P4 - P7 MERIT BADGE WINNERS 17 JUNE

P4 MR FIELD

Lauren and Harriet for working hard on their reading all year.

P4 MISS MCDONALD

Bailie-Mae for great writing on P4 memories.

Abe for learning his timestables well.

P4 MRS MCKEOWN

Rachela and Ellen for excellent sunset camel paintings.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS WILSON

Maahi for being well organised and working hard at reading.

Aria for good progress in Mental Arithmetic.

P5 MRS BROWN

Rayan for working extremely hard on dividing.

Luke for working extremely hard on literacy.

P6 MRS RIDDALL

Toby for working hard to learn his weekly facts.

Susanna for taking great care and attention over her artwork.

P6 MRS HART

Molly for giving a good persuasive argument for no homework.

Jack for always participating fully with enthusiasm in all class practical activities.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD
Josh B for being very helpful to Mrs Nagyova during her talk about bees and bee keeping.

Iris for super artwork on Matisse.

P7 MRS FRANCIS

Tate and Charlie for great participation during the class invisible traffic workshop.

P7 MR MCCONNELL

Abraham for an excellent model of the Louvre.

Emilia for an excellent model of the Colosseum.

MERIT WINNERS 31 MAY

P4 MR FIELD

Abbas for excellent rounding and great reading.

Henry for amazing listening.

P4 MISS MCDONALD

Olivia and Alfie for amazing cacti oil posters

P4  MRS MCKEOWN

Bess and Luca for great participation in our P4 Sports Week.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS WILSON

Ella for a well rehearsed talk about Bambi the lamb.

Maisie for practicing hard for Grade 1.

P5 MRS BROWN

Grace for working hard on decimals.

Tom for a wonderful talk on the charity ‘Angel Wishes’.

P6 MRS RIDDALL

Pranati for great contributions during PDMU discussions.

Elizabeth for working hard to understand long multiplication.

P6 MRS HART

 Ava for being a super help during our Sports Week and performing well.

William for much improved sentence construction and working hard during History activities.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD

Ashley for superb artwork for the P7 Show, Snow White and the Dream Team.

Emmy for great artwork in class, most recently her drawing of the Eiffel Tower and Snow White poster.

P7 MRS FRANCIS

Cade and Caden for working independently and enthusiastically on their European landmarks.

P7 MR MCCONNELL

Jack and Catherine for great work in problem solving.

P4 -P7 MERIT BADGE WINNERS 16 MAY

P4 MR FIELD:

Joshua and Brady for excellent presentations for their class work.

P4 MRS MC KEOWN:

Theo for learning his spellings well.

Bethany for always working hard and producing very neat work.

P4 MISS McDONALD:

Teddy and Nico for their wonderful class talks.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS WILSON:

Emily for a really interesting talk about wild flowers.

Zach for enthusiastic preparation and participation in sports events.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Tom for great participation in our Sports Day.

Holly for an interesting talk on Marble Arch caves.

P6 MRS RIDDALL:

Poppy for great reading aloud to the class.

Lorne for fantastic work on percentages.

P6 MRS HART:

Hala for working hard at her fractions.

Rory for showing a good understanding of percentages.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD:

Marnie for stepping up to play the role of Snow White at short notice, working hard to learn her lines.

Peter for impeccable manners and always having a smile on his face - no matter what’s going on!

P7 MRS FRANCIS:

Shion and Zoe for making excellent contributions when discussing European countries.

P7 MR MC CONNELL:

Casey for great contributions to class discussions on Europe.

Taylor for working hard in ICT and making a great start to his presentation on Italy.

P4 -P7 MERIT BADGE WINNERS 2 MAY 2024

P4 MR FIELD:

Noah for excellent cricket.

Dylan for great ICT work.

P4 MRS MC KEOWN:

Sam and Aoife for great listening and being very engaged on our trip.

P4 MISS McDONALD:

Evie and Sophie for show casing wonderful cricket skills.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS WILSON:

Nina for good work in mental arithmetic and excellent classroom tidying skills.

