The children in the Nursery are still being inspired by their visit to the Five Sisters Zoo last week. They really enjoyed meeting Peggy the brown bear. We have planned activities around the theme of Bears and Teddies and will perhaps have a Teddy Bears picnic later in the week.
It looks like there may be some Bears Dens appearing in the Nursery garden too. Watch this space.
Today the Primary 6 pupils met their new buddy from the nursery. They told each other a bit about themselves, read them a story and helped them to make a card.
This week some members of staff created a display to show how we teach fractions at Mid Calder Primary. This will go on display at the West Calder High School S1 parent information evening.
Primary 1, 1/2 and 2 had a wonderful trip to Deep Sea World on Tuesday 16th June. We saw seals being fed, learnt all about Star fish and sea anemones and even got to handle them at a special class. We would like to thank all the parents who came along and helped out. We had a fantastic time!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
 
Yesterday we had our Achievement Assembly for Term 4. Each class nominated one pupil to receive the Achievement Award for their class. Parents and carers were invited along to watch the assembly.
We also gave out Star Writer Awards, Top Scorer prizes, sporting trophies and announced the winning house for the term. The school was also awarded a certificate for our continued support for the Smoke Free Home and Zones project.
Well done who everyone who received an award!
On Wednesday evening Olivia and Emma came along to our Parent Council Meeting to discuss some of the changes at MCPS and how they have affected them. A big thank you to the girls.
http://www.slideshare.net/midcps/mcps-changes
P3 had a fantastic day at the Transport Museum in Glasgow last week. It was an opportunity to see some of the types of transport we had been learning about in class, but also to learn more from the displays and work shop. We loved walking down Main Street and visiting the old shops. We also enjoyed ‘Saddlers’. Because there were so many horses used for transport many years ago, they needed a shop all to themselves.  It’s a bit like a petrol station or garage now a days! The subway was very noisy and the rats were everywhere. The Tall Ship was fantastic. The children scrubbed the decks, rang the bell and even jumped in to one of the bunk beds!! We finished off the day with an interesting workshop with Lucy. She showed us a real life penny farthing and told us more about Percy Pilcher and his attempts at flying! What a brilliant day, we would love to go back again soon!
This week we have been informed on which p6 and 7 enterprize groups are going into the Dragon’s Den (Miss Thompson and Miss Burton are the ‘dragons’) to present their work. We have teams who are presenting such things as smoothieS, a lolly lucky dip, tea, coffee, cakes, car wash, popcorn, tattoos, pik n’mix and other exciting things too. This is all going to be presented at the P7 fair this Friday on the 12th of June. We are all very excited and I’m sure a lot of the P7s are too because we are doing a new activity called…SPONGE THE P7S!!! so as you can see it’s clearly going to be a very funny and exciting morning for everyone.
by Lucy Haran p7
We are learning to create a ship from construction materials by using and following a design plan.Â
I can use Kapla to create my pirate ship design.Â
P2/1 had lots of fun last week when we had the opportunity to design and construct our own pirate ships.
We have been learning all about the key features of a pirate ship and we were able to apply this knowledge when we made a design plan for our own ship.
Working in small groups, we were sure to include a bow and stern, deck, rigging, sails and a crows nest as well as a captains cabin, store room and a galley.
Our finished creations were very impressive and we enjoyed showing and sharing them with other groups. Many team skills were demonstrated including perseverance, communication, collaboration and contribution.
Finlay Fe said ”I needed to have steady hands to make sure it didn’t fall down.”
Oliver commented ”My team had to stay calm and not get frustrated. If it fell down we understood and built it back up.”
Eilidh made the point – Â ”We had to work together to build the ship.”
Take a look at our pictures and see our designs for yourself!Â
Hat- Tastic IDL
Learning Intention
1. We are learning to create 3D sculptures which represent hat design for a purpose
2. We are learnng to use a variety of media and techniques to create our hat designs
Success Criteria
A successful design will have,
-a style
-a chosen base colour
-represent your personality
-2 elements in your design from the hat workshop
During the last two weeks, Primary 5 and Primary 6-5 have been very busy designing hats and learning about the design process. This will all come together in a final hat showcase at Howden Park Centre on the 17th June.
We first all had to read our design brief/challenge and then start thinking about how our hats would represent our personalities and be bright and colourful. During the design process, we recorded our ideas and thinking in our design journals. These entried included illustrations, sketches, labels, dates and an evaluation of each day.
We were lucky enough to have a professional Milliner visit us, Sally- Anne Provan, and she provided two hat workshops. These were fantastic experiences, allowing us to learn new skills from an expert and express our own creativity at the same time. We were measuring, cutting, gluing and working co-operatively during both of these workshops. In the end, the results were some amazing and individually styled hats!! We can’t wait to show them off next week to our parents. All parents are welcome to this event.
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