Category: Primary 5

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P4-7 Author Visit

As part of continued Book Week Scotland celebrations, Primary 4-7 are very lucky to have an author visit from Will Wood on Wednesday 27th November.

Mr Wood is the author of The Fairy with the Broken Wings. The Fairy with the Broken Wings is a magical, fantasy adventure, embarked by an eight-year-old as she closes her mind to the surrounding world and its conflicts and opens the door of her imagination.  Join Esperanza as she ventures through the Underground, the Blue River, the Whistle-Blowing Forest and the Crystal Mountain and meet the characters she encounters on the way. This is a story of determination, resourcefulness, love and unconditional trust.

If your child enjoys the book, it is available to purchase on Amazon and we can arrange a signing of the book after.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1786232480/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Zda3DbQXM4N18 

Thank you very much to Ms Cook for organising the visit.

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Club Wild – Remarkable Rosehip

This week at club wild we headed to the hedgerows to harvest the bright red hips of the wild dog rose (Rosa canina). The rosebush is so jaggy it nearly caught us. Liam says it needs to be this jaggy to protect itself from birds eating the rosehips.
Rosehip syrup became very popular during World War II when government scientists discovered that weight for weight they have 20 times more vitamin C than oranges. The Department of Food recommended rosehip syrup and a generation of children began to have a daily dose.
During World War II, a national week for the collection of rosehips was established in late September. In 1941 this produced a 200 ton haul of hips which made 600,000 bottles of commercially produced syrup.
The syrup was traditionally boiled but Hurriyiah pointed out that in boiling the vitamins might be lost. To keep all the Vitamin C, and also Vitamins A, D and E, we can make a raw syrup. Here is our recipe for Raw Rosehip Syrup.
• Rosehips topped and tailed, scored or pricked with a fork
•Caster sugar
•Sterilized jars
Make a layer of rosehips at the bottom of the jar then cover with a layer of caster sugar. Keep doing this until the jar is full.
Leave the jar for about two weeks on a sunny window, turning every day. The sugar will draw out the liquid from the hips and make beautiful red-orange colour of syrup.
After two weeks or longer if it needs, strain the liquid through a fine muslin cloth and pour into sterilized bottles. The rosehip syrup can be taken as medicine but tastes amazing on pancakes, waffles, yogurt and ice cream 😊
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Repost: Children in Need 2019

On Friday 15th November, we are having a Children in Need fundraising morning.

To raise money we will be:

  • Dressing up or dressing down for a donation. Why not dress up in yellow or in spots like Pudsey?
  • Having a ’Guess the Baby Teacher’ competition. Pupils can try to correctly match the baby pictures to teacher’s name for the chance to win a prize. Each entry will cost 50p.
  • Holding a bake sale in the dining hall. We would be very grateful for any parent/carer baking donations. Please hand any donations into the office and list the ingredients used  for those with allergies.

Thank you for your support.

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Knit N Blether

Our knitting club takes place in our community library every Wednesday from 3:15-4:15 pm.
We have a great mix of parents and children who can knit or are wanting to learn. There are lots of other crafts that we can do with wool, so we make friendship bracelets and do a bit of weaving amongst other things.

Just now we are having a go at making phone cases, scarves, fingerless gloves and pom poms. Look out for the things we have been making on sale at the Christmas Fair.

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