P5 had a fantastic morning at the Catapluf performance. We danced, clapped and smiled throughout! It definitely gave us the Friday feeling!
Category Archives: Expressive Arts
P5 Samba Dancing
Story Telling and Number Talks in the Nursery (AM Class)
Rosie said, “I writed my name then told the story of Jack and Beanstalk.”
ROSIE’S STORY
Jack went to the market to sell the cow. He got some beans. His mum threw them out. The beanstalk grew up and up—-very big. Jack climbed to the castle. He met the giant–fee,fo,fi,fum.
Nairne said, ” I was writing my name in my little notebook. I drew some pictures.”
NAIRNE’S STORY
Jack went to the market. He saw a man with magic beans. His mum threw the beans out of the window. The beanstalk grew. Jack climbed up the beanstalk to the castle. A giant was there. Jack ran away with the pennies and the hen.”
Carlie has been making numbers.“It is a countdown, 10, 9, 8 ,7 ,6 ,5 ,4 ,3,2,1,0, Blast Off ” she said.
Jack said, ” I am writing my numbers –hundred eight. I took it home to show mum. I like writing big numbers.”
Spring Has Arrived in the Nursery (AM Class)
The children have been noticing lots of bulbs growing in the garden. Mrs Barber has taught them a new song. “Snowdrop,snowdrop, little drop of snow.”
Coryn said “I was painting some snowdrops. They are growing outside. I used a feather to print the stems then added white for the petals.”
“I am making daffodils. I printed the stems of the daffodils. I made 8 daffodils.I mixed red and yellow to make some orange for the centre.” said Imogen.
P6 and 7 get musical
Pupils in Primary 6 and 7 have today enjoyed a fantastic music workshop in preparation for visiting Howden Park Centre tomorrow.  Our workshop, led by Jenny, Adriano and Andreas, who are all musicians, was a great opportunity for pupils to develop their rhythmic skills.  We participated in a class “samba” performance using percussion instruments and learned all about how different musical instruments can be played in a variety of ways.  We played some body percussion, call and response and then got the chance to play drums, shakers, wood blocks and the agogo.
Have a look at our class ensemble!!
Afternoon Nursery Tea Party
The afternoon children were very excited about the tea party. Ollie said, “We were making triangles for our bunting in the Willow Tea Room.” Â “I made flowers, I folded the triangles.” said Eloise.
Jake said,”At pop in and play, I was eating the cakes with mum. I was showing mum round the nursery.”
Jessica was playing with mum at the big bricks. She was being the big bad wolf. I had fun being one of the little pigs.
“My mummy was having tea in the kitchen- I was eating shortbread.” said Logan.
Granny Joyce was so surprised when Connor handed her his card and daffodil.
Cayla said, ” I gave mummy a card and a daffodil when she came to the tea party. Mum showed me how to draw a ladybird.”
OTHER ACTIVITIES THIS WEEK
Max made a painting of Jack and the Beanstalk. He said, “ I mixed white paint and black paint to make the castle grey.”
Lacy said, “I made Jack and the Beanstalk- the magic beans grew into a huge beanstalk. Jack climbed all the way up to the castle.”
Jake said, “ I am making a gadget- it is a periscope to see things far away. It is on wheels so I can move it about easily.”
The Willow Tea Room/ Pop in and Play.
 “Mrs Barber told us her mum sewed the Willow Pattern,” said Ava. “We designed our invitations after Mrs Barber told us the Willow story.”
Bernice said, ” I was helping to hang the bunting. I made some bunting to make our nursery nice like the cafe we visited.”
“I’m doing the food in the tea room, I was collecting the stuff from the tables.” said Ava.
Zara’s mummy came, she had a scone.
 “Mummy came to our nursery for Mother’s Day, she had a scone,” said Charlie.
Ruaridh said, “It was Wednesday, she came that day. She ate Mrs Findlay’s cake. I eated a biscuit and a wee cake.”
Parents’Â comments:
“Wonderful opportunity to involve parents! Kids and parents equally enjoy this. Nice to bring parents together too. my child was so excited to share her nursery experience with mum.”
“Lovely scones! Great oppportunity to play with my daughter, she loved showing me round,”
“Tea party was lovely, very nice to be treated. Loved the victoria sponge.”
3D Flowers!
 “I was making a flower. 6 triangles. I folded them and a circle was in the middle,” says Amelia-Jo.
Erin,”I made a daffodil, I had 4 triangles and an orange oval.”
 Here are our finished 3D flowers. We will be using them for our tables at the tea party.
P7/6 Burns Celebrations
On Monday 25th January P7/6 took some time to appreciate the life and times of Robert Burns.
We used the netbooks to research some questions about his life and writing, painted thistles and illustrated one of his poems. Â We had a choice of which tasks to attempt and found out some interesting facts from our own research.
Santa at Breakfast Club
This morning at Breakfast Club we had a very special visitor …
