Category Archives: Outings

CfE, Class of 2009-2010, Health & Well Being, Outings

Frankie & Benny’s – Pizza workshop

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The children had a choice of different toppings for their pizza.  McKenzie, Robert, Keris and Aiden selected their favourite pizza toppings for their pizza.

It was hard work making our pizza’s but worth it! Ryan, David and Christopher thought their pizzas tasted delicious!

Kieran’s pizza design was selected by Miss McDowall and Mr Nutt as being the winning design.  Kieran’s pizza was in the shape of Kenya.  Kieran selected foods eaten in Kenya for his toppings and the colour of these foods also represent the Kenyan flag.

The range of different pizza designs to represent Kenya was fantastic! Here are some of the different designs.

CfE, Class of 2010-2011, Enterprising Homework, Outings

The Seashore and Seaside with Primary 3

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The children in Primary 3 have been studying the seashore zones and the creatures that are found there. They have also compared the seaside and what happens there and how it looks now to 100 years ago. They were excited to find lots of things that are the same but also the large number of differences.

The children participated in activities covering curricular areas of Science, Technology and Art related to our topic.

Designing and building activities found at the seaside.
Designing and building seaside activities
Cameron is checking the swings

Boat builders
Boat builders
          Making Jellyfish
Making jellyfish
Watch out it doesn't sting you Emma!
Watch out it doesn't sting you Emma!
Fun in the sand.
Fun in the sand
Pointillism Starfish
Research group
Research group
Enterprising homework
3D lighthouses

Inspired by the Bell Rock lighthouse

Well done children and their helpers

The Primary 3’s went on trip to Culzean where they did rock pool and beach art activities.

Fun in the sun
What have you found?
After lunch siesta

Then a week later it was off to visit the RNLI at Troon who were super but unfortunately the weather was anything but as the rain came down and the 3s got very wet.

 
Ooops that's a bit big for you Sarah
Radio operator Caitlin
Any more ???
This is what we wear when we go to save someone.
Hang on we will save you!
CfE, Class of 2009-2010, Outings

Primary 4 – Kelvingrove

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The children worked in pairs to create their own canopic jars using mudrock and painting once dry.  Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum the children saw real canopic jars and they were smaller than they thought!  Lesley out guide also told us more information about them.

     

The children enjoyed their trip to Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum tofinish their topic about the Ancient Egyptians.  The children had the chance to see a real mummy and sarcophagus.  The sarcophagus was far to heavy for us to lift open!  The children as part of their work shop re-enacted part of the ‘weighing of the heart’ ceremony where some children took a role.   

 

CfE, Class of 2007- 2008, Class of 2007-2008/2008-2009, Health & Well Being, Outings

Rainforest – Amazonia

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Our Pr.6, Pr.6/7 and Pr.7 have been working on an interdisciplinary theme that incorporates Science and Health & Well Being. The theme is supported by our Health & Well Being Development Officer in East Ayrshire and the Scottish Crimne & Drug Enforcement Agency.

The project is based around a shared responsibility which is a Columbian Government initiative supported by many international partners. It focuses on making individuals think about the impace of drug misuse, drug demand and drug production, in paricular cocaine misuse.

It is a creative and innovative project, utilising the police, health officials, Choices for life online event and pupils opinions to try and generate an attitudinal and behavioural change in a fresh way giving pupils the tools they need to make the right choices.

At Kirkstyle we have welcomed the Police taking about drugs and the law, we have scheduled a visit from health officials and Kilmarnock Academy staff to look at emergency first aid and safety and pupils and staff from the Modern languages Department to introduce our pupils to a little Spanish, the official language of Columbia.

The pupils have also explored and investigated substance misuse through an educational programme and have learned about the impact of the environment caused directly by deforestation, as a result of cocaine production.

      

The project is designed to be shared across our Learning Community and in turn with parents at Kilmarnock Academy’s welcome met for our parents. (Scheduled for 4th June – Pr.6 & Pr.7 pupils’ parents) A display of the pupils work and also some of their Powerpoints of research work will be on show at Kilmanrock Academy.

As part of the project our pupils visited Amazonia and got the opportunity to have some hands on experiences and see the animals they have been studying.

    

        

CfE, Classof 2011-2012, Nursery transition, Outings

Stair Garden Centre

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Primary 1 have started to look hard for the signs of Spring and Summer in our school grounds and are ready to start to plant. The upper pupils cleared last year’s old bedding plants and vegetable garden ready for the new seasons growth. Therefore the pupils needed to replenish their stock so a trip to Stair Garden Centre and Nursery was needed.

Walking in twos to choose.
Are these the vegetables?
Parsley or chives for the herb garden?

The pupils got the chance to plant some seeds with the helpers.

   

The pupils planted nastursium plants which grow edible flowers for salads.

Who's in the flower beds?
Here he is again in the compost!
He even had milk and cookies.

 If you haven’t already guessed ‘Flat Stanley’ joined the Pr.1 pupils at the Garden Centre. Stanley arrived in an envelope on his holidays from Beechwood Nursery in Kilmarnock. I think he has had a great time see if you can find him elsewhere in the blog.

CfE, Classof 2011-2012, Eco, Outings, Uncategorized

Our trip to the Garden Centre

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Primary 1 have been learning all about the Garden Centre. To bring our learning to life we visited Nurseries Direct Garden Centre at Stair. This provided us with a valuable opportunity to see the features of the garden centre and the role of the staff members.

