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Catch up on what the children have been doing and get the details of forthcoming events for your diary in this month’s newsletter.

P2/3 Trip – Unwrapping the Mummy

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P2/3 and The Fascinating Mummies

P2/3 wrote recounts of their trip to Edinburgh in their learning logs. Here are some extracts from their writing:

 Millie : Last Friday P2/3 went to the National Museum of Scotland because we want to learn more about

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P5/6 Trip To New Lanark

P5/6’s Visit to New Lanark

On the 21stof February 2012 P5/6 went to visit a Victorian village called

P5/6 experience life in a Victorian classroom

New Lanark for their Victorian topic.

When they arrived they were split into groups and

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Hae a neb at this!

P1/2 with their Scots Dictionaries

The P1/2 class have just completed their ‘Scots’ topic. As part of this, they learned about the Scots language. Here is their report:

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Fair Trade Tuck Shop

P4/5 are organising a Fairtrade tuck shop during Maths week. We have been learning about Fairtrade products and farmers in Ghana getting a fair price for their coco beans. We have researched each product and have ordered them to sell at our tuck shop.

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It’s all adding up to be fun week!

Next week (3-7 October) will be Maths Week at Kippen Primary. From cooking and baking to building a giant tetrahedron, the children will be taking part in an array of exciting activities in which they can use and develop their maths skills. The Pupil Council is arranging a special Genes for Jeans Day and P4/5 will be hosting a Fair Trade tuck shop as part of the week’s activites. There is also the opportunity to use the excellent Maths on Track website, both at home and at school, so remember to register before Monday. To find out more, read the Maths Week 2011 fact sheet.

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Children’s classwork from Open Day

On 25 March the school held an Open Afternoon and Daffodil Tea. As well, as delicious homebaking, friends and family got to wander round the classrooms to see the children’s work. There are lots of photographs of all their hard work in the ‘Our Photo’s’ section of the website. Here is James’s report on the event:

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