Stenton Primary School

A beautiful flower painted by Yasmin

This week we went to the hall in Stenton Village and talked about safety with a robot!  The robot spoke to us and it said peoples names and it said that we could win prizes if we make safety posters.  We are going to make these posters of safety things in the classroom. The robot was very big and it moved and it kicked Naomi!  The robot is coming back to see us soon in the hall again.

 Monday was a lovely sunny day for our trip out to pressennan woods. We started the walk at the yellow stone with the people from the woodland trust.We all had great fun following the map looking for the Glingbobs and Tootflits.We all had a kebab stick to collect leaves to feed the Glingbobs and Tootflits.

On our way round we came across their homes in the trees.We were very excited and some of us left our kebab sticks for them.Malcolm was telling us about him leaving Stenton and moving to Dunbar school.He will be sad to leave .Jonny says he will miss him.We are looking forward to banana day.

On Monday afternoon we learned about the climate in the Dominican Republic. Half the year has Summer, and the other half is the rainy season. They also have hurricanes.  Because the climate is different from Scotland they don’t have brick houses, they have wooden houses. Sometimes they build their houses from old stuff because they don’t waste anything as they are poor. They have a hurricane shelter in part of the island to keep safe when it’s hurricane season. They have to take their food there.

Last week some of the class were doing maths . In the lesson they were learning about right angles and they were having to match up corners and shapes .Today the little class had gym and they were playing Sticky Witches .They also learnt how to jog properly with L-shaped arms and this tied in with them learning about right angles . The p1 and p2 classes are all missing the p7 class who are away at Dounans school camp . Thomas has moved into his big sister Emily’s bed while she is away . They are really missing them at playtime and lunchtime and look forward to them all coming back . Today the library van came and while some of the class went into the van Mr Wharton entertained the rest of the class with his guitar . Today he played a song about bright yellow pyjamas which the pupils found very amusing .The next time he comes into the school to play his guitar the class want him to wear a pair of bright yellow pyjamas .   

We got to make churches and colour them in. We got to make books and draw pictures in them. Miss Jones was not here so Mrs Dillon played games with us.

In the playground we have been playing a tiger game. In the tiger game Lucy was a baby tiger. Most of the boys were playing rounders.

Brodie, Lucy, Katie, Alex,

We are all pretending to look through a telescope. Marjorie, the drama teacher, came and taught us about the play ‘A Town Called Elsewhere’. In the picture, Noah is waving. We were learning more about drama.

This is about Anna’s life. P3 were learning about the life of a girl called Anna(10) in the Dominican Republic. She works on the Sugar Platation and she looks after goats so she can their milk so she can get money. She also goes to school for half a day each day, because it is too hot in the afternoon. It takes her half an hour to get to school.

On the 23rd September Paul McCartney came to school. He brought his guitar (not electric)and sang YESTERDAY, BACK IN THE USSR, CLOSE YOUR EYES, and WHEN I’M 64. His real name is Neil T.

Last Wednesday the whole school went to Dunbar to visit two different churches. First we went to Dunbar parish church which is a protestant church. Then we went to Our Lady Of The Waves which is a catholic church. It was very interesting becuase we learned a lot. Thanks to the mums who came too.