Archie the archaeologist has paid us another visit and left behind a very special egg!  Inside was a cute, cuddly, fluffy green baby dinosaur!  We decided to call him Dino and he is taking it in turns to go home with P1M children at the end of each school day.  We have learned lots about Dinosaurs this week and know that the word dinosaur means ‘terrible lizard.’  Some of the boys in primary 1 know lots of facts and information about Dinosaurs and really are ‘Dinosaur Experts’ already!  They are helping Mrs McKay and Mrs Sutherland pronounce dinosaur names correctly and sharing their knowledge with everyone in P1.

Carefully taking the dinosaur egg to show P1S what was discovered in P1M after lunch!

The girls were sure they heard something moving about inside the egg and were listening carefully.

We went on a dinosaur hunt and managed to find all of the dinosaur pictures that were hidden in the playground-great detective work P1!

We were desperate to use the Beebots in P1M this week and have learned how to enter commands to control the Beebot. It can move forwards, backwards, turn right and left-we had to think very carefully about the direction we wanted to move it.

There are some great Beebot games online.  We also looked at Pac-Man games on the smartboard and discussed the ways in which he could move.  Knowing the difference between a left turn and right turn was very important!

Creating our own Beebot grids.

This week we decided to take our reward time outside.  P1M and P1S children all gave a huge thumbs up when asked if they had enjoyed being outside and are keen to go outside next week again.

We have been talking about what our bodies need to be healthy.  We designed  super hero characters to remind us that we should try to

• eat healthy food
• get enough sleep
• wash/clean our bodies
• exercise
• do things that make us feel happy.

On 27th January, P6 did an assembly all about Robert Burns.  We sang lots of his songs and recited lots of his poems, like ‘Tae a Mouse’. We also had some lovely soloists that sang songs that Burns wrote, like ‘Red Red Rose’.  We also had a Toast to the Lassies and the reply back to the lads.  Our performance of Tam O’ Shanter was frighteningly fun too!  Finally, we finished the assembly with a very emotional song called ‘Auld Lang Syne’.

A big well done to all of the P6 pupils for putting on an amazing assembly.  We did ourselves proud!

‘O my Luve’s like a red, red rose,
That’s newly sprung in June,’

Red, Red Rose, Robert Burns

‘Think! ye may buy joys o’er dear – 
Remember Tam o’ Shanter’s mare.’

Tam O’ Shanter, Robert Burns

After all the hard work that went into our assembly, we rewarded ourselves with some Irn Bru and shortbread!

If you weren’t able to attend the assembly, or perhaps you enjoyed it so much that you’d like to watch it again, here it is!

Blogged by Katie and Grace B.