Football

Yesterday we got a football lesson from SFA (Scottish Football Association). We played a game with cones and we had to run around and stay to our coloured cone . Then we split into two teams and played a game where one person from one team ran out with a ball and try to score a goal. But the other team ran out too and tackled them. We were going to have some matches but the goals were blowing away so we played handball!

By Saltire and Tartan Terror

Borders Project

This term our project is on the Scottish borders. We have been finding out about castles, Romans, haunting and stately homes. It is really fun. Soon we will be making animations about what we are learning.

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ADDER and William Wallace

Royal Bank of Scotland Visit

On the 18th of March two women came from Royal Bank Of Scotland to tell us about opening our own bank acounts. They told us about debit cards and bank statements. We did a Quiz about a personal bank statement. We got all the right answers. One of them told us what would happen if our card was stolen. We found out there is a fraud team in each bank who try to find out about who stole the card. We thought that was cool because it be like spying on people.

From Highland Cow and Bramble

Visit by Jonathan Meres

Yesterday an author called Jonathan Meres came to our school and told us about one of his stories called "No Change". Jonathan was very funny he told lots of jokes. His story is in a book called "On the Money". He read it out to us and it was really good. There are other stories in the book and they are called "Down the Pan", "Funny Money" and "Charlie Fly and the Nice Dream". We had lots of fun and really enjoyed ourselves!

Love Berry and Bracken
xxx

Rugby

Every Friday for three weeks we are doing rugby in the class. We are doing it with a man called Greg. We do an hour of the rugby from 10:30 until 11:30. We do scrums, line outs and passing. It is sometimes sunny but most of the time it is cold and muddy. Sometimes people slip and get very muddy and wet. After we have played some rugby we play games like splat and sharks and fish.

Turnip and Haggis!!!!!

Red Nose Day Photos

Loch Ness won a prize in our P7 fashion show! Looks pleased, doesn't she?

Mr Devereux

Red Nose Day Photos

Red Nose Day Photos

Red Nose Day Photos

Red Nose Day Photos

Red Nose Day!

Red nose day belongs to a charity to raise money for children in Africa who have no homes and for children in the U.K. who have difficulties. This charity is called Comic Relief.
It was on the 13th of March.
We raised money by selling red noses, dressing down, having wacky hair and selling red nose cakes. We had lots of fun . We raised a total of £235!
We all had alot of fun and we do it every year!
The red noses that we sell in school cost £1 and most children buy 1 or maybe even 2!!!
In Golden time we had a fashion show.

Rob Roy McGregor and Loch Ness

Bowling

Today a man called Alec came to do bowling with us. But this was not ten pin bowling though, it was another type of bowling (We don't know the name). There was a small yellow ball called a jack (you aimed at this) and lots of other balls called bowls. What you did was, you rolled the bowls towards the jack. But there was a catch!!! The bowls always swerved to one side; so when you aimed you had to think about which way it would roll. For example if you held the bowl in a certain way it would roll to the left. So you had to aim to the right! This made it VERY difficult. There was also a target pad which had numbers on it. For example if you landed on three you got three points. It was really fun!

From The Human Nessie and Highlander!! xx

Drama

Hi there,

We had a great time last Wednesday with Dawn and Shona doing Drama!! We had to do lots of games and activities like making a huge monster in our groups. It was so much fun. We got to do drama for an hour and a half. Everyone was pleased about that. We prepared in groups to show in front of the class our scenes. It was really fun!

bye for now Fudge and Nettle xxx

Enterprise - photos!

Here we are busy planning in our team. There were 18 teams in all, which is 144 children!

Enterprise - photos!

Here are Thistle and Loch Ness with the other winning team!

Enterprise - photos!

Look! The Human Nessie and Adder were in a winning team!

Enterprise - photos!

On the left you can see the kinds of things we could buy from the shop. On the right are some of the lovely cards, decorations and gift tags we made.

Enterprise - photos!

Rob Roy MacGregor is buying items from the shop to make exciting Scottish products!

Enterprise - photos!

The first thing we had to do was plan who was going to do which job. Then we began to organise making all the things we were going to sell. Here are Tartan and William Wallace working hard.

