Benmore Blog, day one (Rob Roy MacGregor)

Day 1: The bus was a wee bit boring. For our lunch we stopped at Luss. It was good. After an hour or so we got to Benmore. First we made our beds then we brought our luggage up. My bag was really heavy. Our dormitory was called Tiree. We went for a forest walk. It was cool because we had to crawl under the bridge. We had fish and chips for our dinner. It was excellent. The people in my group are Adder, William Wallace, Tinkerbell, Thistle, Highlander, Robin Red Breast and me, Rob Roy MacGregor.

Benmore Blog, day one (Paul Burn)

We arrived: before we actually got there we had our lunch at Luss. It was fun at the lake.

Benmore Blog, day one (Bracken)

When we got to Benmore it was sunny and we got shown around the building. It is quite big. We have got our dorm and we are in Muck. I am really enjoying myself and we went for a walk when we got here. I miss Monty and you but it is really fun!

Benmore Blog, day one (Robin Red Breast)

Today we arrived at Benmore! It looks like Hogwarts and there’s a HUGE tower! My group leader, Debbie, told us what to do. Our first job was to make our beds… which was HARD! We brought up our suitcases and we got shown around Benmore. It’s really big but it’s beautiful. My group went on a walk around the grounds and we raced, splashed and jumped in puddles and got SOAKED! We got mud and put army stripes on our faces!!! We had to crawl through these tunnels and it was sooooo fun! I was VERY dirty and the end! We had snacks then had free time. I looked at the avenue of trees which was AMAZING. I climbed a really weird (but cool) tree. We had fish and chips for dinner which was yummy! We haven’t done the night walk yet, but it’s soon! I do miss my family, but I’m having loads of fun.

Benmore Blog, day one (Bramble)

Today we got on the bus. It was quite annoying though because it was really sunny and we all got very hot. Halfway through we stopped at Luss. We went onto the loch side and ate our lunch We fed the ducks. I threw a bit of a cucumber and it landed on the duck’s back. A seagull attacked it and ate the bit of cucumber. We got back on the bus. It was really hot. Everyone threw my cuddly toy duck around. We arrived and got into our groups. Our leader is Pete. We got a tour around the house, unpacked and made our beds. We got on our waterproofs and went for a walk. We crawled through a tiny tunnel filled with water then up a stream. We got soaked. We are going on a night walk after this.

Benmore Blog, day one (Stardust)

We got on the bus and dove to Luss to have lunch. We sat on a jetty thingy and had lunch. Some people fed ducks with their lunch. We arrived at Benmore and got shown around and then went on a one hour walk. We had high tea and then had free time. The food didn’t live up to its reputation at tea and we’re going on a night walk tonight.

Benmore Blog, day one (Thistle)

We went on a walk this afternoon. It was amazing. The first bit was kind of crazy though. We went through this teeny tunnel that was mucky and wet. We were just like: “Eww!” I went through and then Adder threw mud at me! L Terrible! But it was kind of funny. The people in our activity group are: Tinkerbell, Rob Roy MacGregor, Nettle, Adder, Me (Thistle), Highlander and Robin Red Breast.
There were loads of puddles and we just walked through them casually until Adder (who had been here before) rolled in one! We were all like, “Okay…come on, let’s go.” We were completely soaked at the end of it. Highlander’s shoes were like a swimming pool! It felt like we were walking on jelly! It was sooo fun though! We were like, “Yay, we got a bit wet.” The food’s good too!

Benmore Blog, day one (Turnip)

The bus ride today was quite tiring so I think everyone was quite pleased when we got to Luss. It was beautiful weather and we sat on the beach eating our lunch. We then got back on the bus and had another hour drive until we got to Benmore. I was amazed at the size of the building when we arrived. First of all we had some juice and then got split into our groups to have a tour of the building. It is amazing inside and has so many different rooms. We then got fitted with boots and waterproofs so we could have a look around the grounds. We did a mini gorge walk up the burn and it was great fun! For tea we had fish and chips, for pudding we had yoghurts. It was delicious.

