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Primary 3

Reading in Primary 3

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Reading at home

In the mornings, we enjoy choosing a book to read at our desks.  It is a lovely soft start to our day and we all enjoy having some quiet time to read for enjoyment in class.

Bella – Reading is really nice and it makes you calm.

Alexander – I love reading.  I love reading in school.

Jacob – I love “Where’s Wally?”

Damon – I love reading “Minecraft”.

Bonnie – I like to read information books to find out new things,

Annalee – I love reading  “Matilda”.

Stella – it’s fun to read in class and it is nice and quiet.

Peter – I like reading and the pictures too.

Luke – There’s lots of them (books) to choose from.

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World Book Day fun in Primary 3!

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Supporting World Book Day

What a day!  Great fun was had by all in P3.  We started our day by coming to school in our pyjamas – we could get used to this!

We did a reading doodle activity before putting our detective skills into action and setting off on a Where’s Wally picture hunt!  Back in class we were joined by P4 and we all took part in a live World Book Day football quiz.  Lots of schools across the country were taking part in this and we had to answer a series of questions from famous footballers.

Throughout the day we have done some paired reading, reading crosswords and word searches,  designed book covers and took part in authors live (Scottish Book Trust) We watched and listened to Catherine Rayner who shared her picture book “Arlo: The Lion Who Couldn’t Sleep“, a beautiful story about finding peace and calm.  Catherine also gave us a sneak peek at her sketchbook, and showed us step by step how to draw Arlo the lion. We had our pencils and paper at the ready!

In the afternoon we enjoyed Paired Reading with Primary 6 and we all enjoyed this and asked to do it again soon.  Lots of us in Primary 3 brought in a book from home for the whole school book swap which will take place next week.

We will be bringing home a £1 book token home today which is valid to use until the end of March.

We love World Book Day!

Bella – It’s been a fun day and I liked doing the football quiz.

Cody – I am going to get a new book with my book token.

Stella – I liked coming to school in my pyjamas and getting a token.

Peter – I liked drawing the lion. (From Authors Live)

Alexander – I liked drawing a potato character.

Jessica – I liked doing the word search.  I found them all.

Iza – I found all the Where’s Wally pictures apart from number 8.

Kiera – It was fun when P6 came in and I read a book with Bailie.

Rocco – I liked Paired Reading and I read with Cora-Linn.

Jaxon – I liked the football quiz and Where’s Wally.

Luke – I love World Book Day!

 

 

Primary 3

P3 – Scots Poetry Competition

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A huge WELL DONE to all of our Primary 3 stars for practicing their poems at home this week!  We were blown away with how well you remembered the words and had confidence to say your poem to all your friends in class!  On Friday morning the whole school gathered in the hall for our annual Scots Poetry Competition.  Congratulations to the children in Primary 3 for sharing their Scots poem to the whole school.  We are so proud of you!

Primary 3 are sending lots of Valentine’s love to everyone!

Have a wonderful, happy, safe and fun February holiday!

 

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Primary 3 – class novel, “Matilda”

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In Primary 3, we have been listening to a wonderful book called “Matilda” written by Roald Dahl.   We have created large posters of the characters and this week we have been thinking of good adjectives to describe them.

Bella – Matilda is smart and extraordinary.

Bonnie – Matilda’s family are horrible and very greedy.  I like when Matilda scared her parents with the parrot when she stuck it up the chimney and they thought it was a ghost

Iza – Matilda is a clever girl.

Karlie – My favourite character is Matilda because she is a polite and nice girl and I think she is a bit of a genius.

Stella – My favourite character is Miss Honey because she is kind, caring, beatiful and she is so nice to Matilda.  She cares about Matilda unlike her parents.

Damon – I like Mrs Phelps because she is the first to know how smart Matilda is and she let Matilda read lots of amazing books.

Luke – I like Miss Honey and Matilda because they are both nice and intelligent.

Jacob – My favourite character is Mr Wormwood because he sells cars.

Annalee – My favourite part in the story is when Miss Honey finds out how clever Matilda is.

Jessica – Miss Trunchbull is definitely not a good Headteacher.  She is a bully and she hates children!

