P4 Newsletter term 4

Here is our newsletter for P6/7. Newsletter term 4 2025-2026

Term 4 25.26 newsletter

Science in Primary 6/7

Primary 6/7 have been enjoying a STEM challenge. We made volcanoes and exploded them.

We used a plastic bottle to create the main vent to explode the lava. We used washing up soap, vinegar, bicarbonate soda, warm water and food colouring.

Primary 7 went to Dumfries High School to carry out some science activities. We were learning all about dissolving and the best temperatures for substances to dissolve. We used different chemicals and got to try different science equipment. We really enjoyed it and can’t wait to go back. We developed our collaborating, critical thinking and focussing skills.

Miss Tapner has been teaching us how to draw in the style of Mr Doodle. We doodled away and seen where our pencils took us.

As part of World Book Day P7 visited P1/2 to work together to create bookmarks. They had great fun developing their leadership and collaborating skills and there were some very creative bookmarks at the end!

On Wednesday 10th March Lauryn, Lawrence and Murray took part in the Primary Enterprising Maths Challenge. They had to create a poster sharing the history of money and then took part in a variety of maths challenges. They all did very well and came out as overall winners on the day! Congratulations to our champions! 🌟

On Monday 8th March PC Matthews visited us to discuss Internet Safety. She shared lots of helpful advice and encouraged us to think about ways to keep ourselves safe when accessing social media.

Primary 6/7 have been doing STEM challenges Our latest challenge was to design and create a bridge to hold maths textbooks. The winning team were the team that’s bridge held the most textbooks. Two teams bridges held 20 textbooks, others collapsed after one book book being placed on it.

We also worked on our META skills.