Just to let you know that on Monday 27th April, our friends from our partner school, The Universal School in Mumbai, India, are coming to visit us. The teachers’ names are Kirtida and Suprabha. We will be having a Welcome assembly on Monday and they will be visiting all our classes during the week. Hopefully they will have a good time at our school and in Scotland!
by the International Group
The winners of our Fairtrade competitions were announced today. Primary 4b and Primary 5b had the most Fairtrade snacks on the two Fairtrade Fridays. The overall winners of the Fairtrade Mascot competition were Paige from P1a and Ruby from P4b. The overall winners of the Fairtrade Birthday Card/Cake competition were Anya from P2/1 and Iain Haywood from P5b. The winners received Fairtrade purses as their prizes. Congratulations to them and to all the runners-up, who received a sticker and a certificate. Thank you to all who entered the competitions and supported Fairtrade!
Some of our nursery children have been working hard to tidy out our veggie planter. We used the rakes and the forks to clear away all of the old soil and rotten leaves. Fresh soil was added before we planted some carrot seeds.
We have also renovated our bug hotel and have taken advantage of the amazing weather by getting outside with a magnifying glass to go on a bug hunt.
We have also looked at lots of non-fiction books on mini beasts and discussed how they are differnet from our story books.
In primary 2 and primary 2/1 there has been a buzz of excitement this week for the beginning of a brand new topic! We were all so excited and happy to discover our new topic is The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch. So far, this week we have spent time discussing what we know already and what we would like to find out and which activities would make this topic super interesting. Primary 2b investigated the use of pulleys, primary 2/1 created lighthouses using technology and primary 2a spent some time outside using chalk to create a lighthouse picture.
P7 had a wonderful holiday and have had a busy first week back! We have not stopped talking about all of the wonderful adventures we have been on and have a fresh mind for our last term at Williamston Primary School!
This can be a sad term for the pupils in P7 as they look back at all of the exciting years they have had here, and look to the future and the exciting times that lie ahead.
We have been working very hard on our Young Writer entries this week, we are making sure we add lots of description and detail. We have also had Miss Hao back with us and we have been reading, writing and pronouncing Chinese numbers. Also we have started our yearbook entries which is a bit nerve racking and exciting to realise that high school is upon us! Primary 7 are really looking forward to the term ahead!
Finally, Spring has sprung! To celebrate the sunny weather P2a went outside for PE. We had so much fun and used a lot of energy playing Hot Potato. Being outside gave us more space to practise our throwing and catching skills. We even managed to play it with 3 potatoes (balls) we tried to keep our eye on the ball and call the person’s name before throwing
We chose to make the most of the lovely weather in P3a this afternoon and took our learning outdoors!
We worked with a partner and searched the playground for a variety of items such as sticks, stones and flowers to spell out our new spelling words for this week. It was a great way to help us remember our new spelling patterns and we had so much fun outdoors. We also used chalk to write our words and draw pictures to represent them.
Please support the Williamston Team as we Live Below The Line next week to raise funds for Action Against Hunger. Should you wish to support us by making a donation, please access our fundraising page by clicking on this link
https://www.livebelowtheline.com/me/stephb1213
Could you live on £1 a day? Find out more about the challenge here
The International group have launched their Scottish photography competition! The competition is open to all pupils from Nursery to P7 and runs from now until 15th May 2015. Children are invited to enter a photograph that represents Scotland in some way, for example a landscape, a landmark, an animal or food. More details are available from the International Group reps. This competition is run in partnership with the Universal School in Mumbai, and the winning entries will be included in exhibitions in both schools. Good luck and have fun!
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