Here is the link to this week’s Home Learning Sway
Week beginning 29.05.2023 https://sway.office.com/sJnKujVa3L9NdOyB?ref=Link
Week beginning 15.05.23 https://sway.office.com/zrNmWu3qpSAyv4qC?ref=Link
Week beginning 8.05.23 https://sway.office.com/J3wHIw5nN9dGx2bg?ref=Link
Thanks to Barbara for the fantastic photos
Here are some pictures of the eggs from our egg decorating competition. Eve was the overall winner for her Hippy Chick. Other prizes were won by Merdjane for her clown, David for his astronaut, Mason for his monster, Sara for her Peppa pig and Chenchen for Bowser Junior.
Apologies if your egg isn’t here. I think I may have missed a few.
Inspired by P6C, we decided to make a space race in a box mini museum. We learned about the history of the space race and then in groups chose an event to represent as a model. We also made cards explaining what they showed. Our lovely primary 3 buddies were our audience.
This term, in P.E Primary 6 have been focusing on Tennis and Gymnastics with Ms Kulhwilm. To complete their P.E learning, P6A and B have also been completed sessions on Orienteering and Hockey. In these photos, the pupils were working together to read a map and placing items that they got to make a face.
We have been learning about The Beatles, how life was changing for young people in the Sixties, and how The Beatles style of clothing and music changed over the decade.
We decided to form our own Sixties bands and to think about our fashion and musical styles. We then made up stage names, album covers and took publicity shots.
Photos of each team’s design
This week, Primary 6 have been learning about Sixties fashion. We learnt about different trends including: the mini skirt and dress, influenced by Mary Quant; mods and rockers; space age fashion and psychedelic and hippy fashion.
Today 6A and B, carried out a challenge that one of the children had suggested would be a fun way to celebrate what we had learnt. Each team had newspaper and paper tape and had to design a 60s outfit for a member of their team to wear in a fashion parade. We hope you like the results.
We had lots of fun on World Book Day. We did a short quiz in the morning that Henry had made and a bigger one in the afternoon. Congratulations to Kathleen, Zoey, Eve, Sara and Amelia’s team who came first in the quiz. We also looked at how to persuade an audience to read a book by looking at some examples of book trailers and then planned and made our own ones on iMovie; they were so good! In addition, every so often the bell rang and everyone in the school dropped everything and read. It was a lot of fun.
Look what I found at Oxfam.
We are about to embark on a project about the sixties, seventies and eighties. Please ask your families if they have any old toys you could bring in to show us. If you do bring something in, remember to label it with your name and class.
This week we have been learning about the famous song writer and poet Robert Burns.
P6B have been making a display of some of his key events from his life.
We have also been learning to recite some of his Poems for the Steven lui cup.
Over two fun-filled sessions, all of our primary 6 engineers, designed, built, tested and improved snow slopes and a sled. The goal was to create a snow slope that would go the furthest distance from the top of the slope. The results were impressive. The children carried forward their knowledge of forces from science and their construction skills from when we looked at cardboard attachment skills when we made our earthquake proof buildings.
We hope you like our felt owls.
P6B have been busy with seasonal fun this week. We have made and decorated gingerbread and sewed some felt owls.
We hope you enjoy reading our Dia de los muertos poems.
Anti-bullying week got off to a good start today when we took part in a live lesson on the subject hosted by the BBC. The theme this week was, REACH OUT.
Some of the things talked about during the lesson were:
We then decided to make a class display to illustrate some of the things that we had learnt.
We have been learning about Hokusai and discussed some of the features of his piece, ‘The Great Wave’. We talked about the way he used colour to create different shades and contrast; how he thought about composition (where he places Mount Fuji, how the wave draws the eye back into the picture); and how he uses line to create a sense of movement. We then learnt about mixing colour with water colours and how to use line to create the impression of waves and foam. Then finally we created our own versions of, The Great Wave.
