A lady from Smoking Matters paid a visit to P6 last week to inform them about the dangers of smoking on the body as well as the impact it has on their money. P6 really enjoyed the session.

P.5/6 took part in a K’nex Young Engineers Challenge which involved working together in pairs to create a model using K’nex materials.  Pupils were given a specific challenge with very clear criteria – plan and build a bridge which can accommodate vehicles and can be raised to allow boats of any height to pass freely underneath. They were given specific dimensions and the bridge had to hold a bottle of water to ensure its sturdiness.  Skills developed during this task were cooperation, perseverance, problem solving and resilience amongst many more.  After a very difficult judging process the pupils through to the Cluster Heat, taking place on the 2^nd March at Stranraer Academy, are Struan Young and Joshua Fraser.

Curriculum News term 3

Please click on the link above to view details of what P5/6 are learning in term3.

Due to low numbers for the league competition tonight at Stranraer Academy; we’ve had to withdraw our netball team.  Netball practice will resume as normal on Thursday.

Please click on the link below to view P3’s curricular newsletter.

curricular news term 3 P3 jan 2020

Please click on the link below to view the curricular newsletter for P1.

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Primary 7 were asked to explain the water cycle. Some children decided to be creative, and use drama to show what they had learned.

The children in Primary 7 talked about what they wanted to know about evaporation and condensation. They then designed their own experiments to find some answers.

P2 have been challenging themselves to build and make things in class using Kapla. Mrs Hall (D&G STEM teacher) was in yesterday (14th January) to help guide them.

She will be be returning for the next 3 weeks to challenge pupils to build using a range of materials.

Last term, the boys and girls in P3/4 were learning how to manage a business where they had to make a product, stay within a budget, advertise it and sell it. In addition they had to ensure they made a profit so they had to make a business plan. They wanted to ensure they were environmentally friendly by  using recycled materials or non-plastic materials. The rest of the school really enjoyed going to their shop to purchase a little Christmas decoration that they could take home with them. The fantastic amount of £73.41 was raised and this will be donated to the Stranraer’s Beach Clean Project. Well done to P3/4 for all their hard work.