our moves- we tried to make them better.’
‘ Mrs MacDonald did a demonstration and we copied- We also learned from each other.’
‘ We adapted some models.’
‘We tried to complete the course in a faster time.’
Analysing-
‘We tried something new.’
‘We took out parts of the dance to make it look better.’
Applying-
‘ We sourced different foods and looked at ingredients.’
‘We applied all the tricks.’ (to our dance)
‘We applied skills to different models.’
‘ We used what we had learned about maps and a compass directions to follow an orienteering course out in the meadow’
Understanding-
‘We learned how to follow a map.’
‘We understood the main moves’
‘We understood food types and allergies. We understood the recipe and followed the method’
Remembering-
‘We remembered the routines and when we had to come in’
‘We remembered the instructions and the techniques’
‘ We stayed with a partner the whole time and remembered to be safe in the meadow’
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Primary One put on a cracking assembly last session. Apologies for the lateness of the pictures due to technical issues!
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