We learnt about sequences and then explored one of our own. To show what we had learnt we made posters. Here are some examples of the posters we made.
In P6B, we are learning about volcanoes. We have found out about all different types of volcanoes such as: shield, cone, super, composite, submarine and lava dome volcanoes. Below are some pictures.
Today we erupted the volcano models that we had made. We used elephant’s toothpaste which is made of hydrogen peroxide, a yeast mixture and some dishwashing liquid. The ‘lava’ that came out was hot. It didn’t work so well with the coca cola and mentoes so Ms French demonstrated it to us.
It was lovely to ‘see’ so many of you tonight during the information session. As requested, attached are the slides from the presentation, some of which I’ve added a little to.
I hope that you found the information helpful and for those without older siblings, insight into what the week away will look like. We will, of course, prepare pupils in the coming months as best we can and will be recruiting this year’s P7s who are best placed to reassure, inform and share experience.
In the meantime, please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions or concerns.
jennifer.mcgrouther@sciennes.edin.sch.uk
lucy.gallagher@sciennes.edin.sch.uk.
Top Sports Day team 5c! 👏 👏 👏
5A tried their hand at paper mache this week to create these glorious globes! It goes along side our new topic started this week, looking at our endangered earth! With help from an atlas, P5 created and positioned the 7 world continents themselves. Fantastic work!
This week we immersed ourselves in the world or Torak and Renn with some creative activities linked to our class novel study of ‘Wolf Brother’ by Michelle Paver.
After doing the ‘What is your Wolf Brother clan?’ questionnaire on wolfbrother.com we found that most of us were Raven Clan but we did have Seal Clan, Otter Clan, White Fox Clan and Red Deer Clan too.
The clans worked together to gather, select, fix, strengthen and arrange materials to create a successful settlement with key elements of fresh water, flat land on which to build, sources of food, sources of fuel and shelter.
After looking at early settlements and what made humans choose to live in a particular place, P5 looked at the shape of the landscape and how important this may have been for a settlement.
Edinburgh Castle and The Royal Mile was built on a land formation called a crag and tail. Primary investigated how the land was formed in a wee outdoor investigation…
Armed with a whiteboard posing as a glacier, we investigated how the ice that covered the area of Edinburgh long ago shaped the land by bulldozing its way over the rocks and earth.
As the ice (whiteboard) moved across the land (sand) it wore the land away.
We hid rocks deep in the sand. These were the hard volcanic rock that is a key feature of much of Edinburgh’s landscape. When our glaciers (whiteboards) dragged across the sand we could carve out a lovely path in the sand. But when we hit the hard rocks the ‘glacier’ could only go up and over or around the volcanic rock. This meant a steep crag was formed. Once the ice had gone up and over the hard rock it could once again slide over the softer rock, wearing it away to a gentle slope known as the tail.
The ice shaped the land to make a perfect fortress. The crags made it difficult to get to and the one side that was accessible, the gentle slope of the tail, could easily be guarded and intruders stopped.
Primary 5’s learning about sustainability culminated in them planning their own future cities. Showcasing their knowledge and understanding about waste, food, nature, energy and transport they created and presented their vision for sustainable living.
Festive fun was had at the Primary 7s enterprise market. Tree-mendous creativity all round with making, mini-xmas trees, baking, and games. We all spent a lot of money on some fabulous merch. Thanks P7s! And you raised over £1000 for the school 😮👏👏👏👏👏
Please follow the link below to access your Home Learning for this week. There are separate links for each class within the sway, detailing reading homework.
Link:
| Home Learning in Primary 5 |
| This week in class in Primary 5 we are learning to: |
| Go to this Sway |
As part of our Scots Week mini project, we looked at the art work of Gillian Kyle. Kyle’s style is known for using Scottish iconography and bold, bright colours.
Our excellent examples have certainly brightened up the room!
Inspired by the ingenuity of Thomas Telford, P5A became structural engineers for the day!
