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Welcome back everyone!
Please find attached our Curriculum Overview for Term 4. Please ask if you have any questions or worries and thank you all so much for your support.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U0hHMA9rRiQQR37fX-NBFoK9qdK1FR4pluFznsap2L8/edit?usp=sharing
Have wonderful Easter Holiday everyone! Looking forward to seeing you all when we return on Tuesday 22nd of April
A massive thank you to everyone who came and took part in our Titanic Escape Room. Well done to all of you for not giving up and for escaping! We really appreciate your support and hope you really enjoyed it. The children really did! They did a brilliant job of designing it. What a talented and creative group of children are in P4/5. They did not make it easy...
Here are photos of our Titanic Escape Room below. If you were not able to make it, this will give you a taster of what it was like.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1G465PXtR-6ykq6m3_XGEBBsNp0NJYP9Y?usp=sharing
We are very impressed by Sienna's crotchet skills! Well done Sienna.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1t7XrP-y-uBCpi-QZoqgXLo2vuuxltKt0/view?usp=sharing
The girls in P4 and P5 had a training session with Caley Thistle. What a lot of talented footballers we have in Lochardil. Well done girls.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Ld-q2OSvuNC_TPWbBSHNRqtwKoujx1hJ?usp=sharing
A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to Careers' Week. What a brilliant week we had.
4 and P5 were visited by Karen Richardson, Laura Arthur, Ellie Carlisle, Megan Glass, Sarah Gallagher and Debbie Hall. Those who were interested in a career in football also go the chance to hear from footballs from Caley Thistle too.
We learned so much from you about what your job involves and the skills you use day to day within your work. It was fabulous, we learned a lot and had great fun too! We are excited to think about the jobs we might have in the future!
Please find photos from our Career's Week below.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1sRWazq8tMdihtERddoaEulCcpkNK5iDN?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VFGeh9-7Q67xjyiRK1ZlX9WlY1KVRUDk?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Hmd5eHKmsbDJ32jSjedKzzJJMnSIYX0K?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19NgI-njptzH3SrQTuLw7gIp-mAoCiPoU?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_Tkv5eRWGvheC9zXTfWgBl9ZvvoEJ29q?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dC9BGkJ8xdFf8k_UHX2ecpdHH5pdPMtC?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1F2E3om-J9bDk_IZgYVdmfZ6Tw0k0XynN?usp=sharing
Ronan is our Star of the Week! Ronan is our Star of the Week for his fabulous creativity. He created a fabulous imaginative charater for his imaginative writing which really impressed us. Well done Ronan! We are very proud of you.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n32uf9eZ2d0Y40APX8M35sVGzLjfy7L0/view?usp=sharing
We had a great time raising money for Comic Relief! Thank you so much to everyone who donated, and to the P7 children for organising a fabulous day.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1oJrCXjvGdpAu5qkseBz_Ujmh148uBslV?usp=sharing
A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for our open morning on Wednesday. It was lovely to see you all!
I have attached photos of our open morning below.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11Pl1WzjIqtF2jKgqxWfBrMsleDk9Vll3?usp=sharing
This folder has now been updated with videos of the children's performance with Scottish Opera.
Please find below a link to photos and videos from P5s fabulous performance of Tam O' Shanter with Scottish Opera. They did brilliantly and worked really hard to learn the words, tune and moves.
We had compliments on how well they listened too, during rehearsal, which was such a pleasure to hear. A huge well done to every single one of you. We are so proud of you!
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11J7Yr_A5UsnI8NGL7ujHMMId_4V_1fV4?usp=sharing
P4/5 performed our Climate Action song at our assembly this week. If you have not yet seen the video of our song, please do watch it. I have attached a link below.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qIljym6k_mxLGyGbE5oRyNvh9OinuB4O/view?usp=drive_link
Here are photos from our performance at assembly. Well done everyone!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fjmh2wcKwku3kjbhS5QtXYxm_AsTdZbV/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/118FjWxOIhq0bdrHbSImQn6V7iUoxWBDn/view?usp=sharing
Congratulations Ariana!
Ariana is our Star of the Week for her fabulous effort and concentration in all subject areas. She is brilliant at working independently.
Well done Ariana! We are very proud of your fabulous attitude to learning.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Smivm0JTeSYG20GnF7lo-ZuLM_YXvyj1/view?usp=sharing
Please find below a link to photos and videos from P5s fabulous performance of Tam O' Shanter with Scottish Opera. They did brilliantly and worked really hard to learn the words, tune and moves.
