Our comments on the trip

Melissa – The exhibition was terrific because we saw real Celtic things.

Cyrus – I enjoyed digging in the workshop and finding a smashed pot that looked like a pizza.

Ffion – I liked looking in the trays to find things in the workshop.

Kelsey – I enjoyed being an archaeologist and digging up the past.

Angus – I liked listening to the information from the touch screens.

Alexander – My favourite bit was seeing the film about the Celtic art.

Lewis – I enjoyed the digging, but I found something hard which I couldn’t dig up so had to move somewhere else where I dug up a rock.

Tia – I enjoyed the handling session because I got to wear a real torc.

Meah and Sophie Lee – I enjoyed everything!!!!!

Chloe – I really liked the real Celtic chariot in the exhibition.

Toby – I liked seeing the Celtic man made out of stone.

Amber – The Celtic warrior helmet was my favourite thing in the exhibition.

Kieran – I enjoyed using the tweezers to pick out different things from the trays.

Jack – I liked the Celtic bowl with all the faces around it.

Helen/ Tara – We enjoyed everything too.

Gabrielle – I liked seeing the Celtic money .

On Wednesday 14th September P 3/4/5 went to the National Museum in Edinburgh to visit the Celt exhibition as part of our topic on the Celts.

We had a great time, learned a lot (but knew a lot too!!!!), but were not allowed to take photos in the exhibition. However we did take pictures of us enjoying the workshop where we were archaeologists for a day.

Here are some of those photos of us in action.

The first Parent Council Meeting of the new session will be held in school at 7pm on Thursday 15th September. We look forward to seeing you there.

We started our topic of minibeasts this week and have used it as a context for learning across much of the curriculum.

Brodie enjoyed hunting for minibeasts in the playground in the rain on Tuesday. He particularly liked the green caterpillar he found.

In maths  we have been learning about symmetry and Stephen enjoyed painting a symmetrical butterfly. Findlay enjoyed using a laptop game to match symmetrical shapes and Ciara enjoyed using the 2d shapes to create a symmetrical butterfly (see photos below).

We read ‘The bad tempered ladybird’ and then wrote our own stories about a bad tempered minibeast and thought about what another creature could say to make the minibeast happy. Kaila enjoyed writing her story about a grumpy spider who ended up happy because a butterfly said it could share her bugs.

In number, P2s have been practicing counting forwards and backwards to solve addition and subtraction problems and Elyse has enjoyed this. P1s have been learning how to write numbers up to 5 and practcing counting using active activities and laptop games.

Welcome back to all pupils! The biggest class in the school this year, and all looking very keen as they engage with the learning that Mrs Agini has planned for them so far.