Another busy week flies by.
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P1/2/3 06.09.12
This week we have been learning more about hedgehogs. We made lovely leaflets about Autumn.
P.1 are doing numbers to 10 and they are very good at them. P.1 were learning the sounds for t and p, they learned s and a last week.
P.2/3 have been working on numbers to 100 and numbers to 1000. Some of the P.3 work has been very tricky, adding on 10 and adding on 100 to all sorts of numbers!
We made beautiful nests for hedgehogs out of shoeboxes, they look so cosy. We haven’t made the hedgehogs yet, it’s a bit early for them to hibernate.
P6/7
We began to write some super endings to our our horror story - using, VCOP!
We're getting faster at our tables with the games we play against each other.
We had a VERY tiring swimming session last week, so we will be getting very fit indeed!
In science, we worked out what mediums sound can travel through - gasses, liquids and solids
- and we pretended to be molecules that the sound waves had to vibrate.
We are beginning to bring in some marvellous artefacts, stories and toys related to WWII - it's fab, keep it up. The classroom will look like it comes from 70 years ago very soon!
P3/4/5
This week we have been busy creating a Titanic freize in our classroom. We have created the ship arriving in Queenstown Ireland. The children have even represented some of the real houses from the town.
We have been working hard on our editing skills and have edited and rewriten our Newspaper reports of the Titanic leaving Southhampton. The children have worked really hard with some excellent results.
We have also been continuing to work hard on our place value. We have been adding 10, 100 and 1000.
Nursery
The Nursery children have had fun this week exploring and being creative with shapes. The party theme is continuing and the children have designed their own invitations and cards. A party in space has been suggested and the children are in the process of making a rocket ship to take them into space where they want to boggie with music and pretend they are floating. We have also had our 1st visit to the Gym hall with lots of energic games and an obstacle course to tackle.
The Nursery also won 2nd and 3rd place at the Invergarry produce show with paper plate masks they had made.
We shall be officially thanking BAM NUTTAL for the new fence on Monday morning, where we will be getting our photo taken for the paper.
Any other people who are willing to help with the Country Dance catering please please get in touch. We still need raffle prizes.
W S Scollay
Headteacher
This week we have been learning more about hedgehogs. We made lovely leaflets about Autumn.
P.1 are doing numbers to 10 and they are very good at them. P.1 were learning the sounds for t and p, they learned s and a last week.
P.2/3 have been working on numbers to 100 and numbers to 1000. Some of the P.3 work has been very tricky, adding on 10 and adding on 100 to all sorts of numbers!
We made beautiful nests for hedgehogs out of shoeboxes, they look so cosy. We haven’t made the hedgehogs yet, it’s a bit early for them to hibernate.
P6/7
We began to write some super endings to our our horror story - using, VCOP!
We're getting faster at our tables with the games we play against each other.
We had a VERY tiring swimming session last week, so we will be getting very fit indeed!
In science, we worked out what mediums sound can travel through - gasses, liquids and solids
- and we pretended to be molecules that the sound waves had to vibrate.
We are beginning to bring in some marvellous artefacts, stories and toys related to WWII - it's fab, keep it up. The classroom will look like it comes from 70 years ago very soon!
P3/4/5
This week we have been busy creating a Titanic freize in our classroom. We have created the ship arriving in Queenstown Ireland. The children have even represented some of the real houses from the town.
We have been working hard on our editing skills and have edited and rewriten our Newspaper reports of the Titanic leaving Southhampton. The children have worked really hard with some excellent results.
We have also been continuing to work hard on our place value. We have been adding 10, 100 and 1000.
Nursery
The Nursery children have had fun this week exploring and being creative with shapes. The party theme is continuing and the children have designed their own invitations and cards. A party in space has been suggested and the children are in the process of making a rocket ship to take them into space where they want to boggie with music and pretend they are floating. We have also had our 1st visit to the Gym hall with lots of energic games and an obstacle course to tackle.
The Nursery also won 2nd and 3rd place at the Invergarry produce show with paper plate masks they had made.
We shall be officially thanking BAM NUTTAL for the new fence on Monday morning, where we will be getting our photo taken for the paper.
Any other people who are willing to help with the Country Dance catering please please get in touch. We still need raffle prizes.
W S Scollay
Headteacher
31st August 2012
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Nursery
The Nursery children have a real interest in 'Parties' so we have been busy looking at why people have parties, what sort of things are celebrated when having a party and the Nursery children over the next few weeks will be planning a party, from creating their own invitations, designing their own wrapping paper and cards, playing party games, looking at how parties have changed over the years and what food we have at parties and why? etc.
