What a week for our boys and girls of P6 this week!
Some of the biggest news of the week came in the form of house captain elections! As the P4, P5 and P6 classes split into their house teams there was an air of anticipation in the school… The staff were blown away by the confidence of our young people and the fantastic communication skills they displayed in delivering their presentations to their peers. There were stickers, tshirts, imovies, sways, PowerPoint- the lot. Mrs Purdie announced the new captains and vice captains at the assembly that afternoon – we are delighted to congratulate Evie, Jan, Mark, Brooke, Adrin, Mirren, Joseph and Marcella and wish them every success in their roles next year.
Some of our other candidates were understandably disappointed but we spoke about the work we have been doing to ‘build resilience’ and took comfort in the other roles and responsibilities we will have as the Primary 7 cohort next year! It was lovely to see how supportive and compassionate our children are in this situation.
As if we thought any news would be bigger than the house captain elections…….. but Mrs Purdie has only gone and won the headteacher of the year award!! The boys and girls are SO excited for her (as you could see on our Twitter video) and couldn’t wait to congratulate her in person!
— Mrs Conwayđđťââď¸ (@Mrs_Conway10) June 5, 2019
In amongst all this excitement, some of our pupils completed the west Lothian schools triathlon event at Dean’s CHS which resulted in them receiving a wonderful medal! We also had lots of fun with our P1 buddies on their induction days on Tuesday and Wednesday!
Next week is wellbeing week – we have been tasked with the challenge of learning hand massage to deliver to the rest of the school over the course of the week – make sure to ask for yours on Tuesday!
It was brilliant sharing our learning with so many of you on Wednesday at our showcase. We had worked so hard to create our books for you. We hope that everyone also learned something new about owls too. If you would like to learn our song that we sang for you on the showcase click this link.
Our books have shown you all that we understand about front covers, contents pages and different genres. The genres we showcased were a personal recount, an information report and a poster, they were hootastic! We loved all the five star reviews that we got too. Thank you.
In numeracy this week we have continued to revise our learning from this session by answering questions using the four maths processes. We also learned how to “read” a pictograph. We worked out different information from a graph about favourite food and then created our own pictograph about favourite vegetables. It turns out we have a very healthy class.
Next week we continue the healthy theme. Please remember to come to school ready to be active every day, wear appropriate clothing that can be adapted for indoor and outdoor work. We will also cover our God’s Loving Plan programme next week as part of our Health and Wellbeing learning.
Isla- We wrote information reports about vehicles. I chose to write about a fire trunk and I got the golden ticket because I wrote lots of sentences all by myself.
Connor- We were learning about the job of coast and life guards. We made our own lifeboats. We re-used plastic from the lunch hall.
Liam- I enjoyed learning how to stay safe with Mrs Scott. We learned about substances that we should stay away from and we learned about medicine and who can give us medicine.
Szymon- I enjoyed matching the digital times to the analogue times. 6 Oâclock is the same as 6:00
Emileigh-Rose- I enjoyed PM writing because we were learning how to write an information report.
Lewis- I liked making the boats and taking them to the nursery.
Adam- I enjoyed learning about the the ay sound that is at the end of words.
âai in the middle ay at the endâ
Julian- I liked number talks because I was counting.
Sophie- We learned about the Seasons with Mrs Howley. We thanked God for the seasons.
Ethan- We showed Miss Boyes all that we have learned about counting by 20.
Emilie- I liked going over the months of the year again and singing the songs.
Lucy- I enjoyed the Oâclock and half past board game because it lets me learn the difference between Oâclock and half past.
Khyla- I liked learning about the months of the year. I want to keep practising the order.
Joshua- I enjoyed singing with the NYCOS lady because we got to sing to the puppets.
Lily- I enjoyed writing about the ambulance in my information report. The Ambulance can save people.
Shakti- I liked PE because we had balloons and the balloons couldnât touch the floor.
Shay- I enjoyed  the seasons with Mrs Howley and drawing the pictures in the boxes.
Oliwier- I liked learning about number talks because I learn different ways of making a number.
Joanna- I liked number talks because we can count different groups.
Wojciech- I liked writing because I liked drawing a picture of a fire engine.
Cant believe we are into June already but what a week we have had to kick June off!
MONDAY -Children who are moving to school after the holidays were given a playtime out in the school playground to experience having snack on the go with their Buddies. Today was our last word boost story ‘The Dance of the Dinosaurs’. This has been a great success in the nursery, the statistics and improvement in language has been phenomenal.
