Hear our singing all over again by following the link below to the Forth One page.
http://www.forthone.com/on-air/boogie-in-the-morning/kids-christmas-carols/
Or listen to the mp3 file here 13th-PUSCPS-Carol
Merry Christmas everyone!
Nativity
Over the past few weeks, Primary 1 and Primary 1/2 have been learning about Nativity.
First, we heard the Nativity story, and tried to relate what we learned to our own ‘Wriggly Nativity’ story. We also looked at different versions of the story and talked about what was the same and what was different.
Then, we moved on to creating the programme for our own Nativity performance. We drew a picture of ourselves as our character, wrote our own name and tried hard to write our character’s name. They looked great! We photocopied them for our grown-ups to enjoy too!
Finally, after lots of singing and acting (and wriggling!) came our performance of ‘Wriggly Nativity’. After a slight delay from the fire alarm, we were ready to go! We loved the songs, especially the parts where we could wriggle! Mrs Andison and Miss McLaughlin were very proud – we’re sure we saw tears in their eyes! We really enjoyed our learning over this topic!
Miss McLaughlin and Mrs Andison would like to thank Nia Mullen (P5) and Lewis Paterson (P4) for being wonderful narrators; Liam Cavanagh (P7) and Zoe Evans (P7) for being super with our sound; Rebecca Lawrie (P7) and Alexa Renwick (P7) for selling our programmes; Miss Speirs for keeping the performance going; Mrs Hull for all the song rehearsals; all of the grown-ups who came to see our performance and bought the programmes, and finally, to the children in Primary 1 and Primary 1/2 who worked so hard to make the performance as special as it was. Thank you.
Merry Christmas from Primary 1 and Primary 1/2 🙂
The Christmas Extravaganza
Thank you to everyone who joined in the fun at the Christmas extravaganza today. It was a great success. Congratulations to the choir for singing so sweetly and starting the afternoon off in style. We sent a roving reporter round the busy stalls to record some of the activity for the Blog.Â
 More details, including a total for the funds raised, to follow soon.
Christmas Homework tasks
Emergency School Closure 5/12/2013
Scottish Power has confirmed electrical failure in the area. Due to this situation the school had to close today (Thursday 5th December). The emergency school number is 01506435353.
Stop Press! We’ll be on the radio!
We had great fun on Tuesday when Forth One presenters Boogie and Arlene came with their producer to record in our school. We are one of the very few schools in West Lothian to be chosen for this feature on the Breakfast show. We sang Jingle Bell Rock, then we all wished Forth One listeners a Merry Christmas, and got the chance to sing ‘Boogie in the Morning’ jingle too! Then Boogie spoke to some of our children about Christmas, asking what they like about it, and they each shared a festive joke.
 The recordings made with Boogie and Arlene will be broadcast on Radio Forth One (97.3 FM) on Friday 13th December at 7:40 am.Â
Reading Showcase – The Reading Journey from Nursery to P7
We were delighted to welcome so many parents and carers to our learning showcase event held on Wednesday 27th November. We know that parents are keen to support their child’s learning and we were glad to share the approaches used to develop reading from Nursery to Primary 7. There was a short presentation about reading given by Miss Speirs, then the children shared their learning with our guests and showed how reading skills are taught in our school. There was an amazing turnout with over 100 visitors on the night. Thank you to everyone who joined us, it was great to see you there.
Happy Hanukkah!
Three of our classes have been learning about the Jewish celebration of Hanukkah which takes place around the world this week. Primary 6 used the internet to find out about the story behind the celebration, with armies in battle and a very special bottle of oil. They watched video clips of Hannukah celebrations and learned how to play the Driedel game. A team from P6 then visited Primary 1 and Primary 1/2 to play the game with them and share their learning. This game was first played to help the Jewish children learn their letters and sounds in secret. When we played it this week we learned new letters, practised our counting skills and showed what good sports we are when our friends won our tokens!
P1 and P1/2 Enterprise
This week, Primary 1 and Primary 1/2 have started their enterprise project: to design a ‘sweet treat’ to sell at the Christmas Fayre.
First, we talked about the foods that we eat at Christmas. Then, we looked at Christmas magazines and cut out all the sweet things that we could find. After that, we worked in groups to think of things we could make to fit into small sweetie cases. Some of the ideas we came up with were, gingerbread men, marshmallow snowmen, truffles and reindeer biscuits.
Next week, we will decide our top products and plan how we are going to make them.
Homework task.. If you have time this weekend, could an adult bake or make ‘sweet treats’ with their children to practise baking skills.
P1 and P1/2
Bright Sparks
We have been learning about keeping safe with electricity. We worked in groups to make some rules. Here are P1/2 and P1’s rules.  Talk about them at home if you can.
Always switch off before unplugging
Keep feet out of the way of cables so you don’t trip
Don’t put metal things in your toaster or dvd player
Never stand on broken wires
Don’t leave hot things on because they might cause a fire
Don’t touch plugs or switches with wet hands
Don’t have things plugged in near water like a sink or bath – you might get an electric shock if it falls in
Have a safe weekend:)
