Author: Miss Conner

Cleaning Out Our Gerbilarium

Yesterday we cleaned out our gerbilarium. Before we cleaned out their cage we needed to put them in their exercise balls. Pepper was very good and likes going in her exercise ball. Salt however didn’t want to get in her ball. Daniel and Leah had to use her favourite tube to put her into her ball. It took lots of teamwork. Once they were out of the cage team 2 cleaned it out.

  • Firstly we emptied out the old sawdust and hay. We left some to keep their sent. Gerbils can find being cleaned out quite stressful.
  • Then we washed out the base and wiped down all the steps and wheel. Next Toby filled up their food and Jaysiel gave them fresh water.
  • After that Leah and Jaysiel helped mix up some fresh sawdust and hay. We gave them new sticks to chew on.
  • Finally we put Salt and Pepper back in their cage and washed our hands.

It was really fun to clean out our gerbils. We need to do this every week. We work in teams of 4.

Primary 4A Gerbils

Primary 4A have been preparing for the arrival of our class gerbils.

We have been doing research in class and using our notes to create Power Points about caring for gerbils. We have been thinking about names for our 2 new gerbils and after creating a list of our favourites we used Microsoft forms to vote for our winning names.

Here are our responses:

The winning names were Salt and Pepper.  We cannot wait to meet Salt and Pepper when they come to school on Tuesday after the long weekend.

Primary 6 Cross Country

Yesterday our Primary 6 pupils from both classes attended an Active Schools event with other cluster Primary schools. After walking the 1.2km course the girls were first to run. Jaymin ran a very competitive race and came in second overall. The boys were last to race and Coben and Jake ran well to earn second and third place. Our boys won overall boys team. All winners will have the opportunity to attend another event at the beginning of next session.

We are very proud of all of the Primary 6 pupils who took part yesterday. Every runner took part with enthusiasm and demonstrated excellent sportsmanship towards their fellow competitors.

Red Nose Day 2022

As part of our fundraising efforts for Comic Relief, Primary 6B will be selling noses in school starting on Friday 11th March. Noses are £1.50 each.

We will also have a dress down pyjama day in school on Friday 18th March for Red Nose Day itself. We ask that children who come to school wearing their pyjamas bring a small donation towards our fundraising.

Primary 6B World Book Day Celebrations

Last week Primary 6B participated in many learning activities to celebrate World Book Day 2022.

Firstly, we visited our new School Library and thoroughly enjoyed our visit, exploring the new areas and enjoying a quiet read. In class we considered ourselves as readers, in particular our current strengths and personal preferences in texts. We designed book covers for our own stories and watched a live event with some famous authors including Michael Morpurgo. In small teams we created characters for World Book Day on Friday.

 

Primary 6A and P6B Artist Visit

On Monday 21st February both Primary 6 classes worked with artist Svetlana Kondakova to design a memorial artwork project for the new Almondell Cemetery.

To allow visitors time for reminiscing and quiet observation the theme for the artwork was water and nature. The children considered how peaceful watching a river could be and used local plants and flowers to decorate the top of the sculpture so it represented an autumnal river with plant life floating on top. Each child designed their own templates before cutting out and making their own design. These were then collated to make a larger sculpture including all 52 individual pieces. The paper template for the sculpture is now proudly displayed in school. We cannot wait to see the finished sculpture in the community.

 

Primary 6A and Primary 6B World War 1 Learning

Last Thursday Primary 6 pupils had their first digital lesson with Alan. Alan  has worked closely with our school in the past to support learning about the Great Wars. Our first session focused on the main causes of the First World War. He told us all about the events that took place prior to the war and how Britain came to be involved. We then learned all about his great uncles whistle that was used in the trenches to tell soldiers to go over the top. The whistle has been passed down through generations, going to the Second World War with Alan’s father and then to more recent conflict with Alan himself. Our session this week will link to our class novel ‘War Horse’. We are going to learn all about the role of animals in the First World War.

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