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!

On Monday, Grant Hardie came in to school. He used to come here, so we asked him about school, as well as curling. Some questions we asked him were:

Q: How did you feel about winning the silver medal?

A: Proud, but a little bit disappointed that we didn’t win gold.

Q: What does your training schedule consist of?

A: Two sessions on the ice, and one in the gym. (The sessions are all one hour long). We train every day.

Q: How did it feel to make it into the Olympics.

A: It felt very good.

Q: What’s the most embarrassing thing that happened while you were curling?

A: Falling over.

Q: What age did you start curling?

A: About 6 or 7.

Q: What was the worst thing about the Olympics?

A: That my friends and family couldn’t be there.

Q: How many medals have you won altogether?

A: 5.

What was your proudest moment?

A: Getting the silver Olympic medal.

Q: Is it easier to curl on ice or to do the floor curling?

A: Ice.

Q: What was your favourite subject at school?

A: Maths

Q: What favourite memories do you have from being at our school?

A: When we used to play football against other schools we were able to avoid the ‘tree’ in the middle of the pitch because we were used to it being there but the other teams would often run into it!

Everyone in the school got an autograph.

Here are some pictures:

On Tuesday afternoon, we did two very fun and interesting science experiments. They were to do with density. We had to do it outside, because the experiments were very messy!

For the first experiment, we filled a test tube three quarters full of olive oil, the last quarter was filled with water. Immediately the oil and water separated. The oil all went to the top of the tube, and the water all went to the bottom of the tube. This was because the oil was denser than the water.

Next, we broke up a vitamin c tablet into eight pieces and put the pieces one by one into the tube. The first piece of tablet caused the oil and water to bubble and froth. The oil kept its original colour, but the  water turned dark yellow.

When we added another piece of tablet, the water turned very pale orange. We took off the lid of the test tube and saw little orange bubbles appearing at the surface. They looked like algae. Then the mixture bubbled over the top of the tube, so we put the lid back on.

Then we left it for a while, and then we shook it. We opened the lid, but it exploded everywhere, so we shut it again.

After that, we added the rest of the vitamin c tablet, and the water turned neon orange. Then we opened it again, and white foam exploded out, in little yellow bubbles.

Eventually, we poured out the mixture, and the oil separated from the water and the dissolved tablets.

For the second experiment we filled a tray with water, and added some drops of oil with a pipette. We had a selection of materials to try to take the oil out. The materials were straw, cotton wool, sawdust, shredded paper, blue roll and a newspaper. We discovered to our surprise that the straw was most efficient, getting rid of almost all of the oil in a very short space of time. The next best was cotton wool, which was very efficient, but took quite long.

We enjoyed these experiments, and they were very informative and made us think.

This week we had our fourth Feis Rois session. First, Paul taught us a song called Bananas are the Best. There were some words in Scots, and even “mañana,” which is a Spanish word, and means tomorrow. Next, we practised our Gaelic song, with Caitlin. Then, Caitlin taught us about jigs and reels. if a song is a jig, you can say “carrots and cabbages.” That is six beats. if it is a reel, you can say “watermelon,” which is four beats. Caitlin played us some songs and we had to guess if they were jigs or reels. here are two videos of pieces of music that Caitlin played. Can you guess if they are  jigs or reels?

As the  Primary Sevens will be leaving this year, they all received a leavers hoodie, in a colour of their choice. The Primary Sevens who will be leaving are: Ania, Nika, Anna, Isla, Maisy, Harry, Joe and Jess. 

We would like to thank Mrs Eccles for organising these and the  Kirgunzeon Parent Teacher Partnership for subsidising them.

Here are some pictures of all the Primary Sevens wearing their hoodies 😀

On the 3rd March, it will be World Book Day! Everyone can come in their pyjamas if they want. If they don’t want to, they can wear school uniform.

We will have fun activities throughout the day. Everyone will be put into groups, with a P7 leader. Please note that you should listen to  your leader. There will also be a house challenge in the afternoon.

We hope everyone will have fun and this will encourage people to read more books!!! 

On Monday the 21st, we had a visit from Mr Laidlaw. He is a Stem Development Officer. He did outdoor learning with us

First, we drew around our shadows using chalk, so that after and hour we could see how far our shadow went.

Then, we made boats out of things we could find outside, like sticks and leaves.

After that, we drew seven lily pads each, and then we got three sticks and three stones. We had to solve a puzzle, where we had to switch the places of the sticks and stones. They could only move one space forward, unless they were jumping over another thing, in which case they could move two.