Celebrating Burns Day

On Friday, our classes came together to celebrate Burns Day with a fantastic assembly filled with Scottish culture, music and tradition. It was a wonderful tribute to Robert Burns and showcased the talents of our pupils. Both classes performed Scottish songs such as ‘The Jeely Piece Song’ and ‘Coulter’s Candy’, we heard various Burns poems read aloud which brought his famous words to life and we discussed the life of Robert Burns and the traditions of Burns Night, including the famous Burns Supper, complete with haggis, neeps and tatties!

To end the assembly, we all joined in a Scottish dance which was a fun and fantastic way to honour Burns’ influence and enjoy a bit of Scottish tradition together. A huge well done to everyone – ye did yersels proud!

Using Our Voice: Saying No to Racism

On Wednesday, P1-3 explored the importance of using our voice to stand up for fairness. Building on our Health and Wellbeing topic of relationships, we discussed how we should treat others – with kindness, respect and inclusion. We read the book All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold to help us understand the importance of celebrating diversity and equality. We had a thoughtful discussion about what fairness means and how we can speak up when we see someone being treated unfairly.

We created posters for a competition on the theme, ‘The Power of Our Voice’. We used our collaboration and communication skills to work together in small groups to create the poster and share our ideas.

Here is what we have created so far:

Our Local Landscape

On Monday, Primary 1-3 explored Scotland’s diverse landscapes. Using Google Maps, we discovered famous landmarks like Edinburgh Castle and The Kelpies. From there, we explored the rich variety of Scottish Landscapes, from the Highlands to the familiar features of our own local area. We used the 3D function to help highlight the geography of the land.

As a class, we compared the different landscapes, identifying the key features such as mountains, hills and rivers. To bring our learning to life, we created maps of our local area which was a fantastic way to connect geography with the world around us!

RSNO concert

Scotland’s National Orchestra

This afternoon P5-P7 were very lucky to receive free tickets to go and watch the RSNO “Sounds of the Deep” production in Paisley Town Hall. It was a fabulous musical and artistic experience to watch and the sound story was incredible too.

Having our picnic lunch in the sunshine!

Making our way in to this beautiful venue!

The world class performers!

IDL: Adobe Express Poetry Animation

This week we were practising for our Burns supper through animation. It was very easy to animate our characters and record audio using Adobe Express on our GLOW account. We found our Scot’s poem from the library online and then recorded our poem. We had fun selecting our character, background and video size. The first poem we recorded was ‘To a Mouse’ and the results were amazing!

Outdoor Learning Memory Stick Reflection

Today P5-7 were exploring the natural soundscape in our playground. First we had a super reflection discussion on our favourite achievements and memories from last year. Then we had to choose our special stick from outside and had time to collect materials which are all natural objects and treasures. In our next session we will be indoors using coloured yarn to decorate and get creative.

Active Maths with ICT

Today we were exploring equivalent fractions in our numeracy and having fun playing games and using the Mathigon Polypad. Mathigon helps us to visualise the fractions and see pictures of equivalent fractions on bar modelling before moving on to the abstract process using our timestables.

Counting on

Number talks

Mathigon polypad

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