Roseburn Primary School

P1/2 Update

By: Max L

We had an alien crash landing on the P1/2 whiteboard and it couldn’t breathe oxygen. He sent us a letter and we made him some friends, with the help of Miss Calderon. We designed planets for the alien to go to with his friends, thinking about the landscape. We used describing words, when writing sentences about our planets, like “scary” and “dangerous”. There were volcanoes on my planet.

Jessica’s Mum came in to speak to us about her work at a bank, as part of Financial Education Week. She brought in different things, like a toy till, to help us understand how banks and money work.

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Last Friday, we had a sharing assembly about our work on our weather and season topics, where we invited our parents and little brothers or sisters to come into our classroom. We sang a song about weather and told a story called The Little Raindrop, using a story map and actions to help us remember. We also shared our writing jotters.

On Friday, it was Miss Calderon’s last day and she went back to university. We made her a good luck card and everyone wrote their names on it.

P7P Update

By: Elliot

P7P have been doing gymnastics in our PE lessons. We have been creating routines in pairs, learning how to do different rolls and jumps and thinking of interesting ways of moving forward to reach the end of the mat.

Next week, we have a busy week – we are going to the Lyceum to see Peter Pan on Tuesday and we are going to Craigmount High School on Wednesday.

P7B Update

By: Lucy K & Lucy W

This week P7B made a fabulous collaborative art display of London in the Blitz, as part of our topic on World War 2.

We used printing to make this art display and used templates to print the buildings. We had fun doing it as we haven’t really done something like this before and it was very interesting. Our amazing art teacher, Mrs Denvir, helped us with this beautiful project.

We have also been learning about other things that happened in the war, like what a ration book looked like and how it was used. We could not believe how little food you had to live on for a whole week. You only got three tiny bits of meat, a little bit of butter and a bit of cheese. We really thought it was interesting.

P2 Update

By: Valene

P2 have just started rehearsing the Nativity, ‘Lights, Camel, Action’. They have had lots of fun doing it with P1 and P1/2. Mr Carson, Mrs Simpson and Mrs Thirgood helped make the play and everyone’s very good at it. Everyone at Roseburn can’t wait to see it as we have been working very hard. One of the most popular songs is the “Innkeeper’s Tango”. Some of the parts will include Mary, Joseph, the Donkey, the Angels and a cast of Hosts who will help to tell our story, with a twist…

P5F Update

By: Joseph & Logan

On Monday 19th November, we went on a Wildlife Ranger trip to a clearing along the Water of Leith. While we were there, we created leaf art in our ‘table’ groups.

We got the chance to play tig in the space. Then finally, we built a mouse house using the natural materials we could find and we put oatmeal inside to tempt the mice in.

P3 Update

By: Charlize & Olivia

We went back in time to Ancient Egypt…when all of a sudden there was a flash flood that left behind this black stuff!

The black stuff grew crops, like wheat and grapes and other things. Then we harvested our crops and the floods started again. There are only 3 seasons in Ancient Egypt: the flash flood, the growing season and the harvesting season.

P4 Update

By: Finlay

We went swimming for the first time at James Gillespie’s High School and we have been put into our different groups ready for next week. In the pool, we blew bubbles and swam on our front and back.

For the Christmas Fair we are all in different groups learning about advertising, purchasing and spreadsheets. We are excited about the Christmas Fair next week but I am not sure whether we will be ready. We have planned a lot of time to do the rest of our work and we think it will be very fun and popular.

On Tuesday we are going to the Lyceum to see Peter Pan and on Wednesday we will have a visitor to teach us about advertising. He advertises himself and we think it will be interesting to learn from an expert.

P6 Update

By: Ayaan

We have been learning about money as part of Financial Education Week. In money, we have been learning about the disadvantages and advantages of credit and debit. We looked at ATM machines and learned how to take money out of them through using games. We went on a trip to the Museum on the Mound and took part in some activities. We made coins and saw all the steps involved in making a note. There were lots of old coins and we discovered that, in the olden days, animal fur would have been used as money.

Happy Thanksgiving

This week we have been learning lots about being kind to others and being thankful for all the things in our lives which make us happy. We have been busy making cards, baking for our thanksgiving snack, and sharing with others what we are thankful for. On Friday one of our families from America came in to tell us all about their Thanksgiving traditions.

P1 Update

By Finn & Zara

We had a wonderful time celebrating Diwali with the help of Sonia’s Mum. She was kind enough to visit our class for the afternoon and explain why Diwali is important in the Hindu calendar. She told us the story of Rama and Sita and lit candles to help us understand why it is called the Festival of Lights.

This week we moved our whole classroom into the gym hall – tables, chairs, cupboards and all. This is because our classroom is having a huge makeover and we can’t wait to see what it looks like when it is finished! We have settled nicely into the hall and we are enjoying having lots of extra space to move around.