We have already started with a pretend camping
trip party where we put tents up in the Nursery and had a picnic by a pretend
campfire, what fun we all had.The Nursery children have a real interest in 'Parties' so we have been busy looking at why people have parties, what sort of things are celebrated when having a party and the Nursery children over the next few weeks will be planning a party, from creating their own invitations, designing their own wrapping paper and cards, playing party games, looking at how parties have changed over the years and what food we have at parties and why? etc.
P6/7
We've had an exciting week - developing our use of the HAM scheme where the children are motivated to work hard on the variety of activities presented to them. This week some of us worked out great ways to add and subtract multiples of 10 and 100 quickly, while others were working with rounding and finding numbers greater than or smaller than a target number, and trying to get closer to their target number than their partner.
We've had an exciting week - developing our use of the HAM scheme where the children are motivated to work hard on the variety of activities presented to them. This week some of us worked out great ways to add and subtract multiples of 10 and 100 quickly, while others were working with rounding and finding numbers greater than or smaller than a target number, and trying to get closer to their target number than their partner.
We were delighted to start our new term of French with Mrs Walker and Mrs Campbell has been putting us through our paces for cross country.
the wee ones!)
P1/2/3.
P.1 have been doing very well at learning the names of the
Oxford Reading Tree characters and how to read them. They have also been
learning the sounds of the letters s and a. We have been doing lots of counting
and we counted up to 50 one day! They have also been practising writing the
numbers.
P2/3 have also been doing counting but they are counting
hard numbers like 498, 499, 500, 501, it is very tricky when you have to write
numbers which cross a hundred! Some of the work has been counting backwards or
counting in 2s and 5s. P2/3 have been working hard on their spelling and they
will be getting homework today.
We have started reading The Hodgeheg and we thought the
spoonerisms Max says were hilarious! “I got bot on my hittom!” was very funny.
We have also been talking a lot about hedgehogs.
P.1 had P.E with Mrs Campbell for the first time on Thursday
and they did very well.
On Thursday we wrote postcards to Ms Scollay, she hasn’t
read them yet so we hope she likes them!P3/4/5
Week 2 !
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Sorry for the lateness of the Blog this week, I was way laid on Friday.
We had a super week last week and the whole school is beginning to settle down to a routine again. We have all been focusing hard on the improvement to our language work, in particular writing. All the classes last week have been working on the BIG writing system. We have been assessing where the children are at and deciding how we are going to tailor our teaching to meet their needs.
P123 wrote letters about their holidays, as did P67 and P45 wrote a diary entry pretending they were about to board the Titanic the next day.
All classes have also been issuing reading books to all the pupils. P1 have talking about reading books and are learning about the Oxford reading tree characters of Biff and Chip. Please can we all make a big effort to look after the reading books which go home, we many have to charge if books are lost as we need everyone of the reading books for the children.
We are all beginning to use the new Maths scheme, and this is proving very popular with the children.
P123 have been adding and taking away, P345 and P67 have been learning about place value and whole numbers.
P67 went swimming and really had fun, Mrs Campbell has begun to train the children for the Cross Country Race later this term. We have many pupils from P4567 who took part in the initial training I hope they continue to want to take part!
Best Wishes
W S Scollay
We had a super week last week and the whole school is beginning to settle down to a routine again. We have all been focusing hard on the improvement to our language work, in particular writing. All the classes last week have been working on the BIG writing system. We have been assessing where the children are at and deciding how we are going to tailor our teaching to meet their needs.
P123 wrote letters about their holidays, as did P67 and P45 wrote a diary entry pretending they were about to board the Titanic the next day.
All classes have also been issuing reading books to all the pupils. P1 have talking about reading books and are learning about the Oxford reading tree characters of Biff and Chip. Please can we all make a big effort to look after the reading books which go home, we many have to charge if books are lost as we need everyone of the reading books for the children.
We are all beginning to use the new Maths scheme, and this is proving very popular with the children.
P123 have been adding and taking away, P345 and P67 have been learning about place value and whole numbers.
P67 went swimming and really had fun, Mrs Campbell has begun to train the children for the Cross Country Race later this term. We have many pupils from P4567 who took part in the initial training I hope they continue to want to take part!
Best Wishes
W S Scollay
Welcome back! Session 2012 - 2013 begins!
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It was wonderful to see everyone again after the holidays. My word the children come back to school looking so grown up.
We were delighted to welcome our new P1 children to the school. They all seem to have settled in really well.
