On Wednesday 10th June a visitor came to school to teach us curling because we didn’t know how to play it.  We went to the hall to learn.  We used some special curling stones with wheels on.  We practised sending the stone across the hall to our partner.  After that we had a real game where [...]

On Tuesday 9th June we went to the gym hall to dance.  We did all kinds of dance from all around the world.  We were taught a highland dance from Scotland, a bollywood dance from India, a tribal dance from Africa.  The last dance we did was a country and western dance from America.  We all had [...]

Pupils in primary 3 and 3/2 had a visit today from the Hearing Impaired Unit.  As part of their new topic – Meeting Everyone’s Needs the children are learning about hearing impairment.  Today they had an opportunity to learn how to finger spell their names using Sign Language.

Throughout the school have been learning all about fire safety this week. In primary 3/2 pupils went around the school and completed a survey of fire safety signs and equipment. They are now excellent at identifying fire safety signs.

As part of the Granny’s Day topic Primary 3/2 were learning how to sew using binca.  They made lovely bookmarks to take home.

Primary 3/2 were researching into communications years ago as part of the Granny’s Day topic.  They realised that in the olden days there were no mobile phones.  The class decided to make a phone box for Granny Lily.

Primary 3/2 have been working very hard on their Granny’s Day topic.  They made a lovely house for Granny Lily in part of their classroom.  Granny Lily stayed for a long while, but P3/2 had a leaving party for her before she left at the Easter holidays.  Everyone had lots of fun – even Granny [...]

Pupils in primary 3/2 have been learning about the poem Tam o Shanter by Robert Burns. They have been using a web cam to create a stop frame animation of Tam’s horse Meg going over the bridge. 

On 30th March children had an introduction to Judo when they took part in a Judo taster session.  Children were very active and really enjoyed the opportunity to try something new.

As part of book week, all classes took part in a door design competition.   Pupils had to transform their classroom door into a book cover.  It was interesting to see the doors being changed into book covers during the week.  Pupils had fun looking at the classroom doors and guessing which book the class inside [...]