We had compliments on how well they listened too, during rehearsal, which was such a pleasure to hear. A huge well done to every single one of you. We are so proud of you!
Unfortunately I have had some problems uploading all the videos. I will add more as soon as I can.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11J7Yr_A5UsnI8NGL7ujHMMId_4V_1fV4?usp=sharing
P4/5 have learned and sung a song to raise awareness of Climate Change as part of our contribution to the Art for Action project, which uses Expressive Arts to raise awareness of Climate Change. We filmed it with P3, P3/4, P4 and P4/5 too.
Enjoy this video of the children's fabulous performance! Well done everyone!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qIljym6k_mxLGyGbE5oRyNvh9OinuB4O/view?usp=drive_link
Congratulations to Sienna!
Sienna is our Star of the Week for her consistent hard work, effort and for the kindness and care she shows towards others. Well done Sienna. Thank you for demonstrating our school values.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16dGoAM-w9tagnn5BGtqCi-mn3qXvqCQt/view?usp=sharing
A huge well done to the pupils in P4/5 who helped to run and present our Lochardil Book Award Ceremony on Thursday to celebrate World Book Day.
All our presenters spoke very clearly and confidently. What a fabulous job you did. It is not easy to speak in front of a large group of people and you should all be very proud of the confidence you displayed. We are all very proud of you.
We had a brilliant day! We loved sharing our favourite books, authors, illustrators, poems, and digital texts. We have some new favourites to give a go too now!
Here are some photos of the day. I hope more will be added over the coming weeks.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1P2fJw8h9JlNgNqhCbRJEx9M95-jlx11O?usp=sharing
Pancake day!
We have been learning about the real meaning behind pancake day. We learned about what Lent means to Christians and the meaning behind Ash Wednesday.
We also enjoyed celebrating Pancake Day by eating pancakes and we all think that they delicious!
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11I9cM9ODTpEa71o0Y9Z8FTW5_tbxGb3Y?usp=sharing
I have updated our Feis Rois folder with more videos from Feis Rois. We had great fun learning what the Strathspey rhythm is. We learned that it has the same rhythm as the words 'Chicken Feet'
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/111QRwi7BeYxU7UM5KKqKooZiyCMJ121J?usp=sharing
We have been learning about the different classes in the Titanic. We have been learning abot what their accommodation, restaurants and menus were like.
We are designing our own rooms from the Titanic using recycled materials. Thank you so much to everyone who sent materials in.
They have done a brilliant job of working collaboratively in groups and showed very impressive design skills and creativity.
We even had a wardrobe filled with clothes from the time period of 1912.
Well done everyone!
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/114B3V3mXkSjNgEkHTxnfA7-CWz6FhVON?usp=sharing
Congratulations to Fraser!
Fraser is our Star of the Week for his fabulous concentration and focus during independent tasks.
Well done Fraser, we are very proud of you
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LtWV4R3v_bwEwXGB9WwYQ7lYRnQY8yAv/view?usp=sharing
Feis Rois 05/02/25
We were delighted to be joined by Gillian from Feis Rois this week. She played rhythm games with us and taught us a song in Gaelic and a song in Old Scots.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/111QRwi7BeYxU7UM5KKqKooZiyCMJ121J?usp=sharing
Chinese New Year.
To celebrate the Lunar New Year, we are had a visit and dance performance from the world famous Glasgow Hong Lok Dragon & Lion Dancing troupe. They performed a fabulous dragon dance for us. A huge thank you to SHIMCA (Scottish Highlands & Islands and Moray Chinese Association) for organising it.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11TJaV7MYeftpTry-CCZroxZOLNzGBMWu?usp=sharing
24/01/25
We had a great fun learning all about buoyancy!
We had a competition to see who could design and make a boat out of tin foil that would hold the most amount of marbles before it sank.
We learned that there is a competition between the upward force of buoyancy and the downward force of gravity. If buoyancy wins then our boats will float. We discovered that the triangle is a very strong shape. We also discovered that the boats with short walls and as large a base as possible were able to hold more marbles before they sank.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/111ORqA--LRMRy-RnFDPYca7vygm94k0M?usp=sharing
Congratulations to Matthew!
He is our Star of the Week for his improved concentration and increased confidence with maths. Great work this week Matthew! We are very proud of you!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10tX0YtWSRi9eBSFuSBqtRBVKjOzTudii/view?usp=sharing
Welcome back everyone!
What a start we have had to the new term. I hope you all had as much fun in the snow as we had!
