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We are learning about the Victorians. They were very vile to each other like the children had to work in factories. They were treated badly, fed badly and paid badly. They normally lost fingers or really hurt themselves. Children did not just work in factories .They worked in all sorts of bad places and were treated [...]

On Tuesday 17th of May 2011, the team for Meadowbank was announced. Here are the results from our class: 80m: no one from our class 150m: Emma F 600m: Roman Relay race: Emma F, Maeve or Caitlin and Roman (reserve) and  Darren. High Jump: Darren and Maeve (reserve) Long Jump: Maeve and Roman Cricket ball throw: no one from our class …[Read more]

On Wednesday the 4th May, a man came in with 16 boxes of k’nex! He held a competition of having to build a bridge. We paired up in two’s and got a set amount of time which was 50 mins. The bridge had to either move up and down or spin around. Whoever won went to East [...]

We’re doing a writing competition for the Taylor Wimpey houses. The competition goes like this………. Well, we were to write about something that is  special or good to us in Dunbar eg. Carly likesthe country-side & beaches and Anna 2 likes the School and the people who live here. Anyway, there is going to be 1 winner from each class, [...]

In maths we learnt about fractions and equivalent fractions. I have also started learning about fractions of a quantity. There is a special type of fraction called a percentage which has a denominator ( bottom bit) of 1oo.                              james

For the past weeks we have been practising for sports day. We have been doing things like the bean bag race and the tug of war.

conor and ARABELLA!

We are reading a book by CharlesDickens called “Oliver Twist”.It’s about a boy in a workhouse.It’s a Victonan book.by Edward and Isla

On the 16th of May, our class did a drama on Victorians. There were about 7 groups and everyone had a different drama to perform, our group had “Street Children”. There were 4 people in our group, Lizzie (Michela), Lottie (Chloe), Charlotte (Emma), Victor (Aaron). We were all Victorian children and we acted out a little [...]

This week we have been preparing Victorian dramas about children’s work life. We have been doing it in groups of 3 or 4. We have done plays on things like children working in Cotton Mills, Bird Scarers, Street Children,Coal Mines and lots more…
By Roonagh and Olivia

We have been doing athletics at Hallhill with the p6 teachers and Mrs Lyle. We did things like relay races, cricket ball throw, long jump, high jump, and much more….

We also did the bleep test.  The people who have done well will go to Meadowbank on the 1st of June.

Michela and Darren

One of the boats in the school garden was taken away to be painted and our class was chosen to name it . During hockey Mrs Black came and asked me if I had any ideas as a name for the boat. I said The Dark Island because it was our old head teacher Mrs Manson’s favorite [...]

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In maths we did fractions and it was very fun .WE LOVE MATHS!!!

By  Ryan & Morgan   

On Monday 16th May 2011 our class did a Victorian Drama on children’s jobs and life my group was Roonagh and Isla and our jobs were Cotton Mill- Scavenger and Cotton Mill- Peicer. Jamie’s group was Robbie, Roman and Ryan and they were doing Matchbox maker and it was very fun. We didn’t get time [...]

We have been going outside to practice for sports day on the 15 June 2011

We have been practising the events including tug of war,class relay,racket and bean bag,javelin throw and much more. My favourite is the tug of war and Cameron’s favourite is  racket and bean bag.

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At Meadow Bank Training we have been doing long jump, high jump, cricket ball throw and long distense running.

by Hannah

I hope everyone had a good easter because I know I did. I really like the new way of doing sports day it seems more fair and  I would like to do the tug of war but I probably won’t get choosen because I’m not very stonge but oh well.

A Marathon is usually 26 miles  & 385 yards ( about 26.2 miles or 42.2 km). but it hasn’t always been that long. The name Marathon comes from the legend of Pheidippides. Pheidippides was a Greek soldier dispatched from the town of Marathon to Athens to announce that the Greeks had defeated the Persians in battle there. [...]

On monday p6 A , B and C did rugby activites as it is health week. Today all of p6a are going to run 5 times around the football pitch.It means that all of p6a together are running 26.2 miles (thats if you add on 1 more lap). We are also having the D factor tomorrow.           By [...]

For this weeks homework we have been given a chart about what way is the best to wash our hands. We are also going to do a dance mat thing on Wednesday to stretch our legs by having a dance pad and jumping on different bits of it. James elliot