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Archive for April, 2008

Primary Seven Bowling Team

We went bowling at Meadowmill bowling club .We won the first two games against Wallyford. We won 10-0. The next game was against Preston Pans we won 10-1. Then we had lunch. The last game was against Cockenzie . They won 10-3. It was a remarkable game . They were very good [...]

World’s Biggest Lesson 2008!

 Primary 5/6 and Primary 2 took part in the Global Campaign for Education’s World’s Biggest Lesson today. 
We were attempting to break a world record today and join with millions of other learners from all over the world in taking the same lesson at the same time!
The focus for the lesson was to think about WHY [...]

Woodland Blog

P3 are studying the woodland this term. They will be keep a blog to record their learning. Click on the link below to see what they have been up to
http://edubuzz.org/blogs/p3woodland

P5/6 Animation Project

wax-wings.mov
P5/6 created animations using the theme of Myths and Legends. This animation tells the story of Icarus - the boy who flew too close to the sun! Have a look and leave a comment.

Zoolab

[ May 29, 2008; ] Zoolab is coming to school on the 29th of May to present a series of workshops to some of the classes.
Primary 4 are working on a topic called The Classification of Living Things and look forward to meeting some unusual creatures. Also happening are 3 Ecolab workshops which will promote the work we [...]

Dates for P7

[ April 24, 2008; May 1, 2008; May 7, 2008; May 9, 2008; May 16, 2008; May 21, 2008; June 3, 2008; June 11, 2008; June 12, 2008; ] Primary Seven have a very busy term ahead of them.
Bowling trials on 24th of April.
Cross Country on the 1st of May (selected team).
African Art/Drums 7th;9th of May (to tie in with transition topic of Malawi).
Visit to Scottish Parliament on 16th of May.
Choices for life day on 21st May.
Museum of Flight World War 2 [...]

Woodland Blog

Primary 3 are studying the woodland this term. As part of this project we will be spending a lot of time outside. We are going to be working with a forest ranger to try and achieve our ‘John Muir Award’. One of the 4 challenges of the award is to share what we find. As [...]

The Titanic - P5/6

In P5/6 we are looking at having more personalisation and choice within our learning.  Therefore, for the first half of the term we have chosen a topic that everyone is interested in finding more about …..  The Titanic!  We have formulated 8 key questions that we wish to answer and had a ‘walk about, talk [...]

Primary 1 Art

P1 have been learning about the art of Kandinsky.  We looked at his picture called Squares with Concentric Circles, then each of us drew a circle picture and we put them all together.
                                                       
               

A Visit from Crunchy the Crocodile

Josephine our dental health support worker brought Crunchy the crocodile into the nursery for a visit.  We all had a turn at brushing Crunchy’s teeth and Josephine read us a nice story.  We all received a lovely present of a new toothbrush and toothpaste.  Here are some photographs of the visit.
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