Well done to all of P5a for the huge effort they put in for our assembly on Friday. It was a huge success delivering a very important value to the school. It was also well received by our very very important visitors from India. Well done. Here is our power point. Equality and  Imagine Pictures

In P5a we have been reading and watching The Witches. Some parts of the Witches show how the witches are scary and strange. What do you think is scariest about the witches?

Primary 5a have really enjoyed all there work with Mrs Logan this term learning about food. As a treat for their last session they created some Christmas snowman cookies.

Well done to Holly, Brodie, Abbie, Scott and Peter for receiving certificates today. Well deserved for all their hard work.

In Primary 5 the children made carbon dioxide by mixing vinegar and Baking Powder. Check out the video.

The Primary 5 children went outside today to come up with ideas for creating a Williamston Primary outdoor version of the 12 Days of Christmas. Here are the whole class versions.

P5A: On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me:

12 Teachers dancing, 11 Children Playing, 10 Chocolate Wrappers, 9 Messy classrooms, 8 Classmates crying, 7 Angry Pupils, 6 Smelly Bullies, 5 Wet Pencils, 4 Dirty bins, 3 Fat birds, 2 Happy girls, And a big puddle to splash in

P5B: On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me:

12 Rushing wrappers, 11 Splashing puddles, 10 Girls are burping, 9 Funny Classmates, 8 Pretty Ladies, 7 Boys are fighting, 6 Lovely roses, 5 Cute Boys, 4 Red windows, 3 Green gates, 2 Massive Fields, And a Pigeon in a bare tree

In Primary 5 we have been learning about Solids, Liquids and Gasses. We have carried out experiments to study them. So far we have created filters to clean water, made salt crystals and today we created our very own lava lamps. Oil and water have different densities and thus oil will sit above water. We use food colouring which mixes with the water to make a pretty colour. We then added alka seltzer tablets which react with the water to make a gas, which then rises up through the oil as bubbles.

Yesterday, the Primary 5a children had the opportunity to go to the sky academy where they learnt all about news reporting. They had to work in four teams to create a news report. They were each given a set job in there teams. There were producers, camera operators, editors, reporters, script writers, directors, an eyewitness and an expert. Our report was all about money and pocket money in particular.  Once all the four teams had completed their work the clips were put together to create one news report, which was fantastic. The children showed great teamwork throughout and were very happy to each be given a memory stick with there film on to take home with them at the end of the day.

Today was the new Handball team’s first tournament. Great sportsmanship was shown by all and we won some of our matches. Particular mention must go to Alexander in scoring six goals, including a hat trick, and to Melissa for a super goal keeping display. Well done to all. Our next tournament will be at the end of November when the other squad members will have the opportunity to play.

We had a special guest in school today. Linda Hamilton, from Macmillan Cancer Support, joined us for assembly and we were able to hand over a large cheque for £1910. A big thank you to everyone who helped us achieve this phenomenal amount. Well done everyone.