Freddie for good answers in science.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Sophia for writing a super traditional tale based on Goldilocks.

Jude for working hard on multiplying tens.

P6 MRS RIDDALL:

Jake for working hard multiplying and dividing decimals.

Carson for great work multiplying decimals.

P6 MRS HART:

Vanessa for always commenting on Google classroom. Especially giving book reviews and replying to homework comments.

Danny for working hard to complete or catch up on his homework, before and after Rugby matches.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD:

Cooper and Abolfazl for producing a super poster on the endangered Tapanuli Orangutan.

P7 MRS FRANCIS:

Mark and Shion for showing excellent behaviour and attitude during our show rehearsals.

P7 MR MC CONNELL:

Willow and Holly for being so polite, inclusive and kind whilst on the Edinburgh trip.

P4 - P7 MERIT BADGE WINNERS 18 APRIL

P4 MR FIELD:

Jessica for excellent vertical multiplication.

Heidi for adding lots of expression to her reading.

P4 MRS MC KEOWN:

Tristan and Merryn for both working hard to ensure hand writing is neat and well presented.

P4 MISS McDONALD:

Reuben for fantastic work on our Northern Ireland topic.

Olivia for working hard on her 3D shapes.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS WILSON:

Henry for working hard at speech marks

Heidi for good work in problem solving.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Harry for showing great interest in WAU topic

Skye for writing a very good ending to a traditional tale.

P6 MRS RIDDALL:

Abigail for wonderful sentences using homophones.

Alex for excellent perimeter work.

P6 MRS HART:

Harrison for super perimeter work

Megan for working hard in school and at home.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD:

Harry for useful contributions to class discussion.

Jonah for always showing kindness and good manners.

P7 MRS FRANCIS:

Rudy for excellent problem solving in Maths.

Ella for always being so kind and caring towards others.

P7 MR MC CONNELL:

Sam and Natasha for excellent oil pastel work drawing the Eiffel Tower.

P4 -P7 MERIT BADGE WINNERS 10 APRIL

P4 MR FIELD:

Dylan for great times table work.

Sophia for making a great bar chart in ICT.

P4 MRS MC KEOWN:

Edythe for working hard to complete her work on time.

Zara for reading well to Winnie the dog.

P4 MISS McDONALD:

Teddy for working well within a team during PE.

Conor for being a kind and caring friend.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS WILSON:

Abel for writing paragraphs in the style of a traditional tale.

Layla for great work in phonics.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Eva and Jake for writing descriptive opening paragraphs on a traditional tale.

P6 MRS RIDDALL:

Lydia for making a super Crannog.

Marlon for super 3D shape work.

P6 MRS HART:

Ella for showing kindness towards others at her table, by helping them in many ways.

Selena for learning her facts and answering well in class.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD:

Rama and Mya for for great effort and results when producing art work inspired by Matisse

P7 MRS FRANCIS:

Will for fantastic effort in art and producing a great final flower drawing.

Carl for always being so kind and considerate and for being a great friend.

P7 MR MC CONNELL:

Lucie and Erin for always giving 100% in everything they do, always doing what they are asked and being kind to others.

P4 - P7 MERIT WINNERS 15 MARCH 2024

P4 MR FIELD:

Elijah for working really hard with his handwriting.

Edith for working really hard with her spellings and tables.

P4 MRS MC KEOWN:

Art and Skylar for great work on their number bonds to 17.

P4 MISS McDONALD:

Saul and Andrew for fantastic work in their grammar jotters on homophones.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS WILSON:

Sofie and Sam for excellent work on fractions.

P5 MRS BROWN:

George and Ciara for great work on equivalent fractions.

P6 MRS RIDDALL:

Kian for excellent work on equivalent fractions.

.Joe for super fraction work.

P6 MRS HART:

Caleb for super focus and great sentence construction on the computer.

