Category Archives: Heath and Wellbeing

Basic Moves

Posted on May 3, 2011 by kpearce

Today we had a special PE session with our two student teachers,  Mr. Murray and Mr. Neilson. After our warm up, we worked on our basic moves and skills in four fun stations. Have a look at some of our … Continue reading →

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Getting Fit for Health Week

Posted on April 3, 2011 by kpearce

Last week was Health Week at Sanderson’s Wynd. On Thursday Primary 2P enjoyed a mini boot camp session with our fabulous instructor, Fiona. We all worked really hard and had a great (but exhausting!) time. Many thanks to  Fiona and … Continue reading →

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A Visit from the Dentist

Posted on March 30, 2011 by kpearce

Today Mrs. Golightly came to visit Sanderson’s Wynd with her cheeky friend to talk to pupils about caring for their teeth. Primary 2P enjoyed our visit with her and her monkey. We learned that we should be brushing our teeth … Continue reading →

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Fruity Sense Poems

Posted on March 30, 2011 by kpearce

As part of Health Week today we had a fruit tasting session. We thought about how each type of fruit tasted, smelled, looked and felt in our hands. We wrote down our describing words at each fruit station and then … Continue reading →

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Yee haw Y’all!

Posted on March 29, 2011 by kpearce

As part of our Health Week activities Primary 2P took part in line dancing this morning in order to raise money for Child Line. We learned a two wall dance (complete with lasso action) and a more complicated four wall … Continue reading →

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Sanderson’s Wynd Health Week

Posted on March 28, 2011 by kpearce

Our whole school Health Week was kick-started this morning with outdoor aerobics! It was fabulous fun and also somewhat exhausting! We have set some healthy challenges for ourselves this week. The first is for everyone (including teachers!) to only have … Continue reading →

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Gymnastics

Posted on March 1, 2011 by kpearce

We have been working on gymnastic skills this term including rolls, jumps and balancing. Today we began combining some of the skills we have learned in order to build up to performing a sequence of movements. Have a look below … Continue reading →

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From Tranent to the Tropics: Our Visit to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh

Posted on February 2, 2011 by kpearce

Today Primary 2P visited the glass houses of the Royal Botanic Gardens to learn about plants that we eat. We have planted our own beans (which should begin to grow soon!) and we know about some fruits and vegetables that we grow, … Continue reading →

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Outdoor Numeracy Today

Posted on January 31, 2011 by kpearce

Today we took our Number Counts lesson outdoors to get some practise counting forward and back in the fresh air of the school courtyard. We used our Fairyland theme to count the number of times that Jack climbed from leaf … Continue reading →

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Making Houses of Straw, Sticks and Bricks

Posted on December 23, 2010 by kpearce

Yesterday we worked in small groups to make houses like the Three Little Pigs did out of straw, sticks and bricks. We used real straw, plastic straws, lollipop sticks, real sticks, and Lego bricks. Our goal was to make our … Continue reading →

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