This week we had a whole school trip to Aberdeen, visiting the beach and Aberdeen Science Centre. P5/7 took part in a Lego Mindstorm workshop. We had to write an algorithm to get the robot to move around a course. We needed to use our maths knowledge and coding skills and work as a team to complete the challenge. The final team to try their algorithm managed to successfully guide their robot to the end of the course. We think the cheer could have been heard back in Braemar! Click on the link below to see photos and videos from our day out.
We had an online session with a representative of the Scottish Parliament to learn more about how political systems work in Scotland.
We also had a visit this week from Caitlyn from Aboyne Academy, who told us about how her learning has progressed since she first attended Code Club in primary school. Now she is going into S5 and preparing to study a range of STEM subjects. She told us about how staff at Aboyne Academy help pupils to identify how their skills and interests might link to different careers. We asked lots of questions about the Academy and the kinds of subjects which are available. Over the coming weeks we will find out more about the world of work as we prepare to hold a careers week.
In Maths we were finding common factors and identifying multiples. We played a dice game to help us, created Venn diagrams in the playground and enjoyed using Sumdog to practise our maths. Well done to Eilidh, Lucian and Peter, with the highest scores in class this week.
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