Today the Romaquip recycling lorry came to visit to teach us about what they collect and what we can recycle. We played a recycling game to identify which items go into the different parts of the trolley and talked about food waste as part of our ongoing commitment in the ‘Donna’s forget your caddy’ project.
As part of our learning in maths about money we took part in a Moneysense RBS workshop. We learnt to budget for a party and calculate our total costs with help from Jim, a volunteer from RBS bank.
Before beginning our learning about Money we identified what we already know.
Today we followed the recipe to create delicious truffles. We used our measuring skills, followed hygiene and safety rules and worked collaboratively.
Today we measured and weighed out ingredients for cakes. We followed the recipe to make delicious cakes.
Today we met ‘Windy’ the mascot of East Ayrshire Clean Green Award. The pupils from the Eco Committee shared what they have been doing across the school and community. P1-3 shared what they have been doing as part of the EAC ‘Power Down’ challenge as part of their commitment to the EAC Clean Green Award and Eco Flag.
We welcomed Mr Torbett to the class today where he explained the types of activities his company Frazer-Nash Consultancy do that are linked to energy and the environment. The pupils learnt about different types of energy, how it is produced and the impact it has on the environment. Pupils discussed the positive and negative points of each energy source and shared their own knowledge. It was a great learning opportunity for everyone and we very much appreciate Mr Torbett’
s time, knowledge and experience.
Today we made a ghost coding game with JP Morgan.
Today we were creating our spelling words with things we saw outside e.g.
straight =
Shed
Tree
Rock
Apple
Insect
Gate
House
Tyre
Investigating the strength of magnets through solid, liquid and gas and comparing the strength of magnets.
