SSPCA
Today Chris from the SSPCA came to talk to us all about the job he does at the SSPCA.
We learned about who to call if we are worried about an animal in our community. We then had the opportunity to pretend to be in the SSPCA and work in teams to answer calls from the public and decide the best thging to do in each situation.
Again, we had so many interesting questions to ask our visitor.
British Army
We then enjoyed a visit from Mr Brooks who came to tell us all about his career in the Army. He showed us photographs, let us try on his hats and even showed us the casing from bullets that were fired during training exercises.
NOVO Technologies
Mr Wynne came to talk to us all about Telecommunications. One of the messages that we took from the session was the importance of TEAMWORK. and choose something that you love doing and turn it in to a career.
NXP Technologies
We were very excited to have Gavin Gall visit us from NXP technologies to talk about his job as an electrical engineer. We leared how computer chips are made and we had a look at some NXP chips.
We learned all about the role his complany play in developing chips for cars. We were set a challenge by Gavin to design software updates that we might use in our own chips for cars.
Craufurdland Estate
Simon Craufurd came to talk to us about all the different jobs that happen on Craufurdland Estate.
We practised carrying a tray of food with one hand like the waiters in the restaurant do. Some of us were naturals !
We then learned all about safety equipment on the Tree Top Trials and what each piece of equipment does. We had lots of interesting questions to ask Simon about safety and how the equipment keeps you safe.
Vattenfall Renewable Energy
Carol Kane from Vattenfall, which is Swedish for waterfall, came in to talk to us about renewable energy and the new windfarm in Ayrshire. We learnt lots of facts about wind turbines which links to Global Goal 13-Climate Action and the work we have been doing in class on renewable energy sources. She told us about the huge range of jobs, skills and careers that are available in Green energy.
Science Week: Lorna Baird (Master Ship’s Captain) from Serco
Yesterday we had Lorna Baird visiting from Serco. She is the captain of cargo ships. Lorna spoke to the class about the impact of ships on the environment and alternative options to reduce the damage to the environment. She discussed how smaller ships are using solar power and lots of ships are returning to using sails however these come with some challenges which was shared with the class. Lorna discussed how the ship manages waste to reduce impact upon the environment, such as incinerating waste and feeding food waste to sea life.
Lorna also shared the skills required to do her job, she is a trained fire fighter and medic which is expected of all of the staff on the ship.
The pupils were very interested and asked lots of questions.
Science Week: Ayrshire Astronomical Society
Today Graham from Ayrshire Astronomical Society visited to share knowledge about the moon and space rockets with P6/7 and P5/6. The children had opportunities to participate in demonstrations, look at models of space rockets, interact with a presentation and ask questions.
We enjoyed the launch of Science week with an experiment delivered by Mrs Hosie.
She taught us all about chemical reactions using the Cola and Mentos experiment. We created hypotheses, carried out the experiment then learned about the reason for the reaction.
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