Using only scrap paper, pupils were tasked with constructing a bridge to cross a 20cm gap.
We found the most efficient design to be the beam bridge. Several bridges still held strong after 2000g of weight and a few water bottles on top!!
Please follow the link below to access your Home Learning for this week. There are separate links for each class within the sway, detailing reading homework.
Thank you to all pupils, and those who have supported, for preparing spectacular Scots poetry performances. We are thoroughly enjoying watching them in class.
Link:
| Home Learning in Primary 5 Tuesday 1 February – Monday 7 February |
| This week in class in Primary 5 we are learning to: |
| Go to this Sway |
In P5B we have been looking at the ingenuity of the Scots. We were inspired by Scottish engineer, Thomas Telford and had a go at at building our own bridges using paper and cardboard. 
Please follow this link to access your Home Learning for this week. This is the second week of our Scotland focus. Your teacher will let you know when your poetry recital will take place. Good Luck!
We saw off the term with a toilet paper snow man competition!
Thanks to all member of P5a for a fantastic start to the year, they have worked so hard and found plenty of time for fun!
Wishing all families a fantastic winter break and a happy new year. I’m already looking forward to another bonkers term with P5a!!
Primary Five were innovative engineers this week, designing and modelling their own forms of sustainable transport! We researched and discussed sustainable fuel sources, as well as existing forms of sustainable transport for inspiration.
Thank you to all families for supplying our building materials of recycled goods! I think you will all agree we have very innovative young engineers in our midst!!
P5c had a new teacher on Tuesday! Ms Ascroft led a lesson on knot tying.
She began by teaching us an overhand knot. And then we progressed to a reef knot. However some of us tied granny knots instead!
Things then became quite complicated and the final challenge was a figure of 8 knot.
Or so we thought… Ms Ascroft then proceeded to do a double and then the ultimate challenge – knot tying with 5 ropes!
Leadership skills were not only seen in young Ms Ascroft but also throughout the lesson from the eager students who passed on skills to others as they problem solved knot tying with the different ropes and strings.
A very well resourced, engaging and useful learning experience! Thanks Ms Ascroft!
Kindness and Connectivity during Covid times is the theme of this year’s Winter Windows project. P5c combined the uplifting experience of learning outside with creating some magical environmental art with the colours of Autumn.
Our p5 artworks are featured amongst many other inspirational messages from children across Scotland in this fantastic video montage from Keep Scotland Beautiful.
The brilliant song which accompanies the visuals is written and sung by an S4 pupil. Incredible, moving and beautiful.
This is our message to you all. Included in our artwork are just a few of the species endangered by climate change. Our artwork is called ‘All at Sea’ because that is how we feel things are now. Things don’t feel right.
The message in the melting iceberg reads…
Dear world leaders,
26 meetings and the crisis is worse than ever. Do something now.
The world is burning. The ice is melting. Animals are dying. Sea levels are rising.
Adults should be our role models, not the other way round.
Stop the blah blah blah.
Please.
From
P5c
P5a are coming to the end of a fantastic first term. Since starting Primary Five, we have had a learning focus on community – both within our classroom now and throughout history. Here are some of the highlights from this term.
In our study of communities, we learned about the Aboriginals, the indigenous population of Australia. Aboriginal art is still prevalent in their community today, as it passes down stories and traditions to new generations. P5a created their own aboriginal art, inspired by nature and animals indigenous to Australia. Aboriginal art primarily uses natural colours, symbols, lines and dots.
For the upcoming COP26 conference in Glasgow, ECO schools invited classes to create a piece of artwork with a message to the world leaders. Primary 5B enjoyed designing and creating their sea themed art, using straws they have saved from milk cartoons and scrap paper to create the animals. They worked as a team to tell the leaders what we do in Sciennes to help the planet and why the world leaders should take this issue seriously.
