On Thursday 3rd May, SLC 3 went to Dumfries House as part of our topic on vertebrates and invertebrates. We got to explore the estate and searched for different leaves and trees.
We walked through the estate to the ponds and we were taught how to carry out pond dipping safely. We were able to find lots of different creatures including pond skaters and water snails. It was very interesting.
SLC 1 recently enjoyed a visit to Dumfries House. We explored a variety of vegetables that had been grown in their garden and had to guess what they were. Everyone had the chance to plant potatoes in the garden using tools and we went a walk around the grounds looking for signs of Spring. We all had a super time.
Primary 5 have been learning about ‘Plants’ as part of our topic. We went a trip to Dumfries House to learn more about plants! 
We are very happy to announce that the Clever Cogs afterschool club won the Ayrshire Regional STEM Club of the Year! We won a trophy, certificate and £200 to be spent on STEM resources for the school. In June we will be attending the National finals in Glasgow. This is a great achievement! We are so proud of all of the boys and girls in the club, and their parents for their support.
Today, a team of the Clever Cogs afterschool’s technology group went to Dumfries House to compete in the Regional STEM Celebration Event. They showcased their learning in a short presentation to a team of judges and shared their work to other schools from across all of Ayrshire.
The Clever Cogs team took part in lots of different STEM experiments and found out about different careers in this field of work.
We all had lots of fun and learned some new (and really cool) stuff!
