We have designed and created fantastic Celtic Roundhouses complete with fires, beds and cooking pots. A Celtic hillfort can now be found at the back of our classroom.
We have also studied Celtic lettering and have created pieces of artwork based on the first initial of our names. We enjoyed adding Celtic patterns and dragon heads and tails.
As part of our Roman topic we have been learning about Roman numerals. We now know how to write numbers from 1-100, do simple sums and can even write the date. We had fun creating these Roman scrolls.
Primary 5 had a fantastic day at Craigswood Sport Centre yesterday trying out different sports. The day was organised and run by Sky and Young Leaders from High Schools across Edinburgh. The children had an opportunity to try out Rugby, Handball, Judo and Rhythmic Gymnastics. They also took part in two skills sessions. One session was about Healthy Living and the other was Athlectic skills which was run by Leslie and Steve, two sporting professionals.
Our nursery children have embarked on the design process for their recycled photo frames. We began with drawing and discussing some ideas and possible designs. Children then voted for which size and style they would like to make and this week we have been taking ‘selfies’ with our I-pad which will then be the photo for our frame. Lots of children have also been working in the ‘woodwork’ area where we have the vice set up with a selection of materials. We have been using our measuring skills to get an accurate size for each side of the frame. When we use the saw we listen out for the noise of an old man snoring, slow and steady does the job. For our homework we are all collecting material to recycle to form our decoration. We are looking for materials made from: wood, metal and plastic.
The International Group have been busy judging the Fairtrade Mascot and Fairtrade Birthday card/cake competitions. Mr Mount from Livingston’s Fairtrade Town Group came in to help with the judging process too. It was really hard to pick the winners as the standard was so high! Thank you to all who participated in the competitions. We will announce the winners soon.
A very special bus came today from the Royal Zoological Society. Children from both P4 classes, as well as the Eco Group, had the opportunity to go on board the bus and learn about Scottish Wildcats and Beavers.
On the first floor their was a variety of activities aimed at learning about the plight of wildcats. There are only about 400 left in the wild.
On the top floor, the children learnt all about the trial release of beavers in Scotland and the pro’s and con’s of having them. They had a variety of challenges to complete about them include footprint identification and dam building.
In Primary 4 we are busy working on developing our story book in partnership with the Universal School in Mumbai and author Mary Turner Thomson. We have completed our illustrations and they will now be scanned and sent to the publishers. The character descriptions from India have also arrived and we will add them to our story. Our book will be completed soon and we can’t wait to see it in print. We will be having an official book launch at the beginning of May!
Primary 2 and Primary 2/1 are having a Daffodil Tea on Wednesday 1st April. We have been busy getting ready for this for our special invitees. We have painted beautiful pictures of daffodils, are singing songs and are of course growing our very own daffodils! We cannot wait to show our visitors our learning and have them taste our baking.
Look out for your invite.
The local Co-op has launched its Easter Art Competition for Williamston Nursery and Primary School Children.
Lots of lovely prizes to be won. Please see your class teacher for details of how to enter.
The name of the woods next to school has finally been revealed. The two year groups came up with lots of ideas and the Woodland Trust team picked ‘Wonderful Williamston Woods’. You can now see the new sign at the woods.
We all got to have celebratory snacks and ‘champagne’ afterwards. We also got to carry out an art activity, creating a colour pallete from items we found in the woods. A fantastic morning in all. A big thank you to the Woodland Trust team for organising these events for us.