Jake for superb work on fractions.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD:

Alex for a very interesting biography of Elton John.

Lucy for a very well written biography of Rosa Parks

P7 MRS FRANCIS:

Arthur and Ella for working extremely hard on their biographies on Pele and Anne Frank, each producing an excellent written piece.

P7 MR MC CONNELL:

Harry Riddell for a great biography on Marcus Rashford.

Natasha for a great biography on Vincent Van Gogh.

P4 -P7 MERIT BADGE WINNERS 27 FEBRUARY

P4 MR FIELD:

Joseph for excellent fraction work.

Jack for creating a super food chain.

P4 MRS MC KEOWN:

Oliver for working hard on time work.

Sophia for working so well with her group to create a life size superior penguin.

P4 MISS McDONALD:

Noah for excellent work on 4 x tables

Rachela for creating a lovely food chain as part of the class cold lands topic.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS WILSON:

Charlotte and Olivia for beautiful presentations and a good beginning to writing in pen.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Sarah and Euan for making a great start to writing in fountain pen.

P6 MRS RIDDALL:

Martha and Eden for excellent work on alliteration

P6 MRS HART:

Nico for catching up brilliantly after being off school for a week unwell.

Charlie for consistently working hard in school and at home.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD:

Calvin and Jonah for great teamwork and ideas when making their Maths board game.

P7 MRS FRANCIS:

Colby and Caden for fantastic teamwork producing an innovative and interesting Maths board game.

P7 MR MC CONNELL:

Emilia for working well with others when designing a board game.

Ethan for working hard and doing well when multiplying and dividing with fractions.

P4 -P7 MERIT BADGE WINNERS 7 FEBRUARY

P4 MR FIELD: Lauren for excellent Northern Lights art.

Jessica for super estimating and always working hard.

P4 MISS MCDONALD : Sophie for fantastic polar bear art.

Kaylee for always working hard and giving 100% to her classwork.

P4 MRS MCKEOWN : Luca for contributing well to his team in weighing activity.

Zoe for lovely artwork with polar bear and Northern Lights back round.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS WILSON: Joni for great answering during problem solving in maths.

Ryan for trying very hard and succeeding in completing his maths facts independently

P5 MRS BROWN: Olivia and Tom for writing super letters on Rosa Parks.

P6 MRS RIDDALL: Ryan for great contributions during WALT work.

Alanna for wonderful dividing work.

P6 MRS HART: Luca for great work on averages.

Caleb for continually working hard and answering more confidently in class.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD: Archie for always being kind and helpful and trying his best in all that he does.

Liam

P7 MRS FRANCIS: Chloe for a good internet safety poster.

Elsa for always being a resilient kind and caring member of the class.

P7 MR MC CONNELL: Catherine and Teigan for great posters promoting internet safety.

P4 -P7 MERIT BADGE WINNERS 24 JANUARY

P4 MR FIELD: Indi for fantastic comprehensive work.

James for amazing knowledge and interest in our WW2 topic.

P4 MRS MC KEOWN: Aoife and Zara for great working on capacity - comparing containers that are more or less than 1 litre.

P4 MISS McDONALD: Evie and Rafferty for both writing magnificent WW2 letters.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS WILSON: Emily for working really hard at comprehension.

Fletcher for excellent work on digital time.

P5 MRS BROWN: Freya-Skye and Jake for writing super recount letters.

P6 MRS RIDDALL: Jamie for excellent reading aloud in class.

Emily for great contributions during problem solving lessons.

P6 MRS HART: Luke for completing lots of great work over the last two weeks.

Ella for super work on measurement conversions.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD: Peter and Luke for displaying outstanding super cricket skills and outstanding sportsmanship.

P7 MRS FRANCIS: Oliver for trying very hard with his hand writing this week.

Leon for always volunteering to read aloud during our class novel and doing so brilliantly.

P7 MR MC CONNELL: Skye for a great poem on spiders.

Oscar for always producing excellent maths work, especially this week as we were adding fractions.

