STRICHEN SCHOOL BLOG

Class 3's Highlights of Term 2!

To view the photos from Class 3 please select the album down the left side of the screen titled: Class 3's Term 2 Highlights Vol 1!

Enjoy!

Welcome to our new blog!

There are lots of photos of our highlights this term for you to see in the Photo album section.

Photos 1 – 11

Gymnastics – Mr. Fyfe our PE teacher encouraged us to experiment with balances, body shapes and making sequences. Look at how successful we were!

Photos 12, 13

Children in Need???  No, Mr Jenkins in need of some ironing being done – “Thank you, Mrs Campbell! We couldn’t have a wrinkled backdrop for our photos!!”  Hope you all liked the calendars!!

Photos 14 – 18

Start of preparations for the Christmas Fair – deep concentration to perfect our dream-catchers!

Photos 19 – 25

Superb Road Safety Magic Show. We were all involved 100%!!

Photos 26 – 28

More preparations for the Christmas Fair – we might have to give change on our stall so we had better practise! Fantastic active learning using role-play!

Photos 29 – 31

Our stall before the rush!

Photos 32 - 36

Road Safety again – this time we are the actors.

Photos 37 – 40

Baking is so much fun!

Photos 41 – 45

Our visit to Strichen Library was terrific! All those books just waiting to be read! Diane, the Librarian let us explore what was available and we were amazed by it all. She wants to work closely with the school now to encourage us to use and enjoy the Library. We want to as well!!

Photos 46 – 50

We found Mr and Mrs Sleigh upstairs in the Library! Angus and Alexa were very interested in them because they live in Sleigh Crescent! Mrs Ann Strachan came and talked to us about Strichen long ago and there were old books and pictures for us to look at. So much to take in in such a short time – we’ll be back for more!!  Had to dash back to school for Christmas lunch – we had worked up a hearty appetite!

Hope you have enjoyed sharing these experiences with us.

Successful learners, Effective contributors, Responsible citizens, Confident individuals – that’s us in Class 3!!

Road Safety Magic Show - C lass 2's Views!

Road Safety - Alan’s Magical Show

 

 CLASS TWO THOUGHT IT WAS ACE!!

 

These are our immediate thoughts on what we watched today.  Hope the children can explain all their comments.  It certainly was a brilliant educational show.  It was very noisy and super fun.  We all enjoyed every moment.

 

Cameron thought the scary bit was when the drawing came to life.

 

Lizzie thought the funniest bit was when we were trying to find out the magic words and the other man was showing us the answers on his hat.

 

Corey liked the part where the man dressed up as the policeman, the fireman and the doctor and the ambulance without being seen by the other man.

 

Kyla liked the scary monster head. 

 

Ross C liked the funny part when FERN the bicycle riding bird from the jungle appeared.

 

Katie and Oscar liked it when he kept on touching the birds sore beak (he had a sore beak because he had fallen off his bike).

 

Samuel, Waldo and Aaron’s favourite bit was when they took the lights out of their HIGH VISABILITY JACKETS – it was so, so magic!

 

Finlay and Scott M really liked the bit when he put the needle right through the clear balloon.

 

Madison, Layla and Scott H laughed when one of them had a toddler tantrum to get a HIGH VIS JACKET.

 

Logan and Jemma liked the coloured magic ball trick as they kept on changing round.

 

Kimberley’s best bit was when he had on the paper hat and he kept on running away.

 

Stephanie and Ross M thought every single bit was great and so did Mrs Johnston.

St Andrew's Day

As part of our St Andrew's celebration we asked each class to make a list of their favourite Scot's words - and they came up with some very interesting ones! Here is a sample of the words they came up with.

aye      bosie    sair    gudgie    braw    aroon    weesht    scunner    quine    feirt

peelly wally    bide    nae bad    greetin    jeelie    gansey    fash    fit like!

Got any more good ones? Why not let us know! Leave us a message!

What a busy week!

Well, another week has come and gone - but this has been another busy week!
All the classes have been preparing for the Christmas Fair next week(the 5th of December from 4.00 - 5.30pm) and we are sure next week will be even busier as they try and finish all their products for their stalls.

Class 5 have been doing an enterprise project and they are working to produce a CD of Christmas songs sung by each class. Recordings of the two songs from each class were made on Wednesday and Friday. Next week we will need to burn over 100 copies of the disc and then get the  covers etc all ready.

On Friday we also had a visit from two magicians who put on a wonderful show of magic but with a road safety theme. By the end of it the children were all shouting out the four magic words they had to remember - STOP, LOOK, LISTEN and THINK. They were amazed by the magic tricks they saw and the two men put on a very entertaining and funny show which also had a serious message. If you want to find out more about them log on to their website - www.allansmagic.co.uk .

On Thursday we celebrated St Andrew's day with a special assembly. We asked each class to think of ten reasons why Scotland is a great place to live and grow up in and also for each class to make a list of the ten best Scots words they could come up with. Some of the children playedmusical instruments, Class 1 did some doric speaking and at the end they joined in with a sing a long to The Proclaimers '500 Miles.

You can see a selection of photos from the week in the photo albums at the side of the blog page. Look under 'St Andrew's Day', 'Recording our CD' and 'Road Safety Show'.

Lots of new updates!!

Welcome to the latest update of our school blog site. However, mostof the changes are on the school website! We have added a number of new videos and audio files which are stored on the main website.

Class 1: Christmas 'Rap' Advert video! This is well worth a view!!

