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Today we have been learning about keeping safe on the Internet. We know to use nicknames and not our real names.
by Flower pick, Catlady, Elsa, Super crab, Superdoggirl, Batman boy, Horsy girl, Mickey mouse, Super zoom, Superboy, Mermaid, Supercatwoman, Breakdance Boy, Jellyfish boy, Blue fish and Mrs Hull.
Can you guess who is who in Primary 1?
In Primary 5 we have been scientists!
Aim: to do an experiment to investigate friction: air resistance.
Challenge: can you make an o ring plane which can fly the furthest?
Once the design had been modified we tested everyone’s planes. Callum and Sophie C designed the o ring plane which managed to fly the furthest!
Primary 4 have been learning some Scots’ words. This week, we learned how to name and describe some items of clothing. See if you can guess what some of our items are…
‘Bonnie blue an purpie bunnie baffies’ Mya
‘Muckle rid stampy bitts’ Andrew
‘Groovy green an yella breeks’ Daniel
‘Orange an purpie Scottish goon’ Ula
Pop in to see our Scots’ washing line 🙂
Until next time…
Primary 4
As part of our Scots focus, Primary 3 have been finding out about traditional Scottish crafts. We researched the history of tartan and then made our own tartan design. We have also been having fun learning how to knit!
We have all returned well rested from our break and we are ready to get on with lots of hard work in term 3!
We are starting off our term with our usual Scottish focus. We will be using the Internet to research and write a report about Charles Rennie MacIntosh. We will also be looking at his art work and try to produce work in his style. We will also be learning Scottish poems for our Scots assembly! Two people from the class will be chosen to recite the poems at the assembly!
Primary 3 are excited to be back for the new term. We have been talking about different New Year traditions this week and have decided on our New Year resolutions for 2015. Here are some of our resolutions:
Kamila: “My resolution is to try and keep my bedroom tidy.”
Erin T: “I want to get better at riding my bike.”
Ceira: “My resolution is to get my work finished on time.”
Happy New Year to you all. We have all had a great holiday and are looking forward to new learning now that we are in a new year. We are looking forward to learning new ways to paint(Renee,Lilly), counting on to add numbers together(Abbie), learning new things in maths as we love it(Mischa), learning new sounds(Junior) and our Scottish poems and songs(Zayah,Aleisha). Sounds like we are going to have a very busy term.
Here are some of the amazing hats produced by our children for their Christmas homework.
Well done everyone we are blown away by the fantastic range of designs and the artistic skills you’ve shown!
A hat parade will be part of our Christmas singalong on Tuesday morning at 9.30.
What a week! It has been another busy old week in Primary 6. Here are a few of the things that we have been learning about.
Maths/Modern Languages
We have been busy collecting information about attitudes towards Modern Languages learning. We have collected answers from all classes and are still busy putting this information into spreadsheets so that we can make graphs. The reason that we are collecting this information is so that we can apply for money to buy iPads, which would be used to enhance learning in Modern Languages. We really hope that the information we collect is good enough!
Christmas Party!
We had a brilliant time at the upper school Christmas party – lots of dancing, games and winners. Special thanks go to Miss Heatherill for purchasing refreshments, Mrs Ross for purchasing biscuits, our fantastic team of Pupil Support Workers for laying out the feast, P4-7 teachers and to Mr Eagleson for organising. All pupils were well behaved and smiling!
Golden Time Treat
It was the Golden Time treat this week – most of the class really enjoyed watching Nativity 2 – thanks to Miss Baillie for organising this treat for us. Those of us who didn’t make it will be trying extra hard to keep all our Golden Time next term.
Writing
This week we were inspired by a lego image. We used this image to type stories straight onto Glow.
If you want to write a story inspired by this image you can log into Glow and go to this link to share a story or your own.
Miss Anderson and P6
Well it has been a very busy week for us. We had our Nativity dress rehearsal in front of the school on Tuesday and then our performance for our family and friends on Wednesday. We were all stars! We were a little nervous at first but put on a fantastic show for everyone. We enjoyed it so much we we wanted to do it again. We are all looking forward to our party next Monday and to wearing our Christmas hats on Tuesday at the sing-a-long. Mrs Andison is looking forward to seeing everyone’s hats as the ones that have come in so far are fantastic. We are also looking forward to a special visitor next week – hopefully bringing presents when he visits.
Have a Fantastic Christmas everyone!!!
We’ll see you all in the new year.
