Day: December 5, 2019

Drama in P5B

We have enjoyed doing drama with P5/4C and coming up with scenes based on our class novels and our topic which is all about the Titanic.

We have been able to experience working with different groups of people. We have also been experimenting with using different voices and movements to portray a character.

Today, we had to create a performance based on a scene from the book “The Titanic Detective Agency”. We just finished the novel today and we all loved it!

 

 

 

 

Through drama, we have been learning how to work collaboratively. As well as this, we focused on a number of listening skills and took part in some games to demonstrate the importance of listening. It’s been a busy week in P5B!

 

 

Remember to wear your Christmas pyjamas to school tomorrow!

P3R Sharing the Learning

Thank you so much to all our family and friends that  came along to our sharing the learning this afternoon.

After listening to ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch’ by Ronda and David Armitage this term, we have been thinking about the world of work.

We have been listening this week to class talks about the different jobs that we would like to do when we are older.

In Science we have been finding out about saving energy.

We practiced our talking and listening skills by discussing how we could save energy and also about the different skills people need to do jobs.

We have made fantastic models of lighthouses and Mr and Mrs Grinling’s cottage.

We used our reading skills to help us identify different kinds of seagulls.

In Maths we have been working on money.

We had to create a delicious concoction for Mr Grinling’s lunch, write a shopping list and work out the cost of his lunch.

A great afternoon P3R, demonstrating  your skills to others!

Well done!

 

A busy day in P7!

Primary 7S pupils had a very busy day today!

Some of us went along to West Calder High School to learn how to make a spatula With Dr. Cherry as part of our transition, we had great fun although felt a bit apprehensive walking into the high school as we could see older pupils in their classrooms.

We were all learning to write a balanced argument in class and chose our subject area ensuring we were following the success criteria of writing in the third person, creating an introduction and making sure we had paragraphs detailing the pros and cons before concluding our work with our own opinion. We enjoyed including some research into our work by using ICT to enhance our knowledge.

The fire service were back in to see us this afternoon and worked with some pupils in our class to teach emergency first aid skills. All P7 pupils in our school have now had emergency first aid training so they will be prepared in any emergency situation.

Well done for a great day today P7, I am looking forward to what tomorrow brings. Remember you can wear your Christmas PJs to raise money for the charity Save the Children.

Message from NHS Lothian

Winter 2019/20 Respiratory Illness
NHS Lothian have seen a large number of respiratory outbreaks in nurseries and schools in the past few weeks.
The main symptoms being reported include:
– Fever
– Cough
– Sore throat
– Muscle aches
– Sore tummy
– Cold/Flu like symptoms
– headache
These symptoms are consistent with respiratory viral illnesses such as the common cold, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza.
Respiratory viruses are spread by breathing in droplets produced when a person coughs or sneezes. You can also catch the virus by touching the surfaces that the droplets have landed on if you pick up the virus on your hands and then touch your nose or mouth.
Key advice for parents and carers:
In the home the risk of catching or spreading flu/cold like illness can be reduced by:
• Regular hand washing with liquid soap and running water
• Covering nose and mouth when coughing or sneezing
• Using a disposable paper tissue, disposed off immediately after use.
• You can teach your child to sneeze into the ‘crook’ of their arm rather than their hands, if they don’t have a tissue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQINuSTP1jI
• Good general cleaning of surface that everyone touches often e.g. TV remote, light switches, door handles, toilet flushes and tap heads.
• https://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/infections-and-poisoning/common-cold
• https://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/infections-and-poisoning/flu
Children should not return to school until completely well and 48 hours after symptoms have ceased.

Report a Glow concern
Cookie policy  Privacy policy