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BIG BUG CITY!

Big Bug City – Rooms available!

Over the last few weeks we have been working on building bug hotels and apartments for Big Bug City and are now looking for inhabitants. All the rooms are now furnished with a variety of natural materials including stones, bricks, bark, rolled up cardboard, pine cones, dried grass, hollow stems such as bamboo and twigs. We used a hand drill to make holes in the wood for ladybirds.

You will find Big Bug City on the cladded wall near the garden area of the playground. Here it is sheltered, and will hopefully provide a safe haven for lots of mini-beasts which will in turn help us learn about them.

We think it looks like the New York skyline. What a great place to live!

Club Wild, Miss Young and Sarah-Jane

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Primary 1/2

Primary 1/2 have been learning all about the human body as part of their Science and Health. We had fun putting the organs and bones onto the outline of the body and we wrote facts about the jobs parts of our body do.

Here are some of the things the pupils said about their learning this week:

Brooke: ‘The brain doesn’t just help you think; it sends messages to parts of your body to make you move.’

Lewis W.: ‘I learned about the lungs. They help you breathe.’

Olivia: ‘I liked the Big Maths Beat that test.’

Ephi: ‘I learned names for your family in French.’

Ruby: ‘The ribcage protects your lungs and your heart.’

Emily: ‘I liked using Numicon. I put a little piece onto a big piece to find the difference between numbers.’

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P6 River Models

P6 have been learning about rivers this term and this week we have been getting creative! First, we used clay to make 3D models showing the course of a river from source to mouth. We included features like valleys, tributaries, meanders, floodplains, levees, estuaries and deltas. Then we used a variety of instruments to make a sound story to depict a river’s course from source to mouth. Take a look at our models in the pictures below and see if you can identify some of the features of a river.

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JRSO Parking Update

Our JRSO Team and Mrs Bonner were out again this week.  A community Police Officer joined us this week to see the problem we are having and offer advice.  

Cars are still choosing to disregard pupil safety and park in front of the bollards (the red and silver car on the right of this photo below) and – incredibly – on the pavement! (The red car on the left of the photo below).

The white car in this photo has decided to park on the pavement leading to library.

Are you parking safely?  Please stop putting us in danger for your own convenience.

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Families Learning Together session 5

Yesterday we had our 5th Families Learning Together – Sharing Learning session.  We had a fantastic turnout and there was a great buzz in the room as mums, dads, carers, grans, grandads, uncles and aunts all spent time talking about learning with their child.

We have two further FLT sessions before the summer holiday and P1 pupils will also be included in these for the first time.

These are:  Tuesday 23 May 5pm-6pm & Wednesday 14 June 11am-12pm.

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Respect for Others

Yesterday at assembly we spoke about respect.  We focussed on how to treat and speak to other people showing respect.

We also talked about the importance of taking responsibility for your own actions, how to put it right when accidents happen in which others are hurt and we talked about safety in the playground.

We discussed our playground rules, reinforced how pupils are expected to behave in the playground and made it very clear that any games which involve physical contact are not permitted.  This is in response to an increase of silly games involving grabbing, pushing and holding down, etc. which, like play fighting, always get out of hand.

You can see the powerpoint we used at this assembly by clicking this link. Respect for Others Powerpoint

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Primary 5

This week, Primary 5 started making their medieval market merchandise!

We made decisions about the stalls we would like to have (a blacksmith, grocer, butcher, baker, potter/weaver and tanner). Each week, with the help of Sarah-Jane, we have been making items to sell on each stall.

First, we tried our hand at being potters. We made clay coil pots and cups. To keep them in good condition, we will paint and glaze them. Then, we made tools for our blacksmith stall, such as maces, hammers and horseshoes. We have been developing our cutting and joining skills, as well as working with different materials. Have a look at our work below.

Check in with us next week to see what we are making!

Until then…
Primary 5 & Miss M 🙂

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