Our aim is to encourage EVERYONE to read for pleasure so every class took part in our annual book corner decoration competition. All classes worked hard to create cosy, inviting reading spaces and gave the judges a very difficult job! After a lot of deliberating they choose 2 winners from each school. The winners from Riverside were P1 with ‘We’re Wild about Reading’ and P6/7 with ‘Hot Flame – All You Can Read Buffet’. From Letham our winners were P1 with their ‘Your mind is a garden and books are the seeds’ and P5 with their coffee shop themed corner where they ‘Read a Latte’. Take a look at all of the entries below…

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We had a great week this week celebrating all things books and reading. Each class took part in an outdoor scavenger hunt looking for well know book characters and authors. Thanks to Mrs Smart, we were lucky enough to toast a marshmallow and read our favourite book around the campfire. Primary 2 at Riverside visited the library for a super story telling session too. On Friday morning we had a Bookie Breakfast, reading our favourite books with older buddies. Take a look at just some of the things  we got up to during a fun filled Book Week Scotland…

First level classes and Primary 5 and 6 had a brilliant morning at the Into Film Festival.  The children loved the experience watching Lilo and Stitch with their friends and was a great end to our week!

This week, Primary 7 at Letham visited the National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh. We had a fantastic time exploring one of our school value of creativity in a wider context. We explored the beautiful galleries and were given the opportunities to sketch in our new sketchbooks kindly gifted to us. We then had to create different portraits using a wide range of materials.  Before returning to school we walked over to St Andrew’s Square to visit Paddington Bear, and to Princes Street Gardens to visit the Remembrance Garden. We had a great time!

Some of our P3 and P4 children are lucky enough to visit to our neighbours at Spark every week. We read our books together with our buddies from Spark and they help us to practise our key words too. At this weeks session, we were lucky enough to receive a special Halloween treat. Thank you to all of our fabulous buddies at Spark helping our confidence to grow each week. You are stars!