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Another busy week at Kilchuimen.

P 567 have enjoyed listening to Burn's poetry and songs performed by major stars like Brian Cox and Paolo Nutini. Then we made up our own poems about subjects we thought Burns would have liked, especially nature and life in the countryside.

Reece wrote a poem it's Playtime

Ding dong out you go everybody row by row
Get your coats on but don't run, hurry up playtime is nearly here
but just be careful it's slippy out there
Put up your hoods, you don't want wet hair
Now 5 minutes has already past
So the teacher shouts out to the class
"Come on you lot coats off and in you go"
So they sat in their seats again
Row by row.

P 567 made irregular mathematical shapes and measured their angles carefully using protractors.

The whole school assembly was led by the JRSO officers. They told us about the dangers of crossing the road and not using cycle helmets. We also have to make a JRSO logo. There will be a competition judged by Mr Blakey for the best logo. More fun activities will be announced soon.

P 123 have been in the rainforest. The created a jungle fact sheet. There was some very interesting facts on it. Some of the strange frogs and animals I had never heard of. The were singing Jungle songs. One of the favourites was, I have been eaten by a boa constrictor!

P 1 have been estimating number this week and P 2 and P3 have been rounding numbers.

P 123 also learned about wise King Solomon and they did some alliteration Jim ja jaguar.

P 345 have been speaking Italian, Lucy Findlay has been helping us. We also made Pizza's. We made clay food in art with Ms Scollay. We have also been working hard on our rainy day stories and we wrote the middle of the story this week.

P 345 have also been learning how to subtract using exchange, we have also been learning how to check our subtractions by doing addition sums.

Have a super weekend

Kindest regards

W S Scollay

Pr 567 have been enjoying filming their news reports this week. They have used the flip video camera to record their work. The children enjoyed taking part in this activity. P 345 have also been having a go at filming, and they were recording TV adverts for new sweets they had designed. This is a great way of making literacy learning realistic and fun. It really engages the children.

Miss Starr attended a Co-operative Learning Academy over 3 days last week and she has been putting into practise some of the techniques which she learned. This is a great way of ensuring that all children take part, and I know that the children think learning in this way is lots of fun. One of the social skills which she has been working on is, "No Put Downs". The rest of the staff are to be trained in some of the techniques during the In Service Days in February.

At assembly today we all were delighted to receive our prizes from BAM Nuttal and Scottish and Southern Electric. Each child received a googly bug, 2 pencils made from recycled CD cases, and a slap on reflective bracelet.

The children also were presented with their certificates for taking part in the sponsored skip for the British Heart Foundation. Pupils who had raised over £50 received a back pack.

Next week Colin Bailey is coming down to Fort Augustus to coach P 567 in rugby skills, this is part of the PE programme. Lessons will be held on Tuesday afternoon in school time and will run until Easter. Lessons will take place on the MUGGA, please wear track suits and sweatshirts. You make wish to bring along a change of clothes with you.

Have a lovely weekend

Kindest regards

W S Scollay

We have been delighted to welcome all the children back to school. They all seem to have had a super holiday.

What an icy start to the term we have had and the school field looks more like a swimming pool. The children were all very wet yesterday and I would appeal for parents to send children to school with a change of clothes. (especially socks!) The children are all getting very wet but having lots of fun! Today with the combined conditions under foot and the rain we have had to stay in during break and lunch time, but we prefer to get the children to go out and enjoy all kinds of weather.

The classes have got straight back into work, P 345 have begun to learn about Italy, P 567 will be growing fish in class this term to release into the Tarff which will be a very interesting project and P 123 will be learning about the Rainforest.

We hope that some helpers will come forward to build out raised beds when the weather improves so that we can think about planting and growing later in the term.

Here's to lots of fun and learning.

Kindest regards

W S Scollay