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Making Letters

Primary 1 are learning lots of new sounds.  Today, we learned all about ‘r’ and thought of some things that begin with ‘r’.
Here we all are working together to make a big rope ‘r’ in the playground.  Once we’d finished that, we each got a skipping rope and practised making some of the other letters [...]

First Day at School

Our Primary 1 class have already settled in to ‘big school’ and are enjoying all of the areas in their new classroom.

P1 mini-beasts

Chloe’s mum came into school to help us make some mini-beasts.  We then went outside and found some bits and pieces to make the bugs some homes.
Here are some photos of our transient art pictures.

Watch out for the creepy crawlies in our assembly at the end of the week!

How we take learning forward in Ormiston

Primary Four visited the Nursery this week to see the tadpoles. Some of the children took photos of the displays about frogs and their lifecycle. Then we noticed how Primary one have been learning about minibeasts. They made their own lifecycle pictures for a frog. In primary four we have been [...]

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.
                                                       
               

Primary 1 Story Writing

Click on the childrens’ names to see the pictures they have drawn to go with their stories.
Mirren ”I ate a sandwich when I had a picnic outside with Holly.  It tasted brilliant.”
Jaylea ”I ate a sandwich in my housewhen it was my birthday.  It tasted good.”
David H ”I ate a sandwich at my birthday party when I was 5.  It [...]

Primary 1 Smoothies

Health week has been a great success in school. The school took part in lots of activities and Miss Howat will tell us more.
Elspeth and Rachel in primary one designed these Smoothies for us. They look yummy!

P1 Visit From Nurse

[ February 27, 2008; 9:00 am to 11:00 am. ] Next Wednesday Primary One’s have a visit from the Nurse.

P1- 3 VEGINVASION

Primary 1, Primary 2 and Primary 3 will be tasting 16 different vegeatables this week as part of a East Lothian wide project. We hope the children will try out all the vegetables, learn their names then decide on their favourite. All 3 classes will be getting together to talk about which vegetables they enjoyed [...]

P1 and P2 Orienteering

On Thursday 7th February P1 and P2 were out in the playground with Bill and Emma from the Outdoor Education Centre. They were using maps of the school and finding numbers and objects. This is what they thought.
David P2: I thought it was cool being out and about after playtime
Morgan R: I [...]