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.

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:

For a warm up we all put on Velcro belts and tags apart from 2 catchers. They had to try and steal as many tags as possible.

We were focussing on team games where we had to work together to pass the ball backwards yet still trying to the other side.

The defenders at first were John and Mrs Miller, they were trying to stop us by getting our tags. It was challenging as we had to remember to stay ‘on side’ by keeping behind the ball.

Eventually Mrs Miller and John got a rest and each of the teams had to take turns being defenders and attackers. We are going to practise this on Friday with Mrs Miller and Mrs Magee.

We made tulip art out of paper on Tuesday 1st April with Mrs Harris. You can see from the pictures that we had to concentrate and listen to the instructions. Lots of skills were involved ~ cutting, folding, measuring, using a ruler to draw straight lines, drawing, and putting it all together to make a beautiful picture.

We think you’ll agree the finished product is beautiful and bright.

Feis Rois

At Feis Rois we created a jingle for our radio show. Then we brainstormed our ideas of things to include in the broadcast. We had a vote and decided to include a weather report and some local news. Next we made them up and we will choose 8 people to present them. We are going to rehearse the reports and the songs next week.

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On the 3rd of March it was world book day! We came to school in our pyjamas!

In the morning we did reading buddy’s for 25 minutes . After that we were split into groups of 4 or 5 and  we did some book related activities. Nika showed us how to make book marks, with  Ania we made books  and Maisy did a treasure hunt.  Anna’s activity was to  create a character  and with Isla and Harry we made an I movie.

In the afternoon we did a house challenge which was to design and make a board game with a book theme.  Criffel made a board game linked to Three Little Pigs. Screel constructed a  life size monopoly type game and Lotus did Jack and the Beanstalk snakes and ladders game.

The next day we finished them and enjoyed playing them. We gave each house feedback then a had a vote on our favourite. Lotus won and got 30 house points each.

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.