Mrs Walkers class all created birthday cards which will be given out to each other over the course of the year. The children went to the gym for PE. They have enjoyed making dog walking pictures and have been doing lots of gluing and glittering.
P123 have been introduced to number. P2 and 3 have been doing really hard sums, they have been doing addition. They have been writing sentences and matching words to meanings.
PE will be in Thursdays and Fridays, please make sure the children have their gym kit.
In Ms Scollay's class the children have been doing lots of spelling this week. We have also created a Newspaper of all our holiday reports, I hope to try to upload them for you to look at.
We created mirrors after reading the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. Our magic mirrors show our portrait, what we like and what we would like to do in the future.
We have also been learning about the Titanic. We were all blown away by the trailer of the film Titanic. We have created a TITANIC list of questions that we would like to learn about the Titanic. This will be our topic for the coming term.
We also tried out the new Maths scheme today, the active games and activities really got us thinking about our maths, and the new textbooks were well recieved.
Pr 6/7 have started their swimming and we would like to thank Sheree Fraser for accompaning the children.
P6/7 have been having a WW2 sing soing as their topic this term will be WW2 Bombs and Blackberries.
P6/7 will have been getting our feet under our new desks and they started on the BIG WRITING experience. This is a new system for the teaching of writing which the whole school will be embarking on throughout this year.
A parents work shop will be held later in the Autumn to explain this new method of teaching.
The nursery has bloosmed this term with 15 children in the class. Lesley Hall has joined the nursery to work with Alison Bowcott. They have had a busy week allowing the children to explore the environment. There has been paint mixing and lots of outdoor play. They really enjoyed a session with balls out on the playing field.
The Hmie report will be published on Monday and you will recieve a copy of the report on Monday from the children.
Please note that I am teaching Tues - Friday and am unavailable during this time. If you would like to see me please make an appointment so that I can arrange a suitable time. I am sorry that I cannot be more flexible, but due to council cut backs on management time I only have Monday's within the school office.
I look forward to the fun and challenges of the year ahead.
Best Wishes
W S Scollay
Head Teacher
We were delighted to welcome our new P1 children to the school. They all seem to have settled in really well.
Mrs Walkers class all created birthday cards which will be given out to each other over the course of the year. The children went to the gym for PE. They have enjoyed making dog walking pictures and have been doing lots of gluing and glittering.
P123 have been introduced to number. P2 and 3 have been doing really hard sums, they have been doing addition. They have been writing sentences and matching words to meanings.
PE will be in Thursdays and Fridays, please make sure the children have their gym kit.
In Ms Scollay's class the children have been doing lots of spelling this week. We have also created a Newspaper of all our holiday reports, I hope to try to upload them for you to look at.
We created mirrors after reading the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. Our magic mirrors show our portrait, what we like and what we would like to do in the future.
We have also been learning about the Titanic. We were all blown away by the trailer of the film Titanic. We have created a TITANIC list of questions that we would like to learn about the Titanic. This will be our topic for the coming term.
We also tried out the new Maths scheme today, the active games and activities really got us thinking about our maths, and the new textbooks were well recieved.
Pr 6/7 have started their swimming and we would like to thank Sheree Fraser for accompaning the children.
P6/7 have been having a WW2 sing soing as their topic this term will be WW2 Bombs and Blackberries.
P6/7 will have been getting our feet under our new desks and they started on the BIG WRITING experience. This is a new system for the teaching of writing which the whole school will be embarking on throughout this year.
A parents work shop will be held later in the Autumn to explain this new method of teaching.
The nursery has bloosmed this term with 15 children in the class. Lesley Hall has joined the nursery to work with Alison Bowcott. They have had a busy week allowing the children to explore the environment. There has been paint mixing and lots of outdoor play. They really enjoyed a session with balls out on the playing field.
The Hmie report will be published on Monday and you will recieve a copy of the report on Monday from the children.
Please note that I am teaching Tues - Friday and am unavailable during this time. If you would like to see me please make an appointment so that I can arrange a suitable time. I am sorry that I cannot be more flexible, but due to council cut backs on management time I only have Monday's within the school office.
I look forward to the fun and challenges of the year ahead.
Best Wishes
W S Scollay
Head Teacher
YESSSSS!! It's the holidays!
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Thank you so much to everyone who attended the school church service day. It was so lovely to see everyone there.
It is with great sadness that we are saying good bye to Mrs Pagetar but wish her a very happy retirement. I would also like to wish Beth Law good luck as she moves to Hilton Primary school. I am sure that she will be very happy there.
Thank you to Mrs Everett for presenting the prizes.
