The Primary 6 pupils have been demonstrated an increasing confidence and skill during their ski sessions at Newmilns. Mrs Cunningham has said that they have been so ambitious and respectful throughout their sessions so far and are doing the school proud!
Today Primary 6 participated in a range of activities linked to Children in Need.
Bear Pong
They started the day off with a fun challenge of ‘Bear Pong’ where the pupils had to keep track of their points and add up their totals (each cup had a different amount of points that the children would earn if they got the ping pong ball into it).
Same but Different (Inclusion Focus)
The pupils then watched some clips on the BBC website about children who have specific needs. They watched a clip about a child with asthma and another about a child with dyslexia. The children in the clips discussed what made them different from their friends and what challenges they face in their daily lives. We then discussed what makes each of us the same as the people around us (comparing to our friends or family) and what makes us different or unique from the people around us.
STEM Challenge
The pupils were tasked with creating a parachute that would allow Pudsey to gently fall to the ground. The pupils worked in pairs to agree upon which resources they would use to create their parachute. Available resources included, scissors, sellotape, napkins, tissue paper, sandwich bags and lengths of wool. As a class, we then tried out each of the parachutes and learned that when the surface area of the parachute was bigger (but not too heavy) air resistance acted against the gravity that was pulling the parachute down towards the ground and allowed Pudsey to gently fall however the parachutes that had smaller surface areas and were heavier resulted in less air resistance acting against them therefore gravity took over and Pudsey fell to the ground with a THUMP!
We have been invited to participate in the East Ayrshire Primary Schools Cross Country 2024 event in November (subject to securing transport). As part of this process we will be holding heats with all P6 and P7 pupils on Friday the 11th October and Tuesday 22nd October.
Can we ask that all children come to school with a full change of clothes in their bag to use for the cross country heats in the field. The heats will take place regardless of weather and/or condition of the field so children may get wet or dirty (please keep this in mind when packing their change of clothes and shoes for these dates). Further updates will be posted in due course.
Primary 6 were delighted to have Blair come and deliver a tennis session. We focused on developing the ‘volley’ shot through a range of warm up games and progressive activities. Blair commented how excellent the Primary 6 pupils were and that their abilities were great. Super work P6!
Well done to our P6 pupils who participated in and passed their Bikeability Level 1. A huge thank you to Lynsey Murphy from Active Schools who came along to support Mrs Wilson with the delivery of this. The pupils had lots of fun and it was excellent to see a growth in confidence as well as abilities throughout the day. All of the pupils seem excited about progressing onto their Bikebility level 2 training.
