Month: December 2018

 

This has been a busy and exciting few weeks.  It has been great fun rehearsing with our other friends in Primary 2 and 3. We are so proud of our show and hope you will be able to come and watch us perform.

Our first performance will take place on Thursday 13th Dec at 2.15pm and our second performance will be on Friday 14th Dec at 9.30am.

 

Today the ladies in the kitchen made our special Christmas lunch. It was delicious and there was even Christmas music to create a special festive atmosphere.

Lexie liked the turkey but wasn’t so keen on the sprouts. Elkie was impressed that there was a special treat of a little chocolate reindeer from the kitchen staff…Primary 1 and 2/1 say a great BIG thank you for such a lovely lunch. Tyler is already looking forward to next year!

 

We have been scientists this month. We have been learning how to take care of our teeth. The big science question was… Why are sugary drinks so bad for our teeth?  We conducted an experiment using eggs and made predictions  about what might happen to the shell on the egg when it is left in a sugary drink and also when left in water.

Lennon predicted that the shell would melt in the sugary drink. Scarlet said it might break in half. Kullyn thought the egg might turn black. Elkie said the egg would change colour.

Aayan predicted that the egg would stay the same in the water. Finlay said it would get mashed. Kayden thought it might break and Lexie thought it wouldn’t crack.

Primary 1 tried cola and water and primary 2/1 tried Irn Bru and water. We then shared our results.

The eggs in the water hadn’t changed at all but the results of the eggs in the sugary drinks was pretty yucky. The eggs in cola and Irn Bru changed colour and began to crack and after giving them a good brush they began to crumble. This made us think about the effects of sugar on our teeth. We decided sugar is nice for a little treat now and again but only if we remember to brush our teeth after.

Don’t forget….next week is another exciting and festive week with  our class parties. Dust off your dancing shoes! Remember to keep opening the windows of our school Kindness Advent Calendar.

 

Yesterday in P5/6 we used chalk pastels to create pictures of the Titanic wreckage. First we discussed pictures of the wreckage thinking about the colours created by the rust and sea. We then practiced blending colours together in our sketch books before starting our pictures.

I loved blending the colours – Amy-Louise

I learned that you can blend pastels and that the Titanic is rusty – Charlie Priestley

I learned that some colours you wouldn’t usually put together can be blended and look nice- Alicia

Today we made snow in The Den! We measured 2 cups of baking powder and half a cup of white conditioner and slowly mixed them together. This made lovely, cold pretend snow. Most of us enjoyed touching it and we even made mini snowmen. Mrs Moyes then added some precious stones to the snow for us to find, we then chose to play together, adding vehicles and figures to the snow, we really enjoyed this imaginative play with one another.

 

It has been a very busy couple of weeks in P4. Last week we were busy getting organised for the Christmas Fayre. Lots of pupils popped by to help out on the stall and it was lovely to see such a good turnout despite the rainy weather.

This week we have started a new novel for Christmas called the Christmasaurus by Tom Fletcher. The class are really enjoying it so far and are keen to find out what happens next.

Everyone is looking forward to our last session of futsal this week. The pupils have engaged really well with these sessions and have shown great enthusiasm and sportmanship.

In maths this week we have been working on the topic of money. We have been calculating change using our mental maths strategies. We have had to revise counting on and back in 2’s and 5’s to assist with this. Pupils have been asked to help work out change or count up coins at home to help develop their confidence and speed when doing this.

 

We have been making stress-balls, Christmas Crackers and loop games for the Christmas Fayre. We had fun making all these things. We also made a game called pin the nose on Rudolph.

Primary 6/7 have been doing Judo. Boys doing together and then the girls. This picture shows an example of what we did. We had a great time at Judo. We had a great time as a class.

Today in PE with Mrs Moyes we tried out some yoga moves. The gym hall was being used by the nurses giving the flu vaccinations so we went along to The Den.

We stretched our bodies to start off with then did some yoga using Cosmic Yoga on the SmartBoard. We listened to a story called Squish the Fish and did yoga moves along to it.

Joseph – We had fun together

Calvin – Yoga was really, really good

Lewis – I liked the surf board pose

Daniel – The shark pose was my favourite

We would all like to try yoga again soon!