Today we had our very special author visit! Angela Proctor who has written the Thumble Tumble series of books visited us today to read from her new book which will be released in October! It was a great experience and enjoyed by all who took part!
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Primary 3 – Emergency One
Today, Primary 3 visited Emergency One. This visit was to help us to learn more about People At Work and in particular, to help us with our shoebox STEM project. Today we got to see how fire engines are constructed. We were able to see the bodies, chassis, insides, tools used and the staff busy at work. Our favourite parts were getting to go outside and use the water hose, turning on the blue flashing lights, sitting inside the fire engine and hearing the sirens. Here are just a few pictures of our visit.
Primary 3 – Dark Sky Park
On Monday 10th December, Primary 3 had a very special experience as we visited the Dark Sky Park in the Galloway Forest. This was an opportunity for us to star gaze, look through the largest telescope in Scotland, enjoy the activity room and go in the brand new planetarium. When we were in the planetarium we got to view constellations, travel through space, experience what it’s like when a star dies and watch a rocket launch. One of the highlights of our visit was getting to touch a real piece of the moon. Wow!
P3 – Bread Making Session
Today Primary 3 enjoyed a wonderful bread making session. This was delivered by Sara who works for RHET – the Royal Highland Education Trust. We split into two groups and she taught us how to make our own brown and white rolls. We learned how to make flour by using a special machine, how to make dough, how to make the dough rise and the different ingredients you need to make bread. We are looking forward to taking our 2 rolls home and sharing them with our families tonight.
P3 – Soup Making
Today, Primary 3 had a special visit from Mrs Houston. She helped us to prepare and cook our own vegetable soup. We learned how to peel, chop, cube and grate vegetables so that they could be included in our soup. We also enjoyed a tour of the school kitchen and learned more from Mrs Houston during a question and answer session. We are looking forward to taking our soup home and sharing it with our families. This learning links to our class learning of food and farming and is going to link to our writing as we will now write our own vegetable soup recipes. If you’re not sure how to make soup, you know who to ask! 