Benmore Blog, day one (Highlander)

We’ve arrived! We have had a tour of Benmore House which is very big. After that we got our equipment and we did our first activity: a long walk. The trail had tons of puddles along it and I got SOAKED! I don’t think my joggers will ever be the same again… It was really fun! For tea we had fish and chips. It was yummy! After this we are going on the night walk and we MIGHT get blindfolded.

Benmore Blog, day one (Haggis)

The bus trip here was very long and boring. When we got here we got split into our activity groups and went to make our beds. After that we brought up our suitcases, we started to unpack. We were given waterproofs in a rucksack and boots. We put on our boots and rucksack then went for a walk. We came to a little burn. We walked beside it. It was fun. We went back and had afternoon tea. We finished unpacking, then had some free time. After that, we had fish and chips for tea. The fish was nice, and the chips were ok. The weather was excellent!!

Benmore Blog, day one (Berry)

Today when we got to Benmore we had a run around the building. We all unpacked our clothes and put them underneath our beds in a basket. Before we got to Benmore we went to Luss and had a picnic on the Loch Lomond beach. We all have chores and it’s to clean the floors and stuff. I am in a bedroom with lots of my friends. We went through a tunnel and the group got wet. We are doing lots of fun activities. You have to get up at 8am and have lights out by 10.00. Bye, love Berry

Benmore Blog, day one (Neap)

The bus ride was an excitement. Everyone was wound up to 90 degrees. I sat next to Tartan Terror. We tried the ipod but it failed because it was so loud. We stopped at Luss and fed the ducks. When we arrived it was fun. We got showed out dorm, made our bed and unpacked. Then we got our boots rucksacks and waterproofs and did a test gorge walk. We were all glad when tea came. The food was good.

Benmore Blog, day one (Tartan Terror)

Hi! Even though it’s only been the first day it’s been really good. On the bus especially. I was sitting next to Neap and when she fell asleep I took a photo of her. The she woke up and looked a bit drunk so I took a picture of that as well. When we stopped at Luss it was lovely. We sat on the beach and there were lots of ducks. We gave them some bread but seagulls kept stealing it. I took some nice pictures of the ducks.
When we got to the centre we were all REALLY excited. We got into our dorms. They’re cool! We had to make our beds though. I’m with Neap, Loch Ness, Haggis, Turnip and Highland Cow. We went outside for a bit and did a mini gorge walk up a brook. There was a scary where it got really dark, muddy and small. Tea was great. We had fish and chips with fruit and yoghurt for afters.
Later we’re doing a night walk and tomorrow my team and I are going rock climbing, abseiling and a nature walk.
Bye, Tartan Terror

Benmore Blog, day one (Highland Cow)

We have arrived safely! My dorm is called Coll and we have already had a tour of the building. We all have our own boots, jacket, trousers and rucksacks. It is soooo fun! We explored the grounds and went on a mini gorge walk. The bus journey was very long and hot. We stopped of at Loch Lomond to have lunch.
Love Highland Cow!!

Benmore Blog, day one (Nettle)

As soon as I got off the bus I saw the whole place form where I was standing. It was huge! I helped unload the bus and take all the suitcases into a room and then we went to make our beds (we only had seven minutes to do that). And then we went back down the stairs to get our suitcases in our dormitory. My group is Adder, William Wallace, Tinkerbell, Thistle, Rob Roy McGregor, Highlander and Robin Red Breast. We got lots of kits and went out for a walk. We got dirty by crawling through long tunnels filled with water and mud. My mum won’t be happy because I got my new Canterbury trackies ruined. I kept on getting lost and still can’t get used to Benmore because it’s huge. I better go because I am running out of time and I still have to decorate the front cover.

Benmore Blog, day one (Adder)

Today we spent most of our time on the bus. It was fun sitting with William Wallace, Thistle and Nettle. When we arrived we unpacked. My group (group 6) went on a journey down puddle lane. It was great! I got soaked. When we came back we had afternoon tea. Yum! We had fish for dinner. We are about to go out on the night walk.

