A Healthy Passport

Wednesday, 9 April 2008

Dutch visitors at Yester

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.

Monday, 7 April 2008

Wednesdays in Primary 4

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

Crannog writes:

The first thing we do on a Wednesday is the register. Mrs Edwards asks us all to say something when she calls our name. Next we practise our best handwriting. Then we go to Music with Miss Traill, our Music teacher. Break comes next. After break we have our milk then we do some Problem Solving for Maths and some English Language work. Lunch is from 12.30 to 1.15. We go outside to play. If it is raining at Break or Lunch time we stay in our classroom and play. On a Wednesday afternoon we do Spelling, then Mrs Edwards hears a reading group. We do Art and Design - which we all enjoy - and some ICT work. Sometimes Mrs Edwards reads us a story. At 3.15 we finish school for the day - some of us go home on school buses, some of us go home in cars, some of us walk home and some of us go to After School Club until we are collected by our parents.

My Weekend

Broch writes:
During my weekend I go to Judo and rugby. I play on my green machine. I sometimes go on my dad's tractor.

Signs of Spring

Monarch writes:
Tree begin to blossom. Birds return from hot countries. The weather usually starts to get warmer. Flowers, like crocuses, daffodils and tulips, start to open up. Some animals come out of hibernation. Frogs lay frogspawn in ponds and rivers. Lambs are being born. Insects come out of their hibernation places. Farmers sow seeds in their fields. Farmers take their produce to the farmers' markets. The days are getting longer because it is getting lighter in the mornings and evenings. People start wearing lighter clothes.

Easter in Scotland

Blackie writes:
Some people in Scotland roll hard-boiled eggs down hills at Easter. Most people have Easter egg hunts. My mum makes a special Simnel cake with 11 balls on top. People decorate eggs and I do too. We eat hot cross buns to remind us that Jesus died on the cross. Most people get eggs or chocolate eggs. We send people cards.

Some people do springcleaning for Easter. I like hearing the Easter story. Easter eggs represent the stone that was rolled away from Jesus' tomb.

Tuesday, 1 April 2008

Bonjour a tous!

Bonjour à tous

Notre école, "les Grands Jardins" a treize classes.

L école élémentaire en France se compose du CP, CE1, CE2, CM1 et CM2 (de 6 à 10 ans).

De 3 à 6 ans, les enfants vont à l'école maternelle (petite section, moyenne section et grande section).

A partir de 11 ans jusqu'à 15 ans il y a le collège avec la 6ème, 5ème, 4ème et 3ème puis le lycée jusqu'à 18 ans (avec la seconde, la première et la terminale pour préparer le baccalauréat).
Enfin, nous pouvons aller à l'université pour suivre des études supérieures.

En primaire, nous étudions la langue française, les mathématiques, l'histoire, la géographie, les sciences, l'Anglais ou l'Allemand, l'éducation civique, la musique, l'informatique, l'art plastique et le sport.

Et vous? Quelles matières étudiez-vous à l'école?
Comment fonctionne votre système scolaire?
Nous espérons avoir bientôt de vos nouvelles.

Les élèves de CM2 des Grands Jardins.

Hello everybody

Our school, les Grands Jardins , has thirteen classrooms.
Elementary school in France is composed of CP, CE1, CE2 , CM1 and CM2 (from 6 to 10 years old ).

From 3 to 6 years old, children go to nursery school(“petite section”, “moyenne section” and “grande section” ).

From 11 years old to 15 years old, there is secondary school with “sixième”, “cinquième”, “quatrième” and “troisième”, then secondary school until 18 years old (with “seconde”, “première” and “terminale” to prepare the baccalaureate).

At last, we can go to the university to follow higher education.

At primary school, we study French, Maths, History, Geography, Science, English or Deutch, Civic Education, Music ,Computer Science, Art and Sport.

And what about you? What subjects do you study at school? What levels do you go through during your schooling?

Looking forward to hearing from you.
CM2 pupils of the Grands Jardins.

Monday, 25 February 2008

Making Chess Boards at the School of Furniture!

We have all spent two days at the School of Furniture, near to Gifford, where we learned how to make our own chess boards.

Starting off!

Putting the wood into the correct places!

Cutting the wood for the edges.

Nearly finished!

Our chess boards are finished!

Monday, 28 January 2008

Where I Live - East Saltoun

Hello - it's Runrig here.
I live in a village called East Saltoun. My house is a semi-detached one. There are ten rooms in my house. My house is made of stone and has a slate roof. I have a big garden. I have a big bedroom. I play games in it.

Where I Live - Garvald

Hello - it's Highland here.
I live in a village called Garvald. My house is a semi-detached one. There are seven rooms in my house. My house is made of stone and has a slate roof. I have a small garden and I like climbing the trees in it. My bedroom is white. It has a CD player in it. I like listening to music in my room.

