On Sports Day we held a European Olympic Games. All the pupils in the school were in teams. There were twelve teams altogether. Each team represented a country in Europe. In the morning we did lots of activities e.g. discus, hurdles, hockey, football, javelin. In the afternoon we did athletics and ran races e.g. sprint, triathlon, marathon. Everyone agreed that the day was a lot of fun. The winning team was Poland, second was Italy and third was Finland.
In this photo Natalie is doing her geography book. We were learning about some Finnish trees.
These photos are from our Finnish lessons when we were writing a text on the computers.
And then we have music. Here we are practising the recorder playing.
We will play the recorder in our end-of-the-schoolyear celebration. We`ll play two songs. The other is composed by Beethoven and the other is composed by Haydn.
In spring every class of our school visits one company. We visited the company called Savopak. They are doing some packages to other companies like Nokia for example. We went around the factory and heard about the company`s history and production.
Golden Eagle's hobby is cricket. He says: I play cricket. We are doing bouncing practice just now. At the end of each day we have a game of cricket. It is really good fun. I'm really good.
Doo's hobby is playing on her trampoline.
Blackie has lots of hobbies. She says: I like reading thick, exciting books and painting pictures. I think swimming is fun and I like going on dog walks. She also collects lots of things e.g. pebbles, books, shoes and stamps.
Sporran's hobby is football. He says: I go to football training every Tuesday and do very well. My position is striker and I score lots of goals.
Monarch's hobby is cricket. He says: I like to play cricket with my friends and family.
Tod's favourite hobby is building things.
One of Capercaillie's favourite hobbies is swimming. He says: If you've got goggles on, you can see under the water. I like to do this.
Tartan's hobby is crabbing. He says: I have a crabbing rod which I got in Sweden. Crabbing is really fun. All you need is a piece of string, a clothes peg and a bucket of water. The best place for crabbing is on a rocky shore where crabs like to hide. You use a mussel and wait for them to bite.
Lang Syne enjoys pony-riding. She says: My pony is called Blaze. Blaze is a bay coloured Welsh section A with a white blaze on his head and a white sock on his foot. Blaze is 11.3hh high and he is my friend.
Corbett's hobby is playing football. She says: Football is fun. I support: Bayern Munich, Manchester, Italy and Hearts.
Craw likes to visit the fire engine at Edinburgh airport.
Reidcoat is a member of Haddington Athletic Football Club and his hobby is playing football. He says: We have training on a Tuesday night and we have a football match every Saturday morning. We have played North Berwick, Longniddry, Pencaitland, Musselburgh and Tranent. We sometimes have a football tournament.
Puddock enjoys horse-riding. She says: On Saturdays my mum, my sister and I go to the stables and help clean out all the horses. Then I bring in Chester, my horse, and I brush him, clean his hooves and bring his tack in. I get a lesson from Janis. She teaches me to be a better horse-rider and teaches me things like weaving poles and trotting poles.
Tatties does mini-moto every Sunday.
Highland recommends K-nex. She says: K-nex is a building game. You can make almost anything from space hoppers to dinosaurs. I have fun all the time when I am playing with it.
Grouse enjoys swimming. She says: My hobby is swimming because I like water and getting wet. However, when it comes to diving, I'm not so happy. I also like swimming because I think it is fun going underwater.
Cleg writes: For exercise I like to jump. I can jump quite high. I like running about. I run round the school playground and I run round my house. When I play football, I enjoy doing headers.
Grouse writes: I like playing tennis because I can do killer backhands! I sometimes play football at school and I enjoy it very much. After school, on a Friday, I go to judo and I am 2nd mon. I also like running but I don't do it a lot. For fitness I also do some running. I have weights at home so I use them quite often. Most children do gym at school and I am one of those children! Gym is a part of exercise. I like biking but I don't like it when I topple over! Running is another form of exercise.
Runrig writes: My favourite sport is football and I play it at break. I like swimming too. On Thursdays my class goes to gym. Our P.E. teacher is teaching us athletics at the moment.
Tatties writes: I like doing motor biking. I enjoy both off-road biking and on-road biking. I also do stunt-biking with my BMX bike. I run a lot - at my house and at school. I play rugby near my school. My rugby team has won a lot of matches. I like to climb trees.
Craw writes: I play football on Saturdays and Tuesdays. Also on Tuesdays I go swimming. I use my weights each morning. I go cycling with my dad - it is fun.
Corbett writes: I love sport, fitness and exercise. I do them a lot, mostly at school. My favourite sport at school is cross-country running. I do it with some other people. I also run, for fitness, as well as walk and cycle. I usually go on a daily cycle around Gifford with my dad. I go for a walk almost twice a week. Finally, I do all sorts of exercise. I have a talent for athletics and am good at doing handstands, somersaults and more..... I really enjoy keeping fit.
Tartan writes: I love biking because I can skid, jump and do wheelies! When I raced my friend, I won by one second. However, when I went on the ramp it collapsed because it was only made of wood. I really like football because I am really good at scoring goals. I have scored five goals in a day. I am also good at cricket.
Capercaillie writes: I like to go on my roller skates. I also like cycling with my dad. For fitness I go swimming with some of my friends. I've got a pair of roller skates which I like to skate on but I'm not an expert because I fall off a lot. I also enjoy climbing because it's fun.
Tod writes: I like gym and athletics because they are fun. I like to play football because it is a great sport. I think running is fun too, but it is very tiring. I go cycling in the school car park and it is great. I love roller- blading because it is cool.
Monarch writes: I like to cycle with my friend. I love running - because I live on a farm, I can run in the fields. I walk up and down our farm road with my friend and my family.
Crannog writes: I like star jumps. They are fun. I do them in the gym. I like to play football. I play up front. I like to score goals. It is fun to run. I run in the school playground and at home.
Sporran writes: I play lots of sport at the weekend - I play football, rugby and bowls and I go swimming. At school I run around a lot - in the playground and round the back of the school on the playing field. When I go to my auntie's house, I always have a shot of her treadmill. At my own house I like to jump on my trampoline. I am a striker at football and I score lots of goals.
Golden Eagle writes: My favourite kind of exercise is trampolining because it's really fun and my trampoline is big. For sport I like go-karting because I have my own go-kart and I go up ramps and I drive round muddy fields. I also like cycling, because I go quite fast, and tennis, because I do good forehands.
We had a special "red" lunch to celebrate our anniversary. We had tomato and basil soup, or watermelon slices, followed by spaghetti bolognaise or vegetarian chilli wrap and, for dessert, we had either fresh strawberry salad or frozen strawberry yoghurt. It was delicious!
Sylvia and Lynnette, our cooks, and Mandy, our dining room supervisor, dressed in red for the occasion.
Cleg and Stirling Bear in front of our International Education board
Today, we had a visit from four Headteachers from Holland. They were here to see how our school system works. We decided to take a photo of them by our International Education board. Mrs Edwards and Mr Purves are seen with them here.
We enjoy using the ibooks.
Mrs Edwards reads us lots of stories in our library.
We all like to do Art and Design.
Cleg is reading to Mrs Cusack.
Chaffie and Tatties are doing a Language exercise.
Tatties and Mr Leslie, a student teacher, are problem solving.
We all enjoy using the percussion instruments.
Here we are doing our best handwriting.
Grouse talks to the class
