Pencaitland Primary Blog

We’ve been busy in P5 this term making up a magazine dealing with important issues such as getting on with each other, anti-bullying and how to work well together.
We have been creating pages such as a comic strip, poster page, a story page, a photo strip page, a page with quizzes and crosswords and an [...]

Last term, our topic was the European Union and we learned all about the member countries. We have been set a challenge - to design and make an EU Monopoly game.

Here are some of our thoughts so far:
“We’re really glad that we were asked to do this activity because it has been great fun [...]

After having practised reciting Scottish poems, 5 finalists were chosen to recite their  poems to Miss Dury who used to teach in our school! Caitlin, Johnny, Erin, Antonia and Robert did really well. Miss Dury had a difficult job to choose 3 winners who each received a  certificate.

Class Reps Meeting -15th February
Today we discussed:
Matters arising
Blog leaflet for parents
Pupil questionnaire
Suggestion Banner
Class Issues
Action points
We decided to:
Have the blog leaflet completed and sent out by the end of March.
Include P3 in the questionnaires for pupils and discuss at future meetings.
We decided to make posters at the next meeting,no agenda.
We came up with the fantastic idea [...]

We have been learning about people who help us. We have painted some pictures.

Over the past 5 weeks we have been studying the country of Japan. Traditional costume in Japan is the kimono. Kimono can have long or short sleeves. When wearing one you have to put the left side over the top of the right. Here are some of Primary 7 wearing kimono.

We have also been [...]

During our class assembly we held a mock election. Four parties, “The Green Beans”, “Eco Warriors”, “Pencaitland Gold Hands” and “The PFFRP Party”, shared their manifestos on how to make Pencaitland a happier place to live in. All parties had super ideas such as creating an area specifically for motorbikes, a skateboarding park, a huge [...]

The class reps met today and discussed:
roles for the committee members
blogging questionnaires from parents
whether we wanted to blog.
We decided;
Finlay is the new chairperson
Anna is the secretary
We will produce a leaflet to help parents access the blog
We will start blogging
We will encourage people to make more suggestions for class reps to discuss.
We will keep you [...]