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Four of our Primary 6s joined schools across West Lothian at Howden Park this morning where they took part in the West Lothian heats of the Scottish European Educational Trust Euroquiz 2019. We were so impressed with how much of their own time they had used to learn about Europe. They answered four rounds of questions – geography, languages, European union and culture/sport/history of Europe. A big congratulations to our team!
Primary 7 have created a questionnaire on Glow to ask chilren for feedback on their recent trip to Dalguise.
They logged onto Glow using their username and passwords, and` accessed their email accounts. Then they located the ‘waffle’.
They had to consider some of the different types of questions we might ask about Dalguise. Here are some of the finished forms:
https://vimeo.com/315266735
The children have had great fun this learning all about all things Scottish. They have had the opportunity to taste different Scottish foods. They have tasted haggis neeps and tatties. They have tasted oatcakes, raspberries and had porridge for breakfast.
Lots of the children have enjoyed listening to bagpipes. We have looked at the kilts and talked about the tartan pattern. Some of the children were interested in the bagpipe music and learned some highland dancing.
We have looked at the Scottish mountains, the highland cows and places in Scotland like castles and the Forth bridges. Maybe the children would like to visit some of these places.
The children have enjoyed this topic so much that we are still continuing to learn about Scotland, singing lots of Scottish songs, reading story books and learning the Scots words.
This morning we held our annual Scottish Assembly to celebrate all things Scottish. It was fantastic to have older family members, family and friends join us for the celebration.
We welcomed two judges for the poetry recitals, Mrs Thom from our office and Mr Jenkins a local resident who is part of the Burns Federation.
Two pupils from each class were selected to present at the assembly.
The judges decided on one child from each stage from P2-7 to go through to the West Lothian Burns Competition in February/ March.
The winners were:
Congratulations to the children who performed but also to all the children who recited a poem in front of their class.
Two girls from Primary 4 demonstrated some Scottish dancing.
https://vimeo.com/313383073
P1-3 performed some Scottish songs.
https://vimeo.com/313383505
https://vimeo.com/313383463
https://vimeo.com/313383409
We shared a video from our nursery boys and girls.
https://vimeo.com/313280035
Mrs Ross made some tablet to sale and our Parent Partners donated a Scottish hamper.
A big thank you to Lauren and Jack who saved the day by fixing our microphones.
Thank you to Mrs Cougan for organising our Scottish Assembly and to everyone who took part.
Spheros
The children used an Atlas to locate Scottish towns and cities. They then recreated these by using cones and programmed the Spheros to travel between them. They investigated different speeds to help keep control of the Sphero.
https://vimeo.com/313169574
Apps
The children used different apps to create their own tartan.
https://vimeo.com/313280035
As part of our Scottish celebrations we welcomed Padraig McNeil into school on Tuesday to visit all our classes and the nursery. He shared traditional Scottish stories and tales with the children.
Primary 2S have been teaching Primary 1 some songs on Scots as part of their learning about Scotland.
https://vimeo.com/312931189
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