Miss MacPherson and members of the Pupil Council announced the winners of our Sustainability competition at assembly on Monday. Over 150 pupils took part in the competition which focussed on the global goals of

6. Clean Water and Sanitation

12. Responsible Consumption and Production

13. Climate Action

14. Life Below Water

A display of the winning entries is on display for everyone to admire.

We had a visit from Gert Rijsdijk, Senior Transport Officer CEC and an artist Shona Hardie on Monday at assembly. They shared information about the exciting community project that we are part of to improve safe travel to school, and to improve the area surrounding the school entrances.

We are all very excited to see the positive difference that this will make to our school community.

P2a enjoyed sharing their learning with the whole school on Monday. P2a have been learning about their local area and how we can look after our community through reuse, reduce and recycle.

This month P2a is has been finding out about how babies sleep and how important sleep is for the baby and parents. We had a visit from baby Angus and his mum Miss Younger and the children were excited to see Angus and see how much he is grown since we last weighed and measured him last year. We noticed he was playing more with the toys, had a stronger grip and was trying really hard to reach for the toys. Miss Younger shared with the children Angus’s sleep pattern, that he is sleeping longer and only waking up twice in the night for a feed. Also, he enjoys all his toys and doesn’t have a favourite yet. The children discovered that Angus is doing a lot of growing and needs more sleep than the P2s need, and we all have different bedtime routines to help us have a good sleep.

P2a really enjoyed learning about the different sleep cycles of REM and non-REM sleep and the different transitional objects that soothe babies and help them sleep. The children have enjoyed sharing their experiences and how they sleep and their favourite toy or blanket that helps them to fall sleep. In addition the children discovered how parents safely put their babies down to sleep on their backs, how temperament and routine is different for every baby.

For more information: please ask Mrs Harris-Toner and Miss McArthur. Also check out www.rootsofempathy.org 

Primary 5 have been busy learning about different modes of transport. The pupils were tasked with creating Keynote presentations explaining the advantages and disadvantages of different types of transport. We worked on our presentation skills which included body language, tone of voice and eye contact with the audience.

Primary 5 enjoyed their Creative Coding workshop this week, taught by Generation Science. The pupils were given different coding challenges to complete which involved movement with robots. We worked on following instructions, teamwork and communication.

P3/4 had a great time learning about creative coding in their workshop from Generation Science. They learnt about robots, had hands-on programming experience, and worked with a partner to programme their own robots to complete a series of challenges. A Fun afternoon had by all!