For those of you who perhaps could not attend the service please find below the list of our prize winners.
I am however, very very proud of all the staff and children in this school and am very privelaged to be your Head Teacher.
I wish you all a safe and happy holiday and look forward to the fun and games of next year.
Kindest regards
Wendy S Scollay
Prizes:
Successful Learner: Caitlin Milne Rachel Allan Ross MacDonald
Responsible Citizen: Emma Findlay Cameron Bremner Phoebe Llyod
Confident Individual: James McGuire John Frost Muirin MacDonald
Effective Contributor: Kai Frost Katie Walker James Brownlie
Curriculum Prizes
Maths: Laura Fraser Keelan Bowcott Mungo Blakey
Language – Reading Sufia Chowhurdy Siobhan West Millie Saunders
Art Isla Johnson Rebecca McKinnon Kyle McKinnon
Science Karina Asare Ben McDonald
French Juliana Cameron Jessie Lumsden
100% Attendance Chess Club Attendance
Alanna MacDonald Mungo Blakey
Daisy Clark Ronan Blakey
Laura MacKenzie Caden Collins
Isla Johnson Phoebe Lloyd
Catriona Johnson Kyle MacKinnon
P 7 Awards
Safe Cycling Award
James Brownlie, Alanna MacDonald, Ben MacDonald, Laura Mackenzie, Phoebe Lloyd, Kyle McKinnon, Mille Saunders
Pr 7 Dictionaries
Pr 7 Bibles from the church
Sports Awards
Junior Olympic Athletic Award
P4/5 general awards of Olympic Athletics
Ruaraidh MacDonald, Katie Walker, Cameron Bremner, Rebecca MacKinnon, Caden Collins, Rachel Allan, John Frost
Ronan Blakey, Siobhan West, Laura MacDonald, Catriona Johnson, Karina Asare, Courtney Monaghan, Keelan Bowcott,
P4/5
Girls Boys
Bronze Katie Walker Keelan Bowcott
Silver SiobhanWest John Frost
Gold Rachel Allan Cameron Bremner
P6/7 general awards, for Olympic Athletics
Hannah Whittaker, Muirin MacDonald, Jessie Lumsden, Leteisha Cameron, Kieran Mead, Ross MacDonald, Evan MacDonald,
Laura Mackenzie, Alanna MacDonald, Phoebe Lloyd, Kyle McKinnon, Ben MacDonald, James Brownlie
P6/7
Girls Boys
Bronze Mille Saunders Mungo Blakey
Silver Daisy Clark Stuart McArthur
Gold Sadie Cullen Liam Gilchrist
In class PE awards
P123 Laura Fraser
P4/5 Ronan Blakey
P6/7 James Brownlie
Sports Champions
Boys Girl
3rd Mungo Blakey Millie Saunders
2nd Liam Gilchrist Jessie Lumsden
1st Stuart McArthur Laura Mackenzie
It is with great sadness that we are saying good bye to Mrs Pagetar but wish her a very happy retirement. I would also like to wish Beth Law good luck as she moves to Hilton Primary school. I am sure that she will be very happy there.
Thank you to Mrs Everett for presenting the prizes.
For those of you who perhaps could not attend the service please find below the list of our prize winners.
I am however, very very proud of all the staff and children in this school and am very privelaged to be your Head Teacher.
I wish you all a safe and happy holiday and look forward to the fun and games of next year.