P4 -P7 MERIT BADGE WINNERS 10 JANUARY

P4 MR FIELD: Henry for excellent place value work.

Heidi for excellent expression whilst reading.

P4 MRS MC KEOWN: Jaxson and Art for great work on adding and subtracting 10 on a 100 square.

P4 MISS McDONALD: Mason for working hard to secure his knowledge on his X3 tables.

Edward for fantastic rugby skills.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS WILSON: Henry for super mental Arithmetic

Lucy for a super watercolour painting.

P5 MRS BROWN: Hafsah for a great effort to improve the speed of her work.

Joshua for great work on digital time.

P6 MRS RIDDALL: Alex for a great oil pastel self portrait.

Toby for fantastic problem solving involving cm and m.

P6 MRS HART: Harry and Saoirse for excellent understanding of homophones.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD: Iris for a great effort to improve spelling.

Emma for super thinking skills during problem solving in Maths.

P7 MRS FRANCIS: Betty for making a great start in Term 2 - hard working, kind and thinking of others.

Finn for being an excellent friend, always thinking of others first.

P7 MR MC CONNELL Lucas for always giving 100%, even when he finds something challenging.

Caden for great work on rounding and multiplying 10 and 100.

P4 -P7 MERIT WINNERS 6 DECEMBER

P4 MR FIELD: Nathan for having excellent rugby skills.

Toby for making a great start with HTU.

P4 MRS MC KEOWN: Ruby and Bethany for bringing great enthusiasm in dance practice.

P4 MISS McDONALD: Faye for being kind and considerate in class and the playground.

Felix for working hard on his HTU.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS WILSON: Sam and Olivia for excellent posters about the U.S.A.

P5 MRS BROWN: Theo and Juliet for wonderful posters on U.S.A.

P6 MRS RIDDALL: Elizabeth for excellent work on decimals.

Jack for great recount writing.

P6 MRS HART: Charley for super pushing and stopping skills during hockey.

Eve for much improved organisational skills.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD: Ashley and Juliette for beautiful artwork including the P1-P3 play, School Mascot and compass stars.

P7 MRS FRANCIS: Scarlett for excellent work on Roman Numerals.

Zoe for unbelievable knowledge of worldwide countries and time zones.

P7 MR MC CONNELL: Blake and Jack for super work using Roman Numerals.

P4 - P7 MERIT WINNERS 22 NOVEMBER

P4 MR FIELD:

Abbas for showing great enthusiasm in class and completing all tasks.

Brooke for working hard and completing excellent comprehension work.

P4 MRS MC KEOWN:

Tristan and Freddie for working well together in a team sharing objects into 5 groups in outdoor learning.

P4 MISS McDONALD:

Sibi for showing great determination to complete his work.

Maisie for working hard to develop her numeracy skills.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS WILSON:

Jacob for learning his xylophone music really quickly.

Cormac for really good glockenspiel playing.

P5 MRS BROWN:

Riley and Rayan for making a great effort learning x4 and doing HTU multiplying sums.

P6 MRS RIDDALL:

James for excellent problem solving with numbers over 1 million.

Kate for super inference work.

P6 MRS HART:

Ben for completing fantastic Haiku Autumn poems.

Emily for excellent presentation during all work.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD:

Cara-Louise for consistantly getting top marks in her spelling tests.

Emmy for being kind and friendly to members of other P7 classes during Anti-Bullying Week.

P7 MRS FRANCIS:

Bethany for working incredibly hard on digital time.

Leah for being extremely kind, caring and helpful.

P7 MR MC CONNELL

Willow, Gracie and Katie for making great progress with digital time.

P4 - P7 MERIT WINNERS 9 NOVEMBER

P4 MR FIELD: Brady for creating a super space junk model.

Abbas for working hard with his phonics.

P4 MRS MC KEOWN: Ciara and Ellie for creating Solar systems that are out of this world.

