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Marybank Primary has made it into the newly revamped Education, Culture and Sport newsletter with an article all about our blogging. If you would like to have a look at it, please click on the link below to open a PDF version of the newsletter.
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On Thursday 15th May Marybank Primary School joined with Mulbuie, Ferintosh, Strathconon and other Easter Ross schools to take part in the cluster sports.
Over a hundred pupils took part in lost of activities such as the long jump, tossing the caber, shot put and basket ball on a pilates ball!
The children all had juice and crisps at the end and they had a good time. Even the weather stayed dry. Now they are looking forward to thier sports day.
By Kyra
On 14th May the pupils from Marybank primary school took part in a Fashion show at M&Co in Dingwall and raised over £800.
The new summer collection was modelled by the nursery, P1-7, Staff, X-Pupils and parents. One hundred people came to watch and they all enjoyed it.
There were refreshments in the 5 minute break and once the fashion show had finished the M&Co tills wouldn’t stop ringing until 10:00pm. M&Co raised a staggering amount of £1000.
We hope to have another fashion show in the near future in show of the winter collection.
By Emma
Competition Treat for Marybank Winners
All the children of Marybank Primary School were entertained by the children’s poet laureate, Michael Rosen at the Eden Court Theatre, Inverness on Friday as a result of one P5 pupil, Iain M winning tickets to the event in the Scottish Book Trust’s poetry competition.
Iain and his classmates wrote poems based on the ‘Magic Box’ by Kit Wright but it was Iain’s ‘Magic Cauldron’ which caught the judge’s imagination and secured his win.
The school heard of his success just after the Easter holidays and had been looking forward to attending the event. The small size of the school meant that all the pupils could attend which was a real bonus as Michael Rosen and his writing appeals to all age groups from the very young to adults.
The children were not disappointed after their long wait and were kept on the edge of their seats for over an hour as Michael Rosen had them squealing with laughter as he recounted tales of his own childhood memories and family. He uses all of these in his own distinct writing and hoped to inspire the huge audience of over 300 children from all around the Inverness area to do the same.
It was a great day out for the children of Marybank and who knows, one of them may be a budding author of the future!
We are delighted to announce that May’s show can now be heard by clicking on the microphone below!
Click below to see a slideshow of our fantastic fashion show…
[All models are available for hire at a reasonable price!]
This post is for PARENTS ONLY…
Please click on the blue link below to go straight to the online survey website which will help us to identify what you feel the current needs are in terms of road safety etc…
We have now created a separate place to ’store’ our radio podcasts. You can visit the Marybank Radio Wiki by clicking below. You will find April’s show ready to be heard!
The fashion show is on the 14.5.08 at M&Co in Dingwall. Everyone can buy tickets at the school and M&Co. I hope you come and enjoy the fashion show :) and see all of the Marybank staff modelling!
Lauren (P5)
On the 16th of April, Leonie, James, and Iain M went to Inverness leisure centre to a JRSO conference. It was opened by Gino and Nicky from MFR. There were lots of stands and there was a police motor bike which was eco friendly. When everyone got to their seats Gino and Nicky said why they were there for the conference and said what we where doing next and it was a comedian called James Cambell. Then there was a play that was good then it was lunch. Then Gino and Nicky chose people to go on mountain bikes and it was boy vs girls
Pupils from Marybank Primary and Paringa Park Primary in Australia have created a wiki!
‘The Wee Wiki’ is where the children will post messages to each other and share stories and experiences of school life in Scotland and Australia. We also hope to join together for an e-project.
Check out ‘The Wee Wiki’ at http://theweewiki.wikispaces.com/
We have been busy at our art work once again!
Water is our new topic.There are three different types: Ice is frozen water, water is liquid out of a tap and steam is boiled water which comes out of a steam train!
In the ocean or sea is salt water and in a river is fresh water.In some oceans there is tropical water which is warm and in some oceans it is cold. I am interested in this topic. What do you think?
by Iain H
On March 12th, Caitlin, Megan, Iain M, James, Christopher, Leonie and Ryan went to Invernes Callie Thistle to play football. We didn’t win any games, but we got a few goals, all scored by James. Then we got autographs from some of the players and the mascot, Nessie. We also got some caps and keyrings in a goodie bag. We had a lot of fun and got to miss a day of school, so it wasn’t so bad if we lost every game.
by Leonie
Well done to Iain M!