 

Primary 1

Primary 1 – Class Talks

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C L A S S    T A L K S    –    M Y    F A V O U R I T E    F A I R Y T A L E

Well done to our next group of children who presented their Class Talks this week.  This term we are talking about our favourite fairytale.  This is an excellent opportunity to develop children’s talking and listening skills and we appreciate parent’s support with this task.

Ailsa – I liked making my poster.  I like Rumpelstiltskin.  I brought in the book too.

Lucy – I did a poster of Rapunzel and spoke about it.  Everyone liked it.

Charlotte – I liked talking and everyone listened,  I made a poster for it.

 

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Primary 1 – WORLD BOOK DAY

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What a fun day in school today as we all celebrate World Book Day!

We did so many fun things!  We came into class this morning to find a book at our desks.  We could keep and read the book or swap with a friend.  After ten minutes, we met with our P7 buddies and worked together to do a book hunt.  We had to find hidden bookmarks along the corridor and each book mark contained a letter.  We found 10 letters and then had to rearrange them and the letters spelt out a famous character from a story.  We figured out the letters spelt…

P A D D I N G T O N.

On return to class we listened to a Paddington story and drew a picture of him.

Throughout the day we also listened to an Authors Live story, coloured in a fairytale poster of lots of different characters and matched them to the correct fairytale, designed and coloured a bookmark, read with our P7 buddies, made up silly stories and did a book character listening activity!!!  We had the best day.

Thank you to the children who donated a book for the Book Swap!

Some feedback from our Primary 1 stars…

“I love Paddington, he’s so cute”.

“I brought in a book to swap”.

“I liked colouring in (the characters) I thought of all the stories”.

“I love wearing my pyjamas”.

“”We did bunting for our library”.

“My buddy and me read three stories.  I like sitting with her”.

“My favourite book is ‘Supertato’, it’s so funny”.

“We listened to a real author reading a story (Authors Live)”.

“I liked reading with my buddy”.

“My bookmark is so colourful and bright and I’m going to use it tonight”.

 

 

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Primary 1 Class Talks

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⭐  ⭐  ⭐

Congratulations to our two children who delivered fantastic Class Talks this week.  We are blown away with the confidence and skills the children are displaying, and the effort that has gone into Class Talks.

Thank you to parents / carers for taking the time to help your children prepare for this.

All posters are displayed in our Primary 1 cloakroom for people to see as they walk by.  We are very proud of our Primary 1 stars! ⭐

 

On Friday we had so much fun making playdough!  We all love using and playing with playdough in P1 and thought it would be a good idea to make our own.  Look at us in action…

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Primary 7, Whole School Events

P7 are the WINNERS of the Door Design Competition!

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Primary 7 put their Art skills to good use to create a super painting of a lion for their door.  They are the winners of the competition which was run by the school Literacy Group.  They received a certificate and a prize to share.

The whole school took part in the competition to design their classroom door related to a book they have been reading in class.  The whole school then voted for their favourite design.

A big well done to everyone for taking part.

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Primary 1 – Class Talks

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Well done to the children who prepared their Class Talks this week.  They were BRILLIANT!  We are so impressed with the effort going into this homework task and the children are all enjoying delivering their talks to the class.

Some feedback from Primary 1 about their Class Talks:

“It’s so good and everyone listens to you”.

“I like it so much,  I made a big poster”.

“I liked the feedback.  Everyone said I did really good”.

“I like talking to my friends and getting questions (asked)”.

“I liked it.  I did so good”.

“I think it was so good and I loved it when people said they liked it and I liked talking to everyone and it really made me happy”.

“I was excited.  I was excited to do it”.

“I love it.  I spoke so loud”.

“I love my poster.  I love all the posters”.

 

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Primary 1 – Class Talks

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C L A S S    T A L K S    –    A L L    A B O U T    M E

Another super afternoon with Primary 1 children leading class talks! It is amazing to see how much effort children are putting into this homework task – a huge thank you to parents and carers who are helping their children at home with this.  Children are delivering their talks with confidence!  We are definitely BUILDING FOR SUCCESS!  Well done Primary 1!

Here we are in action…