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English & Literacy, Primary 7, Uncategorized, Winter Ready P7

P7 Burns Poems

Link January 12, 2016 Miss Anderson 9 Comments

It is that time of year again when we celebrate the birth of one of our greatest poets, Robert Burns. In Primary 7 we have a choice of 3 poems; To a Louse by Robert Burns, Nabody by Betty Allan and Address to the Deil by Robert Burns. As both Robert Burns poems are quite lengthy, the children have the choice to recite an extract from either poem. Our Burns assembly will take place on the 22nd January where 2 selected children will present their poem to the rest of the school. So get your best Scottish accents on and make Robert Burns proud.

Primary 7 Burns Poems

To show that you are Winter Ready and are able to access the blog if the school is closed, please leave a comment with your name and what poem you will be reciting.

Good Luck!

Miss Anderson

Maths & Numeracy, Primary 2, Winter Ready P2

P2 Winter Ready Activity Mr Nelson’s Class

January 12, 2016 User deactivated 1 Comment

P2 Winter Ready Activity

Log into your Purple Mash account (remember your username and passwords are in your homework jotters). Click on the Home tab, then select the ‘My 2dos’ tab. Please play the ‘Bubble Bond’ game. Start at challenge A….how far can you go?

Please leave us a comment on the blog to let us know how you got on.

https://www.purplemash.com/sch/midcalder-EH53

English & Literacy, Events, Primary 5, Winter Ready P5

Pure dead braw poems for P5!

January 11, 2016 Miss Sherlow 24 Comments

To celebrate the life and works of Robert Burns and other Scottish poets, Primary 5 have been asked to learn one of the three poems in the link below. We will be reciting our poems in class on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, with two class representatives then being selected to perform at the Burns Assembly on Friday 22nd January. But dinnae fret and keep the heid! There will be time given in class to prepare 🙂

Primary 5 Poems

To show that you are Winter Ready and are able to access the blog if the school is closed, please comment your name and the poem you have chosen to perform below.

English & Literacy, Primary 1, Primary 2, Primary 3

Gie it laldy wi a poem :)

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Within the infant area, we will be practising some Scots poems and songs for Burns Day. Please find the words to the Scots poems ‘Heron’ and ‘Crocodile’ below. We will be reciting our poems during the middle of next week.

If you click on the title of each poem, you can listen and read your poem along with a video link.

Heron by JK Annand

Humphy-backit heron
Nearly as big as me
Stands at the waterside
Fishin for his tea.
His skinnie-ma-linkie lang legs
Juist like reeds
Cheats aa the puddocks
Soomin mang the weeds,
Here’s ane comin,
Grup it by the leg!
It sticks in his thrapple
Then slides doun his craig .
Neist comes a rottan ,
A rottan soomin past,
Oot gangs the lang neb
And has the rottan fast.
He jabs it, he stabs it,
Sune it’s in his wame ,
Flip-flap in the air
Heron flees hame.

Crocodile by JK Annand

When doukin in the River Nile

I met a muckle crocodile.

He flicked his tail, he blinked his ee,

Syne bared his ugsome teeth at me.

Says I, ‘I never saw the like,

Cleaning your teeth maun be a fyke!

What sort a besom do ye hae

To brush a set o teeth like thae?”

The crocodile said, ‘Nane ava.

I never brush my teeth at aa!

A wee bird redds them up, ye see,

And saves me monie a dentist’s fee.

English & Literacy, Uncategorized, Winter Ready P4

Scottish Poetry Recital Primary Four

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The children have been asked to choose a poem to practise in their best Scots accent for our Burns Assembly on 22nd January.

These are the poems that the children can choose from

The Bubblyjock by Hugh MacDiarmid

It’s hauf like a bird and hauf like a bogle
And juist stands in the sun there and bouks.
It’s a wunder its heid disna burst
The way it’s aye raxin its chouks.

Syne it twists its neck like a serpent
But canna get oot a richt note
For the bubblyjock swallowed the bagpipes
And the blether stuck in its throat.

Graffiti by Janet Paisley

Johnny Scramble, nae preamble,
draws oan waws whin naebody’s lookin,
YAISES AEROSOL CANS,
RINS AWA FAE POLIS VANS.
Coarnered yesterday, he wis.
KEN WHIT THE STUPIT EEJIT DIS?
Pents hissell tae match the waw,

thocht they’d no see him at aw.
Johnny Scramble’s jist a ful,
NOO HE’S IN THE HOASPITUL
whaur naebody hus oney peety
FUR SICH

A RARE CASE o GRAFFITI.

Lament for a Lost Dinner Tickey by Margaret Hamilton

See ma mammy
See ma dinner ticket
A pititnma
Pokit an she pititny
Washnmachine.

See thon burnty
Up wherra firewiz
Ma mammy says
Am no tellynagain
No’y playnit.
A jist wen’y eatma
Pokacrisps furma dinner
Nabigwoffldoon.

The wummin sed Aver near
Clapsd
Jistur heednur
Wee wellies sticknoot.

They sed Wot heppind?
Nme’nma belly
Na bedna hospital.
A sed A pititnma
Pokit an she pititny
Washnmachine.

They sed Ees thees chaild eb slootly
Non verbal?
A sed MA BUMSAIR
Nwen’y sleep.

I can’t wait to hear them next week!

To show that you are Winter Ready, please leave a comment about the poem you are preparing and let me know how you are getting on!

Please share any top tips for pronunciation too.

Health & Wellbeing, Primary 2

P2 Christmas Party

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P2 had their Party on Wednesday afternoon. What a long morning for them to wait….but…they made it! I am sure you will agree how fantastic they looked and what fun they had. See below the programme as the party happened….

May we take this opportunity to wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas.

Ms Allsopp and Mr Nelson

Events, Health & Wellbeing, Primary 3, Uncategorized

P3 Christmas Party

December 18, 2015 User deactivated 1 Comment

Well it was also “the season to be jolly…” in Primary 3….a great Party was had by all.

The party started with a little bit of dancing and modelling our Christmas outfits. Everyone looked fabulously christmassy…and our programme was as outlined below!

Primary 3 Christmas Party