Sanderson's Wynd Primary

Well done P7 for your wonderful performance! Everybody in the school loved the humour and music of this production as you took us on a journey through school life. The pupils obviously had fun depicting various staff members and pupils in some hilarious scenarios at Sanderson’s Wynd. You could tell from the cheers that the audience loved it!  

In this final week of school, P4 were given a fun challenge: to form their own teams and build a dens from the available materials : tarpaulin, wooden blocks, wooden logs, bread crates, string and scissors. The children were very creative, using scissors as tent pegs and attaching their tarpaulin onto the courtyard fencing. As you can see, everybody managed the task and with very different results, although a couple of groups wanted a hammer and nails to fix on their roof! The excellent team work deserved a special snack and juice. It was time then to enjoy playing in each other’s dens!

In our final meeting the pupil council had the difficult task of selecting the best posters from each class for the anti- bullying competition. There is a vast amount of talent in this school! Then it was time to relax for a party in the courtyard.

Mrs Thomson would like to say a special thank you to this session’s pupil council for their excellent contribution and hard work throughout the session. Well done to Alyx and Kira P7, Robert P6, Chloe P5/6, Sam P5, Catrina P4, Aidan and Christen P3 , Nicole and Erin P2! They all worked very well together as a team and Mrs Thomson was very impressed with all their ideas and suggestions throughout the year.

P4 enjoyed a hot day at Ross High rugby club for a rugby tournament playing against other P4 school teams. Everybody played really well and several good tries were scored! The class also learned a few new rugby skills in the range of organised post match activities.

P3P enjoyed a visit to Woodhall  Woods on 14th June 2010. The children explored the wood with rangers Rodger and Caroline. The rangers told the children about the different species of tree found in the wood. The children acted out a drama entitled “The Life in a Tree”which was great fun. Callie was the first to lie on the ground as a root,  then others followed.  Then the children looked for unnatural objects and  found 18 in total. After that they searched for stuffed animals hidden in the wood.  They were excited at finding a stoat, weasel, badger, rabbit  and squirrel. Everyone had  great fun and enjoyed themselves. Thank you to all who helped make this an unforgettable  learning experience!

The S.W.P Drama club have worked hard on their production. They held three performances on 22nd June; one for the school and nursery and two for the parents in the afternnoon and evening. The singing and acting was outstanding and everybody was very impressed with their stage performances. The pupils in the audience obviously loved the monster characters with their scary make-up! I think we would all like to be at Mary’s ‘Monster Party’!

Mrs Edgar and Mrs Quin have been training P6 pupils this week in cycling proficiency and the pupils will be assessed on the week of the 21st June. They are very pleased with everybody’s  progress in handling their bikes safely, but they would prefer it if all the children wore their cycle helmets. This is a very important part of  cycling safety.

Almost 200 primary 7 pupils arrived at Sanderson’s Wynd for a cluster enterprise event; Guitar Hero- Tranent Battle of the Bands. Pupils from 8 primaries in the Ross High cluster(Humbie, Pencaitland, Ormiston, Macmerry,  Windygoul, St Martin’s and Sanderson’s Wynd) were placed into mixed ‘rock’ groups and were set a bands’ challenge. The band members of each group had to decide on a band name and appoint a band manager before embarking on the choice of tasks . Points were awarded for each of the tasks; the more difficult the task, the more points gained. The bands all rose to their challenge of designing logos, band t-shirts, tickets and plan a tour of the world. They had to produce news articles for a music magazine and information leaflets as well as budget their expenses for gigs. Each band was also given half an hour of Guitar Hero Band practise. The standard was very high! The winning rock band ’Flash Flood’ played their final gig and were each awarded a prize of a £5 HMV voucher!  It was a loud and enjoyable morning which gave all the P7′s a chance to mix and get to know each other better before they move onto Ross High after the summer. Well done everybody!