P2/3 had a fabulous afternoon celebrating our wonderful book bags. We read all the books from over the course of the day and spent the afternoon completing fun challenges.
P2 enjoyed a brilliant bug hunt in the playground and used their magnifying glasses and rulers to sort and classify the insects they found. They also created Errol puppets to take home.
P3 pupils enjoyed designing their ideal homes and loved getting to grips with the Top Trump games in their bags.
What a treat for us all!
Our IDL topic this term focuses on Ancient Egypt.
The children are really engaged with it and are enjoying discovering how people lived and died 5000 years ago!
We have looked at evidence and artefacts, deciding which pieces are reliable, and the children have loved exploring how the amazing pyramids were built and used.
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This term we have been able to start our Roots of Empathy lessons.
The children have been learning how to understand other people’s feelings and their own. The program has been modified so that the children get to know our Roots of Empathy family: baby Mila and mum Caroline through videos and photographs. The lessons are delivered by instructor Mrs Harris-Toner and our ‘little teacher’ is baby Mila. The children have really enjoyed getting to know baby Mila and hear her news.
The children have shared their feelings and experiences through their artwork and the roles they have at home and in school. Last week the children had lots of fun learning about and demonstrating how baby Mila uses body language to communicate her feelings.
For more information please ask Mrs Harris-Toner and Miss Low. Also check out http://www.rootsofempathy.org
Everyone enjoyed celebrating Diwali this week in P2/3! Some of our girls performed a brilliant dance for the class which went down well. We took our learning outdoors and decorated our playground with beautiful Rangoli designs.
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P2/3 have enjoyed working together to create a giant reproduction of van Gogh’s “Starry Starry Night” painting. The children used paper and oil pastels to create different textures and I’m sure you’ll agree, the result is impressive! We have been learning all about Van Gogh, his life and his painting style.
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Primary 2/3 had a fantastic time at Gorgie Farm learning about plants and seeing the garden. We loved learning about flowers, vegetables and fruits and how to grow them.
We also enjoyed seeing the turkeys and chickens. Thanks to Seamus and his lovely team for also creating a fantastic game so we could learn the names of flowers and vegetables. It was great fun!
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Active Schools are running lots of after school sports opportunities to encourage and help you to boost your energy!
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We are delighted to announce that the City of Edinburgh Council extra-curricular football coaching programme shall be returning in a few weeks’ time.
They run a variety of sessions for boys and girls aged 3-12 years from the Forrester / St Augustine’s Community Sports Hub on Fridays and Saturdays.
The sessions are fun, engaging and developmental for all players, regardless of experience level and are delivered by our Scottish FA accredited coaching staff.
If you would be interested in booking a space or finding out more, please see the attached flyers or contact Football Development Officer, Jack Beesley: Jack.Beesley@ea.edin.sch.uk
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The videos below are useful to everyone but are especially useful to our EAL families.
They will help you to understand how we teach language for younger EAL children in school.
You can use these methods to help your child learn at home.
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Dalry Primary Edinburgh 