Thank you to P2/1 and P5b for leading our learning about the value of Tolerance in their recent class assemblies. There were great stories and songs to help us understand the importance of this value. The “Value of the Month” for February is Love.
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P4 Trout Project
We are delighted to announce that the eggs have hatched and the alevins (baby trout) are doing well. We have to keep changing the ice bottles in the tank to make sure the water is cold enough for them. Why don’t you pop in to see them some time? (Here are some before and after photos.)
Baby Cara visits Primary 4a
We had a visit from Baby Cara yesterday! Primary 4 have been learning about baby naming ceremonies in different religions as part of an RME topic and how to look after a baby as part of a Health and Wellbeing topic, so Baby Cara came in to class to help us with our learning. She came with her mum (Julie) and we asked lots of questions to find out more. We looked at photographs of her in the hospital and as she grew up, and we also looked at her baby clothes, toys and accessories. We had a great time and so did Baby Cara!
P4 Book Project Update
Mary Turner-Thomson, the author, has emailed us the storyline for our book that she put together from all of our ideas. Wow! What a story! We love it! We are now busy working on adding detail and editing the story. Watch this space…..
P4 Author Workshop (3)
We have had our fourth workshop with author Mary Turner-Thomson. Mary had put all our ideas together to create two characters called Bob and Cerrin and so we then started to think about the storyline for the book. We worked in groups to think of ideas for the story and what might happen at the beginning, middle and end. We tried to include a Scottish theme to the story. Over the next few weeks we will continue to edit the story and then we will illustrate it. There is a lot of hard work ahead now but we think it will be worth it! And we are looking forward to working with our partners in Mumbai and finding out their characters and ideas.
P4 Beasties Poetry
P4 have been busy writing poetry about “beasties” using Scots words. We used dictionaries and wordbanks to find Scots words to use. Some of us even used playdough to model the “beasties” first for inspiration. What do you think of our work?
WPS Garden of Values
Check out the new display showing our school values – it’s wonderful! The display shows our Williamston Values and features artwork by the Art After-School Club. The children have done a great job! Please note that the “Value of the Month” for January is “Tolerance” and we are looking forward to learning more about this value in assemblies soon.
P4 Author Visit (2)
P4 have had their second workshop with the author Mary Turner-Thomson. The focus was on developing two characters for the story – a Scottish boy and girl. First we considered different personality types and worked out our own – that was interesting! Then we worked in groups to plan different features and personality traits of a character for the story. Mary will now help us to put these together into two main characters. We will be working on the storyline next – how exciting! Here are some of our character ideas….
P4 Chinese Workshops
Primary 4a and 4b were delighted to welcome Annie from China to their classes. Annie will be giving us two presentations about her home country of China. The first covered locating China and its major cities on a world map, the Chinese flag and some historical aspects including buildings and clothing. We also learned how to say hello and some simple phrases in Chinese, with the help of Annie’s panda friend. We are looking forward to the second workshop!
Fairtrade Fortnight 2015
This year’s Fairtrade Fortnight will focus on cocoa, sugar and tea. It will also be about turning the spotlight on Fairtrade producers who grow the products by hearing and sharing their stories. The International Group are busy planning Fairtrade Fortnight activities. If you have any suggestions or ideas, please tell your International Group Rep or leave us a comment on this blog. Fairtrade Fortnight will run from 23rd February to 8th March this year.
