http://edubuzz.org/blogs/ormiston A window on the world for a rural school in East Lothian, Scotland Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:04:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [gallery] This week was very busy in school as the Primary six and seven pupils along with several members of staff were trained to become Peer Mediators. The staff were very proud of all pupils over the two training days. They now will be sharing this knowledge with younger ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/ormiston/2008/10/10/peer-mediation/ Primary 3 have had a very interesting afternoon.  We have had a visit from Miss Grierson's Granny and Grandad so that we could interview them!  We wanted to find out about when Grandad worked in Tynemount mine, what it was like to live through a war and what school used ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/ormiston/2008/10/10/granny-and-grandad-come-to-visit/ Thank you to all the parents who attended this afternoons craft session. We were making our own family Christmas cards early so that they are ready for a professional printers to make in to cards. It was a great afternoon with lots of creative mess. http://edubuzz.org/blogs/ormiston/2008/10/06/christmas-craft-in-october/ [gallery] http://edubuzz.org/blogs/ormiston/2008/10/02/primary-four-make-mangonels/ [gallery] What a fantastic day Primary four had at the castle on Monday. We got to go down Saint David's tower which is not normally open to the public. Luckily we had Craig to guide us and we all wore hard hats just in case! The day ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/ormiston/2008/10/01/primary-four-visit-edinburgh-castle/ Thankyou to all who attended the fair on Saturday. What a fantastic effort by everyone! It's good to see a comment already about the day. Yes it was a great day and well supported. I know the children enjoyed having the police car, fire engine and ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/ormiston/2008/09/28/school-fair/ This term is very busy with a variety of events happening in, out and after school. Primary seven are having a block of football training in Ormiston Park every Friday till Christmas. They are also lucky enough to be trying out Hockey with two taster sessions. P7 Pupils Jack Walshe and ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/ormiston/2008/09/26/dates-for-your-diary/ Primary 2 have created a police station in their classroom. They have been finding evidence and taking fingerprints. The children decided what a police station would need and brought some of their own things in to use in their role play. They also made their own Police radios. We decided to ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/ormiston/2008/09/25/p2-police-training/ 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 ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/ormiston/2008/09/25/making-letters/ Primary four are definitely looking forward to the class outing to Edinburgh Castle next Monday. We have been working hard learning all about life in a castle in the Middle Ages. Look out for some of our pictures and thoughts as we get to visit places the public don't ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/ormiston/2008/09/22/edinburgh-castle-trip/