We had a great day out, visiting the beach for a play and a picnic, then heading to Aberdeen Science Centre for some fun learning.
Click on the link below to see photos of our day.
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This week we spent Friday afternoon working on a number of tasks in the school grounds.Everything in the polycrub needed a good watering and our Livingstone Daisy seedlings needed thinning and potting on. We also washed the mud kitchen equipment, ready to play with next week. Some children painted cardboard flowers, which we will use as decoration. We did some recording for a ‘Braemar TV’ programme about outdoor learning. We also had an opportunity to use our new woodworking tools, with some children sawing and using a hand drill to make wooden sections for our playground snakes. Lots of new skills to be developed in the coming weeks!
On Thursday we came together to complete our Spring House Challenge. We wrote poetry, designed and made Easter bonnets for Buttony Bear, made Easter gardens and completed puzzles. We also had a challenge to move an egg without touching it. The winning team made a zipline to move their egg.
The Pine Martens and Mountain Hares were joint winners of the Challenge and Mountain Hares overall winners for this term. This afternoon they chose to have a cartoon, snacks and draw along for their House Treat.
Today we went outside to take part in the Nuart graffiti art event for schools. We came up with a word bank of words we would use to describe our school then Lucas S, Ivy and Edith mapped out on paper how to arrange them. We used chalk to transfer the words to a big 3m square in the playground. We will send a photo of our word square to be included in the event next month.
We also spent time in the polycrub, planting sunflowers, Livingston Daisies and Crocosmia. All our seeds got a good watering as it was very warm in there.
P5-7 had the opportunity to have a go at lighting a fire with the fire steel, in a very controlled and safe environment. Our outdoor learning progression is based on safety and an awareness of the Outdoor Access Code, so we were not able to have our firepit out this week due to the Wildfire Warning in place, however the children reinforced their understanding of the fire triangle and were able to develop skills in undertaking a risk assessment. The aim of this aspect of our outdoor learning programme is to equip our pupils with life skills, help them to assess and manage risk and become responsible users of our local environment, both now and in the future.
At today’s committee session, the Pupil Council had the opportunity to try out a new resource. It has been created by local lady Jenny Gow, to help school children understand about stomas. Our school has been asked to provide feedback to the creators, before it is shared with a wider audience. They investigated the contents of the pack, which included lesson plans for a variety of age groups, a game, colouring pages, a Buttony Bear soft toy and a lovely illustrated picture book. They gave very thoughtful feedback, which we shall pass on to Jenny and her team. Further information about the Buttony Bear charity can be found here.
Thank you to everyone who came along to watch the children’s masks being installed at Braemar Kirk this afternoon. We have had a fantastic day, working with the artist Thomas J Price, along with staff and students from Gray’s School of Art. Lots of photos of the day on the Sway link below.
The display will be in place all weekend and masks will come home next week.
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We finished off our ‘Wildlife and the Weather’ IDL with a visit from Lianne, Mar Lodge Ranger. She took the children into the woods where they they looked at the changing seasons and how animals respond to this.
On Friday afternoon we talked about our learning throughout the week. Edith has enjoyed learning how to multiply. Scarlett has been practising her 2, 5 and 10 times tables. Craig has been ‘learning his numbers’. We talked about how division is a bit tricky and how it’s the opposite of multiplying. Some children mentioned learning how to join the letter ‘s’ in handwriting and how to write stories like a news reporter. They are enjoying opportunities in class to play at being reporters, complete with wearing a suit! In PE they have been learning how to play volleyball and in RME the class have been finding out about the colourful Hindu festival, Holi.
In assembly this week we found out about lots of different kinds of scientist, as part of British Science Week. To be good scientists we have to be curious and ask lots of questions, and we spoke about what kind of scientist we might like to be. Lots of information and activities available on the British Science Week website here.
This morning P4-7 had the opportunity to cook 3 different recipes containing venison, in a workshop delivered by Lauren from Glenkilrie Larder, supported by Marr Area Partnership. They made a bolognese, burgers and a chilli,all using venison mince. Everyone had an opportunity to taste the food and vote for their favourite. The venison chilli came out on top, but the bolognese was delicious too!
Every family in school will be offered an ingredient pack so that they can try the recipes at home too. Watch out for an email from Mrs Maclean to request your pack.
Following on from Assembly last week, where we spoke about friends and friendships, P5-7 were tasked with designing a poster to illustrate our Friendship Code. All of the pupils came up with great suggestions for statements we needed to include in the code and these were whittled down to our final 10 points.
It was difficult to choose a winner, but in the end we decided on 2 posters which stood out. Piper’s art skills were evident in her poster, whilst Ernest used tech to create his on Adobe Express.
See if you can spot their posters in and around the school the next time you visit.
This afternoon we talked about our learning this week in RM 2. Ava told us that she has enjoyed learning in maths, finding out about graphs and charts in ‘data handling’. She has also enjoyed her reading book, part of the Dragon Eggs series. Oscar has enjoyed finding out more about journalism and reporters and their role in telling us about the news. Edith talked about fasting, covered in RME when learning about Islam.
Aiden has really enjoyed playing with the cars this week, especially playing with the ramp built by Lucas. Scarlett told us about using a mnemonic to help her remember how to spell ‘ould’ words. ( O U lucky duck!) The children have really enjoyed Tech, Doodle and Dance clubs this week.
Assembly today was about friendships and P1-4 had some great ideas for our Braemar School Friendship Code. Here are some photos from our week.
