We have had a very busy week at school while some of our classmates have been away at camp.  We have had a variety of exciting activities across all three of the upper school classes.

PE

We were lucky to have Mr Young from Active Schools visit us on Monday to teach the children basketball skills.  We also had a mini benchball tournament with Miss Moir’s P6 class on Wednesday.  We also had a ‘Go-Noodle’ session in the hall which the children all loved!

 

Art and Health & Wellbeing

On Tuesday afternoon all three of the upper school teachers hosted an art masterclass.  The three artists were Warhol, Lowrey and Seurat.  My artist was George Seurat and our focus was his pointellist piece of the Eiffel Tower.  Miss Moir, Mrs Anderson and I were all super impressed with the effort and enthusiasm shown by every one of the children.  Ms McCrae was also extremely impressed and a whopping 8 Head Teacher awards were given!  Well done to everyone who received an award.  I will post some pictures of the final results on Monday!

 

Unfortunately due to the weather first thing on Wednesday morning we didn’t manage to do our planned walk to Seafield.  However after break, we pulled on our boots, wrapped up and walked to the Peat Moss.  Along the way we collected a variety of natural materials that the Autumn season brings, including leaves, sticks and the ocassional splash of vibrant colour.  When we got back to class the children used their ICT skills to research what trees the leaves had fallen from.  The children then created a variety of fantastic pieces of art!

We also had an upper school movie session 🙂  The children opted for ‘Home’ … Fantastic choice! And we had lots of giggles watching it.

House Captains

House Captains and Vice Captains had their first meeting with Ms McCrae and Mrs Bruce on Thursday.  They have been planning roles and responsibilities for the coming months.  I wish them lots of luck as they take on their extremely important and influential roles.  🙂 🙂

Enterprise

As you may already be aware, Ms McCrae introduced a new whole school initiative this academic year.  ‘Grow your Money’ is an enterprise opportunity for each class to raise funds that can be spent on their own class.  Every class has been allocated £10.00.  The aim is to start small, build profit allowing you to grow your £10.oo into something much bigger, with all profits benefiting your own class!

 

 

We are proposing that our first enterprise activity is going to be designing, hand-making and selling Christmas cards.  We thought packs of 5 for £1.oo.  If Ms McCrae approves our suggestion these will be available to staff, parents and carers to pre-order.

Transition: P7 pupils only

Next week our P7s begin their journey onto the next stage of their education.  All p7s will be visiting Bathgate Academy for a half-day of exciting activities.  On Monday (9th) I will be accompanying some of the children with Mrs Anderson accompanying the others on Wednesday (11th).  It is extremely important that we receive your signed authorisation and completed EE2 forms prior to your child’s visit.

I look forward to hearing all about the children’s adventures at camp and allowing the children to share their learning and experiences with each other from the past week.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend!  Remember, be sensible and stay safe if you are attending any firework displays!

Miss Preston xx