By Cillian & Max Some of our beanstalks have grown really tall. We have been measuring them and recording the different heights. Sadly, some of them snapped when we repotted them into bigger pots and some of them didn’t grow at all! We have learnt that, although plants need water, too much water will cause […]
Author Archives: MrsThirgood
Summer Term
Our P5-P7 netball club will be running on Mondays from 3:20 to 4:20 on the following dates: 29 April 13 May 27 May 3 June 10 June 17 June The club is free and everyone is welcome but please sign up using the Active Schools link. Ms Thirgood & Ms Prentice
March Update
This week we have been learning about William Wallace. We have made some amazing posters showing the facts we have learnt about his life.
March Update
By Ayaan, Gene & Rory In P6 we have started a new topic, Space, and we have been researching planets. In writing we have been writing and performing our own Humpty Dumpty scripts. We have been reading the script versions of Roald Dahl stories to allow us to see examples of how this task should […]
March Update
By Elliot & Matthew Last week P7P and the school celebrated Scots week. P1 to 7 children all read poems in our Scottish Assembly. This week we had a man from Edinburgh Rugby come in to talk to us in assembly about the Champions Cup. He even brought in the trophy! Thursday was World Book […]
March Update
By Lucy K This month P7 have been writing stories for the BBC Radio 500 words competition. All of our stories are very exciting! The competition deadline is the 8th March 2019 at 7pm. We have been working very hard on them and hope to win a prize! In art we have designed a book […]
March Update
For art, we brought in milk bottles and we cut the top off so it looked like an elephant. Then we covered them with papier-mâché (tissue and PVA glue). In front of P5M, we performed our ‘Gruffalo in Scots’ play in the hall and they had poem to sing and perform for us. We put […]
March Update
We have been learning about amounts of time like 24 hours and 48 hours. It was a lot of fun. We used stopwatches out in the playground and timed how long it took us to complete tasks, such as how fast you can say the alphabet. We have also been measuring one minute and how many […]
March Update
By Valene We are growing potatoes and broad beans as part of our Living and Growing topic. We found out that they only need water and sun. We also discovered that they do not need mud to grow.
March Update
By Finn & Zara We have been making things ‘GO’, such as cars, as part of our Forces topic. We looked at different ways of making things move – blowing through straws and using magnets – and we tried to discover the things in our classroom that would sink or float. We have also been […]