TUESDAY – Our second NYCOS lesson was very popular, the children who took part were swinging Buzz light year around to great chuckles and laughter. The children moving on to school had a chance to be in P1 for the day and meet their new teacher.
WEDNESDAY- Children had a second day at P1. The weather put off our Welly Wednesday today, but it didn’t take our smiles.
MRS PURDIE WON HEAD TEACHER OF THE YEAR TODAY !!! A great achievement, but she’ll always be Head Teacher of every year to us x
THURSDAY – P.E was indoors, the children were to balance balloons on different body parts. This took great concentration and ‘soft hands’.
Friday – The sunshine paid us a visit so we had snack outdoors and played until it was time to celebrate Lucy’s birthday.
NEXT WEEK IN NURSERY IS HEALTH WEEK CHILDREN SHOULD COME IN P.E CLOTHING ALL WEEK
MONDAY – BLUE GROUP LUNCHES, PLEASE RETURN TO THE SCHOOL FOR 11.45 THIS IS FOR YOUR CHILD TO SAMPLE A SCHOOL LUNCH. Parents can sit in the TLC room in school and meet the teachers whilst waiting.
MINDFULNESS MONDAY.
TUESDAY – RED GROUP LUNCHES AT 11.45. RELAXING STRETCHES FOR OUR CHILDREN TODAY. TRY IT TUESDAY.
WEDNESDAY – NO LUNCHES TODAY. PARENT AND CHILD BOOT-CAMP ON THE PLAYING FIELD AT 8AM. THERE IS ALSO A BIKE SERVICING CLINIC ALL DAY TO PREPARE BIKES FOR THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS. WALKING WEDNESDAY.
THURSDAY – GREEN GROUP LUNCHES TODAY AT 11.45. DANCE CLASSES FOR THE CHILDREN.  THANKFUL THURSDAY
Paul: I liked the green rainbow learning. You had to get a story and write your favourite bit of the story and write the title and draw a picture of what happened in the story. I picked Shark in the Park. I liked the end bit when they were walking over the bridge and there was a tail of a shark under it.
Roma: I liked the party for my mummy. We had a party because she went somewhere. She went to awards and she won a trophy because she is the best head teacher. I was happy. I liked the balloons at the party.
Igor: I liked PE and playing bean bag scramble. You had to take the bean bag from the middle and take one from another person. I was in the green and then yellow team. I won.
Check out our twitter for another video of one of our PE activties @mrsd_stnps
Layla: I liked playing in the house corner playing dolls. I was putting shoes and boots off the dolls and then back on again and took her a walk. I took her to the pretend park and went on the slide. She is called Sarah.
Anna: I liked the tuff tray. I was making food. There was chef stuff.
Scott: I liked the yellow rainbow learning and press the numbers on the smart board.
Jane: I liked the green rainbow learning and doing the book review. I picked âEric Makes a Splashâ. I liked it and my favourite bit was when Eric gets invited to the swimming pool party.
Rojin: I liked RE. I liked learning about the seasons.
Shea: I liked the pink rainbow learning. You had to play the toys in the calming corner. Then you add to answer the question âhow do you feel about moving to P1â. You had to cut out the picture of how you were feeling and stick it on.
This would be a good opportunity to speak to your child about changes next year.
Lucas: I liked the party with Mrs Purdie because she went to a place and she won an award because she was the best head teacher. I liked that there was music at the party.
Luke: I liked the blue rainbow learning. You had to put the number words in order.
Pati: I liked the red rainbow learning. You had to do the 1 minute timer and write some sounds.
Logan: I liked the yellow rainbow learning and you press the numbers on the smart board. I scored 21.
Michelle: I liked the red rainbow learning. You have to write sounds and you have to get a timer and write the sounds but when the timer runs out you stop.
Freya: I liked the pink rainbow learning. You had to think about how you were feeling. I was feeling happy and I stuck it on the white piece of paper then you could play with some calming toys.
Amelia: I liked RE with Mrs Howley because I learned about seasons. I learned what is in the seasons.
Isla- My favourite was going to the Judo taster class and learning the different moves.
Connor- My favourite activity this week was PM writing because I like listening to the words in the big book. This week we were learning how the author wrote an information report on bikes.
Liam- My favourite activity was the Oâclock and half past board game. I liked this because I enjoyed reading the times.
Szymon- I liked number talks the best because I like talking about numbers.
Emileigh-Rose- I enjoyed playing the days of the week snap game as it let me have more practise of how to order the days of the week.
Lewis- I enjoyed colouring in the clocks the correct colour, we had to read the times to do this. The clock with half past 6 had to be orange.
