Pencaitland Primary Blog

On thursday 29th of May, Richard English the Ranger came in and told us what trees, plants and animals need to survive in the wild. He brought in somew stuffed animals and photos of trees and plants and we discussed what each needed in order to live. He also told us how to care for [...]

Primary 6 have been learning to play tag rugby. This week we were getting to grips with the tags and learned to play a few fun games. Next week, we will be using the rugby balls. Watch this space for some more updates.
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It is now nearly the end of the session and we need to start thinking about the reps for next session.  All elections will take place next week. 
Some class reps wish to continue for a second session which is OK under our constitution.
Primary 6 and primary 7 classes next session should also elect the ECO [...]

Primary 3 are counting Tesco Computers for Schools vouchers. If you have any could you please send them in as soon as possible.
Thank you.

P3 have been making bookmarks to be sold at the Spring Fayre. Here are some of them.

Keep your eyes open for any that are left on Saturday!

P5 were holding an assembly and cafe on the 23rd May about fairtrade. Parents came to the assembly and cafe and the schools neighbours from the Glebe were invited to the cafe as well. We were able to inform the audience about what Fairtrade was, and how it helps unfortunate farmers in poorer countries. [...]

Today we did African art with Andrew. It lasted 2 hours and was really good fun. He explained things well and then told us the task. The paper was massive!!!!!!
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Today we have been doing art with Andrew, we were doing African art. It was really fun. It took us about an [...]

This birdfeeder was placed outside the P3 classroom so that we could find out which birds would visit us. Unfortunately some were scared away by this unwelcome guest!

PC Cairns came into school yesterday to talk to us about drugs and vandalism. He was very good at giving us advice about what types of drugs there were and how they affect your body. He told us about drugs like alcohol, cannabis, heroin and caffeine. PC Cairns is a nice police man because he tries to [...]

Today we discussed
The possibility of a new baskerball net
Can we come into school with no bells ringing
A fun day to raise money for charity
Pupil Council Fun Day
Netball and football pitches
We agreed
We decided we did not need new basketball nets for the gym.
We thought this was a good idea but we will have to discuss it [...]

Yesterday, Mrs Proudler came in to talk to us about fair trade. She told us about how fair trade works and how they help people who don’t have any money to feed their family. Fair trade gives them a fair money. Mrs Proudler talked about tear craft, a company that she is a volunteer for.You [...]

Lots of children from P1 to P3 were celebrating the Rainbows’ 21st birthday today by wearing their Rainbows uniform to school. Happy birthday Rainbows!

P1 have been learning about materials. We enjoyed describing the different textures in the box.

We were pleased with our prints!  Using polystyrene blocks  and a sharp pencil each person designed a picture.  The next stage was to use a roller and inks to cover the “block” before pressing the block firmly down onto black paper.   To complete the picture we decorated a border with a prominent shape from [...]

P1/2 have been comparing different ways of communicating. We wrote a letter, made a phone call and sent an email to Mrs Wilson in the office to see how long they would take. We were surprised when we found out that the phone call took 7 seconds to get an answer, the email took 6 [...]

For our living things project P2/3 and P3 went for a walk around the school grounds. We looked for areas with the most litter to see if we needed more bins. There were also a few areas which had been damaged by humans. Finally we chose areas we thought needed improvement. We drew pictures [...]

The weather has finally taken a turn for the better and nursery children are enjoying making use of our outdoor space. We encourage the children to take the air, even on days when it’s less than perfect, so it would be really handy if the children could bring wellies with them on wet days (nursery [...]

In our PE lessons Mrs Jones has had us jumping all over the place! We have done

Standing long jump
Hop, step and jump
Hurdles
Highjump

On Thursday we used the after school clubs parachute to learn about teamwork & cooperation. We all shared the parachute and instead of playing against each other as we would in other games we had to work together. We played a number of games - sharks, cat & mouse and other games! It was really [...]

We discussed
Competitions
Playground
A pet day
Water fountain in upper area
A cheerleading club
Playground signs
Action taken
The pta have organised a wildlife photography competition and the p7’s are planning some more before the end of term.
A pet day would not be a good idea as many children have allergies.
We voted we do not need another water fountain in the upper [...]