The children are having a fabulous time at Mearns Primary participating in their STEM fayre.
They have met a real life space scientist and had an opportunity to share ideas with other schools  and participate in a variety of workshops.
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SHARING OUR LEARNING about CITC at assembly
We shared all our learning so far. The children had created a Powerpoint and included photos of the journey of the fish so far. They showcased their stop motion videos displaying their perception of Clyde in the Classroom.
Following a discussion with our Scientist Paul, the trout will be released next Wednesday.
Fishy update
The children continue to monitor, record and care for the hatchery daily. All of our eggs have now developed into Alvins and the children are enjoying watching them grow.
They have created posters and fact files illustrating the importance of The River Clyde in the past and present. This is because the burn that we hope to release the fish into runs into The River Clyde.
P6a are also participating in Eco schools Scotland marine litter competition and have researched the effects of pollution on marine life and how it can end up in the sea from Barrhead. They created powerpoints and AWAY’s that they will share with the school across the coming weeks to raise awareness of the problem.
Science center visit
Primary 6a loved their visit to The Science center this week. They had plenty of time to explore all three floors and each child enjoyed discovering and experimenting with all the different activities.
Of course the reason for our visit was to prepare P6a for the imminent arrival of their new babies!
The hatchery will be delivered to the school this coming week and we shall receive the fish eggs the week after. The children were enthusiastic and attentive as they were taught how to use the equipment and how to care for the fish. Regular updates will follow and please join us at our coffee and chat to hear about our journey and learning related to Clyde in the Classroom.
Mrs Nelson & Mrs McBrearty
W/c 26.11.18
Hello it’s Elise and I am here to talk to you about this week. We were visited by an Italian teacher up in St. Luke’s . She was teaching us about animals and how to say their names in Italian !.Then we all played a couple of games on an app called Linguascope. I really really enjoyed it .
 
 
In Science the children used their maths skills to work together to decide how they were going to carry out a survey on an inherited characteristic, conducted and recorded the survey and then collated the results. They then used ICT to create a variety of graphs of these results.
 
  
The elves were busy again making Christmas crafts, biscuits and decorating the classroom for the |Christmas fete.
A fantastic time was had by all!
Next week PE days will be on a Monday and Thursday.
Committees will take place on Wednesday. All pupils in the Outdoor learning committee should ensure they have waterproof clothes with them on that day!
Mrs Nelson.
Inventions showcase
Thank you to all the parents who attended the inventions showcase and to those who assisted the children in their task. The whole school visited our showcase and were blown away by the creativity, effort and standard of work that had gone into the task.
The purpose of this task was to promote thinking skills, improve creativity and problem solving skills and to incorporate STEM into homework along with it’s presence in the classroom.
 
W/E 28th September ’18
What another exciting week here in P6a!
We are continuing to work on our mental maths and the children are offered challenges that they can accept to stretch their abilities.
The children created Venn diagrams based upon Victorian and modern day toys as part of our data handling topic.
They joined together with P6b and applied their math skills in a contextualized situation when learning about Victorian food and its availability and the varied diets of each class. They measured weight, time and temperature to cook a delicious apple cake using apples that were grown in the school garden. They discussed sustainability and the importance of eating healthily along with hygienic practices such as washing their hands and washing the produce.
We were delighted that we received a delivery of back copies of First News. The articles were all relevant and child friendly and Hannah even found an article based on the athlete that she had researched when she learned about The European Games in Primary 5!
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Primary 6a were learning about colour blending and they applied this knowledge to the tree silhouette that they had painted last week. the results are outstanding and the chalk looks vibrant against the black paint.
Could those children who have not yet brought in an old top to use as an art shirt please do so asap.
Finally, Prrimary 6a created their own Victorian Thaumatropes!
Mrs Nelson & Mrs McBrearty.
W/E 20th September 2018
For maths week we received a visit from a nurse who explained how she used maths in context in her real life job and how important this was to her patients and her multidisciplinary team.
The children had learned to create a SWAY presentation or a powerpoint based upon their science topic of the power and uses of water.
They began to share them with the class this week and will continue to do so over the next few weeks until all children have presented their work.
Primary 6a began to read “Street child” by Berlie Doherty as their class novel. This is related to their Victorians topic. In literacy we have been looking at adjectives as part of our grammar lessons and characterization as a reading skill. The children worked co-operatively to create character descriptions of some of the characters we have been introduced to so far in the novel.
Well done to Artur who created an amazing Victorian factory at home from recycled material. He kindly brought this in to share with the class.
P6a Science part 2
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Following on from the previous lesson, P6a investigated how to separate water from other components in a mixture. They collected some muddy water and some dirty water and used a variety of filtration devices to identify which was the most effective at purifying the water.
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P6a
Welcome back to St Marks after a wonderful, sunny summer!
Primary 6a have gotten off to a fantastic start with this terms learning.
They have been learning about mixtures and water and exploring the use of a variety of separation techniques during science.
They have picked up where they left off, in Primary 5 with their ukulele lessons.
They have began their social studies topic which this term will have a historical focus, learning all about The Victorians. They will be reading an associated novel during literacy lessons, which will be allocated shortly. During literacy this term we will also be reading the LW3 books and deepening our knowledge of common grammar rules.
We also loved budding up with Primary 2 and helping them to read stories and we created questions to challenge them.
Keep checking our blog for regular updates on learning experience throughout the year.
Mrs Nelson & Mrs McBrearty.
  
