Every Friday, Mr Hughes asks staff for nominations for pupils to join him for a hot chocolate. These are pupils that have gone that extra mile during the week. The following pupils have made it to that list this week:

Lachlan P1a 

Dylan P2a 

Moray P2b 

Amy P3a 

Elena P3b 

Omar P3b 

Carla P3b 

Halima P4 

Delia P5/4 

Niamh P5/4 

Hamish P6a 

Ben P6a 

Humaira P6a 

Logan P7a 

Benj P7a 

Poppy P7b 

Luana P7b 

A big well done to all the names on this list. We can't wait to see who makes the list next week.

Dundee Libraries is launching a brand new online language learning service called Transparent Language.  All that’s required is a Dundee library card number. There are over 110 languages to choose from plus paired English materials for speakers of over 30 languages. 

Our subscription also includes  KidSpeak to help children from aged 6 up build vocabulary and common phrases in Chinese, English, French, German, Italian and Spanish languages.

A link has now been added to the Dundee Leisure and Culture e-Learning page on the website here:

 http://www.leisureandculturedundee.com/library/eresources#sect1

... and it can also be accessed directly here:

 https://library.transparent.com/dundee

It is great to see many of our after school clubs back up and running this term. We have seen Multisports (for our infants), football and Code Club all start again, and are looking more opening again when restrictions allow. Below is are pictures from the Multisports club playing "Ladders".

Unfortunately, our nativity has had to take a slightly different format this year. However, pupils and staff have still been working very hard on ensuring that it is still a fantastic production.

Instead of parents and carers coming in to see the show, it has been filmed and will be released on our school Youtube Channel next week. Here are some stills from the P2 rehearsal to whet your appetite.

Our P6 footballers were involved in the Westend fotball tournament last weekend. We were able to have two teams playing. They performed very well, coming a respectable 2nd and 3rd place in the tournament, with our B Team narrowly missing out on first place to Ancrum Road Primary. 

However, we did also take home a trophy. Gregor was nominated as player of the tournament after the referee and other officials spotted his excellent sportsmanship when interacting with the other teams and his own team mates. Well done to all involved!

As the Euro 2021 has started, many of us are excited at the prospect of Scotland being involved in their first International competition in 23 years. 

Over the last two weeks we have been experimenting with aleatoric music. This is when the musicians have choices to make, rather than having to follow the music score all the time. In our peices we took inspiration from the Radiohead and Hans Zimmer collaboration for Blue Planet 2. Examples of our music are in the first two links and the third link is the interview with the band and composer that inspired us.

Aleatoric Music Experiment with P7 - YouTube

Aleatoric Music P6 - YouTube

How Hans Zimmer and Radiohead transformed "Bloom" for Blue Planet II - YouTube

In our literacy work this year the Primary 5, 6 and 7 pupils have been looing at narrative within moving image. This has included invetsigating short films and feature length films, abstract works and works with a clear narrative. As part of this work the pupils have been investigating narrative within music videos. These have included tracks by the Glasgow based band, Twin Atlantic. Last month one of our teachers had a chance to meet with the band, letting them know how they had incfluenced our young people in the school. The lead singer from th band, Sam McTrusty was able to send the pupils a quick message of support. Click here to watch the short clip.

We are pleased to anounce the success of our Robotics Team. Our eight pupil strong team has qualified for the VEX Robotics UK National Robotics Finals. The finals are donw in Telford, so it has been all hands to the deck to secure funding for the trip. The pupils organised a raffle, Craft Fair and Ckae sale to help fund their trip. We are also lucky enough to have secured funding from a number of local businesses to support the trip. These include:

4J Studios

TAG Games

STAR Dundee

6th/8th Boys Brigade, Dundee

Burgess Charity Trust

Dundee United FC Charity Trust

Storm's Dog Food Shop

The Skin Detective

Thorntons Law, Dundee

Stephen Hederson Jewellery

Henry's Coffee House

Exscientia

The whole team are very appreciative of the response from local businesses, expecially considering the three week timescale from qualifying to reaching the finals on 1st of March.  We are looking forward to taking part in such a large, national event and we go knowing the Blackness community is fully behind us. 

Well done guys!