P1 Winter Ready Activity
Log into your Purple Mash account (remember your username and password have been sent home). Click on the Home tab, then select the ‘My 2dos’ tab. Please click on Maths City 1 and then click on the red rocket. There you can explore a video and different activities related to space.
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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.
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
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.
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!
Laughter, music, munching and crunching….Thank you P3 for the best party ever!
Mrs Allsopp and Miss Kerr
This morning at Breakfast Club we had a very special visitor …
Last week P 6’s enjoyed a fun afternoon playing Christmas games and showing off their smooth dance moves. P6’s enjoyed some Christmas nibbles in between the festive games and then strutted their stuff for the dance competition. We had a fantastic afternoon. Merry Christmas P6!
ooVoo is a video chat app. It lets you make video calls, voice calls and send texts to friends and family. To register with the site, you can set up an account with ooVoo or sign up using an existing Facebook account. It is available to download for free and is compatible with many devices including Amazon Fire Phone, Android Smartphone, Android Tablet, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Mac, Windows Phone and PC. It allows users to communicate with their friends and family via a group video chat with up to 12 people – a great way to see people that may live far away. Like other video chat services, it is particularly popular with young people who have hearing impairments as it allows them to chat with others face-to-face. Privacy settings let you decide if you want to just talk to your friends or with people you don’t know.
Please click on the following link to find out how you can keep your child safe if they are using this app:
As part of our topic, Primary 5 made a video all about the knowledge and skills they have been developing through their IDL context, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. During our assembly, one of the characters from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Mike Teavee, was getting a little ‘bored’ of listening to all of the interesting information we had been sharing. He decided he wanted to watch TV instead…
Education Scotland would like to offer parents/carers an opportunity to develop an understanding of how a high quality physical education (PE) experience supports learning across the curriculum.
The day will demonstrate how this can be extended with a strong home-school partnership.
During the day participants will have the opportunity to hear key messages and attend workshops which exemplify these. There will be the opportunity to engage in conversation with presenters, fellow parents and colleagues.
Aims of the day are for participants to:
This event runs from 9:30 am to 1:00 pm.
If you wish to attend you can register on:
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/newsandevents/events/2016/eventgeneral_tcm4873266.asp
As part of our topic based on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, P4 enjoyed a very tasty visit to Getting Gooey in Livingston.
During our project, the children have worked in groups to design a chocolate product based on market research which they conducted around school. Today the product design turned into reality as the children tried their hand at chocolate design and demolished the remaining chocolate! Great fun was had by all.
