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Fair Trade Tuck Shop

sthomas — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 14:25:12 +0000

Due to unprecedented sales this last week we have sold all our stock in the first week! We never expected that to happen and we are currently awaiting a delivery which has been held up by the bank holiday weekend. As soon as it has arrived it will be business as usual. Primary 4 will keep you posted!

John Muir birdwatching

mkemp — Tue, 29 May 2012 13:27:30 +0000

Primary4/5 did a birdwatch for the R.S.P.B as part of the John

Muir award. We put news paper on the staff room windows and in

the hall so the birds couldn’t see us.We saw loads of crows

in the Quiet area and on the roof.

(by Jake and Rachael)

RSPB pin badges

mkemp — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:19:47 +0000

Primary 5 managed to raise a whopping £138.10 through the sale of pin badges! This money will go towards the RSPB. Well done everyone involved.

Lennox Award Ceremony

sthomas — Sun, 13 May 2012 19:19:36 +0000

On Friday P4/5 took part in the Lennox Award Ceremony organised by East Lothian Library Service. The children had to read a selection of books by three different authors: Ali Sparkes, Jonny O’Brian and Teresa Bresslin. We then had to vote for our favourite author. P4/5 voted for Ali Sparkes as we found her books had the easiest plots to follow and we enjoyed the adventurous stories. For the ceremony we had to choose an author to champion and not surprisingly we chose Ali Sparkes. We then created our own newspaper, The Daily Sparke, writing newspaper articles based on the stories she has written. In art we created new front covers for her books. We shared some of these with the audience on Friday as well as our new front covers. We think that Ali Sparkes enjoyed what we had done and she even autographed our work afterwards. The winner of the vote for the best author was announced and we were really pleased to find out that Ali Sparkes won, well done Ali Sparkes! Take a look at the photo’s below:

Plea for Help!!

sthomas — Sun, 06 May 2012 13:37:34 +0000

The P4/5 class are going to the Corn Exchange on Friday morning to take part in the Lennox Award Ceremony. We have been reading a selection of books from 3 different authors and have chosen to champion the author Ali Sparkes. We will have 15 minutes to persuade the audience as to why she is the best author. We are all very excited and the bus is booked. Unfortunately as of yet I have been unable to secure any parent helpers. I know it is a busy time of year and for those of you with children in other classes it is difficult, but if anyone could spare Friday morning we would very much appreciate it. The bus leaves at 9.00 and returns by 12.30 at the latest. Please either contact me or the school office if you can help out.

Many thanks,

Mrs Thomas and P4/5

‘Scota-land ‘Theatre Workshop

mkemp — Fri, 04 May 2012 12:35:16 +0000

P4/5 spent a very enjoyable morning working with Anna from Imaginate. We made props for the ‘Scota-land’ show which is coming to the school on Thurs 10th May. If you go to see the show, see if you can spot the following:

wooden dinosaurs, a golden crown, colourful bunting, beautiful butterflies, rune stones, a castle and a croft, oh, and a huge map of the island of Mickle.

RSPB pin badges

mkemp — Fri, 04 May 2012 12:27:30 +0000

The P5 set up a stall last week selling pin badges and they have been selling like hot cakes!! Just to let everyone know that we have ordered some more and they should be on sale again week beginning 14th May. Read entry below by Paddy and Kieran for more details.

Visit to John Muir’s Birthplace

mkemp — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:55:25 +0000

On the 1st of may 2012 primary five went to Dunbar to visit John Muir’s Birthplace which is a museum.

John Muir was born in the year 1838. John was one of 8 children in the Muir family.

John’s dad was called Daniel and his mum was called Ann.

He had five sisters called Joanna, Mary, Sarah and Annie ect.

His two brothers were called David and Daniel.

John’s wife was called Louisa.

(Catriona and Finn)

P5 RSPB animal badges!

mkemp — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:42:56 +0000

P5 are selling RSPB animal badges for £1.00

We are selling pin badges of protected speicies and birds at breaktime.

These are some of the animals:

red squirrel,clouded leopard,golden eagle,rhinoceros hornbill,white tailed eagle,tawny owl,

sparrowhawk,buzzard,osprey and more .

All of the money goes to the RSPB (Royal Society of Protection of Birds) to save birds!

Please buy them it’s for a good cause and a cool accesessory.

Thank you!

(Paddy and Kieran)

Summer term update

mkemp — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:30:01 +0000

Literacy/Topic – we will be creating our own newspaper this term so most of our literacy work will be centred on the production of ’The Yester Gossip’! We will be practising writing catchy headlines, attention-grabbing first sentences, interview techniques and lots more. There will be a big focus on grammar and punctuation. Interviews for jobs on the newspaper will be held week beginning 30th April so good luck all you would be journalists! As well as this we will be continuing with reading and spelling as usual.

Numeracy - estimating and rounding, place value refresher, addition and subtraction strategies and refresher of carrying and exchange, applying these skills in reality through money problems and running the tuck shop. Our information handling skills will be utilised in our topic work. There will be a tables challenge session every week to make sure we all have a good working knowledge of the tables before the end of the current year.

Topic – we are running a business, the Fair-trade tuck shop. Elections through the organising of a competition to design and create a banner for the Primary Youth Games.

PE – Primary 4 are going swimming and Primary 5 are learning some Hockey skills.

We are taking part in the Lennox Author Award organised by the library service and we will be taking part in the presentation ceremony on the 11th May at the Corn exchange in Haddington where we will be championing the author, Ali Sparkes.

On Tuesday 1st May, the P5s will be visiting John Muir’s Birthplace in Dunbar as part of the John Muir Citizenship project. As well as running the tuck shop, the P5s will also be setting up a stall selling fantastic RSPB pin badges at £1 each.

We are also looking forward to a visit from the Wee Night Out theatre company in early May – details will be sent home once confirmed.