Parent Forum Singstar Night February 9, 2010
Posted by Scott Lavery in : Parent Forum , add a commentUnfortunately due to low ticket sales, we have had to cancel our Singstar/Karaoke fundraiser which was due to be held this Thursday. Full refunds will be available from Lisa Smith, Our Chair, on Friday 12th February. We apologise if you were looking forward to attending this event.
Health Week Photos Day 2 February 9, 2010
Posted by Scott Lavery in : Celebrating Success , add a commentToday, as well as Gumboot dancing, the children have been involved in developing their understandnig of what they already do to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Here are some pictures to demonstrate what has been happening.
One of the pictures shows our new basketball nets which are in both the infant and upper school playgrounds. The Pupil Council organised this together with new bins and goals and a variety of balls and play equipment to be used in our playgrounds. We hope this will develop how we use our playground and thank you to all the chidlren for their responses in class.
Health Week Photos Day 1 February 9, 2010
Posted by Scott Lavery in : Celebrating Success , add a commentHere are some examples of the activities the children have been involved in on Monday. The focus for learning was on children developing their understadnig of similarities and differences within our school community. This week, we are also starting our day with a breakfast.
Health Week Day Two February 9, 2010
Posted by dbeveridge in : Uncategorized , add a commentThe mine workers were not free to move around at will and were separated from their families for long periods of time. At best, working in the mines was a long, hard, repetitive toil. At worst, the men would be taken chained into the mines and shackled at their work stations in almost total darkness.The floors of the mines were often flooded, with poor or non-existent drainage. For the miners, hours of standing up to their knees in infected waters brought on skin ulcers, foot problems and consequent lost work time. The bosses discovered that providing gumboots (Wellington boots) to the workers was cheaper than attempting to drain the mines. This created the miners uniform, consisting of heavy black Wellington boots, jeans, bare chest and bandannas to absorb eye-stinging sweat.
The workers were forbidden to speak, and as a result created a means of communication, essentially their own unique form of Morse Code. By slapping their gumboots and rattling their ankle chains, the enslaved workers sent messages to each other in the darkness. From this came an entertainment, as the miners evolved their percussive sounds and movements into a unique dance form and used it to entertain each other during their free time.
Gumboot dancing has developed into a working class, South African art form with a universal appeal. The dancers expand upon traditional steps, with the addition of contemporary movement, music and song.
Latest Newsletter February 8, 2010
Posted by Scott Lavery in : Uncategorized , add a commentHere is a copy of the latest newsletter.
Developing Our Understanding of Health and Wellbeing February 8, 2010
Posted by dbeveridge in : Uncategorized , add a commentToday is the start of our whole school health week.
Jammin Fitness are in school today to inspire, connect and motivate the children through fitness and dance.
Why are we focusing on learning about health and wellbeing?
Learning in health and wellbeing makes sure that our children and young people develop the knowledge and understanding, skills, capabilities and attributes which they need for mental, emotional, social and physical wellbeing now and in the future. Learning through health and wellbeing enables children and young people to:
- make informed decisions in order to improve their mental, emotional, social and physical wellbeing
- experience challenge and enjoyment
- experience positive aspects of healthy living and activity for themselves
- apply their mental, emotional, social and physical skills to pursue a healthy lifestyle
- make a successful move to the next stage of education or work
- establish a pattern of health and wellbeing which will be sustained into adult life, and which will help to promote the health and wellbeing of the next generation of Scottish children.
It also enables some to perform at high levels in sport or prepare for careers within the health and leisure industries.
P7 Learning February 7, 2010
Posted by pharte in : Uncategorized , 2commentsIt has been a busy week in Primary 7. We have been writing letters to Mrs Beveridge to try to persuade her why a Fair Trade Tuck Shop would be a good idea.We found out lots of reasons why we should buy Fair Trade because if we don’t farmers are exploited and don’t get a regular wage so they can’t afford to buy food and medicines for their children or send them to school. We also learned that thousands of children are living as slaves in the Ivory Coast harvesting the cocoa beens that we use to make chocolate. We thought this was really unfair and were shocked that children could be used like this so that we can have cheap chocolate in this country.Did you know a cocoa farmer only get 1p for every bar of chocolate we eat and the chocolate companies make the most profit? (that was a rhetorical question, we were using those in our persuasive letters to Mrs Beveridge -it is a question that doesn’t need to be answered.
We have also been doing work with Judy Anderson our school nurse, on our Headstrong Programme . This week we were discussing loss and berevement and it was quite sad it made us think about things that we have lost in our lives. We are still reading lots of books for our Accelerated Reader Quizzes and Mr Lavery came to the class to tell us how well we doing, everyone is trying to read a book at their level then get at least 85% on the quiz,lots of our class have been getting 100% which is fantastic.
Basketball Stars February 7, 2010
Posted by pharte in : Uncategorized , 3commentsBasketball Team
Cameron Hohle, Gary Howie ,Connor Conroy, Robbie Conway, Connor Ramsay, Taylor Lee Hughes, Shannon Dennison, Morgyn Robertson, Chantel Luby
On Thurday the basketball team went with Mrs Harte to a basketball tournament at Meadowmill. We were competing against 8 other schools in East Lothian. We were a wee bit nervous because we hadn’t played as team before. Our first game was against Kings Meadow and we played well,even though lots of our shots didn’t go in the basket, we still won. We also won our next 3matches and drew 1more. Then we had to play Law Primary who were very good -but we still played well as a team and tried our hardest until the end, although we did get beat. Our final game was against Campie and we did well but just couldn’t get the ball into the basket. We came third in the tournament and Mrs Harte said she was very proud of us. Another teacher came over to Mrs Harte and told her he thought we had played very well too and that their school would like to play us in a friendly match.
The 3rd Blog from Primary 1 February 5, 2010
Posted by lgrieve in : Primary 1G , 2commentsWe have been learning more about Dinosaurs this week. This week we have been learning about Stegosaurus. We have learned that Stegosaurus had plates on his back to soak up the sun and keep him warm. We also learned that he had spikes on his tail to protect himself from other dinosaurs. Lastly, we learned that Stegosaurus was a plant eater and that means he is a herbivore.
We have learned our last 3 sounds this week. They were ue, er and ar and now we are looking forward to finding out what we are going to be learning now.
Today we have met our new teacher. Her name is Miss Freeman and she will be teaching us when Miss Grieve leaves. She came in today and helped us with some of our measuring activities.
Primary 1B News February 5, 2010
Posted by ssmart in : Primary 1B , 1 comment so farThis week we learned about Stegosaurus. We learned that Stegosaurus had plates on its back to keep it warm and spikes on its tail to protect its self from other dinosaurs that are carnivores. Stegosaurus was a plant eater. Plant eaters are called herbivores.
We have learned our last 3 sounds this week. They are ue, er and ar. We learned to write words with these sounds and some of us learned to write sentences. We are learning to remember finger spaces in between words and to put full stops at the end.
