http://edubuzz.org/blogs/lawprimarymiddlearea Our window on the world Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:09:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We are using our 16 spelling words this week to do a short story on a theme we have decided with a partner. We will choose 8 words each and together we will share the work and our ideas to produce a whole story. We are really trying to use ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/lawprimarymiddlearea/2008/11/24/spicing-up-our-spelling/ 5A are doing some anti-bullying cards (top trumps) for p4,5,6 and 7 to enjoy in golden time. Also we would like some ideas from you if you have any. Post by Joel and Rowan http://edubuzz.org/blogs/lawprimarymiddlearea/2008/11/20/5as-top-trump-bullying-cards/ In Reading Setting we have been learning about the different styles of poetry. Today we did Haiku. We are posting examples of our poems here for you to read. A syllable is a part of a word pronounced as a unit.  It is usually made up of a vowel alone or ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/lawprimarymiddlearea/2008/11/12/haiku-poetry/ Primary 5 have been using what they have learned about sea creatures and the problem of depleting rockpools at their local beach to imagine and write about what it must be like from the sea creatures point of view. They have really used their imaginations and will share their best paragraphs ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/lawprimarymiddlearea/2008/11/12/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-sea-creature/ Primary five are in full swing towards achieving their John Muir Award. In order to do this they have to DISCOVER and EXPLORE a wild place - we are focusing on our wonderful local beach. They are also reuqired to address issues of CONSERVATION so are learning about the depleting rockpools in North Berwick. ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/lawprimarymiddlearea/2008/11/12/john-muir-award/ Well you have had a good practise at making different styles of pop up. So now you can use your imaginations and the skills you have learned to produce something of your own with a Seashore/coast or conservation theme. Good Luck and we look forward to sharing your end results. ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/lawprimarymiddlearea/2008/11/11/pop-up-technology-challenge/ Miss Boyd's P5 maths set have been going shape crazy over the last few days. They have been learning all about 3D shapes. They now know how many faces and edges they've got AND how many corners too (we call them vertices though!). They then made some 3D shapes out of ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/lawprimarymiddlearea/2008/11/06/shapeshifters/ The primary 5s had a very special visitor today. Paraig MacNeil came to tell us some Scottish Folk Tales and even taught us some songs in Norweigan and in Scots. We heard a tale about the Selkies, who were seal folk, and a tale about a nasty king who thought ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/lawprimarymiddlearea/2008/11/06/paraig-the-storyteller-fae-perthshire/ P5B have been very busy in art. Mrs Watson (Sam's mum) came with her daughter, Rosie, to show us how to draw and paint spooky haunted Hallowe'en trees. We used pencil to draw the gnarled branches and roots so they looked like hands and feet, then we used a black ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/lawprimarymiddlearea/2008/10/28/spooky-halloween-trees/ Well Halloween has arrived once more and primary 5 have been making up recipes for spells including lots of slimey ingredients. Here they are. Have a read and tell us what you think of them! http://edubuzz.org/blogs/lawprimarymiddlearea/2008/10/27/spooky-spells/