Holywood Hullabaloo

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

On Big Thursday we are doing a art competition. They are going to take one piece of the art  we have been working on and they will vote on they’re  favorite and It will be pout in a calendar and selled all around the world so every on can see  are art. Its a competition but p1-3 are doing dragons and p4-7 are doing spark flicker flame.

P5 to p7 have been writing stories about what would happen if they found a strange mask and decided to put it on. Some people wrote about finding it in the sea or in a cave. I wrote about finding mine on a forest floor when I was running to get home. It looked like a clock but with no numbers, the hands were gold but one was bent and twisted.

Personally, I  really liked the subject and writing a story about it. I hope we get to do more stories like this soon!

Lately we have been doing legal drug work , I am doing work about calpol so I am going to find the positives and the negatives. (  here is a fact , you can get addicted  to calpol and calpol is also very dangerous if you use it too much ! ) for our work we have to create a bigger box of calpol (  or the medicine that you are doing  ) and write all the instructions on the back and copy the front on to yours.

At math’s we have been learning percentages like 10% , 20% , 25% and 50% ( also there is others ) but with those percentages we have been doing money work that is like 50% off of a chocolate bar !!!

We have been practicing for cross country since last month and tomorrow is the big day because it will be cross country tomorrow !!! 🙂 we have been doing 5-8min runs around the field.

This morning  primary 7 have started there P.7 profiles and miss dale just told us after the Easter holidays primary 7 only have 1 more term left a Holywood.

Me and Kaylan just looked at each other like wow that’s came quick but we are kinda excited for high school but nervous at the same time.

With Miss McIntyre we are doing plastic pollution and a few days back we done a slogan for people to stop throwing plastic in the sea/ocean.

 

By Ebony

Two Holywood pupils enjoying there play time flying on the tier swing!

I love the tier swing.

On Big Thursday we have been doing digital photography with Mrs Jardine who teaches p3/p4 on a Friday.

We have been learning how to hold the camera properly and take proper pictures.

Mr Walker and his friends from the photography club have been coming in to help as well which was cool! I really like photography so I was happy when I learned we were going to be doing some in school/class. We do photography first on a Big Thursday.

 

By Kaylan.

you will need:

• a milk bottle
• scissors
• birdseed
• string
• a pencil [hang it on a tree branch]

Instructions:

1.First you have to get everything you need.

2. Cut a shape in the milk bottle (if you want robins do not cut a circle, an adult should help you with this part).

3. Hang the bird feeder on a strong unrotten tree branch with string.

4. Poke a hole in each side of the bird feeder with a pencil.

5. Fill your bird feeder with bird seed.

6. Finally you should check for predators like cats or other birds like owls.