Please find below the Curriculum Overview for this Term.
Please just ask if you have any questions or concerns and thank you all for your support.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Asoodr4CtUZyt2NKnNYXPPtCpwKtkc-OhZFjNMYE-DM/edit?usp=sharing
Emilia is our Star of the Week!
Emilia is our Star of the Week for her fabulous creativity and imagination.
Well done Emilia! We are very proud of you!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FnFszHNA_5kKqmyuHejsNEjDUshy1aXp/view?usp=sharing
We had a great week! Our Christmas party was great fun. Thank you so much to all of the children for their fabulous team spirit, we cannot say a big enough thank you for how good you all were.
We have been making calendars for the New Year too.
On Wednesday, we went carol singing at Ach and Eas. The residents there were delighted to see us and the children sang brilliantly. I have attached photos below. Please also have a look at the videos of the children singing on our Google Classroom.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10pVIunKq9z9Q7uaEKMAv8bvshW3T4juN?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/110NnCZAO01s9Uxf6BEpOUnLpcN5T5ldO?usp=sharing
Have a wonderful holiday everyone! Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas and New Year!
Looking forward to seeing you all on 2025!
We loved our Christmas dinner! Thank you very much to everyone in the canteen for organising it.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10tjPryWtoUuXV3nVOwVpYJV_RkljEcOZ?usp=sharing
We made vegetable chow mein! We learned to prepare and cook it safely and followed the instructions correctly as part of our International Foods topic. All the children tried new vegetables and flavours as as part of this and I am very proud of all of them for having the confidence to try something new.
Well done everyone!
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10eNWOGyvKnVjbdlbg6hivT9HP6QHE83K?usp=sharing
Congratulations Finlay!
Finlay is our Star of the Week this week!
Finlay is our Star of the week this week for his consistent kindness and care for others. He is always really encouraging and supportive towards others. Well done Finlay! Being kind is of the utmost importance. It is a pleasure to see your kindness towards others and we are really proud of you. 29/11/24
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c9wc9qPr3yjUq0XlcQBs3S6JPCqlNIrb/view?usp=sharing
What a fabulous day we had celebrating our 60th birthday!
We had party games, led by our fabulous P7 pupils. We designed our own memorabilia plates and iced biscuits too. There was even cake as well!
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10V-l81YJLqYlWKSLnvD3TuhkTagW4DNK?usp=drive_link
Congratulations to Catriona and Finlay.
They are our Star Pupils!
Catriona is our Star pupil for her passion for writing. It is fabulous and I love reading your writing and seeing your fabulous illustrations too!
Finlay is our Star for his fabulous maths work. He has been concentrating really well, working really hard and his confidence is blossoming. It has been just lovely to see.
Well done to you both. We are every proud of you!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DoXJl7PZYDlfQv9CCzBxsqiwlYAPANZZ/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-_nkA_wNImQx8PXE7ysjuQUzogIJLT2o/view?usp=sharing
We had a virtual workshop with illustrator Axel Scheffler. He talked about what it's like to be illustrator, the process he goes through to develop a new character. He also did a live draw along with us, when he talked us through how to draw the characters the Gruffalo and Jonty the penguin. We love art in P4/5! Many of us are very passionate about it and woudl love to be illustrators one day.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10SdIqk_al40WVTyWLOYLhpgTD5vhcaJ5?usp=sharing
15/11/24
Molly is our Star of the Week this week for her fabulous work on long multiplication. She has worked really hard at it and her increased confidence is great to see. Well done Molly! We are very proud of you!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10l9Iww-kMOcPSuJiM0mINxpuIbjFeBxQ/view?usp=sharing
A massive thank you to everyone who contributed to the Blythswood Shoebox Appeal. On Monday, we presented Blythswood with 51 shoeboxes, along with extra much needed donated gifts. It is really appreciated.
They will soon be making their journey to Eastern Europe.
Thank you to you all for making this Christmas extra special for those in need.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Vifzs8T2C-fn1Dzj597E5-CjmzbgzIj7?usp=sharing
We have been writing instructions for how to make pizza. We made our pizza our own by adding toppings that we really like.
We created a persuasive introduction and used time connectives to help the flow and clarity of our instructions.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i5H0LktQNzgbGkkVjNFKqB3ztZHNs8Ww/view?usp=sharing
08/11/24
We have been organising the Blhythswood Appeal for Lochardil.
