Primary 1B News March 5, 2010
Posted by ssmart in : Primary 1B , add a commentThis week we learned lots of facts about Diplodocus. We learned that it walked on 4 legs and was bigger than a T-Rex. It had a big long neck and was a plant eater. It used its tail to fight off other dinosaurs and to keep itself balanced. We used the information we learned to make models of Diplodocus with clay. Mrs Bryce thinks they look really good!
We have been practising our reading and writing skills. In reading, we are learning how to sequence events in a story. Some of us have been working very hard to sequence sentences without using picture clues. This can be quite tricky at times but we will keep practising!
In P1F this week… March 5, 2010
Posted by efreeman in : Primary 1F, Uncategorized , add a commentThis week in P1F we learned about another dinosaur, his name was Diplodocus, he had a huge long neck and tail and was a plant eating ‘herbivore’. We found out just how long he was by going outside and measuring out the whole dinosaur. As we measured how long he was, we chalked it out. We each stood and measured 1 metre until we were his whole length: some of us had to measure 2 metres because there were only 18 of us there and Diplodocus was 26 metres long. We were surprised at how long he was. We also found out that Diplodocus used his long neck to reach up and eat from tall trees and that he also used his neck and tail to ‘wack’ T-Rex when he was being attacked.
We did some handwriting and concentrated on the letter ‘c’. In order to help us think about a story we did some role-play drama in the class room to bring a story to life and then we used our imaginations to do a picture or write about a toy coming to life for our own stories.
On Thursday we were visited by a storyteller who told us brilliant stories and we listened really well.
In numeracy some of us started to learn to take away and others were adding using a numberline. We did it by doing ‘jumps’ forwards or backwards on our numberline.
We are now all ready to have a nice weekend!
Measuring out Diplodocus!
Listening to the Storyteller
Camp March 4, 2010
Posted by showie in : Uncategorized , 2commentsPrimary 6 are going to camp at Lowport on March the 10th and so are the p6’s from 5/6. It is someones birthday too. Her name is Rachel.
Some of use are not going. There is 2 people in each dorm at camp it will be a blast at camp
Bring in the pppppppppppppppppaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrtttttttttttttttttyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!
Calvin
primary 6 March 4, 2010
Posted by showie in : Uncategorized , add a commentHi everyone its Shaunna. On Monday primary 6 had maths, sex education and newspaper articles.
On Tuesday we had Miss Howie in the morning and we done spelling and we had Mr Lavery in the afternoon.
On Wednesday we had sex education again and spelling.
On Thursday we are having maths and spelling.
On Friday we will have golden time yipee.
Shaunna
Sex Education/Badminton March 4, 2010
Posted by showie in : Uncategorized , add a commentLately in primary 6 we have had sex education. We have looked at the changes that boys and girls go through as we get older. We have also looked at how babies are made and how they develop B) .We have also had badminton with Mrs. Barclay and Mr.Hardy. We have been doing singles contests.
Joshua and Jack R. 
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Primary 6 March 4, 2010
Posted by showie in : Uncategorized , 2commentsPrimary 6 have been doing accelarated reader which is a quiz for reading. You read a book and take a quiz, lots of people have had 100% and are very proud of themselves. We have lots of good books to read and we are really enjoying them. The most popular books are Roald Dahl especially the B.F.G.
This week and next, is test week and lots of people in P6 are getting tests. We wish them lots of luck.
On Wedensday next week some P6s are going to camp till Friday. Its going to be a brilliant time, and its going to be RACHEL MURDOCH`S birthday so make sure you say happy birthday to her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and give her lots of prezzies.
By Niki and Brooklyn
P7 Learning February 27, 2010
Posted by pharte in : Uncategorized , 3commentsThis week 3 P7 pupils; Aaron , Finley and Hannah went to Musselburgh Grammar to give a talk to the Parent Councils of East Lothian on their learning. They gave a powerpoint presentation on how they think their learning has changed over time at primary school. They created a powerpoint with Mrs Harte and discussed with the class how their learning has changed over time. They thought that now they got more of a chance to choose and plan topics ,they knew their learning styles and talked about their emotions more and how they effect their learning. They use talking partners to help with their thinking and they do more group work and active learning using Learning Intentions and Success Criteria and use peer and self assessment to improve their work. What do you think, has your learning changed ? They were nervously excited about giving their presentation but were absolutely fantastic and the parents and teachers who listened to them said they were brilliant.
P7 Fund Raising for Haiti February 27, 2010
Posted by pharte in : Uncategorized , 1 comment so farP7 have been busy raising money for Haiti. We were set homework to plan and advertise an activity that we could do that would raise money for the people of Haiti. We had lots of different ideas ,some people sold cakes that they had made to neighbours and friends,another group had a sponsored walk and sponsored silence,other groups made cards and book marks and sold them in school,another group wrote poems and made them into a book to sell to people,another group were paid to try food that they didn’t like,another group had raffles and name the dog or guess the teddy bear’s birthday and another group had dance lessons in the G.P room and a penny trail . After two weeks of advertising and running our business we managed to raise over £400. Mrs Harte was amazed and thought we would all make great business partners in the future. We had fun making the money but it was hard work.
Nursery News February 27, 2010
Posted by slindsay in : Uncategorized , add a commentAnother very busy week in Nursery.
On Tuesday we celebrated Chinese New year. A big Thank you to Salina and
Janica Chan’s parents who provided us with a chinese meal. We found it quite
difficult to use chopsticks.We watched a chinese parade on the whiteboard and we particularly liked to see the dragon dancing. We had a story about a boy called
Tikki Tikki Tembo No Sarembo Chari Bari Ruchi Pippi Peri Pembo .
We also learned to say and sing Happy New Year- Kung Hey Fat Choy.
On Thursday and Friday we were looking at backpacks and have come up with lots of ideas about what we would like to learn-we talked about camping, adventures, sleepovers.
The morning group visited Wallyford Library on Thursday and we decided we we would all like to join the library. Thank you Wilma for the lovely stories.
Fourth Blog from P1F (was P1G!) February 26, 2010
Posted by efreeman in : Uncategorized , 2commentsWe have had a good week in P1F. We have learned about a new dinosaur called Triceratops. Triceratops has a frill which he uses for fighting and keeping himself safe. He has horns, two facing forward on his head and one on his nose. His skin is very bumpy so we made ‘bumpy triceratops faces’ using beans. His tail wasn’t as long as T-Rex’s tail because Triceratops had four legs which balanced him well. He ate plants and so we know he was a ‘herbivore’. His head was as long as Miss Freeman lying down! Some of us learned to draw a Triceratops on the whiteboard.
We also learned to do cutting, patterns and beading things to improve our fine motor skills ready for handwriting. We looked closely at forming the letter ‘a’ and we are going to concentrate on more of our ‘caterpillar letters’.
The Caterpillars have also started their ORT reading and are finding out about the adventures of Biff, Chip, Kipper and Floppy. We also learned how to sequence a bit from the book ‘The Snowman’ in reading using pictures and words. Thankyou for reading, more next week!