P4 MISS MCDONALD: Olivia and Alfie for creating amazing space junk models.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS WILSON: Alfie and Rosie for excellent work on division - worlking hard and showing great progress.

P5 MRS BROWN: Reagan for working hard on X HTU

Ella for great work on dividing.

P6 MRS RIDDALL: Zach for showing great determination to complete his work.

Beth for fantastic classifying triangles work!

P6 MRS HART: Adam for writing a brilliant story about his amazing dream.

Eva for excellent catching up on her triangle work, after being off school ill.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD: Fraser and Joshua for clear explanations of methods needed for problem solving.

P7 MRS FRANCES: Logan and Carter for both creating wonderful Iron Man scrap material models.

P7 MR MC CONNELL Lachlan and Sam for designing and building two super Iron men - they had lots of good details!

P4 - P7 MERIT WINNERS 20 OCTOBER

P4 MR FIELD: Dylan for excellent fracton work.

Oliver for super vertical sum work with exchanging.

P4 MRS MC KEOWN: Sam and Ben for excellent addition with exchanging work.

P4 MISS DOBBIN: Nico for excellent work on fractions

Heidi for excellent money work!

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS WILSON: Henry for great music

Ellen for bringing in really interesting fossils.

P5 MRS BROWN: Daniel and Annie for wonderful posters on mini beasts.

P6 MRS RIDDALL: Susanna and Grace for excellent posters for Victor Hazell’s party.

P6 MRS HART: Indie for neat and maticulous classwork.

Violet for excellent art work on her Victor Hazell poster.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD: Cooper and Ethan for putting alot of effort into their Iron Man storyboards, with great results.

P7 MRS HAMMOND:Charlie for a wonderful art piece based on Romero Brits.

P7 MR MC CONNELL: Casey for an excellent Iron Man story book.

Taylor for an excellent Iron Man story book.

P4 -P7 MERIT WINNERS 4 OCTOBER

P4 MR FIELD: Oliver for working really hard all week.

Freya for super times tables work.

P4 MRS MC KEOWN: Abe for working hard to complete his home work.

Merryn who’s work is always very neat and beautifully presented.

P4 MISS DOBBIN: Eliza and Ellen for working well together to create a fabulous book of space facts on Book Creator.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS WILSON: Amber for a fantastic poster about minibeasts.

Archie for teaching people to play the glockenspiel.

P5 MRS BROWN: Amy for very good answers on recent comprehension.

Jack for a good standard in all his work.

P6 MRS RIDDALL: Jacob for brilliant time work.

Isla for being confident and speaking out clearly during her class assembly.

P6 MRS HART: Logan for excellent analogue and digital time.

Asher for superb manners.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD: Rama for always trying her best, working hard and being kind to others.

Cooper for working hard to complete activities on time.

P7 MRS HAMMOND: Hollie for working really hard to improve her paper scores, well done Hollie!

Tate for always being kind and considerate to everyone in Room 10.

P7 MR MC CONNELL James C and James R for both using great imagination when creating a trap for Iron Man - The Cage Destroyer and The Iron Man’s Destiny of Doom!

P4 - P7 MERIT WINNERS 20 SEPTEMBER

P4 MR FIELD: Noah for an amazing start to division.

Nina for reading with excellent expression.

P4 MRS MC KEOWN: Edythe and Lizzie for excelllent dictionary work.

P4 MISS DOBBIN: Luke for working hard at everything he does.

Conor for doing super dictionary work.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS WILSON: Qayssar and Aria for always being ready to learn and putting 100% effort in.

P5 MRS BROWN: Luke for working hard at his Maths.

Claire for a super self portrait.

P6 MRS RIDDALL: Spencer for wonderful poetry writing.

Cara for excellent work on verbs.

P6 MRS HART: Harry for excellent work on common nouns.

William for superb long multiplication.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD: Ashley and Marnie for perceptive and mature contributions to our class debate on the Iron Man.

P7 MRS HAMMOND: Bethany for working very hard at her Maths with Mrs McConnville..

