Springfield Primary School and Bonnytoun Nursery School

In PE this week we have started to learn how to play Bench Ball.  We have been learning how to catch and pass the ball to the other players in our team.   We will be taking part in a Bench Ball tournament later on in the year against local schools.

In Art we were learning to create pictures using lines and shapes.  We looked at the Queensferry Crossing which has lots of lines and shapes.  To make our bridge pictures we used art straws and had to measure the length of them accurately so we could get the correct shapes to form the bridge sections.

We also looked at different flower shapes as if we were an insect and used paint to draw a picture of the flower as if we were looking through the eyes of the insect.  Our pictures have made a very interesting and attractive display in our classroom.

We also had a visit from the RSPCA who brought along two “mechanical rabbits”.  We read a story and then discussed all the things a rabbit would need so that we could look after it correctly.  We also learned how to handle and carry a rabbit safely.

On Wednesday we met Mr Vilanova who will be taking the class on a Wednesday.  We played lots of interesting games to get to know one another and also played a game of rounders outside.

This week we also read a lovely story called “Have you filled a bucket today?”   In the story we looked at how we can become “bucket fillers” or “bucket dippers”.  We learned that if we are kind to everyone, play nicely, share things and are helpful we make people happy and become “bucket fillers”.   We all agreed that we want to be “bucket fillers” and made buckets filled with lots of happy and helpful thoughts for the classroom.

We have also started work on our Class Charter and have been looking at the “Rights of the Child” from UNICEF.  We have decided on a space theme for our charter which we will complete next week.

We have all had a great second week in P3B.

Mr Ritchie and the Tiggerrific P3B’s

A busy week and a half as we started P7. Last week we got our classroom arranged, rotas set up for our lunch, break and wet day duties and we started our time capsule information.

This week we have started to learn about Romero Britto, a Brazilian Artist. Found out about camp and skiing and completed our back to school checkups in maths, spelling and writing.

On Monday the SSPCA visited to talk about protecting animals and how we can keep them safe.

In Science we did a sampling session in the playground to see what was within each grid area.

Next week we are going to start our IDL topic on Brazil, complete some multi digit multiplication and division challenges and take part in a Rugby event with the SRU and Linlithgow Rugby Club.

For this event we should all come to school in our sports gear (no football colours), with a packed lunch and a full water bottle. Please pack a rain coat and sunscreen (this is Scotland after all).

Have a lovely weekend,

P7a and Mrs Newton 🙂

We made it – our first full week in Primary 1! We are getting very good at our routines and we are SUPER excited about all of our learning!

In Phonics we have been learning our first sounds – a and t. Here is a link to our Phonics song that we sing at the start of every Phonics lesson:

This week we did our first ever piece of work in our jotters. We practised forming a and t correctly.

a – around the apple and down  the leaf

t – down the tower and across the tower

We know to draw our pictures in pencil and take our time to colour inside the lines. Mrs Bell was very impressed with our work!

In Numeracy we have been learning about the number 0 and the number 1. Here is a song we sing to practise counting forwards and backwards to 10:

In Health and well-being we have been learning about one of our school values – kindness. We call kind actions ‘warm fuzzies’ and unkind actions ‘cold pricklies’. We had lots of ideas for how we could give out warm fuzzies, for example – asking someone if they would like to play, smiling at someone and sharing our toys. We talked about cold pricklies such as hitting or using unkind words and how getting a cold prickly makes us feel. We are going to try hard to give out lots of warm fuzzies at school and at home too!

Today some very confident children sat at the front of the class and presented their show and tells. We were a good audience and asked lots of questions.

Some photos of our free play fun:

Have a great weekend when it gets here!

Love P1B and Mrs Bell x

What a fabulous start to P1 for us. We have already learnt so much in just 2 and a half days….

Our main focus this week has been on adjusting to our new environment, class and teacher. We have been learning about the school rules and Mrs Gordon was very impressed with how quickly we are following those rules.

We had a tour of the school and learnt where important places like the office and the lunch hall were.

We have been on a secret mission making some things for a time capsule that we will open at the end of P1, we will have to keep you in suspense until June next year…

Our buddies have been a fantastic help this week. They have helped us play at break and lunchtimes and have helped us collect and tidy away our lunch. We also had buddy time today which we will have each week. This week we did outdoor play which was a lot of fun.

We also had some fun with Cosmic Yoga on Thursday. Everyone joined in and really enjoyed imagining being under the sea.

Next week we will continue to learn about the values of our school and become more independent as we go for break and lunch on our own.

Happy weekend, Mrs Gordon and P1a

A warm welcome to all children and parents of the new P3A 🙂

What a great first few days we’ve had.  A few of us had some butterflies in our tummies on Wednesday, a mixture of excitement and a few nerves.  We spoke about how everything felt new and it can take a little while for it to feel familiar.  By Friday we were amazed at how we were getting used to our classroom and our new routines.

We have been working on our school values. – we are resilient, respectful, kind, included and confident.  We worked in teams to make posters and posed in our teams doing the actions for each value.  These are on our wall and we will use them to remind ourselves throughout the year.

We have also been revising our maths skills.  We had to solve the Mystery of the Missing Moji (with no e!) Using different maths techniques we solved  problems and gained clues to help us to solve the mystery.  It was good fun as well as some good revision.

Today we worked together to make our own guidelines on what makes a good pupil.  Next week we will be doing the same to tell Mrs Kennedy what makes a good teacher 😉

Have a wonderful weekend.

P3A and Mrs Kennedy

Hello Everyone,

P3B have had a “tiggerrific” week and everyone has settled nicely into the class and had lots of fun.

We have been discussing our school values and have created posters to demonstrate our understanding of what they all mean.  We have also looked at what makes a good P3 pupil.

In Maths we used our knowledge of number, shape and time to solve the mystery of the Missing Moji.

We also discussed all the different “helper roles” within the classroom and everyone has now been given a responsible role to help with the classroom organisation.

In Art we designed postcards to show all the exciting and interesting places we all went to during the summer holidays.  This has made a lovely display for our classroom.

Best wishes from

Mr Ritchie and the tiggerrific P3B’s