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

Special Assembly

On Tuesday the 17th of February me (Adder) and Rob Roy McGregor held a JRSO assembly. JRSO stands for junior road safety officer. It is our job to tell people about safety on roads and safety in the dark. Our assembly was on safety at night and safety on the roads. We tried a new song which was a success. We did two small experiments. Apart from two minor hiccups it went smoothly.

From ADDER

Global Rythems

On the 24th of February we had a visitor in our school. He was called Carlos ( he was Spanish). He was a dancer and he taught us some moves. First of all we did some disco, Highland dancing. It was very fun but it was quite tiring. Then we did cowboy dancing. It was very fun(Loch Ness liked the it the best)! We finished off with some salsa dancing! It was really good fun, and we would love to have him back some other time.

by
Loch Ness and Turnip.

Sarah Cowie

On Friday Sarah Cowie from a museum came to tell us about myths and legends around the Borders. She showed us some objects from different time periods and they were very interesting! Sarah also told us some myths - some of them were quite scary!!!
We went in partners and she gave us an object to write a story about. Me, Robin Red Breast went in partners with Tartan Terror and we got an old record of Peter and the Wolf. We wrote a scary story about a haunted record.... Me, Bracken, went with Saltire and Neap. We got a pair of old curling tongs and Neap wrote a story called The Curling Tongs of DOOM!
It was really fun !!!
From Robin Red Breast and Bracken

Papua New Guinea

Today we are dressing in the colours of the Papua New Guinea flag to raise money for UNICEF. The colours are black, yellow, red and white. We had to pay 50 pence to dress down and our money is going to UNICEF. In our class it's mainly girls who have dressed up. Some people are just wearing one colour, others have managed two and some have got them all on.

by
Haggis
and
Tartan Terror!

On Wednesday the 28th of January ten people from primary six and seven went to Meadowmill for a basketball tournament. There were six different teams there. We were playing five-a-side games. Lots of the teams had really tall players. We did quite well and came joint fourth. The winning team was Campie 1. We had the smallest team but we were the loudest! It was really fun. We played six games (we think) and three games were in a row. Hope we do better next year.


From Adder and Nettle x

We've got mail!

All right! The package you sent us arrived on Friday, and we gathered to open it during lunch yesterday. We love it! You have really made quite an effort of putting together a great gift for us! The big Scottish flag was especially popular. Thank you very much, Yester! Here you'll see 7A and Truls while opening the package. You can't see me, since I was the photographer!

By the way, we'll see if we can compose a little something for you as well...


Thanks once again! From Truls, Magnus, and the gang of 7A.

Swimming Gala Final

As we already told you we went to the final of a swimming gala. We thought that we would do okay but not bring home any trophies or medals. It was mostly down to the relay race ( the last race ). The Human Nessie went first followed by Adder. Bramble went next and then a boy from the year below us finished. He had to catch up with two other people to win ... and he did!!! It was funny because the comentator was saying it was between two other schools while Mr Purves (the teacher that was with us) was shouting " NO IT'S YESTER!!" It turned out that we had come first by less than a milisecond! That gave us DOUBLE POINTS!!! We won the points trophy because of it! We also won the relay race trophy (of course). The boy in the year below us won a trophy all by himself for being closest to getting a record plus winning the most races. We also all got a green ribbon and he got THREE!! So all in all we got Three trophys and lots of green ribbons!
From The Human Nessie and Bramble

Orienteering

On Wednesday Tartan Terror, Tinkerbell, Whisky, Neap, William Wallace, Highlander, Saltire and Tartan went orienteering!Orienteering is when you map read and find what's on the map.It was a competition against other schools. Tinkerbell came first! Neap got a bit lost but we found her and she completed the course! We will get the results soon and write back! After a tiring run we got our lunch and played in the park!

IN TWO DAYS TIME WE ARE GOING ON HOLIDAYS!!
We are so so excited because we are going on HOLIDAY.
I cant wait until Friday because our friends from Glassmoore is coming up for
the HOLIDAY !!
by Berry

I am excited because me and my family is going to Disneyland in France.

Rob Roy MacGregor

the weather

This morning the temperature was down but now the temperature is up [phew]. The snow is melting and the ice is coming out. We hope there is going to be more snow in the next few days.We think the weather is going to be really bad tomorrow . WE REALLY HOPE THAT IT IS GOING TO SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Has it been snowing in your country?
From Rob Roy MacGregor and Berry

Animation project

After the half term we are starting our animation project to make little characters and make movies to show the class. In ICT we are being shown how to make titles. Mine and Paul Burn's is the Jazz Music of Doom. we are all really looking forward to our project.

by Stardust

Rotary Quiz

Last Friday, four people from Yester went to a rotary Quiz. Thistle, Adder, Tartan Terror and Human Nessie went to the Quiz. The Quiz was asking people questions on general knowledge. I, Robin Red Breast, didn't go, but Thistle did!

There were eight sections in the quiz, each with different types of questions. The first one was books, the second was general knowledge, and there were lots of other ones. The first few were easy but some were really hard! One of the questions was what is the lightest gas and that one was quite difficult. We either came third or second but there were only three schools competing in all. Kings Meadow Primary came first.

Do you do any competing Quizes? Let us know!

By Robin Red Breast and Thistle!

Guitar Hero

We are going to do a project on Guitar Hero World Tour on the x-box 360. It has got a guitar, drums and microphone. We are really excited about using the x-box next term!! Some of us have used the x-box before but some haven't. Have you ever used the x-box?
by Highland Cow and Rob Roy MacGREGOR

the jungle

P7 have been working on the bay in our classroom. We are turning it into a jungle and we think it's really fun and very exciting! We are painting bits and we all have our own area. We sometimes have to use extra long paintbrushes. We do this by tying lots of brushes together, and it's really funny watching people using them.

