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Thank You June 24, 2009

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Thank you to all our parents and carers for your support over the year.

We are pleased and proud for all our children  - they have continued to make progress with their learning and development. They have done this with the support of the school and their families and carers.

We look forward to working with you all in the next session.

We hope our children enjoy their summer break.

School opens to children on Wednesday 19 August.

Staff News June 24, 2009

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We say goodbye to Miss Hardie at the end of the week - she has finished her probationary year at Wallyford - we wish her lots of luck for her future in education!

Goodbye too, Mrs Mulhern. Mrs Mulhern covered for Mrs Banks maternity leave and also supported in the nursery. We wish her luck for the future.

Miss Smart gets married in the summer holidays and when she comes back to school after the summer break she will be known as Mrs Bryce. Our best wishes go to Miss Smart and her husband to be. We hope they have a very special wedding day.

Viking Presentations June 23, 2009

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Primary 4 have been asking to share what they have learned with you.  Each group has created a PowerPoint presentation to show what they found out about their area of Viking life.  Here are the different groups presentation.  We hope you enjoy!!

Viking Warriors        viking-warriors    

Viking Laws   viking-law

Viking Homes   viking-homes

Viking Clothes   viking-clothes

Viking Gods   viking-gods

Jobs and Hobbies   viking-jobs

Viking Alphabet   viking-writing

P7 update June 18, 2009

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P7 have had a very healthy week this week . We have had our breakfast every morning in class and then gone to assemble to discuss our theme for the day with Mr Lavery. On Monday we were looking at the effects of smoking and we decided there were more negative effects from smoking than positive effects . We also had a transition drama workshop with Marjory Sweeney where we played lots of team games and disussed our feelings about going to the Grammar . P.C Smith came to visit us and we also talked to him about moving to the Grammar and he said we would see him there because he goes into visit the pupils there too. We had a great time on sports day and lots of adults told us how helpful and responsible we had been . Today was team building day and we played games with Mrs Fisher. We have also been organising our songs for our leavers assembly ,this is our second last week at Wallyford Primary and then we will be at Musselburgh Grammar

Wallyford Health Week June 16, 2009

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Health Week has started this week here at Wallyford.  We have decided this year to have theme days so our learning focuses on this aspect of Health.  The themes are

Yesterday we were learning all about some of the dangers in and around our community and how we can protect ourselves.  The nursery went out to visit the train station and told us at assembly this morning that you should not stand over the yellow line on the platform as you could get hurt by the trains.  Mrs Graham came into work with some of the classes to develop a book of playground games which will keep us happy and safe in the playground next year.  Another Mrs Graham showed some of the classes braille and we got to write our names using this. 

We are looking forward to our Sports Day today and hope that the weather stays dry.

 

Primary six’s camp at Stirling June 12, 2009

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P6 in Stirling

Last Wednesday Stirling had a little visit from primary six.

We went to Stirling on Wednesday the 3rd of June and here is a little idea of what we were up to!

Wednesday - We left school to start our big adventure to Stirling. We left school at 10:15 ish. Some of people’s parents were waiting to walk their children to the railway station. We walked all the way to Wallyford railway station, and more people’s parents gradually joined the pack to meet their children or grandchildren and so on.

When we finally go to the train station lots of people saw their parents, carers or other members of their family. When it was time to get on the train we all gave our family members a big hug and kiss and got on the train.

When we were on the train people played their DS’s and chatted. When we got off the train there was about 20 minutes to spare so we had a little snack and headed to the platform.

When we got to Stirling we walked and walked and walked.  After about 20 minute’s of walking we saw a little grassy area so we sat down and had our lunch!  After we had our lunch we headed back up to the youth hostel and got our room keys. After we got our room key’s we visited our room’s and then went to another play park to play with the Parachute.  We had lots of fun playing ‘shark rescue’ and ‘cat and mouse’, then we headed back to the hostel for showers and dinner.

After we had our showers and dinner we went to a different park but this time to the park with rides and the flying fox. After about an hour half an hour of playing we headed back to the youth hostel for bedtime.

Tuesday - After we got our breakfast, we got ready and left the hostel to go to Stirling castle.  Before we left the hostel we got given a sheet off laminated paper with pictures on it that we need to find in the castle.