Due to current restrictions, we have been unable to invite you to Curriculum Evenings in school this term. However, teachers have worked together to prepare the online presentation below. We hope this will give you an insight into what learning looks like at Sciennes for your child.
https://sway.office.com/r7UAp7jPlnBH4hLk?ref=Link
Please also find below a Class Overview, ‘P5 Learns’
Here are Remote Learning grids created by City of Edinburgh Council. These grids should be used to support Remote Learning in the event that your child is having to isolate. They are available below as Word documents to download or pdf files to view.
P4C are loving their outdoor expressive arts sessions. They are thoroughly enjoying creating music with Pete, a fabulous visiting specialist, and look forward to performing their class piece this coming week. Watch out for the video arriving soon…
Huge well done to everyone who participated in Sports Day, you were all fabulous. Big smiles all round but after a slow start, Lauder sneaked in to steal our class title! Great job 🏆
P4-7 will continue to use Microsoft Teams for online learning. It would be helpful if you could let us know, in school hours, as soon as possible if you are having trouble accessing Teams.
We will also provide opportunities for the children to interact live with teachers online via Microsoft Teams. We will begin hosting live check-in times with the pupils –at pre-arranged times in the week –from Monday 11 January. This will include opportunities for the children to talk to their teacher and to use Microsoft Teams’ two-way video functionality.
There is a link to Teams on the right hand side of this Class Page where you can log in directly using your child’s username 123456 and password.
Alternatively:
Google ‘o365’ (for Office 365)
enter your child’s email address 123456@ea.edin.sch.uk
then enter username and password
PLEASE READ THE ATTACHED RESPONSIBLE USE GUIDESAND SHARE WITH YOUR CHILD. CONTACT admin@sciennes.edin.sch.ukIF YOU DO NOT GIVEPERMISSION FOR THIS.
This week, the element of art we are studying is Space.
Here are some different techniques that artists use to create space in their work. Maybe you could try one of these drawing tasks?
Or, you could choose something you want to draw and try out one of these techniques in your drawing.
Another option would be to experiment with these creating space techniques using photography; you could try taking a picture of something at different angles, you could zoom in or position objects in a different way.
There are so many possibilities for you to explore…
One of your art tasks this week is to try ‘Shadow tracing’ to learn about positive and negative space. Here’s an example of my shadow tracing artwork. I decided to use black and a bright colour for mine. Maybe you want to try out some complimentary colours for your positive and negative space?
Enjoy!
This week, we are looking at the element of Shape as part of our Art topic.
Geometric shapes are usually simple and have a special name, such as square or circle. they don’t often appear in nature.
An organic shape is irregular and often curvy. They appear often in nature.
Here are some organic shapes we saw either in the garden or as part of our daily walk/exercise. Can you notice the different shapes we found?
Remember, to keep an eye out when you are outside to look for organic shapes.
Hi P3,
For some reason, the link in our grid for maths is requesting you to register so you can play-if you are having this problem here are other alternatives to help with time.
This game can be set at different levels to practise telling the time:
https://www.mathnook.com/math/parking-time.html
This looks at telling the time in words ‘o’clock’, ‘half past’ etc.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/117/telling_the_time_in_words#
Topmarks has a selection of activities:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=telling+time
Please use time worksheets available on twinkl (First Level)
https://www.twinkl.ie/resources/curriculum-for-excellence-early-mathematics/curriculum-for-excellence-early-mathematics-number-money-and-measure/curriculum-for-excellence-early-mathematics-number-money-and-measure-time
Here is an updated grid for week 4 with these changes if it is helpful.
School Closure Week 4 27.04.20
from the P3 team
Your rainbow writing task this week based on ‘La Luna’ introduces a new colour; orange for openers. The document below will give you examples of different openers you can use in your writing. Maybe you can think of some more of your own…
Good morning Primary 3,
We hope that you and your families had a lovely weekend and managed to enjoy some sunshine during your daily exercise.
