It’s been a short but busy week in P4-7.
We have been working out the area of squares and rectangles and some of us started calculating the area of composite shapes.
In science, we have been classifying animals by looking at their features and looking for examples in our playground.
We started learning about area this week. By counting the squares or multiplying the length and breadth, we can find the area.
In science, we have been learning about the water cycle and how to filter water. We experimented with different materials to find which cleaned the water best.
Then we explored climate change and the effect that the rising temperatures have on our planet. We made chains to show the many effects that climate change is having.
Thank you to Mrs Smith and Mrs Sewell for visiting us today and providing us with some amazing and exciting science activities.
We got to count how many drops of water we could fit on coins, make a clamp stand following the instructions and sort beads and pom poms by colour and shape.
We learned how to use different apparatus like magnifying glasses, the clamp stand, stopwatches, droppers, thermometers, measuring cylinders and tweezers.
What an afternoon we had at our Easter Fayre!
The school was packed with visitors to have a go at each of our stalls. Even the rain didn’t stop our Beat the Goalie or the popular Sponge the Teacher activities.
A huge well done to the children for organising the event and massive thank you to our families for coming along and supporting our fundraising efforts. Our grand total will be announced soon so keep your eyes peeled.
Today we took to the playground for a health and wellbeing task. Mrs Connell asked us a series of questions and if we agreed or experienced it, we crossed the line. Some questions asked about hair colour, or talents and interests… others were a bit harder, such as if we had been bullied or experienced the death of a pet. We learned a lot about each other and said that when more people crossed the line together, we felt supported.
Today our Rights Respecting School Committee got the whole school thinking about rights. They challenged everyone to look at all the articles and choose the 9 they thought was most important. This prompted lots of discussion and there were only a few groups who picked the same one. Then they had to choose their favourite right, explain why they chose it and draw a matching picture.
Well done RRSA Team!
On Thursday, we shared our writing across the whole school. We wrote instructions on how to make the most disgusting sandwich. We certainly put Mrs Connell off her lunch. We peer assessed in pairs, then groups, using the success criteria and sentence starters to leave feedback.
On Wednesday, we braved the February chill and warmed up by planting trees in the community. We dug holes, planted the trees, surrounded them with leaves and gave them a good water. Watch out for our fruit trees next time you are passing through Sorn.
Today we were learning about the circulatory system and the function of the heart. We made our own pumping heart to investigate the flow of blood.
We had a very exciting visit from Ayrshire College who turned our classroom into the scene of a crime: The Case of the Missing Sweets. Mrs Mackay, Mrs Connell and Mrs Connelly were suspects!
We analysed saliva samples, a ransom note and checked the patterns of our fingerprints. We discovered that Mrs Mackay was the culprit but we did get a sweet treat for our hard work solving the crime.
