Prestonpans Infant and Nursery School

Racquets

On Tuesday we went to do some short tennis in the gym with Mr Murray.  First he told and showed us how to hold the racquet.   We practised hitting the soft ball over the net to our partner.   Then he set us a challenge - to see how many times we could hit it back to each other without missing the ball.  My partner was Sarah and we managed five.  I really enjoyed it and Mr Murray is going to be coming back for another three weeks.  Amy

Project work

This week we were finding out about Gods and Goddesses  and then pyramids.  Bes was the Goddess who looked after children and families and Ra was the sun god who rode in his chariot across the sky every day.  The pyramids were built by the peasants  who couldn’t work on their land when the Nile flooded every year.  Only Pharaohs and very important people were buried in pyramids - ordinary people were buried in the sand, lying on their side and facing west.  Emma

Ancient Egyptian Facts of the Week

   I found out that fly-swatters made from giraffe tails were a popular fashion item in Ancient Egypt.  Lee

    The preparation of a Pharaoh’s body before burial in his pyramid tomb took at least seventy days.    Rebecca

Dictionary Work

Usually once a week we do dictionary work.     We have a special workbook and we have to find the words on that days page in the dictionary, write down the page number and copy what the word means.     We have to be careful to remember capital letters and full stops.  I like doing dictionary and I am getting fast at finding the words.  Alex

Show and Tell

For my Show and Tell I brought my two favourite soft toys - a doll called Sally and a dog called Minnie.  I got them from Summerfield in Berwick when I was at my auntie’s static.   Every night I play with them before I go to bed and they sleep beside me.   Sarah G

I brought in some photographs of the people in High School Musical  for my show and tell.  I got them for my birthday from my mum.  My favourite character is Sharpee.  They dance on the stage.  When I grow up I would like to be a dancer too.  Kelly

Games Morning

We had games morning again today.     I was the winner when my team got to the pyramid game.   Nearly everyone has had a shot at the pairs game on the interactive whiteboard.  Rebecca has beaten her record and completed all her pairs in one minute twenty-eight seconds.  Liam

Thank You

Thank you very much for leaving your comments for us.  For our last blog we had a comment from Canada and two from Norway.  We found out where these countries were on our globe.   Our cluster map is now looking very red!  Declan

CLASS NEWS

It’s my mum’s birthday tomorrow and I am going to get my keyboard down from my room and sing and play Happy Birthday to her.  Alex

It’s my birthday tomorrow - Saturday.  I am going bowling at Craigpark with my family.  I will be seven years old.  After the bowling I’m going to McDonalds for something to eat and then home for my birthday cake.  Amy

My dad came back home from his holidays on Thursday.  My dad’s friend Andrew got me a Manchester United football top. Ryan

I went to my first book launch yesterday.  It was my mum’s friend Anne-Marie’s book called Hox.  It’s about Anne-Marie’s cat Spike and the launch was in the library.  I got to stay up until 9.02 pm.  I bought three copies of the book and there was a big celebration cake.  Emily

I am going on holiday on Monday to Haggerston Castle for a week.  I am going with my auntie, my two cousins and my uncle.  Ellie

Louise - my granny’s friend - her daughter had a baby last night.  I don’t know yet if it was a girl or a boy.  Rachel

My cousin is getting his sling off his arm. He broke his arm when he crashed into a lampost and fell off his bike.  I am going to see him once he gets it off.  Now he’s feeling a bit better we might take him some chocolate.  Declan

It’s my nana’s dog’s puppy’s birthday next week.  Kaitlin

It is my little baby cousin’s birthday next week.  His name is Jack and he will be  three years old.  Christopher 

There was a fire last night at the two huts.  The fire engine had to come.  I never saw it but my mum, dad and sister were watching.   My cat was sleeping on me and I couldn’t get up!  Kelly

On my holidays I went to my auntie’s static in Berwick.   My mum and my two big sisters and me went to the park and the beach and we found a crab and a starfish, baby fishes and we found something that looked very funny - a bit like a prawn.  Sarah G

In the holidays Callum and Kenny who teach me golf at the Royal Musselburgh took me with my friend on to the real golf course and we were chipping with our eight irons.  Charlie

One time my dad did a rescue in the rescue boat and I got to go with him.  Liam