Benmore Blog, day one (Tinkerbell)

The journey was weird! We saw all kinds of crazy stuff! We stopped at a place called Luss. We had a picnic on the beach. This afternoon we went on a walk through the botanical gardens. There were huge puddles! We all dived in to them! We were in our activity groups. Adder, Thistle, Nettle, Robin Red Breast, Highlander, William Wallace, Rob Roy MacGregor and Me! Adder was rolling around in the muddy puddles and he was so WET! He was so wet he sparkled because it was strange kind of water. We’ve been climbing trees in our spare time. Luckily no one has been injured. We’re all looking forward to the night walk tonight but we’ll be a bit tired because we’re getting back at ten o’clock! The food is great we had fish and chips!

Benmore Blog, day one (Fudge)

Today we got on the bus and made our way down to Benmore. We stopped off at Luss to have our lunch. We had our lunch on the beach. It was really sunny. It was a long journey, but in the end we got there. It was exciting.

Benmore Blog, day one (Ally McCoist)

Today we went on the bus and it was quite annoying because we went on the bus for 3 hours when we arrived at Benmore. Some of the girls and some of the boys played ping-pong and went walking including me.

Benmore Blog, day one (Whisky)

Today we got on the bus and travelled to Benmore. It was a long journey, but in the end we got there. We stopped for lunch and we fed the ducks on the beach. Then we went into the bus and I threw Bramble’s duck about. Eventually we got to Benmore and we got shown around. A man called Pete took us for a walk and we got all our walking boots and waterproofs on. We climbed and walked until we got to a narrow tunnel with water in. Me and Bramble army crawled in through. We were soaked! After everyone went through a stream which was freezing but it was great fun!

Benmore Blog, day one (William Wallace)

Today we went on a walk and got soaked and muddy. We went army crawling through these pipes and one was wet and the other was muddy. Then we walked up a road with lots of deep puddles and I started jumping into them and then Adder started rolling through them. The food is good and the bunks are comfy. The food is good because the chips are nice and the fish is ok. The dorms have comfy beds but there is a lot of graffiti on the wood. Tonight we are going on a night walk.

Benmore Blog, day one (Saltire)

Saltire
The bus ride was long and uncomfortable but really nice scenery! The stop at Luss was lovely too. We had our lunch there. The mountains were amazing! When we arrived we got into our groups. We also got a leader. Ours is Pete. In our group are me (Saltire), Bracken, Bramble, Berry, Human Nessie, Whisky, Fudge, Paul Burn and Stardust. We unpacked and did our chores. Then we went for a walk. It was really fun. The plants were nice. We all went through a water tunnel army crawling. Tonight we are doing the night walk in the dark. It is going to be ace!

Hello from Mr Devereux

We've only been back at school for two weeks and already we have achieved so many exiting things: performing an opera, directing animated films, football training with the Scottish Football Association...the list goes on.

With so much happening it has been hard to keep up to date with our blog. The class worked hard last week to bring everyone up to speed on what we've been doing and there are lots of new posts to read. If you've looked at them already, it would now be worth checking them out again as I've added lots of lovely photos to give you a clearer 'picture' (what a bad pun) of what we've been up to.

Mr Devereux

Knox

After the summer holidays we are going to Knox Academy. Stardust, Rob Roy McGregor and Chris Boyd have visited Knox already. Everyone is looking forward to Knox and we have had events to get to know our new classmates at Knox.

By Stardust and Rob Roy McGregor.

Bowling

On the 29th of April some people from P6 and 7 went to Meadowmill to play in a bowls competition. We were split into two groups. We were group two. On our first game we won by one point. On our second game we played Pinkie St Peters (another school in East Lothian). We won 16 to 2. Then we had lunch. After lunch we played another game that we won. We were chosen to play for third place in the finals! But unfortunately we lost. We came forth out of sixteen schools.

From Adder and The Human Nessie
Bye!!

Meadowbank

Just now in gym we are training for Meadowbank.
At Meadowbank there are different events like: High Jump, Long Jump, Cricket Ball Throw, Tug of War, Sprint, Relay Race and more.
My favourites (Loch Ness) are the High Jump and The Tug Of War.
My favourites (Saltire) are Cricket Ball Throw, Long Jump and Relay Race.
Meadowbank is a big sports place,where lots of schools are trying to win their event.
Lots of people don't get to go because you only have a few people who go to each event.

