Pencaitland Primary Blog

Primaries 3/4 and P4 have been really busy organising our Burns Supper and have been fortunate enough to be able to hold a Glow Meet session with Millersneuk Primary in East Dunbartonshire. We were able to have a discussion about how we planned to run our Burns Supper and shared ideas. It was [...]

On Tuesday afternoon the P3/4 stationary shop, Pencils R Us, opened its doors to the first customers - P4. We are looking forward to selling our stationery to the other classes soon and will keep you updated on our progress.

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Primary 4 are taking part in an arts programme called Powwow.  We have just had our first session in which we looked at the Native American creation story through drama.
We have another 2 drama sessions, 2 dance sessions and an all day art session to look forward to.  Watch this space for details…

Primaries 2/3 and 3/4 had a joint Christmas party today and we had lots of fun, dancing and playing games

Primary 4 have just been video conferencing with Athelstaneford Primary School.  We set up a link through GlowMeet:

We could see them at the top of our whiteboard, we could speak to them using a microphone and we could send them messages by writing on the whiteboard.
We played Jingle Bells for them and they sung us [...]

Congratulations to Robbie Callender, P7. 
Robbie won the competition to design a Christmas card for Iain Gray, our local MSP.  Iain visited the school on Monday to present Robbie with a gift voucher and a very special Christmas card. 
We think the design is fantastic!     Well done Robbie!

The party season got off to a great start with the P4 & P5 Christmas Party on Monday.

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A good time was had by all.  More parties this week so keep watching…

The class reps are pleased to announce they raised £75 from their Kilts for Kids day.  This money has been donated to to Children First to support children in Scotland who are less fortunate than ourselves.
Last week a collection for Water Aid was taken at the afternoon and evening performances of Born In a Barn. [...]

Last Wednesday parents and friends were treated to a wonderful nativity play, ‘Born in a Barn’ performed by P1, P1/2 and P2/3 classes.  The songs were incredibly catchy and the audiences were singing along.  Well done to all the children who took part.  Don’t we look great in our costumes?

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As you know, P7 have been doing football for nine weeks. We have been practising our skills, with and without the ball. Last week we got split into four teams, two teams on each pitch, one team was defending and the [...]

As it is getting nearer Winter, it is getting darker earlier in the evenings. Be careful when you go out in the dark and always carry a torch, when walking through dark spots. If you are playing out in the dark make sure you get back, before it gets too dark. If it is possible [...]

It’s almost the end of another year and the children in Nursery have had a busy time. There have been lots of celebrations which generated some very interesting chats and art work with the children. Some of our younger children chose to dress up on the 31st October. We had two witches,one with a less [...]

P1 have learned a lot since our last post. We used torches, globes and lots of books to find out why it really goes dark at night, and now we know!
“The earth turns and the sun stays still” Josie SF
“At night, Scotland is looking away from the sun” Rory
We have also been practising for our [...]

Last week Primary 2/3 decided to raise money for Children in Need. We completed an obstacle course and were sponsored by family and friends. We also asked P1 and P1/2 to donate coins to cover a picture of Pudsey bear. After counting the money that was collected we led an Assembly for pupils and parents [...]

P3/4 were very lucky today to have a dance session with the East Lothian dance specialist Beth Noble. As you can see from the photos we had lots of fun. Read the comments to find out what we did.

Well done for all your entries for challenge 1.
We really enjoyed hearing all your fantastic ideas and are looking forward to announcing the winner next week.
Challenge 2: We are going to make an online eco-friendly, interactive Scottish recipe book and would like you to be the authors. We would really like you to [...]

Look out for our reflective lettering!
P5 sorted out materials according to how good they are at reflecting light.
We then cut our initials out of reflective tape and now plan to stick or stitch them onto our school bags or jackets. It will help to keep us safe on the dark, winter evenings.

Last night was quite magical at the school. The hall was decked with fairy lights and moon and star balloons, seven soft areas were covered with cosy cushions, and beakers of milk and yummy biscuits were prepared. Then our Nursery and Primary 1 children arrived in their jammies with a teddy and a grown-up! We [...]

The first day of our Book Festival was very successful. Five parents came in to read to pupils or to listen to them read, and they left some lovely comments about the event and how well our pupils can discuss the books they are reading. Thank you to all involved.
Today we start the Swapshop Bookshop [...]

November is enterprise month and we would like to encourage you to use your enterprise skills to participate in some Scottish themed challenges.
Challenge 1
Flower of Scotland is the current alternative anthem and your challenge is to choose a new one that you think would be good.
Write a comment in this blog detailing your choice and [...]