In Technologies this afternoon we had a design challenge to make a waterproof shelter for 2 Playmobile figures. It had to be stable and strong so that Miss McLennan could not blow it over. Here we are, hard at work…
Weekly Blog from P6
This week we have been learning poetry! We were studying the Green man poem and enjoyed making up our own poems. For homework we have been learning Scottish poems for our Scots Assembly. We have also been learning and practising ‘Strip the Willow’ and we hope to perform this at the Scots Assembly. For our Scottish topic we have been learning about Lord Joseph Lister. We have been very busy since we came back from our holidays!
Primary 3
Primary 3 had a fantastic trip to New Lanark last week.
Miai T said “I liked dressing up in the old school clothes”.
Edward said ” I loved the Annie McLeod ride.”
Jessica said ” I enjoyed seeing how the Mill workers used to live.”
Ewen L said:Â ” It was fun seeing the River Clyde.”
P7
P7 have been tired this week after lots of long lies in bed but there has been lots of learning!
Shannon – I learned how to explore fractions better this week
Shea – this week I have been learning to add and subtract decimals.
Sophie – In P.E we started to learn more about tennis especially the forehand technique.
Primary 3
As part of our Scottish topic P3 have been learning all about Robert Owen this week and researching all the good things he did for the Mill workers of New Lanark. We created a timeline of how our day compared to the pauper apprentices in the Mill and did line drawings of the Mill houses. We are going on a trip on Monday to visit the New Lanark Heritage Centre and are very excited about this!
Primary 1
This week, Primary 1 have been creating pictures of the Forth Rail Bridge. We used strips of red card to make the shape of the bridge. We thought it was going to be tricky but were so surprised at how easy it was!
We also learned that..
- The Forth Rail Bridge is next to Deep Sea World
- There are lots of fish in the water
- It is next to the Forth Road Bridge
- Lots of men died when they were building the bridge.
We are looking forward to learning about more Scottish things next week!
Primary 1 🙂
West Lothian Courier Wish campaign
Thank you to everyone who helped us collect the Wish Tokens printed in the West Lothian Courier. We collected a total of 1336! These tokens will be sent in to the Courier office and we’ll hear in the New Year how much our share of the £10,000 giveaway will be.
Our Moment on Radio !
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 🙂
Primary 4 Science
In Science this week, Primary 4 have been learning all about conductors and insulators. We created a circuit using wires, a battery and a bulb then used this to help us investigate which materials conduct electricity best.
We tested lots of materials around the classroom, discovering that plastic and wooden materials are insulators and that metal materials are conductors because they allowed electricity to flow around the circuit.
