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P4/5 Mould Juice Lessons with GSK
Mould Juice
Did you know that penicillin was first called Mould Juice?
Did you know that Alexander Fleming was one of two Nobel Prize winners educated at Kilmarnock Academy?
Today we were lucky enough to have a science lesson deliverd by Glaxo Smith Kline.
We learned that Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin after the First World War.
We carried out an experiment in class :
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Half of the class sanitised their hands and half of the class left their hands unsantised.
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We then all touched a piece of bread each.
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Next we sprayed the bread with water.
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Then we put the bread in a sealed bag and placed in a dark place in the classroom.
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We will observe the growth over the next 2 weeks.
P4/5 Book Reviews
Reading Recommendations
We like to share our thoughts on the books we have read so that we can recommend them to others in our class.
This week we completed reviews on 2 class novels.
Escape from Black Mountain by Martin Chatterton
and
Below Deck a Titanic Story by Tony Bradman
P4/5 Active Literacy
Active Literacy
We enjoy lots of different activities in class that help us to improve our spelling …
P4/5 St Andrew’s Day Reading Record Challenge
St Andrew’s Day Reading Record
On Wednesday we took part in a reading challenge with other schools across Scotland. We all took time in class to read books written by Scottish authors or about Scotland.
We really enjoyed this challenge and were amazed to hear that 12,605 pupils across Scotland 🏴 took part in this record breaking reading challenge !
P4/5 Hallhouse Visit
Hallhouse Visit
This afternoon we walked in the sunshine to Hallhouse Care Home. The residents had been looking forward to our visit and were all ready for us in their lounge.
Some of the class felt nervous about reading and did not not know what to expect but once we introduced ourselves and sat down to read our nerves disappeared and everyone read beautifully.
We all agreed that it was a lovely way to spend the afternoon and Claire from the care home told us that we had put a smile on everyone’s face. Mrs Ross and Mrs Moore were very proud of us all.
We are looking forward to going back down soon and sharing our reading again.
Sharing our Reading in P4/5
Paired Reading
We have been sharing our love of reading with other classes. We have been role models to younger pupils sharing our enthusiasm to read as we build a reading culture within our school.
P4/5 Mobile Library
Mobile Library Visit
We enjoyed another visit to the mobile library today.
We returned the books that we had borrowed on our last visit and chose a new book to enjoy in class.
Look at our excited faces. We LOVE to read in Primary 4/5.
P4/5 Mobile Library Visit
Mobile Library Visit
Today we were very excited to have an opportunity to choose a book from East Ayrshire’s mobile library van. Mrs Sweeney organised this visit for us as part of our journey to become a Reading School.
We were amazed by the selection of books in the van. Everyone took their time to look at the covers, read the blurbs and then help each other to choose. These books will stay in school.
Afterwards, we spent some time in the shelter exploring our books and sharing the titles we had chosen with each other. We can’t wait for our next visit and to choose another book in a couple of weeks time.
P4/5 Danny Champion of the World Book Reviews
Danny Champion of the World
Book Reviews
This week we have finished reading Danny Champion of the World by Roald Dahl. We all agreed that we have loved this story and laughed at lots of the funny incidents that happened and all of the crazy characters.
We created Dodecahedron Book Reviews with everyone adding different information. We wrote about the main characters, favourite chapters, new title ideas and created new covers for the book.
We hope that they might inspire others to read this novel.
We think they look great on our wall display. Lots of classes and teachers have been asking us all about them. We hope that some parents might look at them on Parents Evening.