Archive for August, 2008
P6 - week ending 29th August
Monday:On Monday we did some reading, lots of books being read and no noise whatsoever! What a quiet time for p6! SSSSssshhhhhh! One group has started the book “framed” by Frank Cottrell Boyce and its really funny. We have also being doing some practice quizzes for the accelerated reader to see what books we [...]
Posted: August 29th, 2008 under p6, school.
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The Vikings are coming!
P3/4 have been really busy since coming back to school last week. We have started our new Topic on the Vikings and have been learning all about the Vikings invading Scotland. This week the P3s made 3D paintings of Viking Longships sailing towards Scotland. We have also (along with P4) been making models [...]
Posted: August 29th, 2008 under 2008/2009, P3/4.
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Edinburgh International Book Festival
On Monday 25th August, a group of Primary 6 and 7 pupils headed off to the International Book Festival in Charlotte Square to listen to Catherine Webb, one of the most talented and exciting young writers of children’s fiction in the UK. She talked about how she became a writer, the subjects that most influence [...]
Posted: August 28th, 2008 under school.
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P4 Start Swimming
P4 started swimming on Wednesday - it was really fun. We were taught by a teacher named Mrs Anderson. She looked at everyone swimming and then we where off. We did running in water, blowing bubbles through our mouth and nose under water and we also tried to lie down in the water. We all [...]
Posted: August 28th, 2008 under p4.
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A New Session for Nursery
A new session is underway in nursery and we would like to welcome back our new pre-schoolers and extend a warm welcome to our new children in the afternoon. Our new children are settling well into the routines of nursery and enjoy using the outdoor space and we’re all looking forward to exciting times ahead.
Our [...]
Posted: August 27th, 2008 under Nursery, school.
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First Week Back For P6
On our first week back we did a really big quiz on the Olympics. We had the laptops twice this week soo we could try and find out the answers to the thirty questions. We worked together as a class to find out all the answers from the internet. The picture questions were the hardest. As we got [...]
Posted: August 22nd, 2008 under p6.
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