Category: Sgoil-àraich

This week the boys and girls have shown an interest in number symbols 0-20. We set up 3 tables, one exploring 0-3, the other exploring numbers within 0-10 and the 3rd exploring numbers 11-20. Our activities were based around number recognition and estimating a group of objects and matching to the number symbols. All the boys and girls engaged well with their chosen activities and are looking forward to exploring number as the week goes on!

Today we introduced a new digging area to our outdoor area where the boys and girls were kept busy all day, digging, transporting and filling with the mud. Today they explored adding water . What happend to the texture of the mud, the sound it made when they jumped in it and even how far the splashes traveled. Lots of dirty suits and super happy children. There was even an audience for “the mud show”.

 

This afternoon we decided to head on an adventure down the lane to the battery beach to gather materials to create a bug hotel in our outdoor area, to coincide with our current interest. We thought flowers, sticks, grass, stones and shells would be a good idea and we will use our recycling bin to reuse bottles, cans and cardboard too . We noticed a bee on one of the flowers which sparked lots of conversations about pollination and why bees are important in our environment. We had a wee play on the beach to relax after our busy foraging

Yesterday at our daffodil tea we began planting some sunflowers. Today we made sure everyone in Sgoil-Àraich had one planted. The boys and girls helped to give them a big drink to help them grow, and made sure they were in the sunshine. We will send these home tomorrow so you can watch them grow big and strong. We look forward to seeing photos from home once they are big and tall. I wonder who will grow the tallest sunflower?

This morning we had our trip to Gartbrek recycling centre, or “the dump” as we know it as, and had a very interesting and enjoyable tour with Caitlin who manages the site. Caitlin told us what to recycle and what not to recycle, what happens with our recycling once it reaches the dump and showed us where the landfill is. We learnt that our landfill is nearly full so we need to be extra careful with what bins we put rubbish in. We also learnt that each bin lorry holds 26 tonnes which is the equivalent of 5 adult African elephants ! There are cars buried UNDER THE GROUND at the landfill, but this doesn’t happen now as car batteries and fuel aren’t good for our environment . Caitlin showed us all the areas of the refuse site and explained what happens with each category of recycling, did you know that concrete blocks and rubble are recycled at the site too, the dump have used them to create gravel for the road up to the landfill. We have decided we would like to make posters for our school and our community to encourage folk to recycle as often as they can to help reduce the rubbish in the landfill .