The Kirkhill Chatter

Kirkhill Nursery and Primary School, Rashierig, Broxburn, West Lothian, EH52 6AW

March 3, 2018
by Miss Brown
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Learning in the snow

Primary 1, I thought you would like to see Miss Brown’s learning in the snow while she was out with her dogs the last few days.

First I decided to write my numbers and our new sound ‘y’ from last week.

   

 

Then I became an investigator and went searching for different animal’s snow prints.  After researching which ones I may have seen I think I found rabbit (maybe hare), fox, cat, dog, bird and deer.  Which ones do you think are which?

          

Then I decided to make snow angels, a bit difficult with dogs around but still managed.  I would love to hear about all of your snow activities and learning over the last few days on here or when you are back at school.

      

March 2, 2018
by Miss Brown
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Eventful week for Primary 1

The two days we have been in this week primary 1 enjoyed the classroom change.  We have learnt our new sound y.  We used this sound and blended words this week.

Our fairytale this week was Jack and the Beanstalk.  With more learning through play this week, we had to discuss the beginning, middle and end of the story in our writing.  We also began to discuss the main character And setting of the story.  We have began to create our beanstalk in our  classroom to help the dragon and planted some dwarf beans to watch them grow.  We discussed what we need to let plants grow.

We also used Never Tickle a Tiger as a stimulus for our Vibrant Vocabulary.  Our sophisticated words were shimmied, squirming, enclosure, roaming and walloped.

In Maths we were adding numbers by using dominoes.  We loved this game to practice our adding.

At the end of the week we had snow days so I hope that you are all learning and having fun in the snow.  Stay safe and warm.

Miss Brown decided to venture out with her dogs.

 

March 2, 2018
by User deactivated
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March/April Newsletter

Here is our March/April Newsletter which was due to go out via email to all families on Thursday 1st March.  This will be sent home via email when we all return to school, but in the meantime we hope that some of our families will enjoying reading about our school successes and future plans by reading from the school blog.   Please note that rearranged dates for World Book Day and our JRSO/Walking Ambassadors are on the newsletter.

World Book Day – Thursday 8th March

JRSO/Walking Ambassador Assembly – Friday 9th March at 11am

2018_03_01 March-April Newsletter

Penguin huddle in P2/1

March 1, 2018 by Mrs Clayton | 1 Comment

As I look out my window and see so much snow it seems the perfect time to share some of P2/1’s learning from this term.  We have been learning about penguins and how they live and keep warm and the differences between living in Antarctica and Scotland.  Perhaps you could try tobogganing or keeping warm in a huddle like the penguins do!

 

March 1, 2018
by User deactivated
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School Closure

We hope that all of our children and families are staying safe and warm as the ‘Beast from the East’ hits most of the country.  All parents/carers should have received a Groupcall text message from West Lothian Council informing them that schools and council nurseries in West Lothian will remain closed tomorrow (Friday 2nd March).

The Euroquiz heats which were planned for tomorrow morning at Howden Park Centre have been cancelled and will hopefully be rearranged for another time.  We will rearrange our World Book Day celebrations and JRSO/Walking Ambassadors Assembly for a later date and communicate rearrangement plans with parents/carers as soon as these have been made.

February 28, 2018
by User deactivated
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School Closure

All schools in West Lothian will be CLOSED to pupils and staff today as a result of the severe weather we are experiencing.  Updates can be found on the West Lothian website, Twitter page and Facebook page.  Please see message below for Snow Learning activities.  Stay safe and warm, everyone.

https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/schoolclosures

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/westlothiancouncil

Twitter – @LoveWestLothian

February 27, 2018
by User deactivated
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Severe Weather

West Lothian has sent a groupcall message to all parents/carers advising than if any decisions are to be made regarding school closures these will be communicated via groupcall by 7am tomorrow morning and also on our blog and Twitter pages.  In the event of a school closure Snow Learning activities for each class will be posted on the blog.  Updates on the situation can be found at:

https://www.facebook.com/westlothiancouncil

https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/schoolclosures

February 27, 2018
by Miss Thomson
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Riotous Royalty!

P4 have been enjoying their topic this term, Riotous Royalty!  We have learned about the role of a monarch and thought about what makes a good monarch.  We have enjoyed learning about different kings and queens in history and placed them on a timeline.  Our writing has been based around our topic and has included diary writing (as the princes in the Tower), using our senses to add description (describing a Tudor banquet), writing in different genres and describing a character (our own monarch).  We have also used slow writing to describe how Mary Queen of Scots may have felt in the Tower.  In music, we have listened to some of the tunes written by Henry VIII – do you know any of these?  Here are a few of our thoughts:

Kara – I liked painting the different monarchs which are on all our wall.  We have Edward I, Robert Bruce, Richard III, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots.

Amber – I am enjoying learning all about the different kings and queens.

Leah – I like that we have a throne and crown in class and someone gets to be king or queen everyday!

Sharla – I like learning about the kings and queens who came first and second.

Robert – I liked learning about Roman numerals (I love Roman stuff!)

Grace – I like that we are making our own fact-files about different monarchs – yesterday I was doing our current queen, Elizabeth II.

Lucas – I like learning about the Tudor family because they killed loads of people!

Ryan – I like learning about Henry VIII and his six wives.

Nicole – I liked making our crown jewels.  We have them on display in the classroom.

Zach – I liked learning about Robert the Bruce and William Wallace because they were Scottish rebels and they never gave up!

Mason – I liked learning about Charles II because I loved the song on Horrible Histories.

In maths we have been focusing on our numeracy – learning our multiplication tables and working on our mental and written strategies for addition.  This week we will be moving onto time in maths – something that can be quite tricky!

We are looking forward to celebrating World Book Day on Thursday.  Remember that you can come to school dressed as your favourite character!  Some people have now handed in their home learning models – very impressive entries so far, P4!

 

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