Congratulations to all our pupil achievers who were presented with their certificates at a special assembly on Friday 30th January.

P1  Glen M & Fraser C

P2  Connor E & Emma C

P2/3  Rebecca S & Jamie M

P3  Cameron S & James H

P4  Sarah D & Jamie M

P5  Shelley C & Jordan B

P5/6  Joshua T & Ruth C

P6/7  Mhairi H & Jack G

P7  Thomas B & Lorna C

Ellie and Eilidh tell us about some of the things they’re up to in P3.

“We’ve been making Celtic helmets as part of our topic on the Celts.  We had to work in trios.” Eilidh

“We are learning about 3D shapes.  We know the names of all the shapes on display in our class.  We found shapes at home to bring to school for our display.  James made a castle out of 3D shapes.” Ellie

“We have a pretend house in our class.  We call it Grandma’s Cottage because this is the name of our classroom.  We do our language work in this room.  We are allowed to go into the cottage to do reading.” Eilidh

“We are learning about poetry.”  Ellie

Congratulations to P3 who were chosen as class of the week. Well done P3.

We received 67 votes in our poll to decide the name for the puppy.  The winning name with 18% of the votes is Blog Dog.

Primary 5 have been learning about Highland clans as part of their history topic on the Jacobites.  They had to create a new clan name, badge, motto and emblem. 

Yve M (P5/6) drew this wonderful picture of a wolf.  What a fantastic drawing, Yve! 

Primary 4 have been very busy working collaboratively to make chess boards as part of their topic.  Can you explain how you made your chess boards P4?

Well done to our successful candidates Jordan MacPhee and Daniel Mackinnon who have been nominated by Ord to become joint vice-captains.  The voters could not choose between them!  During  their short election speeches they both convinced the audience of their eagerness to help the team.  We wish them both good luck in their new role!

Click on the link below to take you to a really fun equivalent fractions game.  How high can you get your score?

Equivalent Fractions

Did you miss our citizenship assembly?

Your house needs you!

A vacancy exists for House Captain of Ord now that Tom has left.

Are you full of ideas?

Can you communicate well?

Do you think you are a good role model?

All Ord pupils pelase meet in the GP room on Monday 26th January at 1.30pm to vote for our candidates.

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On Friday afternoon P1-3 were entertained by the pupils of P6/7 & P7 to a wonderful Robert Burns presentation.

Primary 4 are learning about the Vikings.  Look at their wonderful pieces of art work.

We are learning to add two sets of numbers together.

Click on the link below to see part of the live GMTV broadcast.

Live Broadcast

One of the Eco Group’s targets is to improve the Health and Wellbeing of our school community.  During discussions on how to achieve this, our group mentioned GMTV and Mr Motivator, a new character to everyone except Mrs Smith, a fan from years gone by.

It was suggested he may be able to motivate the group with new ideas which could then lead to Eco members working with groups during break and lunchtimes or even as a regular slot within the class.  A few of the pupils emailed GMTV with their request.  And the response?  GMTV visited our school only 5 days after sending the emil!!!

The pupils who took part had a great time:

‘I enjoyed being on GMTV doing exercise with Mr Motivator.  I thought it was a great idea to show the school that keeping fit and eating healthily is fun.  And it was also fun being on TV.’

Iona A P7

‘I really enjoyed going on GMTV and getting ‘motivated’ I liked speaking to the presenters and meeting Michelle, a lady who helped with all the electronics.  I really liked it!’

Rachel A P7

‘It was great being on GMTV with Mr Motivator.  I was surprised we got picked but the main thing was I loved it.!

Struan P7

‘It was fun to be on TV and the people from GMTV were nice to us but it was also hard going.’

If you saw us on GMTV what did you think?

Follow the link below to take you to a site which will help you with imaginative story writing.  After you have completed a story starter why not try writing the next part of the story yourself. 

Imaginative story writing

Follow the link below to our school website.  From here, you can access a variety of different games to help your with fractions.

Tarradale School Website

Follow the link below to another game to ehlp you with equivalnet fractions.

Equivalent fractions

We are the Healthy Gang.  Look out for us again – we’ll be back soon to tell you a little bit more about ourselves!

On Friday afternoon the whole school enjoyed a wonderful performance of Aladdin.  What did you think of the performance, Tarradale?

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