We were lucky to have a visit from Ceilidh Crew theatre company last week and this week to P1 and P2. Last week, we took part in a workshop to learn some Scots words, games and songs. Then this week, we got to watch the performance of ‘A jaunt round auld reekie’ and join in with the songs that we learned. It was full of laughs, jokes, silliness and wonderful singing. We all enjoyed this fantastic show 😀

P2 had a smashing afternoon last week trying different types of Scottish food. Afterwards, we created a class pictogram to see which was the most popular and it was no surprise to see that ‘Irn Bru’ came out top in both classes. Braw!!! 

This month P2a have been learning about emotional literacy, to identify, name and feel comfortable about discussing emotions. They have discovered that emotions are not good or bad, but pleasant or unpleasant. Also that everyone experiences the same emotions and that our temperament and personalities influences how we deal with them.

The children have thoroughly enjoyed our family visits with baby Angus, and his mum Miss Younger, they recognised and named baby Angus’s emotional cues and facial expressions. How Miss Younger reads Angus’s emotional cues to meet his needs and he feels understood. The children really enjoyed their visit, asking Miss Younger lots of questions and sharing her experiences. The children sang songs for Angus including Three Craws and Twinkle, Little Star. Angus really enjoyed the children’s singing and actions to the songs.

We also talked about different types of teasing and bullying behaviour, how this makes us feel and how talking about our emotions can help us manage them. Also the children created artwork and discussed how they can help their friends when they are sad.

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

We had a brilliant start to our whole school Scots week with an assembly with ‘The Sorries’. We all enjoyed performances of poetry by P6 and P7 as well as lots of energetic music and song from Marty and Douglas. We were joined by our older nursery pupils who will be moving onto P1 in August too.  Next week we will look forward to performances from P1 to P5/6.

Primary 2a and primary 2b have been enjoying learning some Scottish ceilidh dances together. So far we have learnt The Grand Old Duke of York and The Primary School Jig. Miss McArthur and Miss Ellis have loved seeing the children smiling, laughing and clapping along.