Thank you to Mrs Henderson for taking wonderful photographs of the STEM showcase on Friday.
Category Archives: Science Week
STEM Showcase
Thank you to all parents and friends who attended this afternoon’s STEM showcase. We hope you enjoyed seeing the displays from each class. It has been a very successful STEM fortnight and the children have enjoyed the ‘Star Wars’ theme.
Thank you to Mrs Henderson for taking photographs today.
We will update the STEM page in due course.
Edinburgh Trip
We have updated the Edinburgh Trip page with more photos and information.
Star Wars Themed Lunch and Dress Up Day
Thank you to all pupils and staff who made the effort to dress up today. Some of the outfits were amazing.
A huge well done to our catering team – the Star Wars themed lunch was outstanding.
Star Wars themed buffet lunch
Reminder – the kitchen are putting on a special Star Wars themed buffet lunch tomorrow (Tuesday 21st March). The lunch will cost the usual £2.00 for pupils in P4-P7. All pupils in P1-P3 are entitled to a free school lunch.
Pupils will be able to choose from a wide selection of foods including:
- Beefburger
- Hot Dog (vegetarian hot dog avalable)
- Pizza (v)
- Pakora (v)
- Tuna Pasta
- Tomato Pasta (v)
- Nachos (v)
- Sandwiches
- Savoury Rice (v)
- Salad (v)
Dress Up Day
As part of the STEM festivities all pupils and staff have the opportunity to come to school on Tuesday 21st March in costume. Theme for the day is either space related or Star Wars.
We can’t wait to see what ideas everyone has!
Edinburgh Day 2
Everyone slept well and we are off to the Day 2 activities. Group 1 have made it to the observatory with minimal complaining about the 50 minute walk. We have just climbed the 89 stairs to the telescope (yes we counted!) and are ready to start our workshop.
Mrs Oswald’s group are currently at Camera Obscura.
The Force Awakens…. For STEM Week!
STEM Week was launched with full force this morning, unveiling this years theme………….Star Wars!
At our whole school assembly, Mrs McLean introduced the theme and the various challenges for the week. The pupils were played a video message from Darth Vader and were surprised by a visit from two of the movies characters.
Excitement reached fever pitch! Our thanks must go to the UKGarrison for supporting our launch.
Keep your eyes peeled on the school website and class blogs for updates across the week.
May the force be with us!!
Super Hero Sports Day 17th March 2016
Following on from a recent homework task, voting is underway to choose our Sporting Super Hero Mascot.
Super Hero Sports Day is on 17th March when pupils can come to school dressed as their favourite Sporting Hero or ready to participate in their favourite sport. P.E. activities will take place throughout the day which will demonstate the Busby Core Values and how they are central to sportsmanshop. As this will also be STEM week we will also be looking the body and how it responds to exercise and the benefits of keeping healthy.
STEMM Week
The week beginning 16th March was our annual STEMM week – we added an extra ‘M’ for Medicine! It was a fabulous week with trips to the Snow Zone and the Museum of Rural Life. We showcased our work in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths from the year. We also had parents leading workshops, alongside STEM ambassadors and business partners. The week finished with our STEMM Fayre where parents and families could try out experiments, maths puzzles and engineering problems for themselves. Feedback was highly positive and we hope you learned something new.
STEM Week – Day 2
On day 2, we had a visit from ‘The Science Boffin’. She developed pupils’ understanding of extreme weather conditions. There were class visits to the library and several classes enjoyed finding out about ‘light graffiti’. Several classes explored the Science behind sport with Lesley, our Active Sports Co-ordinator.
STEM Week – Day 1
The children enjoyed the first day of the STEM week. Alex the Magician demonstrated the Science behind the magic. P6 pupils used the microscopes to investigate a variety of cells and parents led workshops on DNA and engineering. Everyone is looking forward to day 2!
Busby STEM Week
Next week we are holding our annual STEM week. All the children are looking forward to exploring and experimenting. Our Science Fayre will be on Friday the 28th March from 1.30pm. Please come along and try out some of the workshops for yourself. Click here for further details of next week’s events. We would like to thank the Parent Council for supporting us to put on many of these events.
The Big Bang!
Pupils in P5,6,7 will be performing the the Scottish Opera’s, “The Big Bang” on Wednesday afternoon at 2.15pm. Parents of children in these classes are invited along to watch the performance. All the children have been very busy learning the songs and finding out about different forms of energy as part of the Science fortnight.The Big Bang Show! takes performers on a whistle-stop tour of the creation of the universe and explores the wonderful world of ENERGY. Three groups represent the different types of energy – wind, water and sun, fossil fuels and nuclear power. Each led by their own champions, they debate which is best, until Gaia (Mother Earth) points out that unless humans begin to take real reponsibilty for their use of fossil and nuclear powers, the Earth will die. She urges them to learn the lessons of natural powers while there is still time…