Art school clubs

The iPad art group have been making super progress. Here are some finished paintings:

The Colosseum by Cameron:




A birthday Danbo by Georgina:




Danbo by the beach by Daniil:




And Danbo in the grass by Lewis:

After School Digital Art

Today we have day two of our after school art club. We are learning skills in digital art using a fantastic app called ArtRage.

Watch this space for some fantastic creations.


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Gingerbread houses in BC

The bakers in Broader Curriculum are making Gingerbread houses! We are excited! Next week we will decorate them.

































































































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Online Safety

As part of our ongoing Internet safety education, Middle School are being trained in key ways to protect themselves online. Today, they have been looking at the question of protecting their reputation, and considering what impression their online activities/comments/uploads create about them.

Here, they are discussing the best ways to present yourself online.


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Confident leathers in P3/4

Primary 3/4 are missing Mr Atkinson whilst he looks after his new baby but they are working very hard! This morning they have learnt how to use an atlas and then used their new skills to find and label Roman towns on a map...

Great work P3/4!




















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First Aid 2

Tonight we are having the second night of our first aid training - choking and bleeding.
The sessions have been very useful and appreciated by all.


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New Baby!

Congratulations to Owen and Alison Atkinson who had their second baby daughter early on Wednesday morning. She is called Bethany Faith Atkinson and was 8 lb 2oz. Mother and baby are doing well and are home from hospital.

The Great Broader Curriculum Bake-Off!

Mrs Speirs is doing baking with us for the next six weeks. The pupils who have chosen this as their next BC topic will learn some of the basic skills for baking and will also be making a variety of Christmassy treats!

We are starting with delicious Christmas shortbread today.

We have greased our baking sheets...


Weighed and whisked the butter...













Weighed and sieved the flour




















We've rolled our mixture on a floured work top...



And used cookie cutters to make shaped biscuits...















Then after the Great BC WashUp- the biscuits came out of oven... YUM!!!



Watch this blog to follow our culinary adventures!

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First Aid Training at Cedars

This evening at Cedars we are having a first aid training course. For many staff it is a refresher course and useful for all of us to keep up our skills.







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BC Drama

Today in drama we began by creating some still images in groups. Pupils had to be quite creative as they only had 10 seconds to create each image:







We also explored some moral dilemmas and worked on persuasive language using an alley debate technique:







Lastly, we continued to develop the moral dilemmas by focussing on the thoughts and conscience of the characters. Pupils created a powerful chorus of voices to represent the character's thoughts. They each had a chance to take on the role of the character and hear the chorus.

RYA in Senior Assembly

Angie Sword from the RYA spoke to Senior Assembly this morning. She encouraged them to give sailing a try, and gave them some ideas for getting started. Angie spoke about the Olympics and how RYA are using the events in London to encourage more people to sail.





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