We are currently trying to create a comics section in our school library. If you have any comics at home which you have read and are happy to recycle please bring them into school and we can add them to our collection. Remember, comics donated must be suitable for primary aged children.
Category Archives: Literacy
Scottish Children’s Book Awards
During Book Week Scotland the three shortlisted books were read to us by Mrs Hollands, Mr Taylor and Mrs McKenzie. All children have now voted for their favourite book………………..
In 3rd place with 95 votes was “Wanted! Ralfy Rabbit Book Burglar”
In 2nd place with 105 votes was “Mouse’s First Night at Moonlight School”
In 1st place with 129 votes was “Never Tickle a Tiger”
Well done to “Never Tickle a Tiger” a worthy winner. The results of our vote will now be forwarded to the Scottish Book Trust.
Comic Challenge
During Book Week Scotland, children were asked to design and create a page for a comic book. We were blown away by the number of entries. The library afterschool club had an extremely difficult job deciding on the winners.
The winners were:
Primary 1 – Orla, Primary 1b
Primary 2 – Sarah, Primary 3/2
Primary 3 – Eve, Primary 3b
Primary 4 – Jack, Primary 4b
Primary 5 – Connor, Primary 5a
Primary 6 – Erin, Primary 6b
Primary 7 – Marek, Primary 7a
All the winning entries have now been framed and are displayed in school. All entries will be made into books for our library. Well done to all the winners.
P4b learn Mandarin
In P4b, we were delighted to have a session with Miss How where we learned some new words in Mandarin. We were learning numbers up to 10 and each number had a symbol and a hand gesture. We loved singing the number song!
P6 Update
I loved Hopetoun House – Kayleigh.
I really, really, really enjoyed making the News Report at Sky – Alexander.
I thought Christmas Lunch was YUMMY! – Olivia.
I loved making the news report at Sky, particularly using the camera – Lochlan.
We’ve been getting on really well this week with our #RandomActsofKindness – have you seen us around? – Daisy.
At Hopetoun we got to make butter and buttermilk – in class we then tasted this on pancakes and crumpets! I’d give it 10/10! – Shefali.
Come to our class to see more….!
St Andrew’s Day in P4
Happy St Andrew’s Day! In P4 we have been learning about Scotland’s patron saint – St Andrew – and also about how people celebrate St Andrew’s Day on the 30th November. We gathered information from a variety of sources including a PowerPoint presentation, some films and a quiz. We learned lots of information which we then used to make our own quiz questions and leaflets. This will help us in preparation for our new Scotland topic which will start in January. Our leaflets look great! Can you find any examples of leaflets at home? Please bring them in to share with the class.
Book Week in P4
In P4 we enjoyed Book Week with a variety of activities. We finished reading Charlotte’s Web and used our imagination to write a sequel to the story. We took part in the silent reading session (shhhh!) and the fantastic book quiz organised by the Library After-School Club. We listened attentively to the three books read over the tannoy by members of staff and we will vote for our favourite book soon. But the highlight of the week had to be our paired reading and activity session with our P1 friends. We absolutely LOVED choosing a book to share with a P1 pupil and we made sure we were well prepared as we practised reading it with expression and though of questions to ask. We were all very responsible during the reading session and helped our new P1 friend to complete the activity. Keep up the reading!
What was your favourite book that was read on the tannoy and why??? Post your answers below….
Super spellers in Primary One
This week we have learnt the ee sound. Can you make these words? feed seed seen meet feel deep
How many more ee words can you find? Why not post them below?!
P2 Sensory Spelling Activities- Information for Parents
spelling homework ideas Letter 2
P2/1, P2 and P3/2 children are using sensory spelling activities for spelling homework this term.
Details of the activities can be found on the spelling sheet issued by your child’s class teacher and a copy is attached.
Activities include -Paint it! , Shaving Cream It! and Build a word with Lego! -Some exciting and creative ways to practise and learn our spelling patterns and words.
Below is some guidance for parents on when do it , how to do it and record it which we hope is helpful.
Weekly sensory spelling activities
Information for parents
- Each week choose at least 1 activity (you may do more if you wish) to complete.
- On completion in child’s spelling jotter note the name of the activity/activities that you completed with your child.
- If you wish to make a comment either about how well your child completed this activity or if they enjoyed this activity please also add this.
- If you wish you can paste in or attach examples if possible * many of these activities you will not be able to do this as they are a bit impractical to record or just messy!
- If you wish you can take a photograph of this activity and paste into your child’s spelling jotter.
- Spelling homework is issued on Monday and we ask that you please return on Friday.
Remember it is the experience of learning for your children that is important and not the recording of it. However always delighted to see any examples and photographs 🙂
Thank you P2/1, P2 and P3/2 teachers
Book Project – P4 and P6
Primary 4 pupils have been working with their friends in Primary 6 to jointly write a story book called “Zero to Hero” with the theme of Growth Mindset. The author Mary Turner Thomson is supporting the children in the creative writing process. We are all looking forward to seeing the final book and becoming published authors! The book will be on sale to the school community in the near future. Watch this space!