When it was time to have lunch we all met in ‘Queen Anne’s Gardens’ and ate our lunch on the grass then we went on a Jester Japes activity.  We were led round the castle by a funny jester, then we went to the education room and learnt some new skills.  We learnt how to juggle, use the Diablo, use the magic sticks and spin plates.  It was brilliant.  Mrs Fitzpatrick tried all of them.  She was funny.

After that we went to the gift shop with out adult group leaders. The adult helper’s were Mr Thompson, Mrs Fitzpatrick, Miss Scott and Ms Howie. A lot of boys bought swords not real swords though. After Stirling castle we went back to the same park as we did on Wednesday and after that we went back to the youth hostel for dinner and went back to the park again, (I think) J.

Friday - On Friday we got ready to go back to Wallyford to meet our parents. Not all the parent’s were there to take their children home so most of the class needed to go back to school until home time. When we got to school some of us played on guitar hero until the bell.

And that’s or trip to Stirling.  It was absolutely fantastic!

By Morgyn R, Primary Six

 

P6 at Stirling June 12, 2009

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On the 3rd of June 2009, primary 6 from Wallyford Primary School went to Stirling for 2 nights.  We chose to go to Stirling because we are learning about William Wallace and Robert the Bruce. We went for our train at 10.41. After the journey to Edinburgh we had a snack.  Matt shared things with Robbie, Gary, Sean, Connor and Nathan. It was 11.20, time for the train to Stirling.  We managed to sit at a table, I was with Nathan and I was sitting across from Sean, Gary, Daniel and Aaron. At Stirling train station we had to walk to the hostel, we stopped at a park for lunch after lunch we headed to the hostel. When we got to the hostel we went up to the common room and decided who was in which dorm. 

By Matthew and Robbie

 

On Wednesday 3rd of June p6 went to Stirling and we stayed in a Youth Hostel for two nights and 3 days. We went to Stirling because our project is on William Wallace and Robert the Bruce. We got there by train and it took us about 45 minutes. We went to a big park on the Wednesday and Thursday evening.  Chantel,  Morgan, Amie, Jenny and Taylor-lee did a spider on the flying fox.  Sean fell of the flying fox and he had a big cut on his back. We went back and had a shower then we  went down for supper. On Wednesday we got up very early and went down for breakfast.  Then we went to Stirling Castle. Later on we went back up to the park. Chantel , Amie , Jenny , Morgan, Lucy, Morgyn and Alannah did a spider. On Friday we got up and got ready to go home and it started to rain.   It was a brilliant trip.  

By Chantel and Morgan                                             

 

We went to Stirling and we went there because it was our project.  We had been learning about William Wallace and Robert the Bruce.  We went to Stirling Castle on Thursday and it was great.  We went to the park too and had lots of fun. We stayed in Stirling Youth Hostel for 3 days and 2 nights.

By Daniel S.T and Daniel N

Outdoor Day June 7, 2009

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Primary 6 are going out on Tuesday to Musselburgh Lagoons. 

We have a classroom full of wildflowers and on Tuesday we are going to plant them at the Lagoons.  We are also going to make rafts and see if they will sink or float.

I hope everyone remembers to dress for getting wet!

We’ll let you all know how the day went.

P4 do the teaching June 5, 2009

Posted by Scott Lavery in : Primary 2, Primary 4, Uncategorized , 1 comment so far

Today Primary 4 spent time with Primary 2 teaching them how to make a PowerPoint presentation.  The theme was Wallyford Primary School and the children were encouraged to add pictures and sound to their presentations to keep the audience interested.  This was a fantastic learning opportunity for all children involved.  The Primary 4’s were extremly responsible and were able to give the Primary 2’s the opportunity to experiment with support.  Here are some examples of their presentations.

wallyford-6  wallyford-5  wallyford-4  wallyford-3  wallyford-2  wallyford-1

 

P4 Focus June 5, 2009

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What a busy few weeks we have had.  In our topic, we have been learning all about Viking life and it has been fun.  We have been making displays of the different areas we are investigating.  This will go together with our PowerPoint Presentations.   Next week, we will be using these presentations to give a talk to the class showing what we have learned.  The presentations will be put on the website when we finish. 

In maths we have been learning how to use and read frequency tables and bar graphs.   We found out there are a number of different ways to show how many peole like something and this has been fun

We are really excited about going to York and are looking forward to this in a few weeks time.