Mrs Graham’s P6/7 maths group ventured outside in the sunshine today to learn all about angles. We created acute, obtuse, right, reflex and straight line angles from shadows our bodies made. We also drew pictures and made group models , finding the angles throughout . Using the cameras , we photographed as many different and unusual angles as we could . Photos to follow!
Once again Primary 6 have created fantastic space models as part of their topic on space. The children made planets, rockets, spaceships and even aliens! Lots of hard work and research went into them all and Mrs Graham was very impressed by the high standard of work throughout. Well done to everyone who took part!
On Monday P6s from Dalbeattie and Castle Douglas Primary schools came together to visit the Glasgow Science Centre as part of their Space topic.
We had a great time watching the 3D movie all about life on the International Space Station. Next we visited the planetarium and went star gazing in our amazing reclining chairs !
We also had a great time visiting the science stalls and doing some of the hand on experiments . Last stop was the gift shop for some souvenirs (coffee for the grown ups!)
A great day was had by all!
We have worked really hard on the technique of foreshortening- showing depth and distance in a picture. We imagined what it would be like floating around in space with no gravity to keep us on the ground. We think our astronauts are amazing and every single one was unique! What do you think?
Keira in P6G brought in a fascinating collection of coins from home, some of which were Victorian! We were all fascinated by these and enjoyed seeing how they have changed over the years.
Lewis in P6G recently achieved an amazing first place in a skiing slalem competition abroad. He brought in his medal and some photographs, we were all very proud of Lewis. Well done!
P6G looked at why we remember the fallen soldiers from WW1 and beyond, and the importance of the poppy. We then created some fantastic sunset silhouette paintings with poppies along the bottom. Some children chose to do soldiers with horses and some did crosses.
Did you know that there are not just red poppies nowadays? White ones and worn to remember those who died but to promote peace and the end of war. Purple poppies are to remember all of the animals that died to help us, for example horses in WW1.
On Friday the 24th of March we went to the Glasgow Science Centre as part of our topic. We had a great time learning about space, the stars and exploration. We also had a chance to visit the science stalls and carry out some experiments to do with energy, robots and the human body. Thank you to Mrs Aitchison, Mrs Armstrong and Mrs Bryson for helping us, and also thanks to Mr Maxwell for coming back and joining us too!
Have a look at some of our photographs!
Apollo 13 finally arrived back safely as P6 and 7 pupils enjoyed a slumber party movie night yesterday. Thank you to all those who donated to the school fund. We hope to have more movie nights soon!
P6 and 7 had a party instead of Golden Time on Friday to say goodbye to Mr Maxwell after 10 weeks of working in P6G. We will all miss him greatly and wish him good luck in his probationary year of teaching.
P6G had great fun painting their versions of Van Gogh’s Starry Night with more emphasis on ochre yellow rather than Prussian blue. Some of the swirls and details are super!