We have got lots of exciting activities planned this week and we hope that you enjoy them.
Last week we asked you to send pictures, stories and letters to Aaron House Care Home and we are thrilled to know that they were greatly received and cherished by all the residents and staff at the home. We spoke to Sharron from the care home who wanted us to pass on a thank you from everyone at Aaron House. You can read her email below:
Hello,
I would just like to take this opportunity to thank each one of your lovely primary 3 pupils at Sciennes Primary School for all their wonderful e-mails.
The Carers & Activities/Memory Makers Team have sat with the Residents and showed each of them, all the wonderful pictures & read out all the stories which even we the staff and carers have enjoyed.
We are very fortunate that we have had no little bugs at Aaron House and everyone is safe and well. The Residents however are missing seeing their loved ones, but your letters and pictures have really cheered them up.
Thank you once again from all the Residents & Staff at Aaron House.
Kindest Regards
Sharron Aitchison
Business Support Office
😊
Aaron House Care Home
Give yourselves a round of applause P3!! Well done and thank you for sending all your emails on, your kindness has made a big difference and we ask you to write about how this email has made you feel in this week’s learning grid. Please do not worry if you did not manage to send them an email last week, you can still do this if you would like or perhaps you might want to send an email on to a friend or loved one to brighten up their day.
We also hope that you have managed to watch the Toilet Roll Challenge, if you haven’t already, go and give it a watch. We are missing you all very much and wanted to say a big hello to all the children at Sciennes.
Have a good week everyone.
From all the P3 Teachers.
Hello Families,
I have received an email to say that the links did not work when trying to access them. Apologies for this. When we try and open them on our laptops they work.
If you are having trouble with them please search for BBC Audio Maths Rainbow Quiz and it should be the first result that appears. This is the link that we put on the grid for it: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/audio-maths-rainbow-quiz/zhdvpg8
Then for this one https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000h2st/bitesize-scotland-primary-1-maths-1 please search Bitesize Scotland primary 1 maths 1 Snoot and Fin (the primary 1 is just the episode not the year group).
Again, apologies for any trouble you may have accessing the links and hope that this helps.
Thank you.
The P3 Team.
Some examples of the types of things you can include in a number of the day poster. Hopefully you can all do better than me with making it eye-catching and colourful though!
Hi P3!
One of your tasks this week for our Elements of Art topic is to investigate lines and complimentary colours. I had a go at it myself and have some pictures of each step you can follow:
You can use this song to help you find out about types of lines
2. If you have paint it works really well for the background but don’t worry, you can use pencils/markers instead.
When we created colour wheels in class we used the primary colours red, blue and yellow to mix secondary colours green, orange and violet. I painted each section of my page using a primary or secondary colour of my choice.
There’s a colour wheel below to help you.
3. Complimentary colours are colours that look nice when used together. If you look at the colour wheel, you can find complimentary colours directly opposite each other.
Blue is opposite orange; so blue and orange are complimentary colours that look nice together.
Complimentary colours are:
When the paint had dried I used pencil to trace over the lines using complimentary colours. If the background of a section was blue, I used orange to trace over the lines in that section. Here’s how it turned out:
Hope you enjoy making your own art using lines and complimentary colours. This is quite a big project that you can spend a while on. Remember, you can try out your own ideas too.
-BE CREATIVE!
Welcome back Primary 3!
We hope that you and your families had a nice relaxing Easter break and that you are getting some fresh air each day during your daily exercise.
Please see above for this week’s learning grid with lots of fun learning for you to do at home. Please don’t worry if you don’t manage to complete it all.
We hope that you enjoy this week’s learning activities.
From the P3 Team 🙂
Hi P3!
If you are looking for some art activities to keep you occupied, National Galleries of Scotland will be sharing a range of activities for all ages and interests every day.
They will be presenting live talks, quizzes to test your art knowledge, trips through their archives with their curators, plus challenges and projects to keep everyone entertained and busy.
