We talked about what our favourite things in P5 were and at the top of the list was our camp to Fordell Firs! Caving was a big favourite also the king swing and climbing. The gladiator duel and the diddi cars were enjoyed too. Mrs Campbell, Mrs Ross and Mrs Bonner liked bedtime when we knew you were sleeping!

Some of the children loved drama especially using the ipads to film our dramas and viewing them together. We will be able to do more of this in P6.

We also enjoyed our school trip to Linlithgow Palace and Annet House in September. We used this visit as inspiration for our assembly about life in the 16th Century.

This year some of the children enjoyed developing their writing as they were able to use their imaginations to think of their stories.  They also enjoyed peer assessing their work with their partners.

Some of the children enjoyed reaching their targets in reading and this has made them more confident readers and they now are more able to read more challenging texts. Enjoy reading over the long summer holidays.

Au revoir

Mrs Campbell and P5

 

 

 

This afternoon, the Time Team were back out again in force! 

We were slightly concerned when we saw Miss McLaughlin and Sarah-Jane carrying into our classroom what looked like a real body! Fortunately, our skeleton friend was a plastic reconstruction.

We had to look at the skeleton, decide if it was male or female and try to build up a picture of their life. Jed and Miss McLaughlin had made a prediction (like we do in Reading) that our skeleton friend was male, older, married with 3 children and because he had been buried with a bronze armlet, that he was probably a craftworker.

We also got to look at real Iron Age artefacts, including glass beads, a javelin head, a horse bridle and many pieces of pottery and polished bone/rocks. Many thanks to Archaeology Scotland for letting us use these fantastic resources. And of course thanks to Sarah-Jane (again!).

 

 

I would also like to take the time to thank the parents and friends of the school who have left kind words on the Community Council Facebook page. We are gutted about the destruction of our beloved roundhouse.

Many thanks.

Primary 4 & Miss M 🙁

We are very busy in maths (as always!) last week we were learning about decimal numbers. We now understand that decimal numbers link with fractions. The most common place to see a decimal number is on a price tag.

We all enjoyed the beautiful weather on Friday for our Sports Day! Well done to everyone who participated in all of the different activities.

We have all been busy preparing our class talks. We are starting to hear some of them today and they are of a very high standard. We discussed the link lizards – what other parts of the curriculum our talks link to: listening and talking / reading (as you are reading from the prompt cards) / ICT if you have prepared a powerpoint / drama (presentation skills).

We have been developing our cooking skills in time to cook for the family over the summer holidays! Last week we made cous cous with Mrs Hull. It was delicious! I wonder what delicious treat I will be getting today!

That’s all for this week

 

Today, Primary 4 had another amazing adventure with Tom and Sarah-Jane – we turned into archaeologists!

When we arrived today for what we thought would be another afternoon fixing up the roundhouse, we found Tom and Sarah-Jane at a miniature dig site nearby! We’d heard on the grapevine that there were lots of hidden finds in our local environment and today we had the chance to get looking.

We had to be careful on our dig site and clear the soil away to expose its different layers. We found a shale layer and a sand layer. The deeper down you go, the older the layers of soil are. We found bone, pottery, shells, charcoal and even a tooth!

Here are just a few of the snaps from today… (Thanks again Tom and Sarah-Jane)

   

Who knows what we might find next time?

Until then…

Primary 4 & Miss M 🙂

This Friday, 12th of June, we will be having Sports Day if the weather is dry.  In preparation for this we have been developing our running skills! We have been warming up our legs to help us run faster. We have been doing high knees and heels to bottom to help warm up the muscles in our legs. We have done sprints and then we did handicapped races eg. the person who was fourth got to move nearer the finishing line and the person who was first was moved further away from the line. So we are all set to apply our new skills to our races on Friday!

 

In maths we are starting to learn about decimal numbers. Everyone can recognize decimal numbers on price tags. We spotted a Link Lizard because we could see decimal numbers link with fractions.

Last week we were very lucky to meet Mrs Cullum who will be our teacher when we move up to P6.

That’s it for this week.

Today was Den Day! Den Day is a charity event for Save the Children, helping to raise money to provide emergency aid in different parts of the world.

We learned about the story of Anna Mae who lost her home when a Typhoon hit her village. Primary 1 were able to suggest the rights that Anna Mae is entitled to but are not being met, such as the right to clean water and a safe place to live. By taking part in Den Day, P1 are helping to provide children like Anna Mae with materials to build a shelter.

Primary 1 really enjoyed building their dens in groups with the help of some P7s. Once the dens were built, the children had the chance to play, read and draw inside. It was a great opportunity for imaginative play and the children came up with creative ideas for what parts of their dens were supposed to be. Ethan said he loved his den so much that he wanted to keep it forever!

Thank you for all your kind donations and materials for the event.