A trio partnership science morning was the order of the day at Portpatrick Primary today. Pupils and family in our P4 – 7 classes from Kircolm, Leswalt and Portpatrick came together to participate in a wide range of STEM based activities (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) as part of British Science Week.
The showpiece of the event was a mobile planetarium provided by the Galloway Forest Astronomical Society, organised by Mrs Ferguson. Mr Antony Berretti, Dr Douglas Snell, Mr Hunter McCall and Mr Brian Rice, gave up their time voluntarily to bring a night sky experience to the children. We were taken on a journey through the planets and moons of our Milky Way, learning fascinating facts on our travels. P1-3 were also treated to a session as an added bonus. This resource has been kindly funded by the Kilgallioch Community Fund and is being made available to schools within our region.
The planetarium will be part of the attractions on offer to all ages on Saturday 9th March during the weekend programme for the Wigtown Big Bang Weekend event. (11-4pm, £5 per entry). There are visiting astronomical dignitaries scheduled to attend the weekend.
When not in the planetarium, the pupils were given a carousel of hands-on challenges to select from; ranging from electrical circuits to tower construction and from pin the organ on the body to parachute making. For example, they had to design an electrical circuit that would sound an alarm in the event of a flood. Our little engineers didn’t let us down and were up to the challenges of all the problems presented to them.
There was even an opportunity for social time during break, which the children made full use of.
P1-3 will not miss out as they will have their science event this coming Friday.
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Wow! You have all been busy. Some great learning going on – I’m really interested to hear more about the flood alarm.