We had an excellent afternoon watching the “Think Science” workshop last week. We loved learning about gravity, forces, mass in a variety of fun ways and watching all the exciting experiments carried out!

The girls in Primary 7 recieved their last lesson taught by Williamwood Design Department. They created designs for a keying and finished our glass designs. 4 lucky pupils will be chosen to go to Williamwood and use the 3d printer to make their key rings become a reality at the end of March.

Primary 6 have been learning about area of compound shapes including right angled triangles, squares and rectangles. They had to design a stain glass window and find the area of each shape. Their work looks super with the daylight coming in. Well done P6!

Today in class p7and P6 worked together to build a Lego water damm there were 6 teams and they had to test and see if the water would flood through the wall.

Today we were lucky enough to be visited by Show Racism the Red Card. We were learning about refugees and immigrants and telling the differences between both. The children heard personal stories about one of the visitors life in Zimbabwe and the struggles that he faced.  We spoke about racism and the impact it can have on individuals lives. Primary 6/7, loved learning new facts and sharing their prior knowledge.

Today pupils participated in the Onesie Walk in our local community. They all looked wonderful and marched off in style into the frosty afternoon. Well done to all who took part!

P6/7 have started looking at a new science topic of Light. Today, we were testing whether different items were light reflectors or light sources. We defined light as a form of energy that enables us to see. Reflection is when light bounces off of other objects.

In this picture we were testing whether aluminum foil was a light reflector or light source.

Last week in P6/7 we tested the buoynacy and density of our boats. The boys and girls had the challenge to create their own boats from only a certain range of resources. They also had a budget to keep to. The children had to use their mathematical skills to decide how much material they were able to use.

Overall, the boats were absolutely fantastic and all boats were able to float when placed in water. Well done P6/7 – the density and buoyancy challenge is complete!

Today we were learning to display organise and analyse data in a appropriate graph through the use of technology. We used excel to make a compound bar graph.

We have been learning about buoyancy and density in science. Yesterday, we were applying our knowledge of buoyancy and density to a practical challenge. We were designing and constructing a boat that takes into account factors such as buoyancy, the properties of materials and design contraints. Let the challenge begin…