Holywood Hullabaloo

Last Friday we had Environment Day.  I thought it was pretty boring and bad. the best ones were miss Stapleton and miss Macintyre.

On last Friday at holywood primary we held an environment day and divided ourself into five groups and went through five activity’s all with a different teacher. On one there was a thing were we had to sort litter into piles of single use plastic, plastic, metal, food waste, paper, and bin.

Another one we were at we put a rope down and put all types of rubbish and ordering them in the order of when they will break down.

It is a great event.

By charlie

last Friday we had environment day there was 5 different stations and we only had 45 minutes on each activity. At the start of the day miss dale put us into groups I was in group 4 and we went to miss Stapleton first her activity was called beach box. Basically she went out to a beach and got loads of stuff and numbered them and we had to say if they should be on the beach or not and what it is. Next we had miss Dale with her we were seeing how long it takes for plastic to start  getting smaller and smaller because it never disappear. after break we had miss Brockie Donald  we seen how much we through away in a week and sorted it out into paper rubbish single use plastic and reusable plastic . after lunch we had miss Jarden  we were doing food miles seeing how long it takes for you food from the field to your plate then our last activate was with miss Macintyre we were making stuff out of plastic like friend ship bracelets and other stuff with plastic

 

 

by dakota

Last Friday we had an environment day and we have 5 different stations the first station my group was in was beach box with miss Stapleton.

Miss Stapleton, Miss Brockie Donald and Miss Dale went down to sandy hills beach to collect plastic of the ground and the brought it into school and all we had to do is say if its meant to be on the beach or not.

We done a true or false on the computer which was good.

After Miss Stapleton we went to Miss Dale and we done drawings of how old we would be by the time a piece of plastic takes to disintegrate.

After lunch we went to Mrs. Jardine for food miles and we had to do how long it takes for things in the field to arrive to your plate .

Then we went to Miss McIntyre and all we done there is make bracelets and necklaces out of bags by that time we had finished the end of the day.

 

 

By Ebony

Holywood Environment Day was on Friday the 29th of March 2019. There were 5 different tasks to go around and do. Miss Dale, Miss Jardine, Miss McIntyre, Miss Stapleton and Miss Brockie Donald all led a stall. It was like a Big Thursday mix up!

My group went to Miss Dale’s stall first. What we had to do was put the rubbish in order of how long we thought it would take to bio-degrade. We learned in that class that wellingtons take 60-80 years to start braking down, and that glass bottles take up to and over 1,000,000 (one million) years!!!!

With Miss Jardine, we did pizza miles! We learned about how far the ingredients came from and then added all of the miles together, to figure out how far it had travelled. For a Chicken and Bacon pizza, it took over 93,000 (It was either 93 thousand or 93 million miles!) Miles!

With Miss Brockie Donald, we had to sort out a huge pile of rubbish that we had collected from the school bins in the past 4 days. There was so much paper that it was unreal! We put so much paper to waste and some of the pieces hadn’t  even been used! In fact, we had more paper towels and paper than plastic.

With Miss McIntyre, we made things with old plastic bottles, like Pencil and Pen holders! The girls and some of the boys made pleated bracelets out of old plastic bags. They actually turned out quite cool!

With Miss Stapleton, we learned about Ocean and Sea pollution. Miss Stapleton, Miss Dale and Miss Brockie Donald all went down to SandyHills and collecting things that were meant to be and not meant to be at the Beach. Some of these things included fishing net, tennis balls, Seashells and mermaids purses! We also learned that people went to the bottom of the Mariana Trench and found a plastic bag. It went so far. There is also a place at the bottom of the ocean were there are loads of old washing machines, fridges, microwaves and loads of other things. WE HAVE GOT TO STOP DOING THIS. They even found a 43 foot long cargo crate which had fallen off of a ship. Its sad.

Over all, I really liked Environment day! I would love to do it again sometime! I found out loads of cool (and sad) information that I never knew before!

By Kaylan, P7.

We learn about  smoking for people end in hosple and get a new hart and they can go home and spentam with there failmy.

This week we have started fast writing it when we have fifteen minutes to write a short story the goal is to get to the bottom of the page if you don’t get half way you have to stay in for break. in math’s this week we started a holiday budget money challenge I love money tasks. Also in writing we were doing a task for drugs that are in your house my team are doing pirition which is a antihistamine I have had it multiple times for insect stings and that’s it for the week so far.

This week we have been talking about the legal drugs we keep at home, like Paracetamol and Ibuprofen. We have been asked to learn about one of the medicines we have and then make a big model of the box. Miss Dale brought in some empty boxes from her house so we could have a look at them and see what the little information sheets inside the boxes said about the medicine. We have been learning about the affects of smoking and alcohol as well, but we did those a couple of weeks ago. If you are wondering what the topic is called, it is called Substance Miss-use. We have been learning that people can get addicted to some medicines and alcohol.

We started a new writing thing this morning with Miss Dale! It is called quick writing! Miss Dale gives you an assigned piece, and you have to try and get to the bottom of the page within the 15 minutes she gives us. If you get halfway down the page, then you do not have to stay in at break, but if you do not get to halfway, then you have to stay in at break-time and do more writing. Todays piece was: If you were an animal, what animal would you be and why?

I chose a Phoenix, but not any Phoenix! It was an ice Phoenix! Instead of being your normal yellow, orange, gold, red and tan, this one is Electric Blue!

P7’s also started their P7 Profiles today! :/

 

By Kaylan, P7

We have been learning all about rivers and the River Nith.

We have been learning about the animals on the River Nith and we made posters about them. We learned about ospreys, otters, salmon, barnacle geese, herons and goosanders.

We learned that the water cut its own path to make the river bed. We tried this with sand in the Niagra Falls and the water made a path through! This is called erosion!

We have learned about the parts of a river. It starts at the source on a hill. It finishes at the mouth where it joins the sea or loch. The little streams that join it are called tributaries. The bends are called meanders.

We made models of rivers and we have worked together to make a big wall display of the Nith. Come into class to see them!

On big Thursday we do photography. I am pretty good at it here is my power point it is called my lit things .

click the name to view.

 

by paul