It should link in nicely to our Elements of Art topic if you find yourself in a creative mood.
We hope that you are all well and are ready for another week of home learning activities.
If there’s anything you are finding tricky or don’t understand please don’t hesitate to contact us using the emails provided on the home learning grids.
There are links on the P3 page to help you if you have mislaid your spelling list or reading resources. Remember, you can read a book from home or you can choose an e-book at Oxford Owl (see post below).
Your teacher will set you a challenge on Sumdog for you to help revise some of the skills you’ve been learning at school. Remember, you can also try the reading and spelling section on Sumdog too!
We understand that working from home can be difficult, make sure to give yourself some time to relax and spend time with your family.
Be safe and be kind 🙂
From the P3 team ❤
If you are looking for reading books for your child, the Oxford Reading Tree books are available online in e-book format.
Log on to Glow using the link below (using login details in your home learning pack). https://glow.rmunify.com/
There is an app called OUP Oxford Owl which gives you free online access to Oxford Reading Tree (ORT) books.
You simply need to register an account with the site to get free access on your computer or tablet.
It can also be found online using the link to the website https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-school/oxford-owl-ebook-collection
Happy reading!
Our p3 Scotland focus is on Islands. Today we did some research using maps, information sheets and the iPads to start to generate a mind map all about island life. It was a very productive Friday morning from everyone!
P3 are enjoying a 10 week block of singing with a teacher from the National Youth Choir of Scotland. Everyone was really engaged with the first session and we look forward to inviting Heather back next week!
We enjoyed meeting up with our p6 buddies this afternoon. They taught us how to make some origami decorations and read us some amazing stories they’d been writing in class. Thanks for having us p6, we had a great time!
A bit thank you to Henry who has taken time to prepare another fantastic presentation for our class to enjoy. This one was all about Europeans animals and there were some really unusual creatures included! Keep up the great work Henry!
As part of our Toys project we set an additional homework task where pupils could interview a family member about a toy from their childhood. I’ve been SO impressed with the children’s findings. Thank you to everyone for taking part and helping us learn more about toys from the past!
We loved having Ms Kennedy working with us this afternoon on growth mindset and introduce some new spelling strategies. We are looking forward to having her back for the next two Tuesday afternoons. Great spelling work today everyone!
P3b enjoyed a trip to the Museum of Childhood this morning as part of our toys project. We split into groups and explored the various galleries, learning all about toys from the past. Everyone participated really well and represented our school brilliantly. A member of the public even commented on how great the class was. Well done everyone, a super trip!
P3 are very excited about our new topic, toys! One of our first tasks was to try and categories toys thinking about their similarities and differences. We sorted them by the materials they are made from, their purposes or target age group.
We’ve been investigating where different foods we buy come from and how far they have to travel before they reach us here in Edinburgh. Some really surprised us! It has made us think more about the impact the food we buy is having on the environment.
P3b enjoyed a brilliant trip to Pizza Express in Morningside on Tuesday morning. We learned all about how to prepare food safely and hygienically, how to make a pizza and we learned some interesting facts about pizzas too! Did you know the mozzarella, tomato and basil used to decorate a margarita pizza is meant to symbolise the 3 colours of the Italian flag? Everyone enjoyed eating their pizzas and I think most people managed to save some to take home and share with their families too! Well done p3b for being so enthusiastic and representing our school so well.
We loved our first session of tennis in the Meadows. We learned to pass to our partners and have quick reactions. We can’t wait for next week!
Last week Primary 2A visited a Victorian classroom as part of our Victorian School topic.
Here are some things we would like you to know about our trip.
At the Victorian School we met two teachers, Miss Mullin and Miss McDonald. They showed us what happened in a Victorian school.
We had to dress up in Victorian costumes. The girls wore white aprons and the boys wore shirts and waistcoats.
