Unfortunately we have to announce the cancellation of the P4-7 Sports today, Friday 15 June.
Our apologies for any inconvenience this will cause. It will now take place on Monday 25th June at 1.15pm, weather permitting.
Category Archives: Events
Visit to John Muir Birthplace
Last week we went to John Muir`s birthplace in Dunbar to learn more about his life. All the primary five pupils are doing a John Muir Award, we are conserving the Law by helping to redirect the path up the Law because it is being eroded and we will be making podcasts with information about the Brithonic Iron Age people for tourists to download.
Before we visited the birthplace we learned about his life by making a timeline of his life and we learned about his inventions and that he was a conservatinist and environmentalist.
When we got there we learned lots of new things like lots of his books were published after he died and that he worked at a newspaper, he started the Sierra Club and lots of other things.
By Charlotte and Chloe P5B
Ali Sparkes Reading Frenzy in primary 5!
Ali Sparkes was in our school! Wow! She was so interesting and inspiring and funny. We felt so lucky to speak to her, Thanks for coming in to see us and for signing all out books…and there were a lot.
Lennox Author Award
About the Lennox Author Award
The winner of the Lennox Author Award is decided by pupils in P5, 6 or 7 in East Lothian. In order to vote, you should have read at least one book by each of the shortlisted authors. Please see the information about each author, which includes a list of books.
On Friday 11th May Emily, Katharine, Neil, Ronan, Owen, Sofia, Cera and Sarah and Mrs Baillie, Mrs Brough, Mrs Gallagher and Mrs Davis and Mrs Gemmell were all lucky enough to go to the Award Ceremony at the Corn Exchange in Haddington. Three real live authors were there, Teresa Breslin and Johnnie O`Brien and Ali Sparkes. All the schools that were there did presentations and our school asked the authors questions. We thought it was fun and we were really glad to be there. It was exciting when when Ali Sparkes was announced the winner after lots of schools voted online for their favourite author. What a great day.
by Neil and Cherry
World Harmony Run Arrives in North Berwick
The World Harmony run team arrived at our school today alongwith the flaming torch. We all joined in with the World Harmony song and then ran around the perimeter of the grounds with the team. What a wonderful experience it was for us all!
The World Harmony Run is a global relay that seeks to promote international friendship and understanding. As a symbol of harmony, runners carry a flaming torch, passing it from hand to hand travelling through over 100 nations around the globe.
A Walk Into the Past
The primary 5 John Muir Award continues this year from the good work done last year.
We are all exploring and discovering our wild place, the North Berwick Law. We are continuing with the plans to re route the trail up the Law as there is significant erosion going on. We are also learning all about the lengthy history of our majestic landmark dating back from the Ice Age and with a particular focus on the Brithonic Iron Age people who lived in the round houses there. Our podcasts will be very interesting and informative and will inlcude snipets of the stories we are writing to bring the past to life…so watch this space!!
French Breakfast
Bienvenue! Primary 5 are about to welcome all their guests to the annual French breakfast with a twist, as guests will asked to participate in a challenge with a French factor!
Have fun everyone and could all guests please let us know what they thought about the event by posting a comment here. Merci beaucoup!
Community Visits
On Tuesday the 21st of February we went on a visit to Dirleton Court, a local care home. We have already performed in the Scots Afternoon but this time we were sharing it to the people in the old folks home. There was some great dancing, talented singing and poems which were great. We enjoyed performing to them and they enjoyed it too. At the end we got refreshments, such as sweets, toffees, water and juice. We also had a chance to go round and talk to the people there. It was great fun for all of us, and we hope we can all go again.
Daisy and Abbie 5A
GENERATION SCIENCE
In P4, P5, P6 and P7 we got to go to generation science where two adults came in and we learned about the muscles and joints that are in are arms and the legs also it was funny. We got to make our own fingers (not real ones though) we put strings in it and when you pull the string the joints move. We also got to use a robot arm that had a shoulder, an elbow, a wrist and fingers. We had to move a bouncy ball from A to B. We also got to look at a skeleton with a bicep and a triceps. It was really fun and we really enjoyed it.
By Sam and Jack P5A
SCOTS AFTERNOON
In primary 4 and 5 we all take part in a Scots performance. We all choose poems to learn but only 4 people in each class get chosen to perform at Scots Afternoon. At the performance there are also some children playing musical instruments and there are some Scottish dancers. We have all been learning Scottish songs to sing and we have been practicing very, very hard. We have invited guests to judge the poetry competition on Thursday. We have our dress rehearsal on Wednesday afternoon, our Scots Afternoon on Thursday and a parent’s performance on Friday. We are really looking forward to it.
by Katie May and Sophie P5A