This afternoon the children in the Nursery were finding out how the carrots, onions, peas and potatoes they planted in the Spring had grown over the Summer. Here are the results!
Nursery Garden News
Orchard report 21 Aug. 13
The orchard is looking great, although there are no apples yet. One tree has been damaged over the summer, it looks like rabbits have been there. The grass has grown longer in the holidays with lots of clover. Primary 7 found a couple of 4 leafed clovers when we were litter picking.                                                 Holly and Amy Primary 7.
P5 weekly blog
Here are the pictures of Thursday’s Child!
Primary 7 fundraising news
Our activities this morning with Primary 1,2 and 3 were very successful. Everyone enjoyed it. At Basketball all the children were very active and kept trying for the high basket. At Golf & Games we all had fun and we hope in the future to see some of our pupils on TV! The Football group game ended in a 5-0 victory for the red team, but both teams played very well. Dance was great fun and ended in a Dance-off as the other groups came back to the Hall.
We are delighted to announce the total amount raised (from our Coffee and Cake event and the Activites this morning) is £53.97.Â
The money will be shared between P7 end of term treat and the fund for painting markings on our playground.
Thank you very much to everyone who joined in, gave money and helped us in our fundraising. Thank you to Mrs Taylor for all the delicious baking.
P5 Weekly Blog
On Thursday evening  the school had a Health and Well being evening and P5 did playground games.On Friday it was Pjs day and everbody had a chance to wear their Pjs.Everybody in the school had great fun especially P5.Thursdays Child tickets go on sale on Monday 3rd of June 2013.If you want a ticket you will need to be quick!
By Hollie and Chris.
Sad news about Fergus
Mrs Hull is sorry to say that when she went round to water Fergus the Sunflower on Friday, he had snapped in the wind.
Now we won’t be able to enter the West Lothian schools sunflower competition – but the Eco group will have a go at growing our own sunflowers to take home. We could have a whole team of Ferguses growing in and around the school to find out the best place for next year’s competition!
Primary 2 learn about Kiddush Cups
Last week Primary 2 children made Kiddush cups. Kiddush cups are used by the Jewish people on Shabbat. The cup we saw on the internet was more than 100 years old. Kiddush cups are for drinking wine out of, after you say a blessing.  We will learn more about Shabbat in Primary 3.
Fergus update
Oooh dear – we are worried about Fergus. He’s looking rather frazzled by the wind. We gave him a good drink of water mixed with plant food today, and hope this will give him the energy he needs to grow some new leaves. Come on Fergus, you can do it!
Eco Club off for one week
There will be no meeting of the Eco club this week (Thu 16th May) as all the teachers will be at a training meeting. The Club will be back again next week so don’t forget!
In the meantime, Eco People, your challenge is to take some Eco Action at home and post news of it on the Blog!
Meet the School Sunflower!
Today at Eco club Mrs Hull introduced Fergus, the new School Sunflower. We are taking part in the Sunflower Challenge run by Rural connect and will be looking after Fergus and hoping he will grow taller than any other sunflower in a West Lothian School. Today’s challenge was putting him in a bigger pot as he had outgrown the pot he was put in only 2 weeks ago!  He has been gently tethered to the side of the building. Please wave to him as you go by in the morning and have a look at how tall he is – but please DON’T TOUCH as he is very fragile!
At 4pm today he measured 1 metre tall – can anyone estimate when he will reach the same height as Miss Speirs?
