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?
P7 have enjoyed taking part in HE transition this term. Here are a few pictures of our latest session – practicing our food hygiene and preparation skills to make some yummy chicken chow mien!
Over the past two weeks while Miss Carson has been on her travels, Mrs Wixon has been in the nursery covering the topic of People Who Help Us. After getting ideas from the children, we planned some fun filled activities together.
We focused on people who help us at home, in school and in the wider community. We went on visits to the Health Centre and Post Office. We also had a visit from the fire brigade, a first responder, a nanny and also some special people who help us in school.
We had some great learning experiences from this topic and would like to thank all of the people for helping us by telling us how they help other people.
Mrs Wixon
Today we had a visit from Jack Wootton from Galloway Fisheries Trust with some real live Sparling! Our Primary 5 Class and Eco Group were very pleased to see the fish first hand. Jack was able to bring the pupils out in small groups to look at the fish close up in a bucket and he also lifted them out of the water briefly to see them from a side view. It was interesting to se how they were camouflaged from the top and that the female fish was bigger than the male due to the huge number of eggs which she carries. We heard more about the project being undertaken by Jack and he told us about the numbers of Sparling he had just recently found in the Cree River. We also got more of an understanding about how important this project is for Scotland. Today, a camera man came to film Jack talking to us. The footage will be used in a documentary highlighting the importance of the project and will be shared amongst wildlife experts at conferences and for use in further research work as a reference tool. Jack was very impressed with the amount of information Mrs Dyson’s Primary 5 class had retained from his last visit and with the sheer number of relevant questions the pupils were coming up with. Lots of hands kept going up, eager to know more!
Last week we were very lucky to have two French teachers in school. Madam Marolleau and Nadège Bertin were hosted by Mrs Fitzsimmons and Mrs McLean as part of the Nancy-Metz partnership with our region. Both teachers visited classes in the primary and secondary school, presented PowerPoints, answered numerous questions (in French and English!) joined in lessons and read stories in French! They had a great week and thoroughly enjoyed their time with all the super pupils and were very impressed by all our work. Fantastique!
Primary 7C have been working hard on their coding skills recently. They have been using Tynker – an online coding website – to tackle some very challenging tasks, creating their own games and characters.
Primary 5 pupils enjoyed sharing their Scottish Wildlife Projects with pupils from Primary 4/5. They spoke confidently, sharing facts about their chosen mammal and answering any questions. Their models and presentations will now be put on display for the whole school to enjoy. Congratulations everyone on a successful project!
Primary 5 had a fantastic morning during our ‘Lego Robotics’ Computer Xplorers workshop with Mr McGill. Pupils worked collaboratively to build lego models and then applied their programming/coding skills to animate these. We had roaring lions, moving sailboats, spinners, a goal kicker and a goalkeeper as well as snapping crocodiles. Mrs Dyson was very proud of the teamwork skills demonstrated and the amazing robots created.
Blair – “Creating the crocodile was fun because we laughed when the crocodiles jaws snapped shut on our fingers and we joked that it had eaten our fingers.”
Sophie – “Programming the lion was easy because you just needed to follow the instructions and click the blocks together.”
Ross – “An exciting moment was when we scored with our robot goal kicker.”
Rhys and Lucy – “Creating the goalkeeper was challenging because there were lots of instructions. We felt proud of ourselves when our goalkeeper moved to save the goal from the next team’s ball.”
Everyone – “Another exciting moment was when Mr McGill introduced us to two robots which danced, dabbed and did push ups. Amazing!”
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