Winter Reminder
By Amy Dunnett
/ 5th November 2022
As we head into the winter months, please find below a general reminder of illnesses in school. Due to the...
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School Closure Information Line
By Amy Dunnett / 20th January 2022Please find details of the Aberdeen City schools telephone information service for parents/guardians. This is the Schools Information Line. The main...Read More
Room 17’s Special Visitors
By Amy Dunnett / 26th April 2024Room 17 were delighted by the visit of two very special guests - ‘Flicker’ and ‘Winston’ - the therapy ponies....Read More
My Community: Poppy Goes Shopping (with Room 9!)
By Amy Dunnett / 26th April 2024Room 9 have started to explore our new community theme for this term with a new book study. We have...Read More
Celebrating Ramadan in Room 5
By Amy Dunnett / 26th April 2024The past couple of weeks Room 5 have been learning about and celebrating Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr. We have engaged...Read More
Howes Hoose’s Amazing Art for Display
By Amy Dunnett / 26th April 2024Over the past few terms one of the pupils in Howes Hoose has been completing her National 2: Creating Materials...Read More
Exploring our reflections – Ashgrove Room 2
By Amy Dunnett / 28th March 2024In room 2, we have been enjoying looking at our reflections in various ways. The children have had lots of...Read More
Learning through stories and play in Room 9
By Amy Dunnett / 15th March 2024In Room 9 we’ve been exploring how to bring more play-based learning into our routines. As part of this we...Read More
First Aid In Room 17
By Amy Dunnett / 5th March 2024Room 17 pupils are working towards their First Aid SQA. We have been making and filling our own Room 17...Read More
A Little Spot Of Kindness
By Amy Dunnett / 29th February 2024Last week in assembly, we celebrated Random Acts of Kindness Day. We learned a new Makaton song from Singing Hands...Read More
Howes Hoose at the Gym
By Amy Dunnett / 29th February 2024The S6 pupils in Howes Hoose have been enjoying using the local gym facilities in Sheddocksley. The pupils are excellent...Read More
Sensory art project in room 5
By Amy Dunnett / 23rd February 2024Room 5 have been taking part in a sensory art project. This is a structured hour once a week which...Read More
Festivals in Room 16
Room 16 have had lots of sensory play to celebrate the Lunar New Year. As well as a visit from the Confucius Institute when we did lots of activities, such as calligraphy and making fish, we sponge-painted dragons and REALLY enjoyed exploring our sensory trays filled with rice, money wallets, special soup spoons and adapted chopsticks. We had great fun as a class playing a Chinese New Year themed game of Snakes and Ladders which we projected on to the whiteboard so everyone could see. Playing a game as a class was very successful – and competitive!
At the end of February, we found out about Mardi Gras parades and made our own masks while we listened to Mardi Gras music. We learned that the three Mardi Gras colours each stood for something:
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