We learned about plug plants

Robert took us around the greenhouses and told us all about the plants and flowers. He even took us to see the ‘dinosaur plant’. It was also known as a ‘monkey puzzle tree’ but he calls it a dinosaur plant because they have been around for many years. We liked to see it but not touch it becuase it was very spiky.

We were glad it wasn't a real dinosaur lurking in the Garden Centre. It was a Monkey Puzzle tree instead. Phew!
Robert taught us about the different types of compost.
We were impressed by all the different types of seeds.

Margo took us around the inside of the Garden Centre. We learned that the Garden Centre does not just sell flowers and plants. She showed us garden tools, pet supplies, bird feeders, gifts, books, toys, ornaments and much much more. We couldn’t believe our eyes when we saw all the packets of seeds. There were thousands. We learned that some plants can only be planted during certain months and that some need to be planted in different areas of your garden. We bought sunflower seeds to grow back in school.

We liked the farmyard garden ornaments.
We had to be careful near the garden tools as they were all very sharp. Margo told us how some of the tools are used.

After our tour of the Garden Centre we headed to the coffee shop for our snack. We enjoyed milk and shortbread. Many of the children thought this was the highlight of the trip!!

Bailey, Demilea, Callum and Carmen gave Miss Davers the thumbs up as they enjoy their milk and shortbread in the coffee shop. Delicious!
Haili, Rebecca, Emily and Ami are having a great time in the coffee shop.
We bought plants to take back to school. Haili and Rebecca enjoyed carrying the basket together with our lettuce plants.

We had an excellent time at the Garden Centre. Thanks to all at Nurseries Direct! Keep an eye on our blog to see how we become “green fingered!”

CfE, Classof 2011-2012, Outings

Primary 1 Visit to Burns Museum

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Our Primary 1 classes recently went on a trip to Robert Burns Birthplace Museum. When we arrived at the museum we participated in a tim’rous beasties workshop. This was ideal for building movement and language skills through imagination and performance and helped us work towards the following Curriculum for Excellence outcome:
LIT 0-07a
To help me understand stories and other texts, I ask questions and link what I am learning with what I already know.
Children explored the museum dressed up as Burns’ wee tim’rous beasties. They particularly enjoyed a game where they were to hide in a field and protect their homes from a hoolet (owl) that would chase them.
We enjoyed various role play activities with Hannah. Look at our cute wee fluffy ears and tails!
After our lunch break we were joined by Alison, a volunteer for the National Trust for Scotland. She took us on a guided tour of other Robert Burns Museum destinations. We visited Burns Monument, Brig O’Doon, Alloway Auld Kirk and finally Burns Cottage. We enjoyed finding out about Robert Burns’ past and looking at artefacts.
SOC 0-01a
I am aware that different types of evidence can help me to find out about the past.
We had to look for objects in the monument with links to the number 3

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On our walk we found a large statue of 'To a Mouse'
We compared Burns Cottage with our own homes. Everyone liked the thatched roof.
CfE, Class of 2007-2008/2008-2009, Class of 2008-2009, Enterprising Homework, Events, Outings

Here come the Vikings

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Primary 5 and 5/6 were researching  the Vikings last term. They painted a Viking scene for the classroom walls, built a Viking Longship, visited Vikingar at Largs, presented in words and music  Viking Life and that’s only a small part of their experiences.

The Walls

6 meters of Viking scene had to be painted on the floor - Wow!

Viking Longships

As enterprising homework the children were given 5 weeks to design and build – with adult help- a Viking Longship. The results were staggeringly good, as I’m sure those of you who were in school for parent’s evening will agree.

These pictures are just a small sample:

Vikingar the experience

If you are interested in Vikings then a trip to Vikingar in Largs is a must. The children split into 2 groups and while one was visiting the Longhouse and Halls of Valhalla the rest were meeting a Viking and dressing up as the poor and rich of the time.

Thora who took us through the Longhouse
Take care that sword might be sharp!!
New Viking Warriors
They wore animal furs to keep warm.
Walls were decorated with carvings of the Gods
All dressed up!
Gorgeous!
Is that shield not a bit too big!!!!
Our Viking teller of Sagas
Viking artifacts
P5 &P5/6 in front of the Needle

On the way home while dodging the torrential downpours we stopped off to look at the Needle. This monument marks the site of the Viking Battle of Larg which took place in 1263.

CfE, Enterprising Homework, Outings, Science

Our Solar System – P6 & P5/6

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This term Primary 6 and 5/6 have been studying our Solar System and Space exploration. To get them of to a flying start they visited the Science Centre where they investigated the experiments, watched an enthralling film about the Hubble Space Telescope and were given an insight into what is in our night sky.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Challenge

The pupils were then set a Space Challenge as Enterprising Homework.  Along with an adult helper they had to design and make a Mars Rover…… all in 4 weeks.

These are just some of the wonderful rovers the children made.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Experiment Day

The two classes had a day of space experiments to help them understand the difficulty of working in space. They wore work goggles, very thick gloves at most experiments while at a few they wore work coveralls as well as standing on swivel boards. Good fun was had by all and a much better understanding was gained of the problems faced by astronauts working in the vacuum of space

Move those Marbles                                           Building the Magnetic Star


BUILD.. WITH … LEGO  HELP!!!!!

 

 

Dash it, these gloves are too big!!!