The Stock Market Game!

This week was money week, and we played the stock market game. I, Robin Red Breast, was with Stardust, and Berry was with Loch Ness. We started out with £50 and we had to buy and sell shares in companies to gain money. On the white board was the Daily Blah Blah, which told us news, and if it said something like " Long Hot summer expected" then we could work out that the Irn Bru company would go up. It was great fun and so far I, Robin Red Breast have £47. 75!!! I, Berry got £ 84!!!! It's a GREAT game and today were going to see who has won...

By Berry and Robin Red Breast!

Enterprise is the business!

On Tuesday we went down to the Knox Academy; this is where most of us will be going to high school next year. We were in different groups and we had to make products to sell. They had to be VERY high quality or the shop wouldn't buy them. The group with the most money won the golden medal. The Human Nessie and Adder were in the winning group (you can see Adder in teh photo getting his medal). There was also a medal for the group who made the highest quality products. Thistle and Loch Ness were in this group. Well done them! At the end of the day we learnt how to look after money and how to work well in teams. It was great fun and we learnt a lot about money.

By Highlander and Rob Roy MacGregor! xox

Class Judo

On Friday we had a judo taster from a man called Colin a.k.a Coco. We learned different judo moves and games. We all had great fun and we had to go in partners for most of the time. The only problem was the mats were really rough and we all got sore knees. It looked like we had pricked ourselves with needles but it was funny! We learned how to flip somebody over and how to defend ourselves. LOL!!!!!

Lots of Love, Thistle and Nettle

Interviewed! By Robin Red Breast

As you know, on Tuesday we went to the Risk Factory! I, Robin Red Breast and William Wallace were chosen to be interviewed by some camera people! We were taken to the front room, and a man with the camera filmed us and a woman asked us questions like: " What was the first activity you did?" I almost felt famous! A group with some of my friends, Turnip, Highlander, Adder, Fudge, Stardust and William Wallace were filmed doing a scene where they are visiting a house and there's a fire. Because I was getting interviewed I got filmed doing the fire scene too! Mr. Devereux took a photo of us being interviewed, which is next to this post. I was REALLY nervous when I got interviewed, but it was actually GREAT fun!

from Robin Red Breast = D

CROSS COUNTRY

Yesterday Bramble (me), Whisky and Human Nessie went to a cross country tournament. There were four races and we were in the girls under 11s race. At the start we cheered on the first 2 races then we warmed up for our race. We were all really nervous. It was cold but when we started running we warmed up. There were 21 people in the race. Bramble came 1st, the Human Nessie came 6th and Whisky came 7th. The yester girls' team won because we had the least points (14). Bramble got a medal and we all got a certificate! It was really fun and we've got another race coming up!!!

Bramble and Whisky

Risk Factory

On Tuesday we went to the Risk Factory in Edinburgh. It was really fun and we all enjoyed it! It was about making mistakes that could happen to you in real life. There were real streets and houses inside and we were all amazed! We were separated into four groups and we went around the risk factory doing different activities. There were different risks such as getting run over by a train, being in a fire, being on a building site, catching diseases, drowning, being in a vandalised bus and what to do when you are being robbed. We also got the chance to be detectives and learn about staying safe on the Internet!!! It is a great place for making mistakes as it isn't actually real! Tinkerbell couldn't understand if something was real or pretend but we all got lessons on how to cope with something that could happen. There was also a film crew so we got filmed at different sections as well! Some of us even got to dial 999! We all enjoyed the bit with the fire because it was most fun but we can't tell you any more because we are not supposed to!

Tinkerbell xox and Thistle xox

Pupil Parliament

In the pupil parliament we discuss events to do with groups.There are 4 groups Pupil Council, Green Group, Health group and International Eductaion Group. We are in the green group we discuss how to make our school eco-friendly. We had two headtechers from two different schools in East Lothian. Mrs lain and Mrs Malcom from Humbie and East Salton. At the end of the meeting some pepole stayed behind for a little meeting with the two teachers they asked us questions about the school.

By Stardust and Saltire