Primary 4

May 3, 2019May 3, 2019

A Week Full of Learning at SPS and Bonnytoun!

We have come to the end of another busy week of learning at Springfield and Bonnytoun. Our children in school had the chance to take part in a number of STEM workshops led by Generation Science.

P6-7 pupils had the chance to attend a Careers’ Fayre which was held on Wednesday night and saw a great turn out of support from our partner agencies and families. We continue to build a wider range of different partners in our local community and beyond to enhance our curriculum and help children to develop skills for learning, life and work.

The children at Bonnytoun have had a lovely couple of days this week welcoming their Grandparents into the nursery to play and learn.

Today, Miss Harrison and P3A led a highly informative assembly on endangered species. All children spoke articulately and confidently as they showcased their learning through the PowerPoint presentations that they had made.

Pupil Achievements this week:

– Well done to F in P4 for winning a medal for running! Great effort F!

-Congratulations to B in P6 for her certificates gained through skiing and horse riding!

We are proud of you both girls!

Have a lovely holiday weekend everyone,

Miss Baillie xx💖💫

March 29, 2019

P4 this week

We were making PowerPoint presentation to show our knowledge of Ancient Egypt. CC
We learnt to write instruction on how to mummify a corpse. MC
We went to a fencing festival. It was really fun! ED

“I loved it!” said LKS.

We did a spell off. LS
We did times table challenge. SCD
We revised on compass points and followed directions to find the position of a place in the map. EM
Someone from Linlithgow Academy came to teach us how to order food in French. KP
We used our listening skills to take notes on the process of mummification.

March 15, 2019

The class has been buzzing all week as we immersed the in our ancient Egyptian studies. F created a 3D representation what she learnt about the topic. D had created a life sized Sarcophagus and A shared a stop motion video of the first Egyptians.

We explored the history of Hieroglyphics and we wrote our names using this writing system .

It has been a busy week. We have been creating props for our assembly. We applied their knowledge of symmetry and proportion in order to create symmetrical picture of Tutankhamun.

Literacy

We revised our previous written task. We used uplevelled words. We further enhanced or knowledge on how to use adverbs and we practiced spelling words with “tch” sound..

Numeracy

We applied different subtraction strategies to answer word problems. We used our RUCSAC strategy as well to help us solve them.

Expressive art

We have been practicing for our assembly. We used out drama and performing skills.

March 15, 2019March 15, 2019

A Week of Performances at SPS and Bonnytoun

Our children continue to make us extremely proud with another week of successful performances.

Mrs Gordon was delighted with her group of P4 and P5 girls who took part in the West Lothian Schools Dance Competition and performed brilliantly!

Our P6 and P7 children ‘blew us away’ with their Scottish Opera performance entitled, 1719. All children sang and danced their hearts out and were a credit to their parents and our school.

In addition, our Glee ‘superstars’took to the stage last night at Howden Park Centre and amazed the audience with their strong vocal and dance moves. We also came away with the trophy for the best ‘values’ displayed which we are delighted about!

A group of P6 and P7 children recently received awards in the Scottish Maths Challenge which is run in conjunction with Edinburgh University. Well done especially to Emily in P7 and Katie in P6 who both gained gold awards.

Lastly, our school chess team won at the inter-schools tournament today and we couldn’t be any more chuffed! What a fantastic win boys!

Mrs Kerr and P5 led a fun assembly today to tell us all about the work of Comic Relief and to help us to celebrate Red Nose Day.

Pupil Achievements for this Week:

-A brilliant effort from the lovely sisters S in P4 and U in P6 for their accomplishments in piano!

-Great work from C and A in P1 for their achievements in dancing!

-F in P4 came along to see me with a magnificent Egyptian pyramid that she had made for homework! What fabulous work F!

Have a great weekend!

Miss Baillie xx💖💫

March 1, 2019March 1, 2019

School and Nursery News from this Week

Today we held our next ‘Wellbeing Indicator’ assembly focused on ‘we are achieving.’ As you all know, we track each pupil’s health and wellbeing on a daily and termly basis at Springfield and Bonnytoun. We have noticed from the data that we gather, that some children have the false perception that they are not achieving in school or are worried about how well they are doing. This is something that we are seeking to rectify by the messages that we give our learners and we’d ask for your support with this at home. Everyone is doing well and all children in school and nursery are making progress.

We talked today in assembly about ‘achievement’ being about progress. We also learned that achievement can be realised when you believe in yourself, practise a skill until it is mastered and never give up! It was also explained to children that we need to be comfortable with our own strengths and weeknesses and see the beauty in our uniqueness.

