Stenton Primary School

P2 have been learning about right angles in their maths lessons. Here are some pictures of them finding right angles in the classroom.

First thing we did today was played games on the white board.  It was very exciting as we got our school photos taken this morning, first with our brothers and sisters and then on our own.  We all had to smile!  We did some maths games this morning which was fun!  We practiced our writing with Mrs Smith.  It was raining at lunch time so we couldn’t play outside but we got to watch a video of ‘Babe’ about a pig who thinks it is a sheep dog!

After lunch time we went to the hall for gym.  We did balancing with balls and balancing excercises.  We then came back from gym, got changed and came to do this blog!

Today the new Pupil Council met for the first time. The members of the committee are Arthur (P7), Emily (P6), Caroline (P6), Alex (P6) and Sarah (P5). Ms Finlayson will be the staff member who works with the Pupil Council.

Ms Finlayson explained that this year one of the things that the pupil council will be responsible for will be maintaining a Healthy School. Ms Finlayson will be taking forward the Health Promoting Schools initiative within the school so this will fit together nicely!

The new committee members were issued with their Pupil Council badges.

All the committee members were keen to provide some sort of school magazine giving information and also some activities and tasks for other children in the school. Ms Finlayson explained that all of the children will be learning how to use the school blog this term, and perhaps we should consider it as an ‘online magazine’ for the time being, with a view to a paper version later (bearing in mind the eco schools considerations).

One thing which all of the committee members felt they would like an input into was the choosing of the school production for next summer. They are keen to do a ‘famous’ musical rather than one aimed specifically at schools. Ms Finlayson explained some of the restrictions, but it was agreed the pupil council would have more input into choosing next years production. However, this will be on the back burner till after Christmas!

They also asked if it would be possible to make some suggestions to Mrs Thompson, our music teacher, about the songs and music they use in music lessons. Ms Finlayson approached Mrs Thompson about this and she is happy to take on board suggestions from the class, if the music is available. The Pupil Council will discuss this with Mrs Thompson and she will talk to the P4-7 class about alternative music.

We were with Mrs. Dillin this morning. We were doing some RME and we made lovely pictures of flowers for the flower show.

Today we started our topic on Dominican Republic .

Today we wrote reports on what we did on one of the days during the summer holidays we were not here in the afternoon as we finished at lunch time!

Today we started our topic on the Dominican Republic.

The committee members for next session have been chosen. P5,6 and 7 applied for the position they most wanted and Ms Finlayson read the applications and allocated places on each of the committees.

The JRSOs will be Thomas and Ailsa. Miss Wood will assist the JRSOs.

The Pupil Council will have 4 members: Emily, Caroline, Sarah and Alexandra. Ms Finlayson will assist the pupil council who will have responsibility for ensuring we have a Healthy School next session.

The eco-committee, led by Mrs Doggett, will consist of 5 members, Katrina, Natalie, Olivia, Mhairi and Isabel, who will begin working towards green flag status.

Thank you to all of the pupils who applied for their well thought out applications. I am sure we will have another successful year in all these areas!

P 1-3 have completed their monster project with P1/2 at Athelstaneford. The children at Athelstaneford wrote descriptions of their own monsters and the Stenton children drew what they thought they looked like.

You can see their drawings here:

http://edubuzz.org/blogs/primarywriting/

Next session, P1, 2 and 3 will use the blog to share some of their learning with parents and the community. We are all looking forward to learning how to use the blog!