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p6/7 Money sense workshop

March 30, 2023 eagayle.eccleston@glow Leave a comment

P6/7 had a great opportunity to work with Olivia McGregor from The Royal Bank of Scotland and participate in a Moneysense workshop linked to Natwest. The theme was ‘Save your pennies, save our planet.’ The children identified sources of energy in the home and calculated the cost of running appliances. One of the most surprising one was hair straighteners at 28p per hour and a shower at £1.30 per hour compared with a washing machine at 30p an hour or a computer at 2p per hour.

The children made links to Global Goal 13: Climate Action and identified ways in which they could save energy and money in our homes.

p6/7 Stem evaluations of the week

March 17, 2023 eagayle.eccleston@glow Leave a comment

A snapshot of some of the evaluations from this week.

P6/7 Visit from Mr Wynne

March 17, 2023 eagayle.eccleston@glow Leave a comment

Mr Wynne came in to talk about Novo Technologies and explained his role and experiences and skills used in managing the company. He shared videos that emphasised the importance of team work, what telecommunications is and the range of different roles within the industry. He also shared examples of the types of structures they build, maintain and manage. We learnt about how you could be a designer, rigger, engineer and many other roles.

Everyone working together achieves more.

P6/7 Visitor Mr Brooks

March 17, 2023 eagayle.eccleston@glow Leave a comment

Mr Nick Brooks came into to share his experiences, skills and job experience in the army. The children were engaged in asking questions to find out more about the skills he gained and used. Nick shared resources and pictures to explain about his job.

P6/7 Sound in Science

March 17, 2023 eagayle.eccleston@glow Leave a comment

Mrs McFarlane with the help of Sophie, Rory and Zoe demonstrated how we can see, feel, hear and touch sound waves. We could see and feel the vibrations .

P6/7 My World of Work

March 17, 2023 eagayle.eccleston@glow Leave a comment

As part of homework this week p6/7 completed the jigsaw piece to share the skills, careers and jobs they are interested in. The children were inspired by the visitors who attended the World of Work Fayre last Friday and STEM week this week.

P6/7 Technologies with NXP

March 16, 2023 eagayle.eccleston@glow Leave a comment

Gavin Gall visited from NXP technologies to explain his role in work and the type of chips that his company makes and how they can be used and are used in cars. He explained how the chips are created.
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P6/7 Energy

March 16, 2023 eagayle.eccleston@glow Leave a comment

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.