It’s been a busy week with Matilda preparations and our assembly performance. We really hope you enjoyed it if you managed to get along today. The subject choice, saving the ocean, is something that P5 have loved learning about and feel really passionate about. Thank you for taking the time to come along.
With the weather improving Primary 1 have been enjoying some time outdoors.
During outdoor learning we had to measure different things outside. We worked with partners to completed this and enjoyed being up in the woodland area.
In our PE sessions as well as enjoying our equipment session we have been practicing outside for sports day coming up. Everyone is excited to be taking part in sports day.
In RE this week we learned the Story of the Good Shepherd and discussed how God is our Shepherd and he tries to guide us safely.
On Thursday we went a walk up to the nursery to visit our friends. Lots of us were talking about our time at nursery and how we missed our friends. This gave us the opportunity to talk about how some of these friends will be coming to school soon and we will be moving to Primary 2. We had a lovely time and decided we would like to go back again.
On Friday we enjoyed the Primary 5 assembly about oceans, we found this very interesting as we have been learning about oceans and creatures that live in them.
We hope everyone has a lovely long weekend 😉 hopefully Mr Sun ☀️ will stay out.
In a sun drenched week we have enjoyed sensory exploration with coloured sand…we loved the feel!!
We have also been to the park where we climbed, swung and slid! We have also enjoyed time on the Trim Trail too!
In class we have built towers, designed peg board patterns and explored shapes and number bonds. We are also moving on apace with our Literacy skills and are starting to look at middle sounds as well as initial sounds.
We have had a lovely busy, busy, week!
We couldn’t ask for better weather this Camp. Fun in the sun!
Question of the day: If you could travel forward in time- what question would you ask yourself? (very philosophical bunch)
Both groups enjoyed cereal and waffles for breakfast before heading into the sun. Both groups experienced Leap Of Faith- and everyone had amazing success. Big shout out to everyone who overcame their fears. Some of us enjoyed Archery, Bushcraft and Problem Solving. Camp fire with singing and marshmallows brought our day to a close. Of course, last night at camp had to involve a wee ‘party’ where lots of the treats people had stored were shared to music and dancing! Leo and Zak in particular enjoyed Michael Jackson!
Tomorrow is another exciting day. We will be leaving Broomlee at 1:30pm with lots of memories and smiles.
Pervious picture posts have not had all the pictures we intended due to an IT issue= we apologise and hope the pictures below all load up!
See you tomorrow.
Question of the day… who doesn’t love mac and cheese with garlic bread?
Good News!! Everyone slept very well- no issues reported and the first night was just amazing!
An early start after a hearty breakfast- the day started cold and cloudy but moods were bright and happy. Morning activities were Cat-Walk and Problem Solving. Many of our young people challenged themselves today, especially overcoming heights and team challenges. The crate climb record was broken today- an amazing height of 11 crates carefully and strategically placed to help the teams succeed. Catwalk was an amazing experience where all our young people climbed high, and managed The Macarena dance at some point during the descent! Problem solving tested our resilience, whilst Nightline helped hone our communication. Environmental Studies taught us about improving our natural surroundings. At this moment, we are running around camp looking for clues to answer questions- hide and seek General Knowledge style.
In spite of tired legs and heavy eyes, our amazing bunch of campers just keep going.
Enjoy the pictures.
Good evening from a sunny and busy Broomlee Outdoor Centre. What a busy start to our P7 Camp. After an uneventful bus journey, we were welcomed by Dylan, our Supervising Tutor. Fire regulation talks then room organising (special mention to Michael and JJ who made their beds very quickly) was followed by our 1st Group Activity. Group 1 were raft building and group 2 were high in the trees doing the Cat Walk. Lots of challenges and working together but we were resilient and helped each other succeed. The Raft Group 1 built was christened ‘The SS Mary’. She didn’t sink- this time!
Lunch and dinner was a highlight for many of the pupils- no-one went hungry.
After dinner we competed in Broomlee Highland Games- where the girls won courtesy of their superior technique during the Tug Of War!
Having enjoyed supper of hot chocolate and biscuits, we are all having an extended play before bed and lights out. Lots of tired eyes! Enjoy the pictures below. Can you spot the Cats and the Sailors?
Primary 5 had a fabulous day out in Edinburgh to end our topic on Mary Queen of Scots. We explored some of the sights on the Royal Mile including the grave of David Riccio, we visited the old royal stables, John Knox house and tried to get a bit of good luck at the Heart of Midlothian! Yuk!
We then spent the afternoon at Holyroodhouse Palace learning about the life and times of Mary, examined May artefacts from that time period and even got to visit her bedroom! The point of most interest was the large blood stain on the floorboards rumoured to be the place where David Riccio, Mary’s private secretary, fell after being attacked! Unfortunately photos were not allowed in the palace but we got plenty at other points in the day. It was a great day out.
I also took this picture as we were leaving as it caught my attention. It is a school trip to the palace which took place 100 years ago! I’m sure that they enjoyed it just as much as we did!
This week we have enjoyed having some sunshine ☀️.
During outdoor learning we got out to check on the seeds we planted and collected bugs 🐛 We were very good at identifying different types of bugs 🐞 and respectful at putting them back where we found them. Some of us were a little frightened to catch the bugs 🐛 but we worked as a team. We had to use trowels to find the bugs in the earth.
In topic work we have been learning that there are lots and lots of different creatures in the sea 🌊 and this week we focused on naming some of them. We all did very well at matching the creatures to their names.
We used good coordination skills to catch fish 🐟 with our magnetic fishing rods and enjoyed catching the fish eggs with the fishing net.
As it is spring time some of us made spring flower hand prints, we have discussed how in springtime flowers start to grow and the weather gets a bit better. When the weather is nice we get to go out to the back playground at lunchtime, we all enjoy exploring the playground.
We have also enjoyed using the light up boards for independent writing.
Have a lovely weekend.
In Nurture Class, we have recently begun an exciting new topic on “Minibeasts.” The children have shown great enthusiasm and curiosity as they learn about the different creatures that live in our environment. We had lots of fun exploring the mud, digging carefully and searching closely to discover which minibeasts were hiding beneath the surface. This hands-on activity encouraged teamwork, observation skills, and a sense of adventure as the children shared their findings with one another
