This week we had a visit from Ewan McVicar. He told us about some of the different types of food they grow and eat in Africa.   We learned about some foods we had never heard of before like Paw Paw, Cassava and Plantain.  He also told us an interesting and exciting story about the journey of a bird migrating from Scotland to Africa. We then designed and created our own birds which were unusual and that we had never seen before. These birds will be sent to a school in Livingston in Zambia as part of The Bird Exchange project.  Below are some pictures of us creating our unusual birds.
Primary 5
On Monday P5 were excited to go swimming at Broxburn Leisure centre. The other exciting news is our Europe assembly which will take place on Thursday 28th of February. We are busy researching about a variety of countries for this. Please put that date into your diary as it is an event you will not want to miss!
Primary 6
This week in P6 there has been lots of learning going on. We have been working in our topic groups to make a  model of the Titanic. The parts of it that we’ve been making are:  the funnels, the decking, the hull and the sea.
In writing we have been writing settings for stories and trying to guess other peoples. We really all enjoyed our writing this week because we had to guess each others settings.
We were given our tickets for the Titanic in drama. Some people had first class tickets,others second and third.
In assembly we where thinking about consideration of others and Rights week after the holiday.
Everyone dressed inside out today to raise money for UNICEF! We had to spell our words forwards and backwards for our spelling check-up!
We hope everyone has a good long weekend!
Miss McLennan and Primary 6 🙂
 
Primary 3
In writing this week we wrote about traditions during Chinese New Year. In maths we are looking at different shapes and the triangles maths group have been introduced to the triangular prism. In topic this week, we found out how jewellery was an important part of Egyptian life even for the poor people. We used a range of materials to make our own Egyptian bracelets and necklaces.
P7 Poets!
Earlier this week Primary 7 worked in pairs to create a recipe poem about what makes Scotland great!
Here are some quotations from them-
“Drop in 282 munros and dust them with snow”. By James and William.
“Take some beautiful empty land, stir in the sound of music”. By Junior.
“Then dip in some noisy bagpipes as loud as a lions roar.” By Lewis Taylor
“Grate the grass around the thistles.” By Michael.
They will be on display outside the P7 classroom for you to read!
We achieved our class target!!!!!
Primary 2
This week we have been working on ‘ai’ and ‘ay’ sounds in words, paying particular attention to where these sounds appear in words. The children have been creating these words in bubble writing and decorating them in their own style to be displayed on our word wall in class. There have been some very interesting designs which clearly show individual creativity and imagination.
Primary 6
Everyone has been busy this week rehearsing for our Scots afternoon. I think you’ll agree it was worth all the hard work! Primary 6 poets were excellent and a special well done to Ellie Hamilton and Amy Barnett for their recitals of ‘Bingo’ and ‘Oor New School’ on the day.
Scot’s Afternoon
This week saw our very successful Scot’s afternoon for the senior citizens of Pumpherston and Uphall Station as well as many of our parents and grandparents. Â The children all worked hard to learn a selection of Scot’s poems and a several traditional scot’s songs and P5 learned a dance, which they performed with great enthusiasm. Â The afternoon was a great success and the audience appeared to enjoy it thoroughly.
Primary 2
This week we have been learning about the effects of gravity. We have also been looking at Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh and drawing part of it using chalk pastels.
P2 enjoyed performing in the Scots afternoon this week. Well done to Matthew M and Katie C who learned and recited their poems confidently to the audience.
The Pod
Our school is a member of The Pod website which has lots of eco ideas and games to play. You can have a look at their latest e-zine at http://www.jointhepod.org/student-zone/
