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P1 have been learning some simple Italian phrases as part of our focus on Languages this week. We also found out about popular Italian foods and made our own pizza and pasta on paper plates!
As part of our Toys topic this week, we had a special visitor in school from the Toy Museum who brought in old toys for us to learn about and play with. We had great fun!
Primary 1 have been ordering their numbers to 5 this week and practising our number formation. Our first topic in Primary 1 is Toys and we wrote about what our favourite toy was . We also learned about the different types of materials that toys are made from.
Peyton: Some toys are made from plastic like my zoomer.
Isla: I have lots of mermaids and I love to play with them.
Tyler: I have hundreds of hot wheels and they are made of metal.
Finlay: I like to play with building blocks.
We have been learning our first letter sounds in class and can already make some words! Next week we get to take our sounds home so we can practise our word building. Here is what some of the children said about this week.
Layla: I liked building words on the magnetic boards.
Sophie-Rose:We talked about how we have a right to be safe. I drew a picture of me walking smartly in the classroom.
Kayden: I am getting good at writing my number 2.
Our dress down day on Friday for Magale school in Uganda raised £145. Thank you for your support! The money will go towards buying reading books for the children.
As part of our Scots focus Primary 1/2 and Primary 1 have been finding out about the inventor of the waterproof raincoat, Charles MacIntosh. This week we designed our own raincoats then carried out experiments with different materials to discover which were waterproof. Here is some of what was said:
“The paper and card got really wet.” Olivia C
“The rubber and the plastic were waterproof.” Roman
“ I would like to make my raincoat from rubber.” Layla
As part of our Modern Languages focus last week, Primary 1/2 were learning how to speak Polish.
One of our P2 pupils Tatiana is from Poland and she was a great teacher, helping the class to learn the Polish words for yes/no, hello/goodbye and cat/dog. Thank you Tatiana!
As part of Cultural Diversity Week Primary 3 have been comparing the daily routines of children in Scotland, Brazil, India and Russia. We finished off the week with some food tasting. We all enjoyed the different Indian food we tried, although some of the boys and girls found it a bit too spicy!
Mr and Mrs Comrie came to our assembly last Thursday to collect a £700 cheque for Magale school in Uganda. Our fundraising will go towards buying beds for the children in the orphanage and to buy books for the school library. There is an article on our fundraising in the West Lothian Courier this week. Thank you to all of the children and parents for your support with our Magale fundraising initiative.
Primary 3 had a fantastic trip yesterday to Mill Farm. We saw a lot of the animals that can be found on the Island of Coll, which was our recent topic. Below are some of our pupils talking about what they enjoyed most.
Cerys: “ I loved digging in the sand and being on the trampolines.”
Callum: “I had fun in the soft play and I liked seeing all the animals.”
Rebecca: “I enjoyed going on the tractor ride.”
Primary 3 are busy rehearsing for their assembly next week. Our assembly will be all about our recent island life topic where we learned about life on the Isle of Coll and the island of Madagascar. Here are details about our assembly.
Date: Thursday 30th April
Time: 1.15pm
Hope to see you there!
