Prestonpans Infant and Nursery School

Blossom Time

In the Primary 1 playground there are two cherry trees   and just now they are covered in blossom.  When the wind blows some of it comes off and it is a bit like pink snow.  Chanelle

Storywriting

This week we had to write about something about that we did on the holiday weekend.  I wrote about going to my little cousin, Rebecca’s, birthday party.       She was five.   It was in the Community Centre at Port Seton and her friends were all  dressed up.  Rebecca was a pirate and her little sister was Minnie Mouse.  I helped look after the little ones and had great fun.   I was picked as a Star Writer.  

We chose eleven star writers this week which is a new record for our class.     Ellie 

Rainforest Plants

When we came back to school on Wednesday there were some rainforest plants in our topic area.  There is a pink orchid, a venus fly trap and a hibiscus.       Our hibiscus is a really bright pink colour and      I am drawing a picture of it but have not had time to finish it yet.  Coll

Rainforest Covers

I finished my rainforest topic book cover this week. 

These are the ones which were not in the slideshow last week.  Alex

Rainforest Project

Our page this week was about the understory.     We had to draw a picture and add in some of the creatures you would find there.   The understorey is the space between the forest floor and the canopy.      You would find snakes, butterflies, lizards, frogs and some kinds of birds, all attracted by the flowers and fruit as well as lots and lots of insects.  Monkeys might travel through the understory.  Courtney

Class Book

Mrs Stewart has been promising to help us make a class book  about our trip to the Longniddry Railway Walk since we came back after the holidays.  Seeing it was a very short week on Wednesday morning we did it!        We had to choose how many pictures we wanted on a page and then drag the photos into their box.  We could choose if we wanted writing on the page as well and then make up what we wanted to say.  When it was all finished it was printed out, laminated and then made into a book for our book corner to go with the other class books we made when we were in Primary 2/5.  Dillon

Picnics on the Field

It has been such nice weather this week that Mrs McLeod and Mr Lavery said packed lunch people could have their lunch, like a picnic, on blankets on the field.                       It was really really nice being able to have our lunch outside and everyone has been very well behaved and remembered not to leave any litter.   If the weather stays hot and sunny we will be able to do it again.  Amy 

PE

We went outside for our gym with Miss Moffat, Miss McConnell and Mrs Mason this week.       We played a running game with a tube and there was a new game where you had to have a partner.  One person had to lie on the grass and the other had to chuck a beanbag.  The person on the grass had to get up and run really fast to collect the beanbag again.      We also played a game with a hula hoop and a ball.  One person had to throw the ball as far away as they could and then do star jumps while their partner went to get it.  It was very hot and we all went home with pink faces.  Rachel  

Rainforest Maths

For our rainforest maths this week we tried the shape games.       One was for flat shapes and one for shapes you can hold.       You had to drag the shapes into the right box.  We were going to play the money games but the money was cents so we decided the person who made up the games must be American.  After the sorting shape game we tried the quiz.       It was much harder.  Tristian 

Show and Tell

     For my show and tell I brought a transformer.       I got it from my friend for a swap.  It can transform into a man or a helicopter.   Jonathan

I brought my baby sister Hannah’s Keepsake Box in for my show and tell.       In it are some of her first clothes and they are so small they look like doll’s clothes.  I showed her first baby bracelet which says “May God bless you with happiness and joy”.        I also had a photograph album with her first photos in it and two pictures of Hannah now she is nine months old.  Coll

Comments

Would just like to pass on one of my pupil’s comments from last weeks blog

“I can not believe that the school blog has reached 8,228 visits from 22 Sep 2007 to 29 Mar 2008 but I wish they would leave a comment”  Alex

The children love to get  feedback about the blog of which they are intensely proud.  Please leave a comment if you can and remember an e-mail address is not necessary.  Thank you.  is

CLASS NEWS

My mum doesn’t have to go back to hospital again  after her accident and she doesn’t have to have any more physio.  Rachel

I did so well at guitar lessons yesterday that my tutor is going to buy me a bar of chocolate.  Alex

I am going to a Westlife concert on the 17th May with my mum.  Leah

I am getting a dirt bike for my birthday in June.  Charlie

I had a barbecue yesterday because it was my brother Daniel’s birthday and another one tomorrow because it will be my mum’s birthday.  Tristian

This Sunday I am going to a football match and it is two Hearts teams playing each other.  I already have the tickets for me and my dad.  Christopher

It is my brother, Jamie’s birthday today and me, my mum, one of my friends and Jamie are all going to the pictures.  My brother is going to choose the film.  Ryan

My grandma Edith is coming to visit one week on Saturday.  We don’t see her very often because she lives a very long way away.  I am really looking forward to seeing her again.  Emily