April 7, 2008 · No Comments
P5-7 entered a poetry competition before the Easter Holidays with the fantastic prize of the whole class being invited to the Eden Court Theatre in Inverness to see the Children’s Laureate Michael Rosen.
Congratulations to Iain M. whose poem The Magic Cauldron has been chosen as one of the winners.
Read and enjoy.
The Magic Cauldron
I will put in my cauldron
The slither of a fake snake
The coldness of a boiling volcano
The leap of a seven legged frog
I will put in my cauldron
The pain of an arrow striking my heart
The scream of a mermaid
The bite of a Chinese leprechaun
I will put in the cauldron
The stench of the great green greasy Lim-Po-Po River
The greeness of a red piece of paper
The smell of an orange from an apple
My cauldron is fashioned from demon hair and dragon scales
With delicate pixie wings on the lid and
Memories on the legs
The inside is made from the flames of a fire
I shall fight in my cauldron
Against my worst nightmares
I shall win
In the darkest of times
On 13th March the P.7s took part in a rotary quiz with Conon Bridge Primary, Dingwall Primary and Strathpeffer Primary. They started off a little slow but they got the hang of it after a while.They got about 4/10 points in the first couple of rounds and then they started getting better and getting higher scores like 6 and 8 /10 and in one of them they got 9/10. After ten rounds they got 50 point altogether. It was Dingwall that came 1st, Strathpeffer 2nd and Conon Bridge 3rd.
Although we came last the team did pretty well because the other schools had more people to choose from!
Louise
The pupils in p4-7 have their own e-Pals from Australia. We have been asking about Australia because we are doing a class project on Australia. In school we’re planning a trip to Australia in pairs (not a real trip) .
For the trip we have been given a budget of money and we are only allowed to spend, the budget we’ve been given is £2,500 . Also we have been doing paintings and collages of rainforests and deserts in Australia.
*louise*
On the 7th March Louise, Ashleigh and Caitlin took part in the girls cross country and in the boys Owen, Rory and Christopher.
Ashleigh came 5th place, Louise came 76th and Caitlin came 142nd. They got got split up into groups depending on the size of school and the girls from Marybank came 1st place and won the big shield.
World Book Week started on 3rd March and ended on 7th March. Throughout the week we had visits from the famous writer, Jackie Wood , two Ross County players, their coach and a famous curling champion, Ewan Macdonald.
We were at Dingwall Library on Wednesday doing activities about Australia because our class project is on Australia and on Thursday we were at borders bookshop in Inverness . At Borders we chose some books for our class and we bought books with our £1 world book vouchers and some of us bought books to take home. We also did some activities- the first activity was painting underpants for Captain Underpants (the book) and the second one was designing tiaras.
Out of the whole week I liked meeting the people that came into school =]
Q. what did you like best ???
*louise*
On Monday 3rd we launched World Book Day Week in Marybank!
We dressed up as a book character and we got our pictures taken. We did lots of things to do with books and had Ross County players in to ask questions about books. We also had a sponsored read for one hour because at Marybank we love to read and write!
What sort of things are you doing for world book week or day?
What are your favourite type of books?
If you want to check out our BOOK BLOG, go to: http://marybankbookblog.edublogs.org/
writen by Andrew
We have had a book fair at our school for 5 days and it will be leaving on Tuesday the 26th of February. Alot of people have gone to it and I think it is a success and everyone is happy that it is here leave a comment on what you think of it.
Caitlin
Pr.5-7 have been doing a block of swimming for the last 4 weeks and we have enjoyed it very much thanks to the people at Dingwall leisure center and the teachers at Dingwall Academy it’s been alot of fun and I think it’s helped alot of people so leave a comment and say what you thought of it.
By Caitlin
Take a look at our fab pictures!
