For the Scots Assembly Finlay Brennan, Ciaran Cumming, James Halliday and Alysha Vickers have been picked to recite their poems for Miss Speirs and Miss Baillie. The dancers who will be performing ‘Strip the Willow’ with P7 are Eilidh Anderson, Hollie Brown, Liam Thomson and Dolce Gordon. The reserve dancers are Molly Gillies and Finlay Brennan. We have also been practising a new song ‘ The Roses o’ Prince Charlie’. We cant wait to perform for all of our Senior Citizens on Wednesday!
Primary 3
Primary 3 have been learning about using adjectives in their writing to make it more interesting. See if you can improve these sentences by adding some interesting describing words.
1. The boy ran down the street.
2. I walked round the house.
3. I put on my jumper.
Primary 1/2
Primary 4
This week Primary 4 have been learning all about the skeleton. We discussed the purpose of our skeleton and learned what is inside our bones along with some of their names, including the femur, tibia, humerus, ulna, radius and fibula. Can you remember where they all are? You can find out more about the skeleton at home by visiting the Children’s University website.
In Maths, we have begun to learn about 3D shapes. We discussed how the properties of shapes differ and used what we learned to describe a shape to our peers. Explore 3D shapes by clicking on the link HERE.
Primary 6 Powerpoint presentations
Here are links to the powerpoint presentations about Lord Lister shown at assembly this week. They were created by Primary 6.
Lord joseph Lister by ciaran,craig and liam FOR ASSEMBLY
Lord Joseph Lister for ASSEMBLY
use of antiseptic today production team molly leyla finlay c
P1 Famous Scots
Primary 1 (and Primary 1/2) have been learning about James Watt and why he was a Famous Scot.
We learned…
- James Watt made different types of steam engine
- He needed fire and water to make steam to power the engine
- Because he invented the steam engine for steam trains, we now have electric trains
Homework task.. Find out about a famous train! Use the email address in your homework diary to post what you find on the blog. Good luck!
Breakfast Club
Our school Breakfast club is open from 8.10 to 8.40 am Monday to Friday. Breakfast is available FREE OF CHARGE TO ALL PUPILS and there is no need to book a table, just come along.
We offer a selection of cereals and yoghurt on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. On Tuesdays we have toast with a variety of toppings, and a choice of fresh fruit. Healthy drinks of fruit juice, milk or water are available every day.
Come along and make the healthiest start to the day.
Make sure you have a good breakfast to fuel your learning til lunch!
P7 – Green Group – Maths Homework
We are learning to find a fraction of an amount.
1. a) How many days are in June?
b) If it rained on 1 sixth of these days, how many would that be?
2. Find a quarter of the amounts below:
a) 24 b) 40 c) 80 d) 8
3. Find a third of the amounts below:
a) 9 b) 15 c) 30
Record your answers in your jotter or post a comment on here.
Good luck!
Miss McLennan 
P7 – Orange Group – Maths Homework
We are learning to … create a set of equal fractions
1. Burt is 80 today. His cake has 80 candles but he only blew out 60.
a) What fraction did he blow out?
b) Can you write another equal fraction to this?
2. Draw 3 sets of pictures to show equivalent fractions. e.g 1 quarter = 2 eighths
Record your answers in your homework jotter but post a comment on here to tell me how you found the homework this week.
Good luck
Miss McLennan
P7 – Purple group – Maths Homework
We are learning to … solve problems involving percentages- find a percentage of an amount.
Have a look at this yummy menu. http://www.frankieandbennys.com/menu/main
Choose a three course meal for you and a friend.
Add up the prices to find the total cost of your meal.
You are given a 10% discount. What is the discount?
How much do you pay in total?
Post your answers on here or in your homework jotter!
Enjoy drooling over the menu!
Miss McLennan
