This term we have started learning about John Muir. John Muir is one of the most famous explorers and conservationists. John Muir was born in Dunbar, near Edinburgh in 1838. He became known for his fascination with nature and how to conserve it. He introduced the concept of National Parks. These days, there is a charity named after John Muir called the John Muir Trust and various walks and paths in his name.
So far, to gain the John Muir Award we have:
conducted litter picks
created a portrait of John Muir
conducted a Tree Health Survey
created natural art using various pieces of nature from our school grounds
conducted a bird count
clear an area to help us conserve our grounds
worked with the Neilston Development Trust to plan various vegetables
We will be continuing to work towards gaining the John Muir Award and are looking forward to completing our journey!
On Thursday 1st of November we took part in Outdoor Classroom Day.
First we went on a nature walk to take pictures for our Digital Photography Competition. We took pictures of things like flowers, leaves, trees, clouds and rainbows. We then entered our photographs into the competition. You can see some of our entries below.
Callum’s entry
Cameron’s entry
Grace’s entry
Jessica’s entry
Laurie’s entry
olivia’s entry
Riley’s entry
Tyler’s entry
Next we collected materials from the school grounds that were natural. We then went into the outdoor classroom and created our own pieces of natural art. You can see some examples of our art below.
Primary 4 took advantage of the dry weather to go into the playground to look for signs of Autumn. They were going to create a setting in their writing and needed to use all of their senses to write their plan. While they were there they worked together to gather leaves of different colour, shape, size and texture to use in their art work later on in the day.
