Here are a few of the outfits that P5 would wear…
We are looking forward to the open evening next Wednesday (6pm) and hope that you can join us.
Miss Anderson and P5
P5 and P7 get a taste for learning about Food
Primary 5 and Primary 7 came together today to learn from Mr Rose, a chef from the Scottish Parliament. He showed us how to prepare a range of fresh fruit then gave us delicious fruit kebabs to try with yoghurt, raspberry coulis or granola he had specially made for us earlier. Then he used more raspberries, bananas, honey and milk blended together into a tasty smoothie for us. These are awesome ways to eat more fruit !
We then got to see a range of the Scottish produce that is served at the Scottish Parliament. The catering team there use Scottish ingredients as much as possible to show off Scottish food to the MSPs and visitors. They also reduce the distance food has to travel and the pollution this would cause. They make sure to use sustainable ingredients – this means that the way the food is grown, made or caught is carefully thought about so we don’t run out.
We saw honey, oil, chicken, lamb, beef, cheese, chutney and salmon, then we got to taste smoked venison! Then for a grande finale Chef showed us different seafood from Scottish waters including rainbow trout, seabass, plaice and cockles.
It was an excellent presentation and Chef inspired us to try new tastes which we loved! Some of us are even thinking about the world of hospitality for our future careers.
A big thank you to Chef for his hard work, and to the suppliers who generous donated the samples for us to try.
Primary 4
Primary 4 really enjoyed their trip to Morrisons as part of their food and climate topic. Â We got to meet lots of the staff and learn about some of the journeys our foods make.
Amber: I learnt how foods like bread and meat are prepared.
Donatella: I learnt how to gut a fish.
Ella: I liked the bakery part because we were told about lots of different things like the ovens.
Shannon: I liked looking at the bread and how they made it.
Louisa: I liked it when they told us about how they get all of the flowers to the shop. There are 36 different types.
Craig: I liked it when the man told us how he makes the bread.
Primary 4 were also very proud of Lewis, who won the school’s Eco Talent Show with a song he had written all by himself. Well done!
P6 weekly blog
Last week we made 3d bridges as part of our rivers project. They will be on show at our curriculum evening next Wednesday 2nd of April so please come along to see them as well as other things we have done as part of this topic.
Well done to Molly, Leyla, Yasemin and Finlay B for their performance at the Eco talent competition. Finlay stepped in at the last minute as someone else was off.
Thank you all for coming to parents’ night. It was good to see everyone and there were a lot of very postitive comments for people to take home. Well done to the P6 helpers who gave up their evening to come along to help.
Barnaby Bear Scours the Rainforest
This week, Primary 1 have been looking at wildlife. First, we discussed the types of wildlife that we could find in our local area (such as farm animals, pets, birds and fish) and then wondered which wildlife Barnaby Bear might find in the Brazilian rainforest. We watched a short video clip and managed to spot lots of monkeys, snakes, caterpillars, stick insects, toucans and other unusual animals! The wildlife in the Brazilian rainforest is very different to what we find here! Next, we will think about why that might be.
The link to the video clip we watched is posted below. See how many rainforest animals you can spot!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/places/Amazon_Basin#p0039zg5
Até a próxima vez … (Until next time…)
Primary 1 🙂
P1/2 Russia here we come
In Primary 1/2 this week we have been learning all about the landscape of the coldest part of Russia. We also learned about the animals that live there. We discovered that reindeer, polar bears, arctic foxes, lemmings, walrus, seals, wolves, hares, elk and snowy owls live in the area called the tundra. We drew some of the animals we learned about for our Russian display.
China – A World Away
P7 have been learning all about the weather in China and comparing it to our own in Scotland. We used our maths skills by  looking at some graphs to find out about the amount of average rainfall and temperatures in a year.  We then learned through drama by creating a weather report comparing China and Scotland. Jake was very good at miming weathers.
Here are some things we found out:
China is very cold in January and February and can reach minus 10.
In Scotland, rainfall is quite steady – we generally always have some rain in a month!
China’s summer is much hotter than ours but it’s very rainy too! Pack an umbrella and shades for Chinese summer months!
We noticed that China is closer to the equator than Scotland so that explains why it reaches higher temperatures and has more rainfall at times.
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P6 Weekly Blog
Last week we very extremely lucky to get such terrific weather for our trip along the River Almond! We started our trip at Almondell Country Park in East Calder where we drew a picture of the river and made notes about the features of the river. We then went to see the River Almond at Cramond and made a note of the river at this point and compared it to our observations at Almondell. Then we walked along the river to the estuary at Cramond.
Bem-vindo ao Brasil!
Brazil has come to Primary 1! Barnaby Bear met a new friend on his travels – a little girl called Cidinha! We have been working very hard to transform our house corner into the little village where she lives. We worked well as a team and each had our own special job. (Well done to Murron who drew a life-size Cidinha all by herself!) We can’t wait to play with Barnaby in our version of Ludovico village! Fly in on your way past to take a peek!
Até a próxima vez … (Until next time…)
Primary 1 🙂