Thistle is making a monkey in the grass and Fudge is doing a tree with a snake around it. Today we are painting the whole background blue for the sky, using the extra long paintbrush! The whole bay is being covered in newspaper and Mr. Devereux is putting masking tape around the edge of the ceiling.

By
Thistle and Fudge.

News Update

After school closed yesterday it rained so most of the snow is gone and we're back at school. Boo hoo! There are some good things happening though, like tomorrow some people are going to a basketball tournament although we are playing at a place called Meadowmill and it is like playing two aside basketball in our school hall because it's so big. Also, tomorrow some people are going orienteering at the beach. Sadly, unless somone's mum or dad can help with transport, we won't be able to go. I hope someone's mum can come! Then on Friday there is a swimming competition! Some people had gone to the competition a couple of weeks ago and this one is the final. I'm really looking forward to it! It was really good because all the people did it the first time got through!! I, The Human Nessie, am going to both the basket ball and the swimming. I'm going to be exhausted! But luckily, we have the February Break to look forward to. That is a whole week and a day! Yay! Sadly, the Scottish Opera, which we told you about before, got postponed. They made this decision yesterday when there was a snow blizzard going on. It was forecasted to be even worse today but they were wrong. The Scottish Opera has been postponed to the 1st of June. At least it gives us more time to practise the songs!
From The Human Nessie and Highlander xox

School closed!

We are soooooooooo happy because our school has closed!
It has been snowing all afternoon and it is getting very thick. We are all very excited because we get to go home and go sleighing and have a snowball fight. We are very happy!!!

Rob Roy MacGregor and Turnip

The Snow

Today it is snowing heavily and everyone is excited. We are hoping we will get sent home. It is quite cold and the forecast says were going to get lots more this afternoon. It also says it will snow on and off all day. The snow is lying quite well. Fingers crossed it will!!

Written by

Highland Cow and Haggis

Learning the guitar

Every Wednesday afternoon we are learning the guitar with Ms Traill,our music teacher. We have been playing open string E and B. It is OK. We are playing small tunes. We each have our own guitar. They are three quarter sizes.

By Ally Mcoist and Adder

Active maths

In active maths we made graphs about the class's body sizes then we made surveys. Ours were favourite singers and favourite tv programmes. Yesterday we worked with stopwatches to see how long it takes to pick up a ruler and then do some thing of our choice and time it. Bye.

by Stardust and Berry

India Project

By Tartan Terror and Robin Red Breast

Hi! It's us and we're going to tell you about our India Project which we are doing with our head teacher, Mrs Hilsley. We have split into different groups and each group is studying something in India. Robin Red Breast is looking at Indian clothes in her group and Tartan Terror is looking at wildlife. At the end of the project we have to present our findings in some way. Robin Red Breast is doing a video and Tartan Terror is doing a talk. We haven't really started researching yet but we are looking forward to doing so!

Scottish Poem

Here is Tartan Terror reciting a Scottish Poem at our Burns Supper. The poem is called 'Address to the Deil' which is Scots for 'Address to the Devil'. Every class had a competition to see who could recite a Scottish poem best and Tartan Terror won in P7.

Burns Supper

On Sunday 25th January, it was Rabbie Burns' birthday. If he was still alive he would be 250 years old. In case you don't know who Rabbie is, he is a famous Scottish poet. We had our Burns Supper to remember him on the Wednesday 26th January. For lunch we had the traditional Scots meal - haggis, neeps and tatties! In English this is haggis turnips and potatoes. We had poems recited by a winner from each class and we had a very special visitor - the haggis, piped in by an old pupil who had left the school. This means that the haggis was brought in while somone played the bagpipes (a Scottish instrument). Someone also recited a poem called Tam o' Shanter, a poem by Rabbie Burns himself. WE ALL HAD A GREAT TIME!

By Highlander and Saltire!

Egg Project

We are doing a project where we have to make a car that can carry an egg without breaking it! The car can have no propulsion except from gravity. It has to go as far as possible from the top of a slope. Bramble's car went 6m 60cm + . It could have gone further but there was no more room in the hall. Tinkerbell's car when 4m 90cm but it did go in a straight line! Next week we will test our models outside! We hope it goes well!!! We are looking forward to it!

Bramble & Tinkerbell xxx

Scottish Opera

Scottish Opera is helping P6 & 7 do a play this term. We are doing it with St. Mary's (another primary school). It's called "The Sands of Time" and involves lots of singing. We did a Scottish Opera play in P6 so we know what it's like. We will perform it in front of our parents and we have to wear really weird costumes! There are three groups in the opera: the Egyptians, the explorers (that's us) and the Assyrians! The Scottish Opera people come and show us what to do, and they tell us the storyline and how to act. We always have a laugh while we are doing it because it's really funny! Some of the adults take part in the play and they are really funny to watch. We will perform to the Knox (the high school we go to in the summer) students later on in the term as well as our parents! It's going to be really embarrising because Human Nessie's big sister is going to be there! But we are kind of looking forward to it, arn't we?

Thistle and Human Nessie

The egg project

This term our project is called the egg project. We have to create an egg vehicle that can carry an egg across a farm yard with out pushing it. We have to launch it down a slope without it breaking.
We have to make our cars robust so that it can be used a lot. Everybody likes the project and our group smashed a hard boiled egg. Lots of cars have already broken. My cart is called The Eggster 3000.

By Loch Ness and William Wallace