Primary 2S have been busy today selling tickets for our Circus show next Friday. The Primary 1 children now all have their tickets for the performance and we are all very excited!
Camera Club at Fun Time Friday
Primary 3 Number Homework
Miss McLaughlin has set each Number group their very own Sumdog challenge. This will consolidate the concepts we will be learning in Number work over the next two weeks. The challenge will be live from 9.00 tomorrow morning and end at 12.30 on Friday 12th October.
Children should try to access their challenge at home by logging in and clicking on the ‘Challenge’ button at the left-hand side of the screen. This will automatically change the focus of the games to the concepts we are practising.
Please don’t worry if you cannot access Sumdog from home – there will also be time given in class to play.
Complete the challenge and earn 400 coins!
Good luck!
Miss M 🙂
SSPCA Visit
We were very lucky to have a visit from the SSPCA on Wednesday 26th September. An officer gave P1-3 a special talk in the hall about animal welfare and P4-7 took part in workshops in their classes. Workshops included “Food and Farming” and “Pet Patrol”.
Primary 2 S
Primary 2S have been busy this week writing penpal letters for Magale School in Uganda. On the 6th of October Mr and Mrs Comrie, who are involved with the charity “The Friends of Magale” are travelling to Uganda to visit the school and orphanage. They hope to bring back letters for us in Primary 2 and we are very excited!
Club Wild – Autumn Harvest
As the weather turns colder it is time to harvest our produce in the school garden.
We got a bumper crop of potatoes of all different colours, the biggest red and brown onions we have ever seen and a bucket load of broad beans. The potatoes and onions will be washed, dried and stored so that everyone in the school can use them through the winter.
We tasted fresh peas and broad beans which will make a lovely hummus.
Join us next week for more Autumn adventures.
Families Learning Together
We had a fantastic turn out for our first Families Learning Together session today. Families joined their children so they could share their learning in their jotters so far this term. They also had the opportunities to give two stars and a wish about their learning. Thank you to everyone who made it along.
Creative Music Making in P6 and P7
Olly and Owen joined Primary 6 and 7 for their first out of three Creative Music Sessions. These sessions introduce children to live, orchestral music, today’s session focussed on Samba. They learnt about the rhythms and instruments of Brazil whilst developing their team work and listening skills.
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Club Wild: Autumn – Fruity Foraging!
Over the last few weeks at Club Wild we have been making the most of the bumper crop of autumn fruits. Thanks bees and the warm start to summer 🐝
We climbed the hill at the back of the school to find the orchard trees laden with plums🍑 and apples🍏. Some of the trees were so heavy with fruit that their branches reached the ground. Brambles 🍇 from the hedgerows around the park added to our bounty.
First we made crumble. One with apples and brambles, the other with plums. We rubbed the butter into the flour with the tips of our fingers and covered the prepared fruit with the sweet breadcrumb mixture. The bramble and apple was definitely the favourite with the plum crumble a wee bit tart.
This week we used the rest of our fruit to make jam. The plum jam is an amazing pink colour and the apple and bramble a deep purple. We learned how different fruits and different accounts of pectin, the stuff that makes the jam thicken.
Look out for our Club Wild recipe book and jams on sale at the Christmas Fayre!
Primary 1 – Maths Week Scotland
Last week we were very busy exploring different areas of maths. We explored money, tally marks and number. On our village walk, we took tally marks to show how many vehicles we could spot. We have been playing with real coins in our class hairdressers and playing lots of different number games with partners.
