Pencaitland Primary Blog

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!

Watch this space for an insight into learning in our classroom.