In the afternoon we walked up  to the hall to do the individual races. When we got there we went into our groups. After the parents came we started the races, the first race was a normal sprint this race was really fast, then the second race was egg and spoon. Then it was the sack race. The older ones had to start lying down and the p1, 2, 3 and 4 got to start in the sack. Then we did the skipping race  and the bean bag scuttle. Lastly we did an obstacle course that the p7s made. To end the day we did one final relay race.  We then found out who won gold, bronze and silver medals.

This term we are doing the Vikings for Topic. For one of the lessons, we did art, and we made mosaics of a Vikings head. It had to include a beard, hair and a helmet with horns. The groups were Embers Rising (Elha, Joe and Jess), Immortal Dynasty (Nathaniel, Logan M and Boyd), Warrior Culture (Sunna, Lily and Alek), Germanic Guild (Ania, Nika and Maisy) and Human Shield (Harry, Isla and Anna).

Ember Rising’s Viking head was called Bob the First, Immortal Dynasty’s was called Mr M B (for “Messy Beard”), Warrior Culture’s was called Barry the Barbarian, Germanic Guild’s was called Tim Kardashian and Human Shield’s was called Toad. We enjoyed using different techniques to make mosaics.

In another lesson we made posters of a Viking Longship, that were drawn and labelled. The groups were slightly rearranged. Embers Rising and Immortal Dynasty stayed the same, but Warrior Culture became Alek, Lily and Harry, Germanic Guild became Germanic Gold, and it was now Ania, Sunna and Isla, and Human Shield became Nika, Maisy and Anna. Embers Rising were given a printed Longship and had to colour and label it, while the rest of the groups drew the whole thing. Germanic Gold and Human Shield had to label and find out about the prow, the hull, the sail, the oars and the shields, while the rest of the groups only had to label and find out about the prow, the sail and the oars. We had lots of fun drawing and finding out about the Vikings means of transport. ♥ 😀

After 20 years of working here Mrs Redman has sadly retired. The last few weeks before here retirement, the parent council and the students donated money to buy a special retirement gift for her. Over the last few weeks students brought her balloons and flowers which she gratefully accepted. We tried to make the last few weeks as enjoyable for her as possible. Max from Dalbeattie high school went round the high school and collected signatures from everyone who came to Kirkgunzeon Primary School for Mrs Redman.  Just before her send-off Kellie took a photo of all of us with her in it plus all the teachers which got framed and given to her for a present. On April 1st we said goodbye by waving to her and giving her the gifts. It was very emotional and we hope she has a good retirement. 🙂

On Wednesday we went to the Cocoa Bean factory. We started outdoors in the play area, and then we went in to make the chocolate.

First, we got a chocolate bar mould, with white chocolate and milk chocolate in it. We got to use our finger to swirl it into a pattern we liked. We then got to put sweets and sprinkles on top. We then wrote out name on with melted white chocolate, in a squeeze tube. We also got to have face paint, using the white chocolate in the squeeze tube.

We then made whatever we wanted to out of three marshmallows, using chocolate as glue. Ania and Sunna made chocolate lollies, because the marshmallows weren’t vegetarian. We got to decorate the marshmallows and lollies with sweets and the melted white chocolate, as well as milk chocolate. It was a competition, for who got the best marshmallow creation or lolly. One group went first and Elha won that one. In the other group, Logan M won.

We then got to play inside and outside for the rest of the time. We had a great time, and we are looking forward to getting the opportunity to eat our chocolate! 😀

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.

Charlie

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.

Leigh

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: