Primary Six have been very busy recently. Their current WAU topic is “The Human Body” and they have discovered so many new facts about themselves!

 

In recent weeks, they have skimmed and scanned non-fiction texts to find new information about specific organs in the body. They summarised this research and presented their findings to each other. The stomach group even carried out a smelly experiment to show how food is digested.

 

P6 completed a “Rethink your Drink” challenge where they estimated, investigated and measured the sugar content in various popular drinks. Additionally, they calculated how much fat there is in a regular McDonalds meal.

 

They met a new “pupil” called Bob. He doesn’t say much, but he is an interesting body to be around!

 

Primary Six have even kept their bodies healthy by exercising to body themed pop songs.

 

If you want to know more about how amazing your body is- just ask a P6 pupil. They are medics in training!

 

P4G have been busy completing their weekly Activity Based Learning activities as part of their topic ‘Going Places’. They’ve been constructing models of transport and famous landmarks, researching the languages and flags of different countries and revising their counting skills learned in Mental Maths. Alongside hard work in the classroom they have been keeping fit and healthy outdoors by taking part in our ‘Daily Mile’ in the afternoon. Everyone has been enjoying the activities and events Primary 4 has had in store!

Ahoy there! Here in P2 we are midst our pirate topic. We've talked like pirates, written about them, and read about famous pirates. We've learnt about  their ships, the jobs on board and pretended to be pirates in our own ship in the playroom.  We designed and made our own boats and investigated how  to make them move in water. Alas next week is the end of our topic, so we're planning a pirate party. We are going to come to school dressed up,as pirates (teachers too),  and enjoy a whole day of pirate activities! So watch out for Captain Blackbeard, Pirate Pete, Grace O'Malley and their shipmates around the Foundation playground on Friday 20th. Yo ho ho me hearties!

P3McKenzie have been very busy learning all about instructional writing over the past few weeks. They have looked at lots of different types of instructions and have even had a go at writing their own. The children have been finding out all about bossy verbs, as they know that instructions have lots of them. They've played lots of games including 'Snakes and Ladders' to make them think about how they would write a set of instructions to teach others to play. Alex showed everyone how to 'blow a bubble' and as a class the children wrote all about the process of this. Their favourite pieces of instructions have been in ABL (Activity Based Learning) tasks. They have been making their own 'Mr Smiles' using digestive biscuits, chocolate spread and sweets...yummy! After making these the children wrote instructions to explain how they did it. They have also had to follow instructions to make a 'Brenda or Otto' puppet, based on their shared reading book 'Keep Going Brenda'. Everyone has loved learning about instructions and now know everything that is required to write a good set for others to follow.

C2k Newsdesk are running some competitions...

 

It's competition time again on the Newsdesk - and in October we're asking you to put your artistic talents to good use by drawing or painting a picture on an A4 page.  Choose one of the topics or themes below that inspires you and fires your imagination to create your own unique artwork.

When your art is complete, write your FULL NAME, CLASS, SCHOOL and TOWN on the back of the page and give it to your teacher by Monday, 23rd October.

 

P1-P4 Pupils:-

 

1. In autumn I see... Draw what you have spotted on your autumn nature walk. Did you see any colourful leaves? Autumn fruit such as blackberries or apples? 

2. I know autumn is here because... Draw the signs of autumn - harvesting crops, animals preparing for hibernation, leaves turning colour and fruit ripening.

3. Leaf art - Design your very own leaf picture with lots of autumn colours.

4. Pumpkin Fever - Design the perfect pumpkin to welcome darker evenings. 

5. Scary Scarecrow - Scarecrows keep the harvest crops safe in the fields. How would you design a scarecrow scary enough to keep away the birds?

6. Autumn Tree Art - Using paint, pencil, marker or crayon draw your own autumn trees.

7. Happy hedgehogs - Draw your own happy hedgehog as they prepare to hibernate for the winter.

8. Acorns and conkers - Sketch and shade the detailed shell of a conker after it falls from the tree.

9. Create your own scratch art sparkling firework display using wax crayons and lots of different colours.

 

P5-P7

With Halloween just a few weeks away, the Newsdesk Big Draw competition has a slightly spooky theme.

The best entries will be published in a winners' gallery on the Newsdesk after half-term, with special Newsdesk Goodie Bags for the judges' Five Favourites.

1. Ghostly Ghouls - Design your very own monster with frighteningly fierce eyes and terrific teeth 
2. Create your own witches' potion - Don't forget to include the list of ingredients and recipe for brewing
3. Design your own spider's web with equally terrifying spider
4. What waits inside your haunted mansion? Design a truly terrifying house of horrors
5. Jack O'Lantern. Design your perfect pumpkin for Halloween
6. Draw what happens at night under a full moon
7. Create your very own witch or wizard. Using lots of different colours or the pencil or charcoal think about their eyes, teeth and nose. What are they wearing? Do they have any animals with them such as a cat or crow? How will you make them truly terrifying?

The Primary Fives have been eagerly watching their hungry caterpillars over the past 3 weeks as part of their Animal Topic. Steadily growing, the caterpillars have spent the past week ‘tucked up’ inside their chrysalis and have had a few overnight stays as children took it in turn to ‘babysit’ them at home.

With movement on Monday, the children have been on ‘high alert’, as one by one the butterflies carefully emerged. We have had the opportunity to study the wings, legs, body parts and their ‘straw like’ tongue with first hand experience. What a week!

Job Vacancies...

 

We currently have two positions available in school:-

 

Lunchtime Supervisor - 5 hours per week (noon-1pm)
Position available straightaway

 

Cleaner - 12.25 hours per week
Position available from half-term (6th Nov)

 

Feel free to share this with anyone who may be interested. For further information please contact the school office.

P7M have been learning about fractions, decimals and percentages in Maths. They've been converting fractions to percentages and vice-versa; calculating percentages of quantities and solving problems with percentage increases and decreases. They've also had lots of fun with some Izak9 challenges - 'Fraction Action' and 'The Big Wall'. Everyone really enjoyed working on these and they helped consolidate all the learning which has taken place over the past couple of weeks.