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House Party
Last term Calderwood were our house winners, so Olivia and James decided they’d like to organise an ice cream party. A great time was had by all and the food was a huge success and much appreciated. There was a selection of different flavoured ice creams, doughnuts, sweets, ‘scooshy’ cream, cherries, marshmallows and juice. Thank you to Olivia, James and the other P7 helpers for organising the games and prizes and for compiling their extensive shopping list too! Thanks also to Mrs Combe and Miss Robertson for all their help with setting up and serving. 
An Avalanche of Arctic Advice
We are learning about the Arctic
I can describe the climate of the Arctic
I can describe the living things found in the Arctic
I understand how the climate and the landscape affects the living things
This week, a special delivery arrived for Primary 3. We used our skills of prediction to guess what was inside the box, using the clues on the wrapping to help us to make a realistic prediction. That is how we met Gamba the Giraffe. Gamba was lost and needed our help to find his way home. First of all, we had to use our research skills to find out where Gamba came from. We used iPads and netbooks to discover that we needed to help him get back to Africa, then we sent him on his way.
However, we soon heard back from Gamba to let us know that he hadn’t quite made it back home. He asked for our help to find out about this strange land that he had arrived in. He needed to know about the climate, landscape and living things that he might see in, what we quickly discovered was, the Arctic. Again, we used our research skills to find out new information, using key words to help us find out the facts quickly and easily.
We then used our Glow accounts to email Gamba to tell him what we had found out and give him advice about what to do next. We learned how to add a recipient, include a subject heading and how to layout an email.
We can’t wait to hear back from Gamba to see if he manages to get back home…
P2 Christmas Post
Over the last few weeks, the children in Primary 2 have enjoyed reading some of Mairi Hedderwick’s Katie Morag stories.
Katie Morag is the main character in each book, so we looked really closely at the text, and at the pictures in the books to learn as much as we could about her. We tried to draw a likeness of her, and we were really pleased with the results.
Katie Morag lives on the Isle of Struay, and we were keen to look closely at a map of the island. We explored the island and found some of the special places mentioned in the stories. We also programmed the Bee-bot to follow different routes around the island.
Katie Morag and her family live above the shop and Post Office, and Katie Morag sometimes helps to deliver the mail. We thought that we could set up a Post Office in our classroom and provide a service to all the classes in the infant area by sorting and delivering the Christmas post each day.
We were kept very busy every day. Sometimes we even needed to provide an afternoon delivery as well as a morning one! Final deliveries were made today. A huge Thank You to everyone who used our service and made our learning such fun.
Our Nursery Party!
The nursery parties were a huge success. The children enjoyed dancing, singing and eating. We were all very excited to see our special visitor. Have a lovely Christmas and a Happy New Year!
P2 Christmas Party
This morning Primary 2 were ready to party!
The children all looked amazing, and had such enthusiasm for taking part in the games and activities, which they planned themselves yesterday. They did this by first of all gathering lots of ideas for party games, then they used tally marks to record votes and eventually they discovered that the favourites were Pass the Parcel, Musical Statues, Christmas Corners and Duck, Duck, Goose (which we changed to Santa, Santa, Elf since it was Christmas!)
We also had time to dance and show off all our wonderful moves. We even had a dancing competition. What terrific dancers we have in P2!
In between all these activities we stopped to enjoy a short break and to have some food and drink.
The party was a lot of fun and a great way to start our day.
P5 Christmas Party!
On Friday we partied the morning away, both P5 classes had their long awaited Christmas party. Unfortunately Santa was busy and was unable to pop by but we all had a fantastic time anyway! Everyone make a huge effort and looked fabulous. After some games and dancing we got together for our party feast. We had amazing dancers and everyone showed great competitive spirit during our games. I think it is safe to say that everyone really enjoyed themselves.
Not long now until the big day.
We hope you all have a wonderful and safe Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year.
Miss Anderson & Mrs Campbell
Primary 3’s Christmas Party
“Tis the season to be jolly…” and Primary 3 were certainly feeling jolly today when they celebrated at the P3 Christmas party.
We kicked off the party with a game of Eggs, followed by Christmas themed Corners. Next, we played an energetic game of Ollie Ollie Octopus. After that, we stopped for a bite to eat in to replenish our energy, then got back to party mode with a game of Killer 12. We then played a game that Lucas invented called Shark Attack. We also showed off our dance moves and sang along loudly to our favourite songs. Everyone had a fantastic afternoon 🙂 Merry Christmas Primary 3!
P4’s Book Week
This term Primary 4 have been reading the book The Creakers by Tom Fletcher. We have enjoyed learning about The Creakers through Drama, Reading and Music. During Book Week, P4 enjoyed various activities linking to The Creakers. Check out our pictures below to see the children in action!
We made predictions about The Creakers after chapter 17, where Lucy heard the parents screaming in Creakerland! We then turned our predictions into reality by creating a short improvised piece of drama to illustrate this.
We learned how to use questioning stems to ask questions about the book. We then used ‘hot seating’ through drama to interview the author of The Creakers. We enjoyed taking on the role as the interviewer and as Tom Fletcher!
P4’s Fantastic Christmas Party!
Primary 4 have been getting into the festive spirit this week and enjoyed their Christmas Party today. The children enjoyed playing games like ‘Egg’ Chaos Tig, Shark Attack, Christmas Corners and Splat! They particularly enjoyed taking part in the best dancer competition!
Our P4 party winners were-
Best Dancers: Carla McAdam and Jacob Hopper
Winner of Shark Attack: Olivia Niedzielska
Winner of Christmas Corners: Lewis Adams
Have a look at Primary 4 having fun and pulling off some fantastic dance moves!
