Pencaitland Primary Blog

P2/3 have made a start in the school garden. We weeded, added compost and then planted potatoes, radishes and nasturtiums. We also planted seeds indoors which will be transplanted later. Alex brought a lavender plant which will hopefully help to keep the cats out of our border!

As part of our Safety in the Community project P2/3 invited Bill the lollipop man to talk to us about Road Safety. The children asked him lots of relevant questions and Bill was able to give us good tips on how to stay safe on the roads. We were also very interested to hear about [...]

P2/3 made some fantastic windchimes. We brought some from home to get ideas, chose suitable materials, planned, took great care in the making process and displayed our results. We are very impressed.

P2/3 have been using recycling for our art sessions during our current topic of Materials and how they change.
We used twisted newspaper to make winter trees. We also used coloured plastic bags which we cut into strips and plaited to make bracelets and we used 3D junk boxes to make models.  What do you think [...]

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

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?

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 [...]

P2/3 celebrated the end of our Romans project with a Roman feast. We ate grapes, dates, raisins, oatcakes and honey, and drank fruit juice. After eating Roman style, we were entertained by members of the class. A great time was had by everyone!

Primary 2/3 have been learning about the Romans in class.  We looked at the mosaic floors in roman villas and produced our own designs.  We hope you like them!

In P2/3 we have been working on our mapping skills. We went for a walk to the crossroads in Pencaitland looking out for landmarks. When we came back we drew maps with directions for getting to our school. We also thought about road safety when we were crossing the road, so we wrote instructions for [...]

The infants were raising money for guide dogs for the blind. P2/3 organised a target game at 10p a go. Toby won a certificate for getting 3 beanbags in the puppy’s mouth. We raised almost £20.
Mrs Murdoch P2/3

P2/3 have been learning about warm and cool colours. We painted strips of paper and wove them together to make our own tartan designs.

P2/3 presented a St Andrew’s Day Assembly to Infant classes and parents. The children shared their knowledge of St Andrew and Scottish customs, and recited a verse of ‘To a Mouse’ by Robert Burns. Our Scottish country dancers performed for us and we closed the Assembly with ‘Flower of Scotland’. A great time was had [...]

If anyone has a copy of yesterday’s (Wed. 7th’s) Scotsman, have a look at the feature article on page 46 about the Starlab visit to Pencaitland.

[ November 22, 2007; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] P2/3 & P3 Visit to Museum of Childhood will take place today.  We will be at the Museum from 10am ’til 12noon.

The Royal Observatory planetarium visited P2/3 and P3 today. This is what the children thought of it:
We went into a big dome. Inside it was lots of stars. Our favourite bit was looking at all the stars. She showed us the seasons’ stars and the different constellations. By Katy & [...]

[ October 8, 2007; ] The Royal Observatory planetarium will be visiting the school for P2/3 and P3 pupils.

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 [...]

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!