We created our own showboxes in class for us to donate. We also created cards so the boys and girls who receive our gifts will know that we are thinking of them.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10GH1WuVInmr3BfOLo2F2OcQNSH5KC178?usp=sharing
08/11/24
Congratulations to Ronan, Ellis, Sienna and Ava!
They are our Stars this week for their fabulous writing.
They used Emotion Works to describe how they felt in their personal writing, using Body Sensations and Emotion Behaviours.
Well done to all of you! We are very proud of you.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VLa4aCFW-duknfi_S79WZo3L98o9iHto/view?usp=sharing
Welcome back everyone!
Please find below a link to our curriculum overview for Term 2.
Please ask if you have any questions and thank you very much to you all for all of your support.
From Mrs McQuigg
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yx1Fb5oi05gUk8AQtLsaT60YtmE5rnaIpzykZvyJqKc/edit?usp=sharing
Have a wonderful holiday everyone!
Wishing you all a fabulous time of fun and refreshment. Take care everyone. I will miss you a lot and I'm looking forward to seeing you all after the holidays.
Love from Mrs McQuigg
Congratulations to Harry and Caitlin!
They are our Star Pupils for their fabulous effort, hard work and concentration in maths.
We are really proud of you both! Well done and thank you so much for all your hard work!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f24VnNdNWUMEkSkMfehtIcNFQ-kg1vXe/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LcckaAltGgDGCOG4jJL9iKJiRgyT_syp/view?usp=sharing
We raised over £618 for our Enterprise fundraiser and money is still coming in. A huge thank you to everyone who contributed money, items from home, time and baking to help us.
As we said in our letter, we are donating a share of our fundraising to support of one of our former parents, Ros, who is fundraising for Maggie’s Highland this year by running the Baxter’s Loch Ness Marathon. Today, we presented a cheque of £309 to her, along with our love and huge congratulations! Cancer affects so many of us and we are delighted to have been able to support this worthy cause.
The rest will be spend helping us to celebrate our 60th birthday.
A huge thank you to you all again!
Mrs McQuigg, Mrs MacIver, P4 and P4/5
Please see photos below.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1077uf-ZraonOQ-vjmr6M9YvE7goQ29e2?usp=drive_link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WaCiyszDCvIC5YkYrOgM9AmnQ9nQKJJt/view?usp=sharing
We had a fabulous day raising money for our 60th birthday celebrations. A huge well done to all of P4 and P4/5.
You all worked brilliantly in your teams, sharing jobs and listening well to each other. You managed resources brilliantly and supported younger pupils with kindness, making sure everyone knew what to do. Great work everyone!
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1077uf-ZraonOQ-vjmr6M9YvE7goQ29e2?usp=sharing
Congratulations Alice!
Alice is our Star of the Week!
She is our Star of the Week for her brilliant perseverance and effort in maths. You never give up Alice, even when it feels tough. Well done! Thank you for all your hard work and effort.
We are all very proud of you!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KRPTwgc2P61a01FP3ezk_ZeiGrIOlEeK/view?usp=sharing
We took part in an online session with author and illustrator Rob Biddolf. He told us about his journey to become a writer and illustrator and he talked us through drawing a cartoon rhino with a tophat. We had great fun and learned so much about the process of writing and illustrating at the same time. We are very proud with our own works of art too!
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1044BuqlYnaz5YzvDi8JlHWiAy2LneJDl?usp=sharing
Congratulations to Lucia, Ariana, Fraser and Liam!
They are our Star Writers and our Starts of the Week for their fabulous description in their writing.
They used weather, lighting, broken and ugly things in the setting and use of noises to create a spooky atmosphere in their imaginative stories.
Great work! We are all very proud of you!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zKezXIUv8qU5HdlLBIUqIoI_bui1Atic/view?usp=sharing
27/09/24
We have been reading the Chronicles of Narnia. Some of us had never tried Turkish Delight before, the rose flavoured treat used by the White White to win Edmund over, so we tried some Turkish Delight, covered in chocolate, this week. Most of us loved it, some were less keen but I am really proud of everyone for trying something new!
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-xO-edFLNa2qobJuMXYrAauLyH_qvqhq?usp=sharing
The fabulous pupils of P4 and P4/5 have been working hard, in groups, to organise stalls for our Fundraising event next week.
While working in groups, the children were aiming to: speak one and time, listen carefully to each other, encourage each other and to disagree agreeably. They did a fabulous job and we were delighted to see the brilliant coppoeration and collaboration between them. Well done everyone!
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12Ix70xORhd4jH6DySLwL7-uCHsHeMsDF?usp=sharing
Congratulations Liam!
