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As part of our Scots focus P2/1 listened to the Gruffalo in Scots by Julia Donaldson. Our challenge was to find Scots language in the text and identify the meaning. Here are some of the Scots words we found.
moose – mouse
hoolit  – owl
neb    – nose
keek  – look
dauner – walk
We have also been learning the Scots poems Mince and Tatties and Robin Reidbreist in class. Both poems are by JK Annand. We have all chosen a poem we would like to practice as part of our home learning.
This week we have started our Scotland topic. We have been learning Scots words through poetry. We used our knowledge of layout, alliteration, rhyme and Scots language to compose our own Scots poems.
We have also been learning about Robert Burns. We designed our own tartans to start our Burns celebrations. Head over to our Teams Channel for some additional photos of our wonderful work!
Our homework is to learn our Scots Poems for Burns Day. We have been learning ‘Listen Tae the Teacher’ by Nancy Nicholson and ‘Fed Up’ – by Janet Paisley. These have been sent home this week to practice.
Please click on the following links to view our P1-3 Nativity and P4-7 and Brass Band Christmas Concert
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
A great week in Primary 7. We completed our 3D pop-up cards for our buddies in Primary 1. We are excited to give them to our buddies.
We began to draw angles, of a given size, this week. Mrs Andison challenged us to draw a Christmas tree using angles and recording what angles we used. Some of us even managed to draw a star from angles. 
Thursday was our Christmas party an we had a great time. One of the best games was Shovel the Snowballs but it was exhausting!!!
Only 3 days left at school before we are off for the holidays.
Have a very Merry Christmas and enjoy the break.
From Primary 7 and Mrs Andison.
Primary 2/1 had fun this week at their Christmas party. We played musical statues, Christmas corners, musical bumps and danced to our favourite songs.
We had a break for some party food then went back to the hall to take part in Just Dance on the big screen.
We all had a great time.
This week with Mrs McConville the class explored colour, pattern and shape through looking at rainforest animals linked to our Climate change topic. They looked closely at the different details on each animal and tried to replicate their pattern as closely as possible.
We have also been busy completing lots of christmas activities, including our, christmas tree decorations and some christmas addition tasks in maths.
 
On Thursday afternoon we watched our first pantomime (Cinderella), and made magic wands to use during the show.
Over the past two weeks we have been learning Italian courtesy of Anastasia. She has been teaching us how to say basic greetings, months of the year and colours. We have loved getting to share our passion for languages as a class.
We have been learning about different types of angles this week. Miss Walkingshaw taught us about the different types of angles and how to use a protractor correctly to work them out. We also searched for angles within the classroom environment and symmetry using mirrors.
Miss Walkingshaw set us a challenge to re-create a scene from the movie, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. We used oil pastels and different shading techniques to create the ‘Grinch Pinch’.
Have a lovely weekend!
This week we have been writing a narrative about Billy the Bully, based on the story of George’s Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl. We have also been working on using the fewest number of coins to make different amounts. We watched the pantomime of Aladdin and today we made snowman tree decorations. Here they are for you to have a look.
Well done to our Values Certificate Winners for living our values in PUSCPS.
NURTURING-RESPECTFUL-AMBITIOUS
A busy week again in P7. Lots of great learning was happening.
In Maths, we learned how to measure angles using a protractor. We found this a challenge, especially trying to decide which side of scale to use for each angle. Mrs Andison was impressed at our perseverance and how accurate we were.
In Technology, we learned how to make 3d pop-up cards. We designed our own card, make a mockup of it and, once we were happy it would work, we then made our final card.
In IDL, we have finalised our PowerPoint presentations on discrimination. We will be presenting these to our peers . It will be great to see what aspects each of us have researched.
We are looking forward to the week ahead and to our Christmas party.
Have a great week everyone.
From Primary 7 and Mrs Andison
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