After School Library Club 27/09/18
Library Club – 20/09/18
Last week at Library Club we thought about sharing. Moira read The Smartest Giant in Town written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. The giant showed us how happy it made him feel when he could share and help.
We then helped each to make friendship bracelets. Have a look at our 25 children and families working together and sharing skills.
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.
Pop in & Play in our Nursery
It was great to see so many of our Nursery families join us for our first pop in and play of the session. It was a busy atmosphere with our children showing their families what they enjoy playing with and how they learn in our Nursery. Thank you to everyone who made it along.
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!
Library Club Challenge!
Our very successful library after school club has launched a new challenge:
Borrow 12 books in 12 days!
Today 19 children have signed up to the challenge. We look forward to seeing their achievements.
Remember to come along and join us on a Thursday after school!
Library After School Club – 13/09/18
Last week at Library Club we looked at The World Around Us.
Moira read ‘Is a Blue Whale the biggest thing there is? by Robert E. Wells. It is a great book which showed how big things to us, like the largest animal in the world, the blue whale, are small compared to much bigger things, like mountains and stars and even the universe!
Did you know that a if you were to hollow out Mount Everest, the biggest mountain on our planet, you could fill it with billions of blue whales.
We then made owl light switch covers that will help us to remember to switch off our lights and think of what we can do to help this amazing world around us!
This week in library club we are exploring sharing. Come along to share a story.
Library After School Club – 20/09/18
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.
