On Wednesday 12th June some children from the Cosy Corner will be hosting a Cosy Cafe in the dinner hall at break. All P1s, P2s and P7s are invited. It will cost 50p for some biscuits and a cup of diluting juice. We will also have music and a raffle. Raffle tickets are 20p each or 3 for 50p. We hope to see you there!
P7 Trip – Developing the Young Workforce, Farm to Fork
On Wednesday the 1st of May, P7 attended the Scottish National Equestrian Centre in Broxburn to learn about careers within the Farming, Food Production, Food Development and Hospitality industries.
We had a great afternoon visiting all the stalls and exhibits and learned a great deal!
We tried a variety of delicious local produce/foods including Strawberries, Milkshake, Cheesecake, Gluten Free Muffins, Game Soup, Elderflower Cordial & Wild Garlic Bread!
We also got to extract DNA from strawberries which was lots of fun!
JLT Group – Sporting Stars
On Thursday 2nd May my JLT group – The Sporting Stars met with Ross Logan from Active Schools.
The group shared their findings from some questionnaires they had carried out across the school. We wanted to find out how many children currently attend clubs run by Active Schools and if children don’t attend a club then the reasons why. We also wanted to find out what type of clubs children would like to see Active Schools providing in the future.
Across the upper school, the most popular option was Dodgeball and as a result Active Schools are going to offer a Dodgeball club for P4-P7. Further details to follow in a separate post.
The group also helped Ross to complete part of the online assessment for Sport Scotland’s School Sport Award.
https://sportscotland.org.uk/schools/school-sport-award/
We will let you know very soon what level we have been awarded.
P7 Writing & Drama
WAL: to create and present scripted drama taking account of audience & atmosphere.
I can: take on a role in ‘Snaw White’.
– use a clear voice
–Â follow stage directions
P7 have been rehearsing a play called ‘Snaw White’ a Scottish version of Snow White. We are really enjoying rehearsing our play and are looking forward to presenting it to some younger classes in the school.
Scottish Musicians – P7
WAL: to research and create a presentation about a Scottish Musician.
I can: research a Scottish Musician of my choice.
– create a PowerPoint Presentation using the information gathered.
We enjoyed learning about Scottish Musicians. Here are two of our presentations for you to have a look at. Enjoy!
Calvin Harris & James Arthur –Â Emma & Jonathan
James Arthur & Paulo Nutini – Katie and Rebecca
P7 – Shared Snack
WAL: to enjoy eating a range of healthy foods in a social situation.
I can: try a range of different healthy foods.
– talk about why some foods are healthier than others.
P7 have been enjoying Shared Snack twice per week.
So far we have enjoyed: dips with vegetable sticks and bread sticks, wraps with cheese and cold meat, scones, pancakes, cereal, crackers and cheese, homemade soda bread, homemade broad bean humus, sandwiches and natural yogurt with granola and mixed berries.
Every week we have a selection of fruit and/or vegetables. So far we have had apples, bananas, pears, pineapple, mango, satsumas, mandarins, oranges, peaches, raisins, melon, pepper, cucumber, carrots and tomatoes.
The children work on a rota basis to prepare the food and set up the class.
If you have any other suggestions for easily prepared healthy snacks, please let us know.
P7 Community Class Charter
P7 have been working together to plan, design and create our class charter. We started by looking at the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and chose 7 Rights we thought were most relevant to our class. We then thought about what both adults and pupils could do to ensure the Rights were met. Next, the class brainstormed different ideas on how to best display our charter. We decided on ‘The Hollywood Walk of Fame’ idea as we believe we are all stars.
We think it looks great! We hope you agree. P7, Mrs Andison & Mrs McConville 
P3 DYW
WAL:Â about the world of work.
 I can:
– explain the different roles of an increasing number of people in society.
–Â explain what some jobs involve.
Last week for DYW week, we had talks from Dawn Fresh Manufacturing, a Midwife and Mrs Slzawlowska. We learned about their jobs and what they have to do at their work. We wrote about our own ‘Dream Job’ and what we would have to do at it.
Olivia P’ I would like to be an Engineer and build a flying machine.’
Layla ‘I would like to be an artist and paint paintings to sell to people for their homes.’
Kieron ‘ I would like to be a builder and work on a construction site driving the machinery.’
Liam ‘ I would like to be in the Army and protect people.’Â 
In pairs/trios, we also designed and created a digital character for a video game as part of a whole school challenge. We voted as a class and the two winning teams were Eve, Ryleigh & Eilidh and Rachel & Mitchell. What do you think of our designs?
We all enjoyed learning more about the world of work and taking part in the challenge.
P3
Digital Learning Week – P3
WAL: to use technology to follow and record directions using words, signs and angles.
I can:
- suggest & record instructions for a programmable toy (Bee-bot)
- Â suggest & record instructions for a Sprite (2D image)
Last week we had lot of fun using technology to enhance our learning in Maths.
Bee- bots – we played with the Bee-bots to learn how they worked and then we recorded directions. We got our Bee-bots to make squares and rectangles.
We used the ‘Turtle Program’ on https://www.j2e.com/jit5#turtle. We recorded directions for our Sprite (2D image of a rocket) to get it to travel in a clockwise direction around all the planets. The extension activities were to program the rocket to go anti-clockwise, to add an extra Sprite and to use the advanced program.
What we thought – Dylan ” I enjoyed adding a second sprite and programming it. It felt like I had a magic power because I could make them both move.”
Olivia “i enjoyed getting the Bee-bot to make the shapes.”
Connor L ” I enjoyed recording the directions for my rocket and seeing it move on it’s own”
Emily “I enjoyed adding another sprite because it felt like a challenge.”
The class are keen to use both the technologies in the future especially the website https://www.j2e.com/jit5 as it has lots of other exciting activities to explore.
World Book Day: George’s Marvellous Medicine
In our workshops, we looked at the book ‘George’s Marvellous Medicine’ by Roald Dahl. We read an extract from the book and discussed what the book is about and why it’s such a great book. We then made a group ‘medicine’ using a variety of ingredients you could find in a kitchen or bathroom. Everyone got a chance to choose an ingredient and decide how much of it to put in. After putting it in the bowl and giving it a good mix, the children wrote their ingredient up on the whiteboard to create our group recipe. Our ‘medicines’ smelled as horrible as they looked! After creating our group recipe, everyone got the chance to write a recipe of their own. If anyone makes their own ‘medicine’ (under adult supervision) remember to post a photo on the blog.
