From the look on these little faces, we can tell that our Primary 7 campers had a ball yesterday! Enjoy day 2 everyone! We can’t wait to see more photos of all the memories you’re making!
Day 1 at Belmont Camp
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We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
Some children from P1 and P2 worked with Mrs Black on one of their favourite stories – We’re Going on a Bear Hunt.
After enjoying reading the story , the boys successfully ordered the pictures to retell the story. They then drew, coloured and annotated their own pictures to create a collaborative book of the story and used playdough to recreate scenes from the story. All before watching the animated version of the story on the smartboard. What hardworking boys!
Productive afternoons in Primary 3/4
Primary 3/4 have been working hard over the past week on their Interdisciplinary topic “The Titanic”. The pupils were set a challenge to “raise the Titanic from her watery grave” by reproducing the unsinkable ship in their classroom. The children worked well together to decide upon how they would like to display the ship in their room. They then split into teams and took a part of the display each to work on. The finished product was completely the work of the children. They worked together to establish their ideas, list the resources they required, shared out the jobs and the work and then put all the elements together. Their Titanic display is quite impressive and definitely meets the criteria set in the challenge, by demonstrating their skills, teamwork and creativity.
After all that hard work, it was time to enjoy the sunshine! We took our PE outdoors and practiced some of our races and skills we will need for taking part in our Sports Day that is coming soon. We loved racing each other and had lots of laughs when balancing the bean bags on our heads!
P6 Cross Country
Last week Toronto Primary hosted our cluster Cross country event for all P6 pupils. The sun was shining and all Primary 6 were raring to go. Each pupil gave it their all and put a great amount of effort in to complete the route in great times, on such a warm, sunny day!
Congratulations to one of our own pupils, Kayla, who came FIRST in the girls category!
We are so proud of her achievement! Well done Kayla!
1+2 Languages Family Fun Afternoon
This afternoon was our first 1+2 Languages Family fun session at Toronto. We welcomed lots of children and their families. Our families showed off their super singing voices by learning and performing Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes in French. A definite favourite of the afternoon was the taste testing session, where everyone enjoyed foods from France, Spain and Germany – the croissants and brioche were a big hit.
We rounded off the afternoon with a European trivia quiz. We had 3 clever winning teams and each enjoyed choosing their prizes. A huge well done to all teams who took part, some of those questions were tricky!
Creative Approaches to Homework
Primary 5/6 were tasked with a homework challenge this week, which allowed them to tap into their creative streak. The class were given an open ended challenge to bring with them something Scottish that they could present and talk about in class. There were no limits to what the children could work on, it was open to their interpretation allowing them choice, ownership and creativity – it could have been a piece of music they found, research steps to a Scottish dance, notes they had made about a famous Scottish person, or even a bottle of Irn Bru!
What great things Primary 5/6 brought to class this week to present!
We loved a bit of history of shortbread, the Scottish presentation tins with tartan and Scotty dogs, with one pupil using a family recipe to make delicious shortbread that they kindly shared with their peers, even Mrs Black and Mrs Gingell had to have a try.
We also had some information about a family tartan, which was enthusiastically demonstrated with props, and some fantastic research about the famous Scottish artist Steven Brown.
We are looking forward to sharing more creative Scottish homework on Wednesday!
Primary 7/6’s Anderson Shelter
Operation Anderson Shelter – Success!
… And it was so worth it to see their excited faces at their new hide out for this term. Primary 7/6 have brought their topic of World War 2 to life by creating their own Anderson Shelter, identification cards, and gas masks.
Thank you for all your support in providing the cardboard boxes – I think we have enough to make another Anderson Shelter!
Athletics
Today we had a fun filled session with Jonathan from Livingston Athletics Club. We tried out our skills in running and long jumping, and had a great time competing against each other.
Fun with Fractions
Fraction Pizza
Primary 7/6 started a job with Pizza Hut today and had to create pizzas to match their customers orders. The customers had to fill out an order form with exactly what they wanted for each fraction of the pizza. We had some vegetarian pizzas, and even stuffed crust. Will we have satisfied customers?
Nursery Forest Adventures
Thank you to all our amazing parent helpers for coming along on our walk on Monday – we all had ball splashing in puddles and playing hide and seek in the trees. We gathered lots of natural Autumn materials and have been enjoying experimenting with them back in nursery.