We also had a ‘sneaky peek’ at the Glee performance which some of our P6 and P7 pupils will showcase at Howden Park Centre in the next few weeks. The children look and sound amazing and we can’t wait to see them perform on the night. Thank you to Mrs Bell for her support with this.

Pupil achievements for this week:

– Well done to A and K in P1 for their achievements in gymnastics and Enjoy-a-ball.

-A brilliant effort from L in P3 for making progress in swimming.

-Well done to S and O in P4 for gymnastics success.

-Finally to A in P3 and R in P4 also for making progress in swimming.

Have a lovely weekend!

Miss Baillie xx💖💫

March 1, 2019

P4 class

Numeracy

This week we used column method of subtraction. We learnt budgeting and we worked out change from £5 and £10- by LKS.

DL created budgeting game for all the P4s which they enjoyed.

IDL

We learnt more about Ancient Egyptian life. We compared the lives of rich and poor. We talked about the different rulers and what they are remembered for.

Expressive art

We applied our knowledge of symmetry by creating an portrait of Tutankhamun.

Literacy

We wrote a letter of complaint. We had to use examples to make our letter convincing. We had to use powerful adjectives too- LL

We up levelled our writing too –SCD

I learned about irregular past tense of the verb- IKB

February 23, 2019

P4 week

We have been learning how to write a persuasive piece of writing. We wrote a letter of complaint to a “Travel company” that we used for a week long Ancient Egyptian tour.

We have been learning to identify verb, adverbs, nouns and adjectives in a sentence.

For French, we have been identifying parts of the body.

Numeracy

We revised on our multiplication table. We also been learning about the inverse relationship of division and multiplication.

We have been learning to add the total of our purchases in our “money” exploration. We also worked out change from £1, £5 and £10.

For IDL

We explored the importance of river Nile during the Ancient Egyptian times.

February 15, 2019

Springfield and Bonnytoun News

We were looking forward to our holiday weekend today, as P3 led a superb assembly about ‘forces.’ Thank you Mrs Kennedy for putting on such an informative assembly which was a lovely way to end a busy week.

We are very proud of our children’s knowledge and abilities in Science at Springfield, thanks to the expertise of Mrs Tulloch and Mrs Begarnie. Mrs Tulloch is busy working with P7 on their STEM project this term, which is to build a moveable buggy. Our STEM family learning event will take place in Term 4 where you will be able to take part in a STEM challenge with your child.

Achievements this week:

-Well done to D in P3 for his success with Linlithgow Rose Football Team.

-Congratulations to F in P4/5 for his efforts at Cubs and to A in P1 for the same in Beavers! Well done boys!

-Finally, we are extremely proud of a group of our P7 children who came second (by one point!) in the Linlithgow cluster schools, Inter-house Quiz!

Have a lovely long weekend everyone!

Miss Baillie xx💖💫

February 1, 2019

P4 Class

Literacy

We learned how to use speech marks. MC

For Guided reading we focused on making inferences. We also revisited the types of story genre and the different kinds of story ending.

ICT/ Literacy

We were researching and taking notes about Ancient Egypt. RG

Maths/ Numeracy

We have been learning how to find objects in a map (Grid references). We were also plotting our coordinates.

We learnt to find the direction using compass points. We now know what it means to turn 90, 180 and 360 degree using the compass.

We also presented our personal projects to the class.

In Music, we were practising reading notes in a song.

We were learning different types of jumps. My favorite is the Tuck Jump (EM and MC).

Mine was the half turn (RG).

January 25, 2019

A Scottish Week at SPS and Bonnytoun

Our annual Scots focus ended today with children from each class presenting their learning at assembly. We listened to information about lots of famous Scots who have changed life for us today because of their inventions or actions.

Primary 7 helped us to celebrate Burns Night earlier on this week by organising a fantastic Burns Supper for their friends and families. Well done to all children who recited poems, danced or presented information to the audience.

Next week, all classes will be moving on in their learning to investigate an aspect of history that is of interest to them and that meets our curricular objectives.

On a Tuesday and Wednesday each class will get the chance to visit Dovecot Park for a short play session, for reaching the ‘1000 springs’ House target.

In the coming weeks, we are going to be looking at the quality of our children’s writing across school and working as a staff team to ensure that all children are being given the best support to fulfil their potential in this area.

We hope that you have enjoyed reading our school and nursery newsletters which were emailed to you all this week.

As always, if you have any comments, suggestions or feedback on the work that we do then please drop in to see us or send us an email via the school mailbox.

Your support is very much appreciated. We always try to listen to and act on your views to make Springfield and Bonnytoun the very best that they can be for our children and families.

Have a great weekend!

Miss Baillie x💖💫