Where I Live - near Gifford

Hello - it's Blackie here.
I live just outside Gifford. My house is semi-detached. My house is made of stone and has a slate roof. I have quite a long garden. I like playing with my dog Solti in the garden. My bedroom is green at the moment. I enjoy listening to story tapes in my room.

Hello - it's Monarch here.
I live on a farm outside Gifford. My house is a detached house. There are fourteen rooms in my house. My house is harled and has a slate roof. I have a large garden and I like to play football in it. My bedroom is blue. It has a snooker table in it. I enjoy playing my Nintendo DS in my room.

Hello - it's Tod here.
I live in a semi-detached bungalow near Gifford. My house is made of stone with a slate roof. There are eight rooms in my house. I have a big plain garden with two trees in it. My other garden has a trampoline in it. My bedroom has cream walls and a big bed. My room is very small.

Hello - it's Broch here.
I live on the outskirts of Gifford. My house is a cottage. It is made of stone. My room is blue. I have a bunk bed. I have twelve rooms in my house.

Hello - it's Lang Syne here.
I live near Gifford. My house is a bungalow. There are ten rooms in my house. My house is harled and has a slate roof. I have a medium-sized garden and I like to play in it. My bedroom is light pink. It has a mirror in it. I like playing with the dolls house.

Hello - it's Tatties here.
I live in the countryside. My house is a semi-detached one. There are eight rooms in my house. My house is made of stone and has a slate roof. I have a huge garden and I like to play basketball in it. My bedroom has cars in it.

Hello - it's Crannog here.
I live beside a farm. My house is a cottage. There are eight rooms in my house. My house is made of bricks and has a slate roof. I have a small garden and I like to play Tig in it. My bedroom is green and has Star Wars posters in it. I enjoy playing with my toys in my room.

Where I Live - Gifford

Hello - it's Doo here.
I live in Gifford. My house is a semi-detached house. There are three rooms in my house. My house is made of stone and has a slate roof. I have a long garden and like to play in it. My bedroom is cream. It has a sleigh bed in it. I enjoy listening to music in my room.

Hello - it's Sporran here.
I live in Gifford. My house is a chalet type of house. I have eleven rooms in my house. My house is made of stone and has a tile roof. I have three gardens - two are the same size and the third is bigger. My bedroom is maroon. It has a hi-fi in it. It is a Hearts Football Club room and I like listening to music in my room.

Hello - it's Capercaillie here.
I live in Gifford. My house is semi-detached. There are three bedrooms in my house. It is made of stone and has a slate roof. I have a small garden and I like to play football in it. My bedroom is cream. I like to read books in my room.

Hello - it's Corbett here.
I live in Gifford. My house is a semi-detached house. My house is made out of small stones and my roof is orange with orange tiles. My door is brown with a horseshoe above it. I have a small front garden with nice flowers and my back garden is bigger with a wooden climbing frame, wooden playhouse, bouncy balls and red and blue swings. I like looking at the lovely birds with my binoculars. My bedroom is creamy-white. I have a small bed and a desk. I enjoy writing stories and drawing at my desk and playing with my darts. Also, I have ten rooms in my house.

Hello - it's Craw here.
I live in Gifford. My house is a semi-detached house. I have five rooms in my house. My house is made of stone and it has a slate roof. I have a small garden and I like to look for wild bugs. My bedroom is blue. I have a bunk bed.

Hello - it's Puddock here.
I live in Gifford. My house is a semi-detached house. There are thirteen rooms in my house. My house is made out of brick and my roof is made out of slate. I have a large garden and I like to play with Bracken my dog. The wallpaper in my room is blue and I enjoy playing with my guinea pig Milly in my bedroom.

Hello - it's Cleg here.
I live in Gifford. My house is semi-detached. I have nine rooms. My house is made of bricks and it has a slate roof. I have a small garden and I like to skateboard in it.

Where I Live - near Haddington

Hello - it's Golden Eagle here.
I live on a farm near Haddington. My house is a farmhouse. There are 20 rooms in my house. My house is made of stone and has a slate roof. I have a large garden and I like to look for wildlife in it.
My bedroom is blue. It has a laptop in it. I enjoy watching DVDs on it.

Hello - it's Tartan here.
I live on a farm near Haddington, but it's not the same one as Golden Eagle. My house is a semi-detached house. There are 12 rooms in my house. My house is made of stone and has a slate roof. I have a big garden and I like to play rugby in it. My bedroom is blue. My sister stays in the same bedroom as me. I like pillow-fighting my sister.

Hello - it's Grouse here.
Like Golden Eagle and Tartan, I also live on a farm, but on a different one to them. My house is a semi-detached house. There are eight rooms in my house. My house is made of a reddish-brown stone. I have an extremely small garden but I have enough space to play badminton. My bedroom is a creamy colour. I have my own T.V. I like reading books in my bedroom.

Hello - it's Reidcoat here.
I live in a farmhouse. I live in a stone-built house. There are twenty rooms in my house. My family's house is very big. My house has a slate roof. I have three gardens. In one of my gardens there is a tennis court. My bedroom is very big.