Prestonpans Infant and Nursery School

Health Week

Our last activity for Health Week was to make two lists.  One of funky fruit and the other of virtual veggies. 

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 We had to use a dictionary to get the spelling correct and then illustrate our sheets with fruit or vegetables.  I enjoyed Health Weeks but my favourite thing was the morning walk.  Elle

Show and Tell (from last week)

I brought in my two knitted Scottish dolls and their dog and Mrs Stewart said I could do a show and tell with them.    I got them for my 5th birthday and my granny made them for me.  My mum thinks it took her about two weeks to make them.  My grandad helped a little bit with the dog.  I like them because they are the only toys my little sister hasn’t broken!  Niamh 

For my show and tell I brought in my Hibs CD.    It is their old songs not their new ones.  My little sister doesn’t like when I play it and asks our mum to make me put it off!  When it is a home game I go to watch Hibs with my dad.  Ellis

   I brought in my Star Wars spaceship for show and tell.  I got it for my Christmas and  play with it a lot.  The top hatch opens and you can fit two men in, one in the front and one in the back.   Garry

Storywriting

For our storywriting this week we had to do another writers’ craft story.  My title was about Grandad’s cupboard which had been kept locked for nineteen years.  In my add on bit I opened the cupboard and found diamonds and money.  Some people had to write about a bad dream a little boy called George had after his gran gave him cheese on toast for his supper.  We chose twelve star-writers to have their stories put up on the wall.  Rebecca

Transition - session 1

We had our first transition session today.  We met Ash and we all had to sign a contract for our meetings.  We decided good rules would be - be nice, work in teams and listen to everyone.  Once we had all put our names on the sheet she told us the story - The Huge Bag of Worries.  It was about a little girl called Jenny and how she was worried about going to the big school. 

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We had to write down what worries we thought she might have.  When Jenny told the old lady about her worries a lot of them disappeared, some the old lady gave to other people like mum and dad, and some just didn’t seem important any more.  We had to pretend to be worries and give each worry a shape.  We also met Katie and wrote down any worries she might have about going to the primary school.  I enjoyed the time with Ash and Katie.  Shannon

Library Visit

It was our turn to go to the library on Monday to change our books.  Erica read us a new story called Mammoth Pie which was really funny. 

     

Erica also thanked us for behaving so well and being so quiet when we were in the library.  Brodie 

transition - session 2

For our second slot, we met Ash again.  Anyone who had been off for the first session had to agree to and sign our contract.  For our warm up we played a game of “funky chicken”.  It was fun.  Then Ash read us a story called Billy and the Big New School.   It was about a boy worrying about going to a new school. 

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After that we wrote down any worries we had about going up to the primary and put them into a worry box.  We took the box back to class in case anyone wanted to add any more worries.  We didn’t have time to decorate it though.  Our worry box is going up to the primary to the P 4’s and they are going to read our worries.  I am enjoying our transition sessions.   Alex

Road Safety

On Tuesday we had a visit from Gwen, who works with Lothian and Borders Police.  She spoke to us about crossing the road safely and always using the Green Cross Code.  She also told us about safe places to cross the road, like with the lollipop man, at traffic lights using the green man, a zebra crossing or where there is a traffic island.  Then we watched a video about Charlie and his dog Max who were going to a birthday party and walking there by themselves.  They tried to stay away from traffic whenever they could to keep themselves safe.  We all got a road safety activity booklet to take home with us.  It was really good and I especially enjoyed it because I am the Infant Road Safety Officers for our school.  Shannon

PE

It was another nice sunny day on Tuesday so Miss Bell took us out into the playground for PE.  This week we were practising hockey skills, on our own and then with a partner.  Our warm up was a game of balance tig and if you were caught you had to balance on one leg until someone touched you. 

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 After our hockey skills practice we were put at different stations.  There was skipping, bench ball, hockey dribbling and relay running in different ways, like fast, slow, backwards.  It was really nice to be outside again.  Ryan

RE

We have been learning about Islam and this week we were thinking about mosques.  The big round roof is called the dome and usually beside the mosque is a tall tower called a minaret.  From the minaret the people are called to prayer five set times every day.  They must face Mecca which is their holy city and they must wash before praying.  We saw some pictures of mosques and some of them were very beautiful.  Inside they are decorated with mosaic tiles in either floral or geometric patterns. 

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We have been decorating tile patterns in our spare minutes.  It is really interesting finding out about other religions.  Abby 

Packed Out Dance

On Thursday we had a visit from Beth.  She works with the Art Service at the Brunton Hall.  First she got us warmed up by doing robot movements and we all had to copy her.  Then we were put into four teams and each team had to do their own robot movements and the others had to copy.

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Next we had to pass on a dance move to someone else until everyone was doing it and then we played “dance whispers”.  Mrs Stewart thought it was really interesting how the movement had changed by the time it got to the 5th person.  Last of all we played the autumn leaf game.  I thought it was all really really good and we tried the dance whispers game in the playground.  Eirinn

Show and Tell

   For my show and tell I brought in my Taekwon-Do licence.  I go to Taekwon-Do every Tuesday with my twin brother Dylan.  I have a yellow tag just now and am working for my yellow belt.  I like going to the class because you learn how to do lots of different moves.  Taylor

I brought in a very special trophy for my show and tell.  I got it when I was only one year old in the Gala Bonniest Baby competition.  I was first!  I keep it up on my shelf so that my sister doesn’t get it.  It has a little mirror on the back so that you can look at yourself.  Abby

CLASS NEWS

On Saturday I am going swimming with my brother and my gran.  We are going to the Royal Commonwealth Pool.  Taylor

My football team are getting a presentation at the Community Centre on Saturday.  We are getting presented with medals because it is the end of the season.  Alex

I am going to Musselburgh at the weekend with my two cousins.  We are going to have a picnic and feed the ducks.  Shannon

I am going to my cousin’s house today after Friday club and I can maybe get to stay overnight.  Luc

I am going to Tesco today and then we are going to McDonalds.  Thomas

I am getting a hamster today because my friend Caitlyn’s Auntie Codie is selling them free.  My one is white with a light grey head.  We are going to think about his name.  Niamh

I am going swimming on Sunday with my mum and my sister Aisha.  We are going to the Prestonpans swimming pool.  Elle

My friend Joanne is having a sleepover at my house on Saturday.  Rebecca