In P4, we have enjoyed our Outdoor P.E. topic of “Playground Games and Playground Leadership”. We worked in teams to invent and name new playground game. We also had to identify the aim of the game, the rules and any safety issues. Then came the hard part – we had to teach it to our classmates! We found it was sometimes tricky to make sure they were all paying attention! We had lots of fun playing the games and we developed skills in areas such as teamwork and cooperation, presenting to an audience and creativity. (We will continue to have Outdoor P.E. this term, so we will need to continue to bring our outdoor P.E. kits, including trainers, to school each week.)
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P7 – A Busy Few Weeks!
We are all excited to start Term 2 of P7 (can you believe it?!) and look forward to all of the new challenges it brings. We had a very busy few weeks before the October break and the holiday was well deserved! Camp was a huge success and the children were fantastic. Each child demonstrated enthusiasm and particpated in all activities, whether they were taking part, ‘belaying’ or encouraging their peers. It was inspiring to see how the boys and girls were so supportive of each other! Thanks to parents and carers for their support with camp preparations, too!
The week after camp was extremely busy too! On Tuesday, we visited the Sky Skills Academy and learnt how to make a news report for TV. We learned so many skills that we can transfer and take back to school. Directors, producers, camera operators, reporters, witnesses, and editors were just a few of the jobs involved. Mrs Carral and Miss Brown were sure they could spot a few future stars and ‘Oscar worthy’ performances! There were some fantastic individuals behind the camera too who kept things running so smoothly!
Then, on Wednesday, we visited The James Young High High School for the German Language Adventure, where we played some fun games and learned German phrases! We explored JYHS to find various clues and questions. It was great to explore the high school too, especially for those of us that will be going there next year!
On Thursday, P7a visited Lowport where they enjoyed cycling and canoeing after winning the ‘Cycle to School Competition’ when they were in P6. They had another action packed, fun filled day, gaining confidence and new skills!
Term 2 is another busy one, with our upcoming camp assesmbly, where we will be sharing with the other pupils our experience and some advice (especially for P6!) about what to expect! We will also be preparing for a Children In Need assembly so we encourage all the boys and girls to think about at home some fun ideas! Our WWII topic will be starting soon and we are sure the children will be excited to share what they know about the topic and what we will be learning.
Money week in nursery
During money week, our role play area has become a grocers/cafe. Our children have enjoyed dressing up in our chefs outfit and setting a table for customers or being a sales assistant, scanning through customers purchases. We have also offered fresh fruit/veg to purchase in the grocers, this has helped the children explore textures and smells of real produce. Within numeracy Grouptime and at our math table, we have investigated and grouped different types of coins. We have identified coin characteristics by size, colour and value. Some of our children have started to for the beginnings of a graph to help analyse the information.
P4 – Do Work Hard!
In Primary 4 we have been revising the Golden Rules, in particular the rule “Do work hard”. We worked in teams to make up drama sketches to show what this means to us in school. We all performed our sketches to each other and then one sketch from each class was chosen to be filmed for the Golden Rules assembly. One video showed pupils working hard in the classroom and the other showed pupils working hard in a P.E. lesson. We also chose to sing the Disney song “Heigh-Ho” as in the film the Seven Dwarfs work hard as a team, persevere and never give up. We added our own actions to show working hard at school. Well done to Zoe and Tom who presented the P4 items to the whole school. Keep working hard!
Williamston Receive Gold Sport Award
Congratulations to all the staff, pupils, partners and parents/carers who have helped make this outstanding award possible. We look forward to continuing the great sporting achievements and successes within school and without next session. Click on the music below to help you feel good about our award…
imaginative play
In the nursery we have some amazing imaginations at work. Lots of children working together to build a zoo or maybe hosting a dinner party (they even remembered to make invitations for their guests). We also had a ‘bug saving team’ who tried to save all the bugs in the old bug hotel.
Terrific Tennis in P4
P4 have enjoyed a series of tennis workshops over the last few weeks with tennis coach Eion. We have been out in the courtyard developing cooordination skills, building confidence with tennis racquets and balls, and working together in groups. It has been a lot of fun! Thanks, Eion!
P6; a busy few weeks!
P6 have had a busy few weeks and are now preparing and thinking about our responsibilities when we start P7. Most of us have been given a new P1 as a buddy; some of us met our buddy last week and enjoyed getting to know them. We have discussed the responsibilities that go with this job and we are all committed to ensuring that our new buddy is happy and enjoying their first year at Williamston! The rest of us can’t wait to meet our buddies when they come for their visit in a couple of weeks! In other news, we have been working hard to learn plural rules and apply this in our writing; we have learned 8 different plural rules so far and we all feel much more confident about singular and plural rules! We also enjoyed our recent group activity where we were asked to source materials to make a sukkot. Sukkot commemorates the years that the Jews spent in the desert on their way to the Promised Land, and celebrates the way in which God protected them under difficult desert conditions. Jewish families will build an open air structure in which to live during this holiday. The essential thing about the hut is that it should have a roof of branches and leaves, through which those inside can see the sky, and that it should be a temporary and flimsy thing. We think our attempts were very successful, although not life size, this activitiy really helped with our understanding of this Jewish festival.
Solve it Blocks
Our nursery children are beginning to work with Solve it Blocks. This set of 12 large blocks, are designed to support and enhance children’s teamwork, numeracy, literacy, problem solving and health and well being skills. The blocks display a selection of colours, pictures, letters and numbers. Children then have to work together to match a pattern on a card. The patterns get more challenging as the children develop their abilities. Pictures to follow.
The Lighthouse Keeper’s Tea
Primary 2 and 2/1 have been busy in their topic learning this week. We have been examining the Eatwell Plate. We were able to identify foods from each of the main food groups and reflect upon our own lunch. Using an interactive game we were able to create a healthy lunch which was balanced and in line with what we had learned from the Eatwell Plate. As well as a healthy lunch we used our class shop to buy healthy foods to make a healthy dinner.
We continued with our water activity and completing the challenge of using plasticine to create a surf board which floats. In language we designed a poster which reflected our knowledge of water safety. We have had another fun packed learning week!
