Primary 7 entertained us all for the very last time on the last day of school with a whole host of their memories from their 7 years at Primary School. They had us all laughing at their dramatization of memories such as ‘testing’ the shatterproof rulers over the years (without staff consent or knowledge! :)) and of funny incidents, dances and songs from their years at Carnwath. Their finale consisted of a hilarious ‘Mr Motivator’ style French aerobics class and a tear-jerking reworded version of 7 Years by Lukas Graham.  They were each presented with their final gift and certificate as the rest of the school sang the ‘Leavers Song’ to them.

Primary 7, you have been such a wonderful class, you have worked very hard and made amazing contributions to our school over the years. We shall miss each and every one of you and know that you will go on and continue to be successful. We wish you very well in your future and do keep in touch!  Best of luck at High School from us all at Carnwath Primary School.

7 Years Song and memories slideshow

Fantastic singing

Memories of the William Wallace topic

Memories of an Angels dance in P2

It seems every child at some point in school tried to break a ‘shatterproof’ ruler!

Our Dyslexia Awareness Week was from Monday 6th – Friday 10th June and throughout the week classes learned a lot about dyslexia, including strategies which can help with reading, spelling and organisation, such as paired/shared reading, active spelling strategies and making lists/using  a diary.  Some classes researched famous people with dyslexia and most classes enjoyed watching the BBC Newsround Programme “My Dyslexic Mind”.  Some classes learned about how dominant their left and right side of the brain was and they researched different learning styles, completing a questionnaire to determine if they were visual, auditory or kinaesthetic learners. A few classes used Mind Maps as this is an effective technique to help people with dyslexia to organise their thoughts for learning.  All of the pupils in P4-7 wrote about what they had learned through the week and stuck this on the whiteboard at our assembly on Friday 10th June.  At this assembly children from each class came and shared their learning.  It was very clear to see that the children had learned a lot and were very enthusiastic to share this learning with us all.

P3/4 shared their Mind Maps

P5/6 researched famous people with dyslexia

P7 told us about their personal learning styles and their ‘No Paper Day!’

What the children learned about Dyslexia