Roald Dahl Week

1. We made B.F.G [Big Friendly Giant] ears.

2. We made Mrs Twit eye-ball cakes.

3. We read Fantastic Mr Fox and The Twits for reading.  IT WAS FUN!

4. We are now reading the B.F.G in class.  It is funny and a bit scary and a tiny bit sad.

How to make B.F.G ears –

1^st you need a paint brush, pink and white paint, 2 paper plates, a hair band and glue.

2^nd you paint both sides of your paper plates and glue them on to your hair band.

3^rd once you have done that leave it to dry.

                           Then you will have your own B.F.G ears!

By Emma

Roald   Dahl

I enjoyed when we made our sparkly golden tickets because I liked putting the shiny beads on it.  I liked making the big pink BFG ears and i liked putting on the hairy pink pipe cleaners.  I loved making the delcious chocolate bar, it looked so good I wanted to eat the yummy looking chocolate bar.  I really enjoyed  reading  exciting Roald  Dahl books.  They were very interesting.  I had fun making Mrs Twits eye balls.  It was a good way to finish the week. 

By Leah

Roald Dahl

For Roald Dahl Week this is what we did -

1. We made Golden tickets which are out of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, although we chose how we made them.
2. We also made BFG ears.
3. We had to paint them two different colours, they were light pink and a darker pink but not too dark of a pink.
4. We had topic homework to do with Roald Dahl.
5. My favourite bit of this fantastic week about Roald Dahl was the homework.  It was brilliant!  By Lauren

The watery lagoon was like a Sherlock Holmes mystery waiting to be solved.

The steep stone steps were as jagged as the blades of a knife. 

The creepy man was like the devil sneaking down the stone steps. 

The house was like a jungle waiting for the zoo to come alive.   

The dragon’s teeth were like a volcano bursting through the rocks.

The mini solar system was like a fire burning through my eyes.

The golden desert was like blocks of gold piled up in the sand.

The sea was as silent as a mouse creeping into the darkness of the night.

The lift was like a gun shooting up into the night.

Some of the Debating Club went to Falkirk Council’s Parent Conference in Victoria Primary School on Saturday 16th May, 2009.  Easter Carmuirs Debaters did two workshops to teach parents about the conventions of debating and to take part in a real debate. 

It was really hard for the parents because they didn’t have any time to prepare.  Also, they were on the opposing side (on the side that disagrees) with the Motion: “This house proposes that school uniform should be compulsory in all schools.”  We thought that most parents would agree with the motion so that made it extra hard!

Some brave parents from Grangemouth, Shieldhill and Larbert took part, as well as Kiera and Zoe’s mum, Mrs Kerr.  They all did a brilliant job.  They completed evaluations at the end and all said they really enjoyed it and that we were confident and able to put forward opionions in a calm way.  That made the day really good.

At lunch we met Provost Pat Reid who gave us pens and badges.  We also got our photos taken with him-and Dandy lion, our mascot.  We got to meet the author Matthew Fitt who writes in Scots Language (one novel he wrote is “The Eejits”) and we heard the author Alan Bissett who went to Hallglen Primary School.  He wrote the novel “Boy Racer”

Mrs Swan, the Director of Education was there and watched our powerpoint presentation about Debating in our school. 

On 10/03/09 Rosina Burns and Brandin Robertson attended the National Literacy Conference in the Glasgow Hilton Hotel.  They delivered workshops with Miss Reid and Mrs Ferguson from Falkirk Council.  Also delivering part of the workshops were Rob Marrs of the English Speaking Union and West Lothian Council’s Literacy Officer.  They spoke to audiences of Head teachers, HMIE and LTS.  Everyone who heard them said they did a fantastic job!

They met Professor David Booth from The University of Toronto who was the day’s main speaker.   There was an article in the Falkirk Herald about the event last week. 

We have been asked to help Westquarter Primary School set up their Debating club and are going out to visit them next week.  We have also been asked to run workshops at the Parental Conference on 16/05/09 in Victoria Primary School.

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By Meighan

 We read ‘Owl Babies’ by Martin Waddell for our literacy focus  and followed it with some art/craft activities.

On Thursday we dressed up for world book day it was funny looking at everyone even the teachers!!! In the afternoon everyone came down to the hall and the pupil council voted for the best dressed up person in each class!!!

Emzi