By Saltire and Loch Ness!

Planting bulbs in the nursery

Before Easter, the ground force team planted some seeds with the nursery class. We planted nasturtiums. We had to put some compost in a pot then make a hole with your finger. Once we had done that we had to put the seed in the hole and cover it with more compost. We had the compost in a bucket and one little boy tipped it upside down and compost went everywhere!!! It was a lot of fun and as a reward we got a piece of cake each. (YUMMY!!!)


FROM
HAGGIS AND
HIGHLANDER
XOX

Active maths

On the Open Morning we did active maths where we had to find out how many millilitres (ml) a bottle could hold. Everyone had to get a measuring container and find out how many ml the bottle could hold. At the end people had done a lot of measuring and there was lots of water on the floor.

By Stardust

Sands of Time

Yester Primary were part of Scottish Opera (Sands of Time) on Tuesday 21st of April. We were the explorers . We performed in Knox Academy with Kings Meadow Primary who were the Egyptians and the Assyrians. We all had different costumes. We were taught the actions and dance by a singer called Zoe. In the end it went well and we all had fun.

Neap and Chris Boyd

Animation Project

In our environmental studies time we are doing an animation project. It's really fun, even though it's also very difficult. The characters keep falling over and their heads keep falling off. We are all having a great time. The whole thing is based on the history, myths and legends of the Borders area of Scotland. Some people are doing a film on the Romans, some on castles, some on horses and some on people. Thistle's group is doing one on The Pink Lady and Adder's group is doing his on Romans and Borders. To find out more look at : http://www.landsbeyondthewall.co.uk/ We all enjoy our project.


Thistle and Adder

Thank you!

Thank you, Gyllenborg skole, for sending us a present. We are very pleased and we have looked at all the maps and now have a better idea where your school is. The oldest and youngest pupil opened the present. The oldest got sharp scissors and the youngest got tiny scissors and others pulled at the box. In the first photo you can see everyone crowding round just after the box was opened.
William Wallace and Ally McCoist

Mary Poppins

Some people from primary 7 and primary 6 were doing a sort of play on Mary Poppins. We only had 6 weeks to learn it but unfortunately some people quit so we almost had to STOP the whole play. In the end we managed it. We did it and it lasted 45 minutes. We had so much fun.

Rob Roy MacGregor and Paul Burn

Open Morning

We had an open morning at Yester Primary School. An open morning is when parents come into the school and see what goes on. They look at our work and have a look at all our projects. They sometimes chat to our teacher and ask questions about our class projects when we are working. We enjoyed seeing our parents and they enjoyed seeing our work.


From
Nettle and Tartan
x x x

Holidays, sun and loads more fun!

Yay! It's Easter in two weeks and holidays start tomorrow. The sun has finally arrived and it was really hot yesterday. We were almost dancing in the playground and it was really fun! We all made Easter cards on Tuesday with little chicks and bunnies. Everyone is getting presents like chocolate bunnies and truffles with chicks! And some people even got big Easter eggs! The Eco group run the Fair Trade stall and they were selling Easter gifts too! We had our Easter assembly and that was fun because all our parents came to watch. Everyone is looking forward to the holidays and we hope you are too.
LOL from Thistle and Tinkerbell xoxoxoxoxox

Cross country event

On wednesday there was a cross country event at Hall Hill. Neap, Whisky, Bramble, Human nessie and loch ness were running against 36 people in other schools.In the end Bramble came first, whiskey came fourth and Human nessie came fith and Neap came eleventh. Loch ness cheered us on and was a great help. Finally we got the results and bramble got a medle for coming first and Yester primary (us) won the trophey!

Rugby Festival

P7 went to play a rugby festival at the Gifford park. We were split into groups and we played a match. It wasn't a full contact rugby game. It was touch rugby. Touch rugby is when you touch the person with the ball on the waist with both hands and that means that the person with the ball has to pass to someone in their team.
We had lots of fun!!!
From Whisky and Bracken

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.

From

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