Adam- I liked learning about Oâclock and half past. We made a large clock with our loose parts at the tuff tray.
Julian- My favourite activity was PE because we played with the parachute.
Sophie- My favourite activity this week was PM writing because I liked learning about the bikes in the big book.
Ethan- I liked the clock board game.
Emilie- I liked going to the music class and singing âHickety Tickety bumble bee, can you sing your name to me?â
Lucy- I liked playing the days of the week game on the smartboard because I can put them in the correct order.
Khyla- I liked playing the Oâclock and half past game because we took turns.
Joshua- I liked the Judo because we learned how to defend ourselves.
Lily- I liked the days of the week snap game because I learned the names of the days of the week.
Shakti- My favourite was learning the sounds because I like putting the cards in the correct bin.
Shay- I liked learning how to Reduce Re-use and recycle. We were learning about global goal 13 Climate Action. I liked putting the objects in the correct bins.
Oliwier- I liked when we went to Mass in the Lanthorn because we were learning about Jesus.
Joanna- I enjoyed learning about the days of the week in Spanish.
Wojciech- I liked PE because I like to run round and round.
In writing this week we wrote about what we wanted to be when we grow up. We listened to the story Zog, the Princess and Knight in the story want to be Doctors.
Time songs and games
Our word boost story this week was
Listen out for the Boost Words.
We have enjoyed learning the days of the week in Spanish.
Have a lovely weekend from Miss Boyes and P1B! đ
Here are the areas of our classroom which we wanted to tell you about this week:
Board Games
Scott: there is a piggies game. You have to roll the dice and build the house. If you land on the wolf you blow the house down and steal a house from someone else.
Amelia: in the beanie boos game there is a little elephant. You start the game in the yellow star and you roll the dice and move spaces. Then you need to land on a shape and pick the shape and look if it is the colour. If it is your colour you get to keep it, if itâs a different colour you put it back.
Roma: I liked that game too.
Carter: I liked the animals jigsaw because it was quite hard and challenging for us.
Investigation Station
Lucas: there are wee bugs and you could play with them.
Anna: there were cards that you could read about the insects and you could find out information about them. I found out that butterflies lay 50 eggs in a season.
Carter: I learned that every year an ant goes up a tree and find food to hibernate.
Layla: I learned that butterflies can fly.
Freya: We could take the little cups outside and to put animals into the cup and then close the lid and then take them back into the classroom. I found a snail so people could see it.
Logan: I saw a baby snail.
We used the story ‘Superworm’ as our inspiration for this. Here is a link to the story:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FpN4dftXLI
Numeracy Area
Pati: there are clocks because we were learning about time. I can make 5 oâclock. The little hand at the 5 and the big one at the 12.
Celine: we learned about half past too.
Lucas: Half past 5. The big hand would be at 6 because it went half way around the clock and the little hand would be a little bit past the 5.
We enjoyed playing this game to support our learning this week:
Shea: it was a clock. We used pipe cleaners for the clock and you had to make a time on the clock. 5 oâclock would be the big hand at the 12 and the small hand at 5.
Fiddly Fingers
Cordelle: there were pegs and marbles and you put pegs on the blue board and then put marbles on the pegs.
Rainbow Learning
Paul: you had to find all the sounds in the story. I was finding the âoaâ sound.
Carter: I was looking for the ai sound â the âa and iâ and âa and yâ. One word was snail and the other was nail.
Rojin: I was looking for the âthâ sound. One of my words Beth, the âthâ sound is at the end.
Logan: I was looking for the ee sound. It is 2 eâs.
Igor: Bee was in the tree.
Each group were given a printed story where they had to find as many of the sounds they have been working on as possible. The sounds we have been working on this week are:
ai/ay
th
oa
ee/oo
Michelle: for the green rainbow learning you had to write some sounds on the computers or the ipads.
Luke: you had to remember what letters to do.
Do you have a whiteboard app on a device at home where you could practise writing your sounds? We were also using microsoft word to type our sounds too.
Roma: the yellow rainbow learning was a time game on the smart board. You had to look at the clock and then you had to press the time that matched it.
The link for this game is above and was also shared on twitter.
Mara: the analogue clock is the clock is the one with hands and the numbers one is digital.
Jane: for the pink rainbow learning you needed to paint a picture of someone who could help you. I painted Mrs Davenport.
Logan: they are heroes.
Luke: I painted a police man.
Anna: I painted a teacher.
Amelia: I painted a teacher.
