P6 enjoyed creating some newspaper reports about ‘Reverso Boy’…a fictional story about a boy who literally defies gravity! Taking inspiration from a short film, we had to observe and report the events that took place in a front page news article! We developed our note-taking skills by observing, listening and analysing.
Who is Roy G. Biv?
Primary 1 created lovely portraits of the magical elf Roy G.Biv…who is he? Well you will have to ask one of the Primary 1 children! We made our portraits with oil pastels…a medium that we are now getting very good at using! Our cutting skills were also developed to create Roy’s colourful hair…I wonder why it’s so brightly coloured?!
Tremendous Tennis Talent
In primary 2 and primary 2/1 we are very lucky and super excited about having a tennis coach for 3 weeks to help us develop our terrific tennis skills. Eoin, our coach has been showing us how to use a racket safely and how to balance our ball on our racket. We are sure we will be mini Andy and Andrea Murrays in no time!
Nin hao from P2
We have been very lucky to have a special visitor in P2 who was able to tell us about the Chinese culture. We learned how to say hello, the capital city and about the amazing Ice Festival. Next Tuesday we will be learning about the Chinese New Year, we can’t wait!
Zaijian
Food technology is Fun in Primary 4
In Primary 4 we have been developing our food technology skills over the last few weeks. First we developed skills in measuring and mixing to make shortbread for the Burns party. It was delicious! Then we learned how to prepare a cheese (with optional tomato!) sandwich. This helped us to practise our spreading, cutting and grating skills. Yummy! We have also been learning how to keep safe and hygienic when preparing food and also about healthy eating. What a lot of foodie fun!
National Fair Trade Schools Conference
Williamston Primary School was represented at the National Fair Trade Schools Conference by some of our International Group reps and our Head Boy and Head Girl. The conference took place on Monday 23rd February in the Glasgow City Chambers. Speakers included Martin Rhodes, the Director of the Scottish Fair Trade Forum, Humza Yasouf MSP, the Minister for International Development and External Affairs, and Andy Ashcroft from the Kool Skools company. The star guest was Pamela L’Intelligent, a machinist from the Craft Aid company who had travelled all the way from Mauritius. She gave a first-hand account of the impact Fair Trade has had on her, her family and her community. Children participated in a Fair Trade song and quiz and the school was gifted a Fair Trade football. It was a very interesting and informative morning!
Scientists in the making!
P7 had a visit from 2 JYHS science teachers to introduce the Cluster Science Fair which will be held on Thursday 19th March at 7pm. All children will have the opportunity to complete their own project/experiment at home and present their findings at the fair. They will be judged on their efforts by JYHS staff with prizes to be won. This is an optional task but we are sure that our creative P7 pupils will take on this challenge with enthusiasm. Good Luck everyone and enjoy!
Fairtrade Fortnight
Fairtrade Fortnight has begun! The International Group held a special Fairtrade assembly last Friday to get everyone in the Fairtrade mood. The theme this year is to look at how Fairtrade helps farmers and their families and the focus is on Fairtrade tea, sugar and cocoa. There are two main competitions: design a Fairtrade mascot and design a Fairtrade birthday card or cake (as Fairtrade Fortnight is celebrating 20 years this year) – see your teacher or International Group Rep. for more details. Each class will also design a Fairtrade patch for our quilt picture. And don’t forget about Fairtrade Fridays when you are encouraged to bring in a Fairtrade snack – the winning class each week will get a certificate. Enjoy the Fairtrade fun!
Basketball fun
P7 were lucky enough to participate in a basketball lesson lead by students from West Lothian College. We developed skills such as passing the ball, dribbling and shooting. We then had the opportunity to play in a mini basketball tournament. This was a fantastic experience and we could really see an improvement in our skills in basketball.
P7 Chinese with Miss Sum!
In Primary 7 we have been having lots of fun learning all about the Chinese culture. It has been a brilliant experience for us all. We have been looking at lots of different Chinese art such as paper cutting, lanterns and much more. We have also been learning about Chinese New Year and the twelve zodiac animals. We got the opportunity to make a collection of cards with one of the 12 zodiac animals on each of them for our families. We have also been learning lots about the Chinese language, which we have been finding very interesting as it is so different to our own.
Over all we have had a great experience with Miss Sum so far and can’t wait to learn much more in our next session with her.
