Edition 6
December 2014
Edited by Kial Norrie (P7J) and Katie Maclean (P7)
Another term has flown past
at Dyce Primary!
We have really enjoyed
performing in our Christmas
shows. Nursery performed
‘Away in a Manger’, P1-3
performed ‘The Sleepy
Shepherd’ and P4-7
performed ‘The X-Mas
Factor’
We had a wonderful time
creating Christmas crafts
with our parents/carers on
red, green and gold day.
We hope you enjoy our
Newsletter and have a funfilled family time in the
Christmas holiday! 
1A – Miss Bennett, Miss Youngson, Mrs Hosea
Primary 1 boys and girls have been learning how to add and measure in
Maths. We have learned new sounds and common words, and are using
these words when we wrote our letter to Santa. We enjoyed making
fireworks pictures for Bonfire Night.
We have learned so much about other countries, including different
weather and flags. P1Y have seen Flat Stanley in lots of interesting
places.
We have looked at being a good friend and asking appropriate
questions.
1/ 2 - Miss Smith
2 and 2/3–Miss Glynn & Miss Hardman
We have learned about addition
and subtraction and shape in
Maths. We have learned more
letters and sounds in our phonics
and spelling. P1/2 have also been
travelling around the world with
Flat Stanley, which they really
enjoy, learning about festivals
and other countries.
P2 have learned how to write a
fairy-tale story, including setting,
characters and plot. They have
explored around the World, and
learned about Babushka dolls.
In Maths, they have been adding
up to 20, subtraction from 10 and
measuring.
3M– Mr Martin
P3- Miss Newell
We have had a focus on the 2, 3, 5, and 10
times table. We learned about Australia, and
had a mini-topic on St. Andrew and presented
an assembly about Scotland’s Patron Saint.
We have learned about the Ancient Egyptians.
In Maths, we have learned about Place Valuein particular, Hundreds, Tens and Units.
In Literacy, we have learned Dictionary Skills,
including Alphabetical order.
In P3, we have been looking at Ancient Egyptians,
and we found this exciting.
Our Maths lessons were about Hundreds, Tens and
Units.
We have been learning to write instructions in
Literacy, and to include verbs and adjectives in our
writing.
P4H and 4M – Mrs Hamilton and Miss MacIver
P5 – Mrs Casey-McKay
P4 boys and girls have had a mini ‘Frozen’ topic.
P5 have had a big focus on French, and they
performed a show for each class, called ‘ Le
Bonhomme de neige’ , which was about a
Snowman.
In Maths we have had a focus on 2 and 4 times
tables and division.
We learned about the Vikings.
We have learned about using a dictionary and
alphabetical order, and have been practising
We have been writing biographies in Literacy,
and used cooperative learning to make
instruments.
our joined up writing.
P5/6- Miss Graham
In Literacy they have been learning about
characteristics.
In Maths we have learned about Algebra,
Multiplication, Division, Subtraction revision
and Decimals.
In Health and Well-being, we have learned
about Diversity and Bullying.
In IDL, we have been exploring Diversity and
Difference, looking at Ghandi and Nelson
Mandela.
P6 – Miss Bowen
The boys and girls in P6 have been learning
about inspirational people, exploring what the
term ‘inspiration’ means. We also looked at the
life and teachings of Ghandi. We will continue
to look at ‘Inspirational People’ after the
holidays. In Maths we have been
concentrating on algebra and equations, and
we are continuing to practise our
multiplication. We have explored characters in
our reading and descriptions in writing.
P7 – Miss Petrie
P7P have been exploring the topic of ‘Around
the World in 8 weeks’ where we have been
learning about Natural Disasters and creating
fact files on countries and continents.
P7J – Miss Ambler
P7J have been learning about different types
of angles in Maths.
We continued learning about World War 1 and
the conscientious objectors.
We have enjoyed meeting Miss Ambler, our
new teacher and all getting to know each
other.
We have extended our writing skills by writing
articles about our Christmas Show.
We had fun carol singing at BP and preparing
for our Christmas show the Xmas Factor.
Here are our Pupil Council members.
Faye Cromar (P1B), Samuel Shayo (P1H), Ross Gunn (P1Y), Owen Donaldson (P1/2),
David Mowat (P2), Caitlin Sinclair (P2/3), Erin Wheeler (P3M), Arran Brown (P3),
Cordelia Esson (P4H), Umair Khan (P4M), Murray Coleman (P5), Kate Cassidy (P5/6),
Jack Mackay (P6), Katie Maclean (P7) and Kial Norrie (P7J).
Chairperson = Kial Norrie
Secretary = Kate Cassidy
Vice-Chairperson = Katie Maclean
Treasurer = Umair Khan