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Parachuting Fun with P5

Posted on July 1, 2011 by kpearce

P2P got together with our P5 buddies yesterday for a bit of parachuting fun in the scorching East Lothian sun! We had great fun and it was a lovely way to celebrate the end of the year with our special buddies.

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Our Library Project

Posted on July 1, 2011 by kpearce

Parents, staff and pupils at Sanderson’s Wynd have been working really hard to get our new library lending system installed. Thank you to all the parents from P2P who have volunteered this term! To celebrate all the progress we’ve made … Continue reading →

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ET Went Home

Posted on June 28, 2011 by kpearce

As part of our alien story writing we have watched bits of the movie ET to inspire us. Today we worked in small groups with Bee Bots and pretended that they were ET. We chose a location for ET’s mother ship to … Continue reading →

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Jack and the Giant Fundraising for Save the Children

Posted on June 28, 2011 by kpearce

Today Mrs. Claire Gobourn came to speak to Primary 2P on behalf of Save the Children. She told us about the work that StC does both in Britain and around the world. She gave us a really good idea of … Continue reading →

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Our New Worm Cafe

Posted on June 23, 2011 by kpearce

Yesterday Primary 2P were so excited about our new Worm Cafe. Alex from P6 came down to set it up for us. He assembled it and got the coir filling ready. He helped us add the worms and then we … Continue reading →

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Budding Authors Launch Books @ Sanderson’s Wynd

Posted on June 23, 2011 by kpearce

Today we opened up our classroom to family and friends to share our new books. Parents, carers, other family members and staff came to hear our young authors read their latest books, which were about meeting aliens. They wrote book … Continue reading →

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Sneak Preview: Alien Stories

Posted on June 13, 2011 by kpearce

We have been working really hard on our Alien stories for two weeks now. Some of us have nearly finished the writing. Tomorrow we will be creating our book covers with an eye-catching design on the front and a blurb … Continue reading →

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Alien Book Launch

Posted on June 13, 2011 by kpearce

Dear Parents/Carers, We have been working very hard writing our alien stories over the last two weeks. We will be finishing this week and making our stories into books. Our two book launches will be Thursday, 23.6.11 at 2:00pm and … Continue reading →

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Our Awesome Authors

Posted on May 26, 2011 by kpearce

We are creating our own books this term. We have chosen to write about alien encounters. We have completed our About the Author pages and have just begun to develop our characters. Have a look at our author display in … Continue reading →

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Space Shuttle Endeavour

Posted on May 26, 2011 by kpearce

We have been following news of the Endeavour’s mission since it was launched and our own one-man version of the space shuttle is nearly ready. Have a look below.

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