When we heard the bell we knew our Victorian School day had started. The teachers pretended to be strict like Victorian teachers. We went into the Victorian classroom where we had to sit in a girls’ row and a boys’ row.
They taught us about the three R’s – reading, writing, and arithmetic. It was quite fun, we tried the 2 times table.
We wrote with pen and ink. It was fun but a little tricky and messy!
One of our parent helpers was left handed and that wasn’t good in Victorian times. The teacher put her fingers in finger stocks and pretend to tie her left hand behind her back so she couldn’t write with it.
In Victorian times if you were a little bit naughty you would sit on a stool in front of the teacher’s desk.
They showed us the belt (some people called it the strap or the tawse). If someone had been really naughty they were hit on the hand 6 times! They called it “6 of the best”. We thought it would be really sore and we wondered if it might make writing difficult if your hands were stinging. We all thought it would make us feel sad if that happened to us. Thank goodness it doesn’t happen anymore!
After we went to the classroom the teachers showed us some objects that Victorians would have had in their homes. They showed us a range cooker where they would heat water, irons and cook lots of food. We had a go at using a Victorian washing machine and dryer, the dolly and the mangle. We all agreed that it would have been hard work to wash, dry and iron clothes.
At the end of our visit we played with some Victorian toys and instruments including yo-yos and hoopla. We had a great time on our trip and learned lots about Victorian life and school.
We are loving learning about new balancing techniques and different poses, today some of us mastered our baby grasshopper!
We love relaxing and reading our new homework books.
We went to the community garden as part of outdoor learning week.
Instead of golden time we have Rainbow Time, we identify different skills to work on during our planned learning activities.
We started our year by talking about our emotions and doing some fun art activities..
Ms Wylezalek and I would like to thank all families for their kindness and generosity this week. We have thoroughly enjoyed working with your children in their first year of school and we absolutely love the wee books you made for us. Thank you!
We hope that you all have a lovely summer break.
We have done lots of exciting things this week including den building, creating a mural to record our learning in P1 and painting with bubbles:
Tomorrow morning we will all move to our teacher’s new classroom. One of the last jobs before we move is to clean our trays ready for the next class that will use the room. P1B found a way to have fun while getting the job done!
We used straws to blow bubbles in the water. There were some huge single bubbles and some people managed to create mountains of bubbles. Great fun was had by all, and now the trays are clean, so we’re ready to move. (We even cleaned parts of the carpet while we were at it – turns out trays of soapy water get quite slippy!)
Wow! What a wonderful day we’ve had!
We started with a forest walk, then we searched for minibeasts, then we went to the play park, then we had lunch, then we did some pond dipping (and found lots of interesting things).
It has been a fantastic day out!
We can’t wait for our first school trip on Thursday. We are looking forward to some fun activities at Vogrie Park.
Please remember to dress for our changeable Scottish weather and bring a bottle of water, snack and packed lunch.
This afternoon we learned lots about ways to help animals.
We’ve enjoyed adding things to our map as we’ve learned more about our community.
On Wednesday afternoon P1B went across to the Meadows with the other P1 classes to practise some of the things we will do at sports day. We all had great fun.
Today PC Fowler visited P1 to talk to us about being a police officer. She told us lots of interesting facts and we all learned something new – even the teachers!
All of Primary 1 enjoyed a visit from P.C. Fowler this morning. She told us about all of the equipment she carries with her and she answered lots of our questions.
Thank you P.C. Fowler, we really enjoyed you your visit.
In P1C we are learning about data handling. We are learning to ask a question, collect the answers and display the results using a pictogram or bar chart.
Today we went to the community garden on the Meadows to pot some Million bells for the Summer Fair. We learned so much and had lots of fun.
The plants will be on sale this Saturday. After the school fair, children are invited to help build an insect hotel at the community garden.
We were very lucky to have Sue come in to talk to us about puffins – we learned loads from her. Thank you Sue.
