{"id":1308,"date":"2025-11-21T15:29:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T15:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcowanprimaryschool\/?p=1308"},"modified":"2025-11-21T15:29:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T15:29:31","slug":"knex-in-p-5-p-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcowanprimaryschool\/2025\/11\/21\/knex-in-p-5-p-7\/","title":{"rendered":"K\u2019Nex in P.5-P.7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently in P.5-P.7 we had a go of our new K\u2019Nex kits we just got as part of Maths Week.\u00a0 We had to try and make a windmill using gears and it was hard at first. 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