Class 1 & 3: Jazz Day video. Find out what the children got up to when two jazz musicians visited school!

Class 6: Children in Need - Special slide show presentation.

These can all be seen on the website on the 'Podcasts & Videos' page.

http://www.strichen.aberdeenshire.sch.uk/page31.html

Class 5's webpage has also been updated. You can look at their 'Healthy Menus' and listen to their audio sound bites to encourage people to eat healthily.

http://www.strichen.aberdeenshire.sch.uk/page25.html

We hope that you enjoy looking at these recent additions!

Nursery News

Since we returned to nursery from the October holidays we have been learning about Autumn.  On Thursday 6^th November we went for a walk to Strichen lake and the woods to look at the signs of Autumn there.  When we got there we looked at the trees and at lots of leaves on the ground all around us.  We had a woodland hunt and played a listening game where we had to listen to clues and then find specific items. 

 

 Why don't you look at the school website for some more Nursery news about what they have been doing and thier new toilets and outdoor area.

www.strichen.aberdeenshire.sch.uk

Blairs Museum Trip - Class 4

On the 30^th of September on Tuesday class 4 primary 5 went to a museum on the south side of Aberdeen for our project Mary Queen of Scots. The museum was called Blairs Museum and used to be a college for boys. When we got there we were able to go into the chapel first to put our pack-lunches down on the pews (the wooden seats in the chapel) and then we could get our snack and run around in a huge playing field outside. Then we went in-side to have a talk about the chapel and the college. After that we got a worksheet to do for twenty minutes or so. A lady called Mandy told us what to do next. We had lunch in a small room and we filled all the seats so the adults had to sit on chairs with out a table. Lunch was brilliant and we got to play outside for ten minutes before going back inside to go to the museum. First we sat on the floor and Mandy told us about a portrait that was painted between Mary Queen of Scots death and her maid Elizabeth’s death. It was huge and dark. We looked at other portraits as well. On a few of the portraits the eyes followed you where ever you went. At the end we went to a gift shop to buy something if you had money. I bought a notebook and then we went to the bus because it was time to go back to school. I had a good time and thought I would go back another day.      

Gemma

Mini Olympics report from Class 4

On Friday we had Mini Olympics. All of the school took part and we had a team. I was in the U.S.A. one so I had to wear white. When we went into the hall we had to line up behind our captain which was Jason. We went outside with the torches and signs and the rest of the team. We did hurdle races and running races and relay races. After that we did activities. Some of these were long jump, ball throwing, football, javelin and jumping from side to side. When we were finished and came back to the start, we went back into the P.E hall and went back to our classroom. We all had a great time.

Craig Primary 5

Class 3: Olliphant Raps!

Class 3 have been very busy this term. They have been learning how to be enterprising by doing a topic called 'Ollie the Elephant'. As part of their work they made up some 'rap' songs about Ollie! You can read their 'songs' below.

Olliphant Rap

Down in the swamp where nobody goes,

There’s a big, big Olliphant washing his clothes.

With a rub, rub, rub and a scrub, scrub, scrub,

That’s how he washes his clothes.

 

It’s got white, white tusks that you can see in the night.

You might even get a big, big FRIGHT !

To make you feel better you can hug him tight,

Till morning comes with its bright, bright light!

 

By Gillian, Craig, Daniel R, Daniel A

 

Olliphant Rap

He’s yellow and blue and he’s cool for you.

He’s got four gills and he lives in the hills.

He’s got a big beak and he gives a shriek.

He’s got a big nail and he’s a male.

He’s got a fat tummy and he’s very funny.

He is a king and he likes to sing.

He’s very strong and his name is Ron.

He runs under water and he has a daughter.

He’s the best and he wants a rest!

We hope you like our Rap

Now give us a clap!

 

By Beth, Steven, Georgia, Glen

 

Olliphant Rap

You gotta little pink hat with a star and spots

Which sparkle and shine and twinkle a lot.

He’s really very smart and likes to sing,

His long, pink legs are just the thing.

He’s really good at swimming and likes to play.

He’s got a super long trunk I would say.

Big floppy ears that hear as he goes.

He’s the best there is and everybody knows!

 

By Nicola, Kelsie, Callum, Rhia

Olliphant Rap

My little Ollie has lots of friends,

8 long legs that are full of bends.

Its smart at everything cos it eats its fruit and veg,

Our Olliphant is soft and cuddly,

Stoke his head and you will see,

Nice bright colours so you don’t lose him,

Keep him safe and healthy for me!

 

By Lauren, Katie, Jack, Michael

 

Olliphant Rap

It’s got fat, tubby feet and it eats lots of meat

An............d

It’s bigger than the Ritchie Hall! An............d

It runs away from big, scary prey

And it grows a leg in just a day!

An...........d

It lives in caves with its mum and dad

And the baby sister is awful bad!

An...........d

It’s got underwater seaweed hair It loves to go to the Olliphant Fair!

An...........d

It swims around with it’s 6 chubby legs

When it hangs out the washing it runs out of pegs.

An..........d

It sleeps down in the seaweed bed

And it sleeps with its big red ted

YEH !!!!

By Alexa, Ryan, Angus, Lucy

Buchan Science Festival: Band Buggies Workshop

Look out for more details soon about Class 4's work shop on Friday 3rd October to make 'Band Buggies'.
In the mean time why not have a look at this short video that shows you some of their buggies in action!
www.strichen.aberdeenshire.sch.uk/page31.html