Science Week: Mrs McFarlane (music teacher)
On Friday morning Mrs McFarlane visited our class to teach us all about how science links to music. She had three very helpful Primary 7 pupils helping out and showing off their talents. Mrs McFarlane explained and demonstrated how sound travels which was really interesting and the children were so engaged. They learned that sound can travel through water and their body through a couple of experiments. They also learned that sound waves make vibrations and enjoyed this experiment the most.
Science Week: LOST
Yesterday P2/3 had a visitor from LOST (Learning Outdoors Support Team). The children loved finding different bugs and looking at them through a microscope to figure out what they had found. We also learned how to use nets to catch butterflies in the better weather and how to catch bugs from bushes using a sheet.
Interesting work P2/3!
Science: Scottish Power
P2/3 had two visitors from Whitelee Windfarm who came to talk to us about wind energy. They showed us what they have to wear to climb to the top of the wind turbines to fix them. The children loved trying on the harness and looking at pictures from the top of the turbines.
Brilliant work P2/3!
Science: Electricity
Yesterday in P2/3 we were learning how to build an electrical circuit. The children had the chance to try and build a working circuit with a battery, a bulb and a switch. We learned the symbols for these and drew our own circuits. The children loved seeing their bulbs light up!
Fab work P2/3!
Science: Colourful Magic Trick
Today in P2/3 we used kitchen roll to carry out a colourful magic trick. In the first picture it looks as though the picture has only been drawn with black pen but when we added the kitchen roll to water the colour appears. Ask your children how they did it!
Brilliant work P2/3!
Technology: Scratch
Today P1/2/3 really enjoyed learning about Scratch from our visitor from JP Morgan. Our visitor taught us how to use different features in Scratch and showed us some programmable robots.
Fab work P1/2/3!
Link to Scratch Website
Science: Walking Water
This afternoon we spoke about how water travels. P2/3 set up an experiment that showed how water could travel from one cup to another using a kitchen roll as our bridge.
Fab work P2/3!
Science: Chemical Reactions
This morning Miss Hosie visited P2/3 to teach us about chemical reactions. The children predicted what would happen when mints were poured into bottles of coke. Then we went outside to test our theories.
Messy work P2/3!
East Ayrshire Council site
