http://edubuzz.org/blogs/eastlinton Serving the community since 1880 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:28:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Parent Council would like to invite members of the Parent Forum to our first Annual General Meeting which will be held in school on Thursday 9Th October at 7.30pm.  Agenda items will include our Annual Report, Election of Office-Bearers and Annual Accounts.  (This will be followed by an ordinary Parent ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/eastlinton/2008/10/05/parent-council-agm-thursday-9th-october-2008/   P7 have been learning how to describe themselves in French. Here is a podcast they made. Bravo à tous! french-p7-ay-bb-sw   http://edubuzz.org/blogs/eastlinton/2008/10/02/tu-es-comment/ Primary 7 left this morning for Dounans Outdoor Centre, near Aberfoyle.  We have heard from Miss Wallace that they arrived safely and everyone is feeling fine and getting into the swing of things at camp.  We will post updates as we get them, but remember that they have a packed ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/eastlinton/2008/09/29/p7-arrive-safely-at-camp/ [rockyou 123510338] Primary Three have been learning about East Linton in their topic "My Village". On Thursday afternoon, with the help of some parents, we split into small groups and spent the afternoon in East Linton. We walked around having a look at the landmarks and taking photos. We also had ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/eastlinton/2008/09/29/east-linton-exploring/ Friday 26th September is European Day of Languages which is a day to celebrate all the different languages spoken and to encourage life-long language learning. P6 and P7 are learning French and German but P7 had a go at Spanish as well today and sang "La Bamba" They did very well and ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/eastlinton/2008/09/25/european-day-of-languages/ (click on the images for a bigger picture) Here is a picture of Pvblivs Clavdivs Tacitvs.  He visited our class on Tuesday. He had a real sword, a real dagger, a real wooden shield and had red feathers on his helmet.  He had brown leather sandals and stinky socks! We were a ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/eastlinton/2008/09/25/our-roman-visitor/ P3 have been learning about healthy eating and how we can group foods into different categories. We have been working hard to make a big display in our classroom, and have been doing activities to do with healthy eating and food in all our different subjects, such as maths and ICT. Have a ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/eastlinton/2008/09/24/what-is-inside-your-lunchbox/ Well done East Linton! Our village received  silver in the large village category of Beautiful Scotland Awards and was also named as the most improved village. A Special Award for Something Special was given for the school's extra curricular work about John Muir. David Affleck showed us the awards at assembly.     http://edubuzz.org/blogs/eastlinton/2008/09/24/beautiful-scotland-awards/ P4 are learning about the Romans and a visitor called Sarah came in from the Museum Service to tell us about Roman things that have been found in Scotland. P4 really enjoyed having Sarah to our school. We looked at stuff that archaeologists found. Sarah gave us jackets to wear.  by ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/eastlinton/2008/09/21/p4-archaeologists-find-roman-treasures/ The opening of our Wildlife Garden will take place on Friday 3rd October. All parents and carers are cordially invited to come along and witness representatives from each class cutting a ceremonial ribbon. Pupils can take part in a Garden Hat Competition and we will also be a venue for The Big ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/eastlinton/2008/09/21/grand-opening-of-wildlife-garden/