On Monday we did the final part of our Teddy in the park. As you may know last week we wrote about our predictions. This week we carried out the investigation.

First we put different fabrics over a  cup and put a  rubber band around it to hold the fabric down. Then we squished 5 bits of water over each cup to see which one was the most waterproof. The one which leaked the most was not very waterproof.

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This week with Caitlyn and Paul from Feis rois. We recorded our KGN radio show. Which has 2 Scots songs Bananas are the best, Three craws and 2 Gaelic songs Shien o, Gillie beag.  The primary 7s even presented the weather and the news.  We even created our very own radio show jingle. The link will be sent to parents next week. We are all very excited for everyone to hear what we have been working on over the past few weeks.

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This week with Caitlyn and Paul from Feis Rois we recorded our KGN radio show. The show has two Scots songs, Bananas are the Best and Three Craws, there are also two Gaelic songs, Shien O and Gillie beag.   Some of the primary 7s were the presenters. they gave a  weather report and the news.  We even created our very own radio show jingle. The link to listen to the show will be sent to parents next week. We are all very excited for everyone to hear what we have been working on for the past few weeks.  

The primary 1s were given the task to make a boat and see how much weight it would carry before sinking.

First they made their boats out of tin foil. Next they went outside to the water tray that Mrs Miller had filled up for them. Afterwards the p1s got 24 coins and 200g. Once they had everything they needed they placed the coins and weights onto the boat. Overtime they kept adding more. In the end Alma’s first boat sank with 3 coins and her second boat with 160g. Marlon’s first boat sank with 24 coins and his second with 200g. Therefor Marlon had won.

They found out that the reason why Marlon’s boat was the best because his was flat at the bottom and had no holes.

On Tuesday the big room, P5-P7 investigated dissolving for an experiment in science. They were split into 4 groups and given 3 different types of sugar (sugar cubes, caster, granulated), a thermometer, water and a beaker. Each group came up with their own idea and predicted what they thought. Three of the groups did an experiment to see which sugar type dissolved fastest in the same temperature of water, which was around 45 degrees C. One group did different temperatures water and the same sugar type, trying to discover what temperature dissolved the sugar fastest. They used sugar cubes and timed it on an iPad. Boiling water was the fastest. The others used every type because it was need to do their experiment. After they wrote up what happened and if their predictions were right.

Sunna, Lily and Marlon went to MOOL (Massive Outpouring Of Love) in Dumfries. You sort things into boxes, which are then sent to Poland, for the Ukrainian refugees.  There are things to do like pairing up shoes, or sorting toiletries.

Because Sunna told us about this, the big room have been writing notes to put in the boxes. We wrote things like ‘good luck,’ or ‘there’s good days coming,’ or ‘stay positive.’ We also drew pictures. They will be given to MOOL, who will send them to Poland with things for mothers and babies. Here are pictures of Sunna’s one and Boyd’s one:

This week we were practicing our parts for the radio show. I think it went well and we are looking forward to recording it next week. The p7s are the news broad casters and radio hosts .P1 ~p6 are the singers.

We have included some local ‘fake news’, Scottish and Gaelic songs and ‘fake weather!’

Look out for the link next week!

Rugby Week 4 with John Muir

This week was week 4 of rugby with John. We were revising our backward passes and team work skills. We did a warm up which was called tag rugby, this is when a team of players wear a black Velcro belt that coloured tags can stick to. The aim of this game is to get across with both tags still attached to the belt. If you lose both tags you join the catcher’s team. Everyone thought it was great fun.

Next, we got into teams and then we were separated into two groups defenders and attackers. The defenders had to try and keep the ball whilst the attackers had to try steal it. We are looking to having rugby again next week.

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There is a book exchange box in the corridor at school ~ bring in any books you are finished with and swap them.

Also we have a toy swap ~ bring in an unwanted toy and see if you can swap it for something else.

PLEASE check with parents before you bring anything in to swap!

On Tuesday P1-4 did part 2 of their science. We did not do the proper experiment but we will tell you how it went next week. But we did do our predictions we chose our materials and drew our diagram. This time we were seeing which material was the most waterproof.