Archive for September, 2007
Planetarium Visit
[ October 8, 2007; ] The Royal Observatory planetarium will be visiting the school for P2/3 and P3 pupils.
Posted: September 28th, 2007 under Events, P2/3, P3/4, school.
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One Small Step for Primary 2/3 & 3
Because Primary 2/3 and Primary 3 are enjoying their project on space so much, I thought they might like to try out these excellent pages from the BBC website:
A Solar System jigsaw
Some video clips of space exploration
An interactive space map
We will be looking at constellations soon. Get a sneak preview of what they are [...]
Posted: September 26th, 2007 under P2/3, P3/4.
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P7 homework!
The world wide web is a wonderful place for learning but we can’t always use it quickly at school. There is a tremendous amount of information available for our WW2 topic on many fantastic websites. So P7, here are 2 great links with WW2 games on for you to try.
Spy challenge
Vera
Leave a comment to let [...]
Posted: September 24th, 2007 under school.
Comments: 9
The Great Quilt Challenge
As part of their WW2 studies Primary 7 have been learning about ‘Make do and Mend’. We have all been learning how to sew and are making a class quilt from lots of scraps. Keep checking here for our progress, we hope to have it finished for the winter!
Posted: September 24th, 2007 under p7.
Comments: 5
Coming to a street near you!
Primary five have been dancing with Yolanda from Y-dance. She has been teaching us street-dance moves.
We worked in groups and created our own routines. Next, we added our routines to the dance that Yolanda had taught us.
We are looking forward to practicing the routine again next week.
Here are some pictures of us dancing:
Posted: September 20th, 2007 under p5.
Comments: 2
Maths is fun - with a little help from our friends!
Mr Kingsbury’s maths group didn’t realise they were doing work - they were having too much fun!
Here they are learning about quarter turns - with a little help from their friends!
Posted: September 14th, 2007 under P2/3, P3/4, school.
Comments: 2
Anti Bullying Day
[ September 14, 2007; ] Anti Bullying assembly
Posted: September 13th, 2007 under school.
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A great start to the new term
All the children in P1/2 are settling in really well, we have already been on a minibeast hunt in the woods, started a dance programme and started to use the interactive whiteboard. It looks like it will be a busy year!
Posted: September 8th, 2007 under P1/2.
Comments: 2
Calling P7 bloggers
Hello P7 bloggers
The staff are all learning to blog and we want to know what you think of it. Do you read the blog? Is it interesting?
Please leave comments and let us know.
At the end of last session we had 181 posts and 210 comments which was fantastic. Can we improve on that this session? [...]
Posted: September 7th, 2007 under p7.
Comments: 1
Parent Council Blog
Check out the Parent category (on the left of this page) to see the new Parent Council blog!
Posted: September 7th, 2007 under 2008/2009.
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Blogging in P4
Keep checking this page for details of learning in Primary 4.
Posted: September 7th, 2007 under p4.
Comments: 4
Pencaitland blogging
An exciting new development is taking place at Pencaitland as staff and pupils are learning to blog. Watch this space.
Posted: September 7th, 2007 under P3/4.
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P2/3
Watch this space for an insight into learning in our classroom.
Posted: September 7th, 2007 under P2/3.
Comments: 1
P1/2
Welcome to the new school session. Watch this space for details of our learning.
Posted: September 7th, 2007 under P1/2.
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Welcome
Welcome to a new school session.
Posted: September 7th, 2007 under p1.
Comments: 1
Welcome
Welcome to the nursery category. We look forward to sharing our learning with you.
Posted: September 7th, 2007 under 2008/2009, Nursery.
Comments: 1
Teachers blogging
All taking part in a TeachMeet roadshow on blogging this afternoon. We are keen to try out our new skills. Watch this space!
Mrs Rodger
Posted: September 7th, 2007 under p4.
Comments: 3