The Transition class were Responsible Citizens this week when they left their mark for Rights Respecting Schools. The boys signed up by leaving their thumb print on a figure signed their initials.
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Science Week – Making Slime!
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Today’s science experiment involved us working together to make slime. We used blue food colouring to turn the slime a lovely blue colour and all participated in the mixing of the ingredients.
We enjoyed exploring our slime by stretching, rolling and squeezing it!
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The Bluebells class actively participated in a whole school wall display. They used their finger print to decorate a small outline of a person. Each pupil in the school is contributing to this lovely display for our atrium.
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Bluebells: Science Meets Art
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The Bluebells are going to be creating a new wall display for their classroom. The theme for this is ‘The Jungle Book’.
Today the boys and girls tried their hand at marble inking.
What we used:
– A large tray with deep sides filled with cold water
– Marbling inks
– White A3 paper
– A spoon
The ink is carefully dropped onto the water where it floats because it contains oil. A spoon is used to swirl the ink before paper is placed on top. When the paper is lifted an interesting marble pattern is left.
Super creative!
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Science – Exploring Sound
We enjoyed exploring sound using boomwhackers (plastic tubes that are different lengths) and a cajon drum (wooden box with a hole in the back).
Everyone focused their attention and were confident individuals when listening to soundtracks and playing their instruments. We all were actively engaged in making a sound and creating a beat in time with the music playing in the background.
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Science Day-Confident Individuals
We have had an amazing day at Science Day, there were so many experiments for us to try! First we got to the planetarium to look at the stars, then we learnt how slinkies work, played with robots, made electrical circuit and ended the day firing rockets. Everyone was really focused and engaged during all the experiments. I think Comet class is full of future scientists!
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Super Fun Science Day!
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The Bluebells class had an amazing time during Willowbank’s Science Day. We had lots of volunteers visit the school with some amazing activities including the planetarium, electrical circuits from Dumfries House, stomp rockets, robots and model heat engines!
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Snowdrops – Science Week
Successful Learners – Effective Contributors – Confident Individuals
The Snowdrops have been actively engaged in many science activities. All pupils have been focussing attention on different reactions and changes that have been happening during our class or school experiments. The Snowdrops have shown lots of interest and used many skills – pouring, shaking, pressing, mixing. Lots of good listening, choosing and following simple instructions for all the Snowdrops! It’s been super fun so far.
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Day 1 – Science Week
Monday started with a bang to our week of experiments for Science Week.
We made our predications of our success rate and already we have had quite a few passes!
Everyone had a great day making their predication on success of the experiments, then watching and waiting for the experiment to happen to see if they were correct. We were effective contributors when taking part in all the experiments. Also successful learners all round as everyone was keen to get involved and try things out.
We made lava cake and enjoyed eating it, we explored air power through a variety of different experiments. We made a stick man dance in a plate of water and we attempted to make slime, however again we failed at successfully making slime! However the everyone really enjoyed exploring, playing and describing how the slime felt on their hands.
