P4/3 enjoyed the Career Fair last week. The children learned about a variety of jobs in the local community and the work involved in these important roles. The children were excellent at asking purposeful questions to learn more about these different jobs. A great learning experience for all!
Congratulations to our wonderful P4 children who received the Sacrament of Holy Communion yesterday in the Church. We are all very proud of you and it was a joy to see you on this special day.
May God bless you as you continue on your journey of faith.
We have had the best Health Week.
in the last day we started with an important talk from the Police. We will think about our behaviour outside of school and make sure we are respectful and think of others. It is important to look after our local community and to think of our actions and how they can impact others.
We also had a talk from Mrs Cooper all about our feelings and some strategies we can use to help us if we are feeling sad, upset, worried or angry. We especially liked the breathing technique she taught us. Thank you!
We ran a mini marathon outside and had to run at least 3 laps of the grass. Lots of us managed more than that. We were rewarded with an ice pole to cool us down afterwards.
To end our fantastic week we had a session with the dancing instructor. We played a corners game where we had to do specific dance moves and then we used those moves to perform a short dance. We loved it.
Day 2 of Health Week has been just as busy as day 1.
In the morning we had a visit from Childsmile. It was very interesting and we learned lots about looking after our teeth. We were very shocked to learn the amount of sugar is some of the drinks we like. We are going to try to make healthy choices about what we eat and drink, especially less sugar for our teeth.
We then had a slot working with Destination Judo. We had to take our shoes off before going onto the mat and we all wore a Judo jacket. We had fun with the warm up, playing games, we also worked with a partner rolling, wheelbarrowing and carrying each other on our backs. We then learned how to do some holds and throws. We all worked really hard.
In the afternoon it was our turn for the silent disco. We all had our own set of headphones and could listen to the same music. Mrs Gaffney was DJ with a mic that we could all hear. We picked our favourite songs and had fun dancing.
Our last activity of the day was the much anticipated football. We loved having a chance to develop our dribbling and shooting skills out on the kick pitch.
What a great start to our Health Week. For our first activity this morning we could choose to make either a fruit kebab or a smoothie. The fun part was using the smoothie bike! We chose the fruit we like and added it to the blender. To blend the fruit we had to cycle. They were delicious.
We then had outdoor fun playing at the trim trail and we made s’mores! We got to melt our marshmallows over the fire and put it between chocolate digestives, they were delicious.
We then had time with Showtime Circus! We used lots of fun equipment. We learned how to use hoops, flower sticks, scarves and plates.
To end the day we went on a scavenger hunt at the Community Garden. We found murals, fairy houses and dens. We loved going into the Dark Wood. We then had a play at Ennis Park. What a fantastic day!
P4/3 had a fantastic trip today to Deep Sea World. We saw lots of different fish and animals. We especially enjoyed going through the tunnel and trying to spot the sharks. We learned lots about the seals and saw them being fed and we had an informative session in the classroom which really made us think about how we get rid of our rubbish and to try to recycle more.
What a day! We all loved World Book Day, especially coming to school wearing our pyjamas and some of us dressed up as our favourite book character.
Darcy – I liked the Authors Live.
Freya – After Authors Live we did our own comic strip characters! Mine’s is called Cherry Girl and her super power is that she can become invisible.
Grace – I liked the Scavenger hunt and we had to find clues and write the name of the book and the letter beside it.
Amber – We all got a book token home with us!
Oonagh – I love reading and this morning I was reading a “Horrible History” book from our class library. I dressed up as Jasmine from Aladdin.
Jack – I liked doing the wordsearch this morning. I found most of the words really quickly!
Lilly – I enjoyed reading in the library. It was nice and quiet.
Jude – The Authors Live was fun and we got to be illustrators! My character is called “Party Time” and his super power is that he can shoot explosive confetti out of his arms.
Macie – I liked doing paired reading with my partner. We took turns to read.
Zac – I liked doing the Scavenger Hunt and I found the clues.
Joseph – Reading is good for you because it gives you knowledge and you can find out interesting things.
Kendall – I came to school dressed as Harry Potter.
Abner – We wrote book reviews about our favourite book.
Siena – My favourite book is called “The Lion Inside” by Rachel Bright. It’s about a lion and a mouse. Everyone loves the lion and the lion is afraid of the mouse. At the end they become best friends because they tell each other what they are scared of.
ENERGY HOUR AT ST MARY’S!
We are all being Eco Warriors! On Friday we had our Energy Hour where the whole school switched energy off in order to play our part in being eco friendly. The Eco Committee asked that we all refrain from using laptops, iPads, lights in the classroom and staff laptops for this hour. During this time we designed a logo for the Uniform Swap Shop competition which the Eco Committee launched this week.
We have had a very busy first day back. Today is Pancake Tuesday and we all had the chance to flip our own pancakes. We know that tomorrow is the beginning of Lent and it is tradition to use up all the ingredients the day before Ash Wednesday and to make pancakes. Some of us liked chocolate spread on our pancakes and some of us liked syrup and some of us had both!
At the end of the day we were very lucky to get to watch a show! A theatre company came into school and performed ‘Treasure Island’. We all loved it! Some of the character were funny and we enjoyed shouting out and booing for the baddy.
We are very lucky to have 4 sports leaders from West Calder High School who will be working with us for a block of multi sports. This is to help them to achieve their Level 6 Sports Academy. We have loved playing the warm up games and all the different stations they have organised for us. Today we focused on ball skills, throwing, catching, passing and working as a team.
Thank you.
