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In the recent West Lothian Sumdog Competition we had 3 children who came in the top 50 out of 3379 competitors!
Out of 157 classes, our classes placed:
This is a huge achievement for our school. A big well done to everyone who took part.
Learning intention – to look closely at famous artists work and discuss our own views
Success criteria –Â I can respond to the work of an artist by discussing my own thoughts and feelings about it.
In response to ‘The Scream’ by Edvard Munch
Finlay – look at the background, it looks like they are in space or in a tunnel
Samantha – he is screaming because he is up high, on the bridge, and he is scared of heights.
Kyle – it looks like a cliff is crumbling like in an earthquake.
Owen – it looks like a volcanic eruption with the colours. I think the man is trying to get away from the other two men but his way is blocked that’s why he is screaming.
Amber – I think he is a scary person and the two other men are trying to get him and put him in prison.
The Sumdog competition results are in…
Primary 4 came 46th out of 267 classes! 🎉
Well done to all of Primary 4 for participating and answering lots of questions to get us into the top 50 schools!
Special congratulations to two of our pupils who made it into the top 50 pupils who got the most correct answers out of 1000 questions this week: Rosa came 10th and Calum came 41st out of 3379 pupils! 🎉
Ava B and Ellie Cl also answered all 1000 questions this week but unfortunately did not make it into the top 50. Well done you two! 🎉
Fantastic work from everyone this week and I am so proud!
Primary 1-4 participated in today’s live workout video with The Body Coach TV on YouTube. We had fantastic fun and enjoyed doing exersise with all the different classes.
Here are some photos of all the classes working hard! Well done!
I have been keeping an eye on our Sumdog scores for the competition and I would like to say a big well done to those of us in P4 who have joined in! 7 people from our class have entered which means we only need another 3 people to play to qualify and get on the leaderboard!
Extra special mention to Ava B who has currently answered the most questions in P4 in the last 7 days. Well done Ava!
So come on Primary 4, we can do it if we work together!
We are learning to … read and listen to stories for enjoyment.
I can … take part in a story.
I can … retell stories in different ways.
I can … share likes and dislikes in stories.
As part of World Book Day, P1 heard lots of new stories and created lots of art and writing linked to them. We had a big discussion about everything we did and what we thought about reading books.
What was your favourite story this week and why?
Harrison: Aliens love Underpants. I liked making my own underpants!
Hannah: Blown Away. I enjoyed making my own kite. The story is about animals who are blown away on a kite.
Lewis: I enjoyed Aliens love Underpants. My favourite part was when the aliens were dancing!
Jacob: My favourite was Supertato. The best part was when the carrot was stuck in the elevator. I put eyes, masks, legs on different vegetables like celery and carrots.
Which story character did you dress up as this week?
Sophie:Â I dressed up as Belle from my favourite book!
Jessica:Â Anna from Frozen.
Christopher M & Christopher J: We were both Spiderman!
Kenzie:Â I loved being a red Power Ranger!
Jacob and Mitzi – We were Horrid Henry.
What books do you like to read at home?
Corey:Â I like fact books about sharks.
Iona: I like Frozen books
Danielle: I like interesting animal books or books about the seashore. I have lots of different ones.
Hannah:Â My favourite book book is Rapunzel.
Connor:Â Â ‘The Back to Front Bat’ is my favourite.
Grace: I like scary stories.
Logan:Â I like dinosaur stories.
Emma – Leigh: I like non-fiction books.
Ben:Â I like Room on the Broom.
Leah:Â I like Bat-girl stories and I dressed up has Bat-girl.
Ruraidh:Â I like The BFG.
Christopher Pickwell: My favourite story is Who’s in the Loo? It’s a funny story!
Can you spot us all below?
In our workshop, we looked at the book ‘Supertato’ by Sue Hendra & Paul Linnet. We talked about the main character and looked at a short video about how the authors created the caped potato superhero!
We then discussed the next book, ‘Supertato Veggies Assemble’. In this book, the vegetables decide to work together as a team of ‘Super Veggies’! All of the children then created their own super vegetable character.
For ‘Pumphy Book Day’, we took part in activities linked to different stories.
So, what did we do?
Miss McLaughlin – We were looking at ‘This Book just ate my dog!’. We made our own greedy books and created our own titles (‘This book just ate…’).
Mrs Strachan – We were looking at ‘Aliens love Underpants’. We got to design our own aliens or our own pair of underpants!
Miss McLennan – We were looking at ‘Blown away’. We got to design and make our own kites!
Mrs Dugan – We were looking at ‘Supertato’. We got to make our own ‘Super’ vegetables!
We also got to dress up as our favourite book characters!
What did we do at home?
Some of us took part in the ‘Families reading together’ sessions. We got to make bookmarks, models and masks. Some of us tried to make our own books at home, with nice and nasty characters. We also made use of our ‘Book Bug’ and ‘Read, Write, Count’ bags. We’ve been doing lots of extra reading at home too!
In our workshops, we looked at the book ‘George’s Marvellous Medicine’ by Roald Dahl. We read an extract from the book and discussed what the book is about and why it’s such a great book. We then made a group ‘medicine’ using a variety of ingredients you could find in a kitchen or bathroom. Everyone got a chance to choose an ingredient and decide how much of it to put in. After putting it in the bowl and giving it a good mix, the children wrote their ingredient up on the whiteboard to create our group recipe. Our ‘medicines’ smelled as horrible as they looked! After creating our group recipe, everyone got the chance to write a recipe of their own. If anyone makes their own ‘medicine’ (under adult supervision) remember to post a photo on the blog.
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