Our P6 and P7 pupils all had the opportunity to take part in a K’Nex Challenge.
The K’Nex workshops employ active learning to develop problem solving, communication, teamwork, planning and critical thinking skills. The pupils were all thoroughly engaged in the team activities and gave very positive feedback. Here are some of our P7 pupils working together.
We are making origami Christmas trees to put on cards and give to other people. We made Christmas cards with our handprints on them with Mr Cordiner. We had a Christmas party in the hall on Tuesday afternoon and we ate some snacks. We played lots of games at the Christmas party. We have two advent calendars in the classroom. One is chocolate and one is pictures.
We put cress seeds on wet cotton wool and we put one tub in some light and put one tub in the dark cupboard. We were put into groups to do it. We talked about whether the seeds would grow in the dark or in the light and we are going to look at them this afternoon. We had to work out what would grow in the dark and what wouldn’t. We are wondering which will grow and which will not.
We have been learning about nocturnal animals and have been using the computer for researching the animals. We had to find out where the animals live, what they eat,what type they are and how they get around in the dark.
We looked at the story of Hanukka because it is another celebration about light. We learned abut the menorah which is a big lamp with 9 candles. Jewish people celebrate Hanukka for 8 days because the oil miracle lasted for 8 days.
HAPPY HANUKKA!!!!
We learned a story about Rama and Sita because it is Diwali this week. We made little diva lamps because at Diwali everyone has a party about light and dark.
For our homework we have to look out to see the moon for 2 weeks. We are looking to see what shape the moon is. We will look at the moon and if it is cloudy we have to draw a cloud and if it is a clear night and you can still not see the moon you write moon not visible. It takes almost a month for the moon to orbit the Earth.
We made wonderful firework posters for firework safety. We played a Gunpowder Plot game. We needed to guess which cellar Guy Fawkes was in by answering all of the questions. We wrote a fireworks senses poem.
In maths, P2 were doing even numbers and odd numbers. P3 have been multiplying numbers for our times tables.
We learned about where our country is on the globe. We were looking to see how it turns night into day. We are turning our pet shop into a museum and library.
We were outside in the playground. We drew a road with chalk and then we crossed it. Then we had 2 cars and we had to cross the road when the cars were on the road.
Some P3s and some P2s were making up questions for their reading groups.
P4, P5 and P4/5 were on a school trip to Cruickshank Gardens and Satrosphere in Aberdeen. At the gardens we had fun tasks to do like collecting flowers,bark and stems. At Satrosphere we learned about bugs and saw a science show. We all enjoyed the day very much.
P4 have been learning all about living things. We have been working on animals. We know about food chains and the five main vertebrate groups. We have just started plants and know the names of the different parts of a plant. On Wednesday we are going on a school trip to Satrosphere and Cruickshank Gardens.
We have been learning about growing and one of the stories that we have read has been about James and the Giant Peach. We have planted beans. The runner beans have grown very well. We have been learning to use DSs to take pictures about our learning. We have made cuboid treasure chests.
By Oscar