Will for being very helpful around the classroom.

P7 MR MC CONNELL Abraham for great contributions during our class debate on the Iron Man.

Rene for super work finding the area of different shapes.

P4 - P7 MERIT WINNERS 6 SEPTEMBER

P4 MR FIELD: Harriet for being very helpful in the classroom.

Joshua for excellent number bonds.

P4 MRS MC KEOWN: Skylar for settling in well in to her new school.

Luca for good contributions to class discussions.

P4 MISS DOBBIN: Maryam for settling in so well into her new school.

Reuben for fantastic number bonds.

P5 MISS RIDDELL & MRS WILSON: Marth-Rose for coping really well with her broken finger.

Tom for working hard and being really neat when working in his jotters.

P5 MRS BROWN: Frankie for settling into P5 routine and working hard.

Eliza for making a great start to P5 and writing super sentences.

P6 MRS RIDDALL: Penny for working hard to master division with remainders.

Hannah for a super emotion portrait.

P6 MRS HART: Phoebe and Violet for both settling in so quickly to P6 at HPS.

P7 MRS CLARKE & MRS HEAWOOD: Abolfazl for settling well into HPS and being cheerful and friendly.

Josh B for having a very focused and hard working attitude.as he beigns this new term.

P7 MRS HAMMOND: Cade and Caden for both working hard to improve their comprehension skills.

P7 MR MC CONNELL: Hafsa and Holly for settling in well to HPS and R13.

MERIT WINNERS 7 JUNE

P4 Mrs Gibson: Joshua for being such a kind and caring friend.

P4 Mrs McKeown: Maisie and Amy for using ear buds to create lovely snake patterns with paint to create paper snakes.

P4  Mrs Smith & Mrs Wilson: Jake and Charlotte for creating lovely patterns to carefully paint onto their paper snakes.

P5 Miss Riddell & Mrs Wilson: Spencer for hard work and excellence in every subject.

Ella for excellent flute playing and working hard for Grade 1.

P5 Mrs Brown: Abigail and Martha for competing so well in our recent Sports Week.

 P6 Mrs Clarke / Mrs Heawood: Marnie and Liam for always listening carefully to advice, to make improvements to their work

P6 Mrs Hammond: Hollie and Carter for fabulous work on chance and proportion.

P6 Mr McConnell: Gracie for an excellent volcano file on Mount Vesuvius.

Natasha for an excellent volcano fact file on Mount Tambora

P7 Room 11 Mrs Riddall: Leah for wonderful sunflowers in the style of Van Gough

Bella for excellent participaiton during Sports Week.

P7 Room 12 Mrs Hart: Sarah for much improved research using the internet.

Clara for super Sport’s Week performances and being humble in victory!

MERIT WINNERS 17 MAY

P4 Mrs Gibson: Ellen for an amazing presentation about Endangered Animals.

P4 Mrs McKeown: Cormac and Sophia for their beautful cactus art with pastels.

P4  Mrs Smith & Mrs Wilson: Euan and Skye for great preparation and presentation of their class talks.

P5 Miss Riddell & Mrs Wilson: Ryan and Zach for excellence in talking and listening.

P5 Mrs Brown: Adam and Susanna for taking part with enthusiasm during Sports Week and House competitions.

 P6 Mrs Clarke / Mrs Heawood: Alex for neat and careful work in both Maths and Literacy.

Joshua for great problem solving in Maths and good explaining of methods.

P6 Mrs Hammond: Elsa and Oliver for wonderful work finding the area fo a triangle.

P6 Mr McConnell: Lachlan and Harry for good work finding the area of triangles and a big improvement in the presentation of their Maths classwork - much neater!

P7 Room 11 Mrs Riddall: Alfie and Emily for presenting an excellent class talk.

P7 Room 12 Mrs Hart: Will for planning and presenting an excellent class talk.

Ethan for an excellent Javelin technique during Sports Day practice.