http://edubuzz.org/blogs/prestonpans Read our blogs to find out what we have been up to in Prestonpans Infant and Nursery School. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:43:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Library Visit It was our turn for the library again on Monday.     When we were choosing our books Mrs Stewart asked some children to look for chapter books rather than picture books.  I chose Dust 'n' Bones   which is a collection of ten ghost stories by Chris Mould.  So far this week we have ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/prestonpans/2008/11/21/a-little-bit-of-everything-2/ Enterprise Afternoon On Monday we had an enterprise afternoon.  There were four stations set up with different activities and we got a turn to do them all. My favourite was making the little jewel boxes.  We had to choose a box and then stick on glittery bits and sequins to make it look ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/prestonpans/2008/11/15/an-enterprising-week/ Fire Safety Week This week was Fire Safety Week in our school.  For our first lesson Firefighter Susan showed us a picture of Ray's kitchen.       It was very messy and dangerous.  We all got a picture of our own and we had to put a circle round everything we thought was dangerous.       There ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/prestonpans/2008/11/07/fire-safety-week/ Cluster Map When we were reviewing our blog on Monday we had a look at the cluster map.     We have had more than eleven hundred hits since September 23rd and we are starting to have red dots all over the world again.  If you are reading our blog and live somewhere different can you ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/prestonpans/2008/10/31/maps-and-mosaics/ Bagpipes On the last day of term,  my mum came in to show us her bagpipes and play for us.  She was wearing her kilt and her band uniform and the bagpipes were in their special fur-lined holdall.     The first thing she showed us was the chanter      and she told us she had to practise it ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/prestonpans/2008/10/24/bagpipes-and-back-in-school/    Show and Tell (from last week) For my show and tell I brought in Snowy my soft toy  cheetah.       I got it when I was on holiday in Marjorca.  I keep it up on my shelf and it is special to me because it has such soft fur and I take ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/prestonpans/2008/10/11/parents-poetry-and-and-our-first-podcast/ Visit to Prestongrange Mining Museum On Tuesday we visited Prestongrange Mining Museum.  Before we left to walk along we all had to put on our hi-vis waistcoats.  It was pouring with rain.  It was quite a long walk.  Mrs Stewart's daughter-in-law Julie came with us.  When we got there we all went ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/prestonpans/2008/10/03/a-long-walk-in-the-rain/ Project Work We seem to have managed quite a bit of our project work this week. Prestonpans This week we found out how Prestonpans got its name.      The story is that a pirate called Aldhammer was shipwrecked with his crew and because they couldn't fix their ship decided to stay.  So the first name of ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/prestonpans/2008/09/27/place-names-maps-and-tartans/ Thank you      We would like to thank Mrs Barker for sending some Prestonpans information leaflets into school for us.  She sent them in a beautiful carrier bag      that had great pictures of all the things Prestonpans is famous for.  We put it up on the wall in our project corner.  Brodie      ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/prestonpans/2008/09/19/sketching-and-story-telling/ New Serial Story We started a new serial story this week.      It is called Wishing Powder and is about a boy called James.  James wishes that the school will blow up and it does!  He finds that he has bought Miracle wishing powder not washing powder for his mum.  When he can't ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/prestonpans/2008/09/12/a-busy-week-3/