Liam is my Star of the Week for his fabulous reading work.
Liam read aloud confidently, concentrated fabulously during independent reading and independent tasks and did a brilliant job of identifying direct speech in his reading book. You demonstrated a brilliant conscientious attitude Liam.
Well done! We are very proud of you.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/186RhPK9J4XNsDEn7zGzdEeW1eYgF20Rb/view?usp=sharing
20/09/24
We have been learning about Direct Speech this week.
We looked for examples of direct speech in our reading book and used them to recreate a scene in the style of a graphic novel, with speech bubbles. We practised punctuation direct speech correctly with speech marks.
We are loving our class novel, 'The Chronicles of Narnia.'
We have been linking the experiences of Peter, Edmund, Susan and Lucy to our own knowledge of the 2nd World War. We researched evacuation to learn more about what it meant.
We have discussed the experiences of the children in relation to the Rights of the Child. We spotted some rights which are being denied to the children as a result of the war and the need for evacuation. We used Emotion Works to explore how the children might have felt. We looked at Regulation Strategies, to help us manage our own emotions too.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-sp8J7t2uetfl_FVEcXnMv5waCsd7101?usp=sharing
Congratulations to Selorm and Eva!
They are our Pupils of the Month
Selorm is our Pupil of the Month for how brilliantly he has settled in to Lochardil. We are just delighted that he has joined P4/5.
Well done Selorm! We are very proud of how well you have settled in, the friendships you are making and the confidence you have shown throughout a new beginning.
Eva is our Pupil of the Month for her fabulous listening skills and for the kindness and care she shows others.
Well done Eva! You are fabulous role model and brilliantly demonstrate our school values of love, respect and responsibility. We are very proud of you Eva!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15NKkUJw2-7mp2AttjYxYqmqXFcguV9t7/view?usp=sharing
13/09/24
This week in Reading we have been looking at different types of questions.
We used Bloom's Taxonomy to look at depth of questioning.
We created our own Remembering and Understanding questions this week and created descriptions of characters or objects from our reading book.
We also created Collaborative Artwork,. This was inspired by the work of the artist Kandinsky. We are also inspired by the four elements of fire, water, earth and air.
Please find below our folder of photos from this week.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-oIJXY1cDyPXA611QMGX31IJZm584-B4?usp=sharing
Congratulations to Louis.
Louis is our Star of the Week this week for his fabulous maths.
Louis works really hard and concentrates really well. He is eager to challenge himself and enthusiastically tries new and trickier problems as well.
We are very proud of you Louis. Well done!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10EAsk9dcs8L1Zm-VAzebqscAU1AXuzPY/view?usp=sharing
06/09/24
Thank you to everyone who has brought in an All About Me bag to share with us.
I have loved learning more about you all this week. Everyone spoke clearly and confidently when they were sharing their About Me Bags and should feel very proud of themselves. Well done to you all!
This week, in maths, we have been practising partitioning and rounding numbers to the nearest 10 and 100.
Please see the following link for photos from this week.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-lSfs8afLnQ5lw3UstqB0-0eWg661TnB?usp=drive_link
Congratulations Lucia L!
Lucia is our Star of the Week for her fabulous contributions to classroom discussion.
She is full of enthusiasm and eager to participate in all lessons. Well done Lucia! What a fabulous attitude to leaning you have!
As well as as a photo of Lucia receiving her certificate, I have attached a link to class photos we took this week. We had great fun and enjoyed taking a silly photo as well as sensible one :-)
We loved getting outdoors for P.E too this week, while the weather was lovely.
We are attaching links to photograph folders this year, rather than directly posting the photos to help the Blog run a little faster for everyone :-)
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1yDvR7jiZ_Z1Ne7l5vPiKeI3uWDlsJYuX?usp=sharing
Welcome Back Everyone!
Welcome Back Everyone!
I am delighted to welcome you to P4/5 and a new school year.
The last two weeks have been fabulous and I have really enjoyed getting to know you all better.
Thank you so much to you all for your hard work, enthusiasm and energy. You have all been brilliant.
Please find our Curriculum Overview for Term 1. This provides information about our classroom routines and learning objectives for this term.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AsuiE9btvOP7j3aNX45W-APgQyumfHNJyiZCpxFzRDU/edit?usp=sharing
Please just ask if you have any questions or concerns. I am here to help in any way that I can.
My email address is donna.mcquigg@invernessroyalacademy.org.uk
Thank you very much to you all for your support!
Mrs McQuigg
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