A Very Special Gift October 29, 2008
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Last year P5 classes took part in a Scottish food standard agency project in conjunction with Scottish Rugby Union. It involved a 6 week rugby coaching slot and in class children worked through a healthy eating workbook. It covered health and safety with food and what to eat and when it was safe to do so.
Last week we were presented with a signed photo of the Scottish Rugby team for our involvement in the project by Craig McGeary, the Musselburgh Rugby Club Development Officer!
Anti-bullying, perfect posters October 9, 2008
Posted by Miss Collins in : P4, P6 , 1 comment so farYesterday P4B and P6B came together once again to create their final competition poster. There was paint, paper, feathers, glue and lots of discussion. The biggest challenge was the time element. With only one hour to complete the task the pressure was on.
Most of the teams managed to complete their poster with seconds to spare, others didn’t quite make it. But great fun was had by all and everyone felt proud of what they had achieved. The finished posters will be sent off tomorrow to be judged in the national competition. The top prize is MP3 players so we’ll keep our fingers crossed!
It’s been a great start to our collaborative anti-bullying project, and super for everyone to get to know each other. Thanks to everyone for all their enthusiasm and hard work.
Miss A and Miss C
Anti Bullying Competition Work October 7, 2008
Posted by Miss Collins in : P4, P6, Uncategorized , 1 comment so farToday saw the start of a beautiful friendship between P4b and P6b! Our classes came together to start work on the theme of bullying.
National Anti-Bullying Week 2008 is 17 - 23 November, and the website respectme and the Scottish Government have joined forces to launch an anti-bullying competition, based around the theme, ‘what bullying means to me’.
The children from P4 and P6 have started working on entries for this competition today. Each P4 is working with a P6 partner, and we started by sharing ideas about what forms bullying can take. The poster that the P6s designed last year came in really handy as it gave us the categories of Physical, Verbal, Emotional and Cyberbullying. We also discussed how these types of bullying make a person feel inside. This helped us to brainstorm ideas for what bullying means to us, and then how we can show that in a poster for the competition.
A New Topic for P6 September 26, 2008
Posted by Miss Collins in : P6 , 2commentsThis week the Primary 6 classes have started a brad new topic: The European Union. We will be learning about the member states and how the EU effects us here in Scotland. P6b will be posting news and images of project work on their website (you can find us on the Class Blogs links), and P6a will do the same once their blog is up and running!
Golden Challenge Day in Primary 6 September 11, 2008
Posted by Miss Collins in : P6, Uncategorized , 12commentsWell! It has been a very busy, challenging and fun-filled day for P6!
All 60 were divided into 3 groups and then 4 teams within those groups, mixing boys and girls from each class together. Each group then spent an hour in three different ‘challenge zones’
Zone 1 was the Mental Challenge room, where Ms Leyland had a whole assortment of games and puzzles. Some favourites were Kim’s Game, Who Am I?, Suduku and Tangrams.
Zone 2 was the Teamwork Challenge with Mrs Simkins. Each team were given paper plates, straws for handles and spaghetti, and between them had to get as many pieces of whole spaghetti in their bucket as possible. This involved a great deal of trial and error as I am sure the children will say in their comments here!
Zone 3 was mainly Physical Challenges out in the playground with me. Our first activity saw teams joining up… so much that they were a Human Knot, and they had to unravel themselves into a circle without letting go of each other’s hands. This took a good deal of communication and perseverance! Our second activity was a physical problem solving task. Teams had to work out how a farmer could cross a river to get to market with his sack of grain, a goose and a fox. The problem was that he could only take one item at a time and neither the goose and the fox, or the goose and the grain could be left together unattended. What was fantastic about this was that it really got everyone thinking and teams come up with some very creative and ingenious ideas as well as the official solution.
Photos were taken in each of the Zones, but here are a couple of pictures from the adventures in Zone 3 for starters!
Tesco Great School Run 2008 June 20, 2008
Posted by Miss Collins in : P6, P7 , 19commentsCongratulations to everyone in P7a, P7b and P6/7 who took part in the race today!
We were really impressed by how hard everyone tried and there were some great fancy dress outfits! Thank you to Mrs Borthwick and Mrs McCloud for their help on the field and for all the P4s who came along to support us -it made a huge difference! Mrs Slight took a couple of photos so maybe we can get them up on here soon.
It sounds like this last fund-raiser could be one of our best, so please remember to bring your sponsorship money in on Monday folks!
There were 13 dedicated runners in Wave 1, and the results were:
1st place = Chris C
2nd place = Dean B
joint 3rd place = Liam T and Robson McC
Friday 13th@Campie: No Bad Luck… Just Crazy Hair! June 13, 2008
Posted by Miss Collins in : P6, P7 , 4commentsP6/7 came up with a great idea for a whole school fund raiser -Crazy Hair Day! Children and staff were asked to pay a 50p donation to spend the day in a crazy wig, or with their hair in bunches, pleats and spikes, and spray painted in wild colours and glitter! Some people must have been up very early this morning to get their creations ready on time!
Hopefully the organisers themselves can add to this post very soon, but in the meantime, here are some shots from P7b:
P6 News- Science Week February 13, 2008
Posted by Alicia MacFarlane in : P6 , 2commentsDuring Science Week Primary 6 and 6/7 attended Dr. Bunhead’s Boogie Factory, headlined by Dr. Molecule. Science experiments were the order of the day: exploring materials, making predictions and finding out how science experiments result in making things that are used in everyday life. There were some explosions and certainly some slimy and gloopy substances which looked highly suspect! However, there was much audience involvement, many laughs and Dr. Molecule wowed us with her knowledge and performance.
Some pupils from Primary 6/7 took part in a Science Week Road Show for Primary 1. The pupils presented a series of experiments for the Primary 1s to watch, respond to questions, and participate. They made some great predictions and listened brilliantly. The focus of the experiments were on Forces, Mixing, Vibrations, Floating & Sinking, Bubbles and Changing State. It was a wonderful experience for the P6/7s to organise and present and for the Primary 1s to learn about Science.
