{"id":2830,"date":"2015-10-02T09:34:47","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T09:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/?p=2830"},"modified":"2015-10-02T09:50:07","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T09:50:07","slug":"leswalt-primary-1-4-building-houses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/LeswaltPrimarySchool\/2015\/10\/02\/leswalt-primary-1-4-building-houses\/","title":{"rendered":"Leswalt Primary 1-4 building houses"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Primary 1-4 at Leswalt Primary have been learning all about community development this term.\u00a0 As part of that work they have been looking at the process of building development.\u00a0 In class the pupils were asked to design and plan out their dream house.\u00a0 The tricky part came next – as Mrs Mc Knight, the class teacher, then asked the pupils to take their plans home and actually build the house, with help from parents.\u00a0 The houses that were built were amazing – as support from parents was phenomenal.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Design features that were incorporated into pupils’ plans included garages, conservatories, solar panels, flues for log burners, drain pipes and even Santa going down a chimney.A wide range of materials was used by children at home\u00a0to build their model houses –\u00a0including clay, wood, card, gravel,\u00a0gingerbread\u00a0and even a rough cast of sand, paint and glue.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The learning of the process of building was reinforced when Ian Mac Fadzean (architect), Tommy Currie and Iona Brooke (planning department) and Ian Marshall (Luce Bay construction) were invited into school to come and tell the children more about\u00a0their role.\u00a0 They came in with tools and plans to illustrate to the class how they went about their job.\u00a0 The pupils asked lots of questions and learned more about the process of building a house and possible careers in the future.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

At the end of the question and answer session, Mr Currie, Mr Marshall and Mr Mac Fadzean were set their own challenge – they had to pick their favourite house.\u00a0 All agreed it was a very difficult job before opting for Aidan (p1) and his gingerbread house which he baked with Mum, Chloe (p2) and her cottage which she rough casted with mum and Auryn (p3) and Breagh (p1) who worked with Mum to make a mansion complete with drain pipes, hanging baskets and window boxes.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The children learned a tremendous amount through this active learning and community involvement and the professionals left Leswalt Primary that day fearing for their jobs, after seeing the skills and knowledge demonstrated by the children!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n