A very happy Christmas to one and all.

As we reach the end of what has been another wonderful week, it is also a time to reflect on some of the lovely moments we as a class have shared together.

Throughout the week we have maintained our focus around Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. We have reached the end of the story and have enjoyed discussing and presenting our ideas as to which ghost had the biggest impact on Scrooge. We created  presentations to based upon each ghost’s point of view and tried to persuade the class it was the right one. Throughout this lesson Mr Reed’s opinions changed significantly as we put forward our reasons for our choices. We have some budding lawyers in our class!

We also found out this week the results from tour enterprise topic. We were delighted to find out that collectively we raised £392.68 profit. This is a staggering accomplishment and one that has impressed everyone in our school. We  discussed how we wanted to spend the money came up with lots o f ideas . We still have a few areas to finalise but we  will be supporting one or two charities, we will be reinvesting a percentage of the money and also purchasing some resources for our class. We look forward to sharing more with you as we reach a definitive decision.

With Christmas parties, reward afternoon and celebration assemblies it is however the end of term and with that we would like to wish each of you a very happy Christmas and a wonderful new year, or in the words of Tiny Tim ‘God Bless Us, Every One!’

All this week has had a wonderful feel throughout the school, we in P5 have certainly been enjoying this wonderful time of year.

Monday saw the whole school boarding coaches to Livingston to watch a highly entertaining pantomime which all of the children thoroughly enjoyed, it was lovely to see them all participating and joining in the singing and chanting during the show.

From that point on it was all about getting set for our Christmas performance, which I can say proudly they pulled off brilliantly. Each time the children performed they really put in 100% effort and the result I am sure will agree was well worth all the effort. Throughout the week we have continued to look at ‘A Christmas Carol’ focussing particularly on the various ghosts that appear in the book as we compare and contrast them. We have been thinking about which ghost had the biggest impact on Scrooge and why. Maths this week has continued to look at number facts particularly around multiplication. We have also been enjoying learning a multiplication mash up !!!!

We were treated to a wonderful Christmas dinner on Thursday which set us all up for our evening performance, I am very grateful to everyone who braved the icy conditions and joined us at the church. It really felt very festive both inside the church and in the hall afterwards. It was lovely to meet many of the parents during this time and being able to introduce myself to you.

As we look towards next week, I know it will be a fun filled learning week with an emphasis on the Christmas story and what it means to us all.