Kindest regards
Wendy S Scollay
Prizes:
Successful Learner: Caitlin Milne Rachel Allan Ross MacDonald
Responsible Citizen: Emma Findlay Cameron Bremner Phoebe Llyod
Confident Individual: James McGuire John Frost Muirin MacDonald
Effective Contributor: Kai Frost Katie Walker James Brownlie
Curriculum Prizes
Maths: Laura Fraser Keelan Bowcott Mungo Blakey
Language – Reading Sufia Chowhurdy Siobhan West Millie Saunders
Art Isla Johnson Rebecca McKinnon Kyle McKinnon
Science Karina Asare Ben McDonald
French Juliana Cameron Jessie Lumsden
100% Attendance Chess Club Attendance
Alanna MacDonald Mungo Blakey
Daisy Clark Ronan Blakey
Laura MacKenzie Caden Collins
Isla Johnson Phoebe Lloyd
Catriona Johnson Kyle MacKinnon
P 7 Awards
Safe Cycling Award
James Brownlie, Alanna MacDonald, Ben MacDonald, Laura Mackenzie, Phoebe Lloyd, Kyle McKinnon, Mille Saunders
Pr 7 Dictionaries
Pr 7 Bibles from the church
Sports Awards
Junior Olympic Athletic Award
P4/5 general awards of Olympic Athletics
Ruaraidh MacDonald, Katie Walker, Cameron Bremner, Rebecca MacKinnon, Caden Collins, Rachel Allan, John Frost
Ronan Blakey, Siobhan West, Laura MacDonald, Catriona Johnson, Karina Asare, Courtney Monaghan, Keelan Bowcott,
P4/5
Girls Boys
Bronze Katie Walker Keelan Bowcott
Silver SiobhanWest John Frost
Gold Rachel Allan Cameron Bremner
P6/7 general awards, for Olympic Athletics
Hannah Whittaker, Muirin MacDonald, Jessie Lumsden, Leteisha Cameron, Kieran Mead, Ross MacDonald, Evan MacDonald,
Laura Mackenzie, Alanna MacDonald, Phoebe Lloyd, Kyle McKinnon, Ben MacDonald, James Brownlie
P6/7
Girls Boys
Bronze Mille Saunders Mungo Blakey
Silver Daisy Clark Stuart McArthur
Gold Sadie Cullen Liam Gilchrist
In class PE awards
P123 Laura Fraser
P4/5 Ronan Blakey
P6/7 James Brownlie
Sports Champions
Boys Girl
3rd Mungo Blakey Millie Saunders
2nd Liam Gilchrist Jessie Lumsden
1st Stuart McArthur Laura Mackenzie
Summer is coming closer
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Another busy week has passed, but post Hmie we are beginning to see the light of the holidays.
P123 and the Nursery had their final den building session this week with the ranger and we now have a lovely den covered with foliage and branches in the Nursery Garden.
P45 have loved designing trainers, there has been some really super designs made, we have a creative bunch of pupils in that class. Next week we will begin work on some paper trainers and an advertising campaign.
P67 have been getting ready for the K factor and the end of term memories of P7.
A school newsletter should be out in children's school bags this afternoon and the web edition should appear after the weekend.
Next week P45 and P67 are going on a trip to Auchterawe to do some work in the forest with the ranger, I am sure that that will be fun.
P67 are travelling to Landmark on Thursday as a reward for good behaviour this term.
P123 are performing a concert to Mrs Walker.
So lots to look forward to, I hope that many of you will attend the school prize giving on Friday at 10.00am at the Church of Scotland. We have many prizes to be given out and a number of presentations, so we would love you to join us in our celebrations.
If you wish your child to have a canteen lunch on Friday please tell Mrs Curly by Wednesday morning. The school bus will leave school at 12.40 on Friday. Pupils can leave school after the church service if their parents are in attendance and happy for them to do so. If not they will be dismissed from school at 12.00.
Bus pupils will wait in bus class until 12.40.
So the count down begins! yipppppppppppppppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
All the very best wishes
W S Scollay
Head Teacher
P123 and the Nursery had their final den building session this week with the ranger and we now have a lovely den covered with foliage and branches in the Nursery Garden.
P45 have loved designing trainers, there has been some really super designs made, we have a creative bunch of pupils in that class. Next week we will begin work on some paper trainers and an advertising campaign.
P67 have been getting ready for the K factor and the end of term memories of P7.
A school newsletter should be out in children's school bags this afternoon and the web edition should appear after the weekend.
Next week P45 and P67 are going on a trip to Auchterawe to do some work in the forest with the ranger, I am sure that that will be fun.
P67 are travelling to Landmark on Thursday as a reward for good behaviour this term.
P123 are performing a concert to Mrs Walker.
So lots to look forward to, I hope that many of you will attend the school prize giving on Friday at 10.00am at the Church of Scotland. We have many prizes to be given out and a number of presentations, so we would love you to join us in our celebrations.
If you wish your child to have a canteen lunch on Friday please tell Mrs Curly by Wednesday morning. The school bus will leave school at 12.40 on Friday. Pupils can leave school after the church service if their parents are in attendance and happy for them to do so. If not they will be dismissed from school at 12.00.
Bus pupils will wait in bus class until 12.40.
So the count down begins! yipppppppppppppppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
All the very best wishes
W S Scollay
Head Teacher
BEST EVER SPORTS DAY!!!???
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Cameron came first in every race.
John won boys P5 race.
Ronan came third and second two times.
Ruaraidh came second in every race.
Caden came third in the flat race and obstacle race and second in skipping race.
By Caden
John won boys P5 race.
Ronan came third and second two times.
Ruaraidh came second in every race.
Caden came third in the flat race and obstacle race and second in skipping race.
By Caden
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