From the 12th March-16th March it is science and engineering week. Primary 4-7 are all taking part in a whole week of science and all the activities we do is about forces. The first thing that we learned was Newton’s 3 laws and they are very important because they describe forces very well. The first law is “when forces acting on an object they are balanced,it will remain at rest or move in an straight line at constant speed”. The 2nd law is “force=mass x acceleration”. The 3rd law is “every action has an equal and opposite reaction” and that is Newtons 3 laws. Continue reading OUR WORLD IN MOTION at Port Ellen
Category Archives: Primary schools
Southend celebrates Sports and Ecoschools
Southend Primary pupils have had a busy couple of days. Yesterday they completed their Sport Relief Mile with the help of Active Schools Co-ordinator, Robbie Kupris. The 12 pupils in Primary 4-7 raised a total of £233 for the event and the younger children cheered them on as they ran the course.
Earlier, pupils demonstrated their knowledge of CPR after a recent training event. They will be teaching parents at our Open Day about how to act quickly if a person collapses and stops breathing. Continue reading Southend celebrates Sports and Ecoschools
Kilcreggan Primary School – Sports Relief mile
What a beautiful day to go for a run! Today pupils, staff and parents from Kilcreggan Primary School took part in a 1 mile run in aid of Sports Relief. The sun shone, the children were smiling and everybody had a great time. Our event was sponsored so we hope to raise a good sum for the cause. We will keep you posted.
Forest Schools at Rhunahaorine Primary
Forest Schools is a great activity where we learn about interesting things to do in the forest .We get to do things like learn new knots,make shelters and make fires in addition we also help to look after the environment by doing things like making shelter for the various kinds of creatures that live in the forest. – by Kirk p7
P1-7 go to forest schools in Largie and will be going for the next 7 weeks. We do games,dens,climbing trees, showing us knots and finally we make hot chocolate in the storm kettle. – by Finlay p6 Continue reading Forest Schools at Rhunahaorine Primary
Kilchrenan Primary Forest School Update
The woods have been our classroom for 7 months now. We started our Forest School venture in August and have explored there weekly, bar a few weeks when things got a bit hectic with the Christmas play. You know how it is!
There are 12 of us, 10 pupils (P1-P6) and 2 members of staff, although we’ve also had 7 different visitors, including our Education Scotland inspector and Miss Teen Argyll (Galaxy)!
Priority is safety and comfort. The pupils are becoming proficient at putting up a tarpaulin shelter, using timber hitch and tension knots. They’re also pretty good at retrieving it from the trees on windy days! Teamwork is essential and they know their roles. Continue reading Kilchrenan Primary Forest School Update
Kilmartin P.S. Take the Blytheswood Trust Challenge!
The children at Kilmartin Primary School recently helped raise money for the Blytheswood Trust by taking their £20 Enterprise challenge. The Trust gave the P.5-7 class £20 and challenged them to turn that into a profit.
The children thought of many interesting ideas but finally decided to bake and sell flapjacks to the other children in school. They had to use their maths skills to find out how much it would cost to make the flapjacks and then calculate what price they could sell them for to ensure a good profit. Continue reading Kilmartin P.S. Take the Blytheswood Trust Challenge!
Rhu Primary School Third Green Flag
Written by Anna Ferguson – Primary 7
Rhu Primary School have been working towards their 3rd green flag for the past two years. Success came on Thursday 26th January when they achieved their goal. Pupils and staff were delighted and teachers shed tears of joy.
The Eco Committee held many meetings making sure the required criteria would be met, which was no easy feat. The challenge involved pupils, parents and the wider community. Mrs. Mackay, Principal Teacher and Eco Coordinator said,
“It’s made me aware of being more eco friendly.” This seems to be felt by the pupils too. Continue reading Rhu Primary School Third Green Flag