Lucas: for the purple rainbow learning you had to close your eyes and pick someoneâs name. Then you got a heart and drew a picture of the person you picked. You had to cut it out. Mrs Davenport helped us write what was special about that person.
This activity is part of our ‘building resilience’ block of learning about our class family. Did you see our video on twitter about our partner obstacle course which also promoted our class family.
Writing
Layla: there was a bear in our classroom on a chair he was holding a book about a bear.
Cordelle: we read the story that he had it was about a bear and a house.
Here is a link to the story:
Freya: the words in the story all rhymed. We talked to our talking partner about rhyming words and then when we figured out our rhyming words we were writing them.
Shea: I wrote âa dog walked into the fog and ate a log.â
Luke: âMouse in the house.â
Carter: âthe fox in the box wearing socks.â
NYCOS
On Tuesday, we participated in a session of NYCOS with Mrs Curl. We have 2 more sessions of NYCOS to go and we really enjoyed it. Mrs Curl was very impressed with all the boys and girls who wanted to sing on their own!
Roma: we read a story about a frog sitting on a log.
Freya: in the book there was a frog and he didnât know what to sit on. Then the cat said that frogs sit on logs.
This is the story we are talking about:
Carter: we played with the parachute.
Anna: there was a bee in something and it grew out of the stick.
Lanthorn
Carter: we were going to mass to hear the readings.
Shea: Jesus went up to heaven.
We went to mass at the Lanthorn to celebrate the feast of the Ascension.
Miss Diamond â Primary 5D missed you a lot this week! We hope that you had fun at school camp with P7 but are looking forward to seeing us all on Monday again!
We have worked hard with Mrs Scott and Mrs Smith and hope you are very proud of all the learning we have achieved in your absence!  We loved the Judo tasters this week and creating our group landscape collages using natural resources. In Maths we have been working on measure and enjoyed working with partners to measure items in centimetres before converting them into metres and centimetres. We have been learning about present tense verbs and exploring the Eatwell plate by planning healthy meal selections. Please see our comments below:
Ola â itâs not good to eat a lot of sugary things. You need to eat 33% of fruit and veg and 33% of bread, pasta, rice etc.
Rhia â is, are, has, have are present tense verbs. I used them in my description.
Maliha â we worked in partners on food diaries. I did Angelâs one and she had to eat more dairy and bread.
Aaron â I have been really focused 99% of this week. I liked learning about the Eatwell plate. I used some good words in my description of a smartboard.
Emily â I enjoyed doing the research task because it was good being able to make meals up.
Angel â I loved doing the Healthiest Menu research task because it was fun working with a partner to go onto the different supermarket websites.
Kasia –Â I liked doing Measure and I learned that 6cm 4mm is the same as 64mm. I feel more confident about it all now.
Ethan â I liked reading Simon The Bully and looking for the nouns.
Huda â In writing I liked describing the smartboard because it was easy to look at it and feel it for ideas.
Michelle â I liked Maths and now I am getting better at measuring in mm.
Robbie â I liked measuring using a ruler.
Sophie R â This week I enjoyed doing writing on the netbook and I wrote a description of a smartboard.
Andrew â I liked writing because the smartboard was fun to describe.
Groups A & B both took part in a Discovery walk through the local area. The walk was 3 hours long and the scenery was beautiful. We even went Geocaching along the route!
All groups have successfully completed the Assault Course (all very muddy again!), climbed Jacobâs Ladder and took part in some problem solving activities in the Initiative Challenge.
Group C also completed High All Aboard with everyone getting to the top for a duel and worked very well as a team to complete the Low Ropes Challenge.
Sarah- we did a 3 hour walk and it was VERY tiring but had so much fun.
Charlie: Today we did Jacopoâs ladder I did it with Zara and we managed to get two steps away from the top I really enjoyed it.
Isla: I really enjoyed doing the discovery walk and the Jacobâs ladder.
AL!!!: Had a rather tasty scone for his lunch, and canât be sure but thinks he saw a unicorn in the back garden playing cricket.
Rebecca: I really enjoined doing the Jacobs Ladder with my partner and we got very high.
Bea: Camp has been fun through-out the week, and itâs been great being here! Canât believe its nearly over.
Beth: Camp has been GREAT! The activities are so fun, my favourite one today has been the assault course which I was very fast at and Jacobsâs ladder which I made to the top but with very sore hands!
Mrs McCabe: My legs are so sore after that walk!
Mrs Roy: I take my hat off to you parents, so glad Iâm handing them back to you all on Friday (only joking). Shattered after our 6 and a half mile walk today.
