P6 have been learning about Environmental Engineering this term – how we collect, manage and filter water using gullies and drains. We had a Teams Meet with Elaine from BEAR Scotland who set us the challenge to design and build a water filter to remove pollutants from water.  The children used Engineering design process to design and plan what they were going to do, build and test their prototype and then think about how they could improve their water filter designs.  The children chose a variety of materials to create their water filter systems including stones, sand, cloth, filter paper, cotton balls and sieves. Great team work P6 – well done!

Primary 5/6 have had a fun afternoon learning about Italy. They were split into groups and rotated around different stations.

Station 1: Tasting Italian food and comparing it to Scottish food – Bread Sticks, Ferrero Rocher, Italian Coconut Cookies and Chocolate Chip Biscotti.

Station 2: Looking at real Italian greetings cards and making their own using Italian language.

Station 3: Using maps to locate Italian cities and finding out how people travel around Italy.

Station 4: Researching Pompeii and finding out about the volcano by looking at photos and reading books.

Some comments the children made at the end of the lesson:

Lily – “I learnt that the people of Pompeii didn’t know what a volcano was”.

Nicole – “I learnt that Italians eat very strange food but they probably think our food is strange too”.

Archie – “My favourite fact was that people in Italy use different stamps at Christmas time than the rest of the year”.

Jake – “I enjoyed learning about and tasting new Italian foods”.

Primary 5/6 visited Stirling castle for a class trip to learn more about the Wars of Independence and life in the 1300’s. They learnt about the way the castle was built, jobs in the castle, the royal family, food, weapons and the wars. Our tour guide, dressed as Sir Phillip de Mowbray was fantastic!

Primary 5/6 made these lovely calendars with string, tin foil and sharpie pens. They focused on the visual elements of line and colour. They turned out really well and have brightened up the corridor!