We are having some difficulty linking the slideshow into this blog but in the meantime, if you wish to have a look at our pictures please go here: http://www.rockyou.com/show_my_gallery.php?source=ppsl&instanceid=104232403
The Primary sevens and the primary sixs and two primary fives!
They went to Dingwall leisure centre and played six Matches!
They won against Tore and North Kessock and drew Mulbuie and Gairloch!
And they lost against Poolewe and Lochcarron!
They were awarded for Brilliant play and sportsmanship!
The Valentines disco was on Wednesday 13th of Febuary. Everyone was dancing and having a good time, and DJ Tofer was playing groovy music. When we had food, we had mini pizzas, strawberries, pancakes and jelly sweets. People from other schools were there too.
By Leonie
What did you think about the disco???
P5-7 have e-mailed introductions of themself’s to a school in Shanghai, China. Some people have been e-mailed back, but the majority of the class haven’t had an e-mail from China. We have also e-mailed introductions and some questions to a school in Melbourne, Australia.
By Leonie, P.6
Even before they reached the haunted house, the night had turned wild. The face of the minibus driver flickered from blue to white under the lightening. Each peal of thunder made the map in Mr plumleys hand shiver. And the five leftover pupils from stagfire school peered anxiously through the rain spattered windows into the storm and the black night.
“there!“
“where?“
“over there see up that overgrown driveway.“
“JEFFREY STOP THE BUS!“ Alex cried.
Alex, Max and myself, Andrew, slowly stumbled off the bus to see what appeared to be two gargoyles. the driveway was so overgrown it was as tall as a sky scraper. as we made our way through the jungle of weeds I was beginning to tremble with fear. soon after we made our way out of the scary weed forest, Max spotted an abandoned old ship wreck.
“It looks as though it has come from the early 1800’s“ Alex siad very suspiciously. We all bravely went to go and see what was inside the old ship, As we courageously walked into the wreck Max was sweating like a pig and i could hear Alex’s heart beat rising. as I was clutching onto Alex we all fell down a hole as big the craters on the moon.
“AAAAAAAAAAHH“ we all screamed as we fell down the death trap. somehow we had enden up in 1869 in a very old mysterious castle, there was a fire burning and I could smeel the black husky smoke as it passed through my nostrils. we had found an old wrinkly woman swaying on a rocking chair, then all of a sudden she stood up, picked up a butcher’s knife and turned around and then…
“GET OUT OF MY HOUSE OR FEED YA TO THE CROC IN MY BACK YARD!!!,“ the old woman screached as she charged at us. As we sprinted through thr rickety old castle we saw the tall stone watch towers on the building and heard the crackling thunder storm brewing outside. Max was running at the speed of light, eventually we lost and it was only me and Alex. Alex and I could hear the thumping of the old womans feet crashing to the ground and the screamingcoming from her.
“Psssd, you guys come in here NOW quickly!“ Max whispered
“Max, we need to get back to the minibus or else we’ll become croc bait“ I said anxiously.
Alex had found a air vent, so we all crawled through it and eventually we made it back to the attic where we fell out. as we rushed like a rampaging rhino to get back to the minibus, I could feel the old woman’s wrinkly hands grab both of my ankles and pulling me down. Max and Alex helped me get away from the clutches of the old woman.
“OH YES! FREE ATLAST!!“ We all cried as we scampered back to freedom. I could taste the horrid swamp water from falling off the ship wreck. all of us sprinted as fast as we could back to the minibus and shouted to the minibus driver to STEP ON IT.
“Wow that was some adventure we had to day Andrew,“ Alex and Max said very exhausted. And none of us ever spoke of this event ever again.
by/ Andrew Maggs
P5-7 have been busy thinking of their favourite pancake filling to enjoy on Shrove Tuesday or any day!
Here are their yummy ideas. Enjoy!
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Click on the link below to hear Owen’s story:
Click on the link below to listen to the story:caitlin.mp3
P5-7 have been writing poems which describe an emotion using all the senses. Their imaginations have certainly been fizzing.
Enjoy and be inspired
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To hear a recording, simply click on the link below.
We composed our own song called, “Aliens”. Have a listen (click on the link below) and tell us what you think!
