First few weeks of Primary 7……

It’s been a busy first few weeks back at school,  settling into Primary 7/1.

We’ve set up our Google Classroom where we will be sharing lots of learning and teaching.

We had great fun working in teams to complete the Escape Room challenge posted in Google Classrooms.

Our first trip to the East Renfrewshire Safety in the Park event was great. We learned a lot about keeping safe online, what to do in case of emergencies, road safety and we even learned how the police deal with a crime scene and what we should do if we ever find ourselves in that situation. One of our favourite workshops was when we learned about the dangers of alcohol and drugs. We were able to try on ‘Beer Googles’ , letting us experience the effects alcohol might have on our coordination and balance.

      

Back in the classroom, we choose on aspect of learning from the event and created an information poster or leaflet to display in school.

We have some fantastic artists in P7/1. They demonstrated their skills when learning about contrast and tone. We doodled with our pencils to practise shading and then drew an eye, using tone and contrast to make our drawings as realistic as possible.

    

We enjoy a wide range of interests and hobbies in P7/1. During the first week back, we designed name cards that reflected what was important to us and what we enjoyed doing. Can you guess what Lewis likes to do?

We decided that we wanted our first topic  to be World War 2. Have a look at some of the things we would like to find out more about……..

We plan to use technology a lot to enhance our learning in P7/1 and are allowed to use our own devices. We spent some time discussing the school BYOD guidelines as we all have a responsibility to use these devices appropriately.

Bikeability – Final Session

We all successfully completed our bikeability level 2 on the road. We improved our cycling skills and can confidently signal and turn on the road. We even practiced on a busy crossroads junction which was very challenging.

 

Science – chemical reactions – Lava Lamp experiment

We have been learning how everyday chemicals can be mixed together and a chemical reaction will take place.

We created our very own lava lamps.  We discussed the equipment needed, our predictions and the method for the experiment. We recorded this information in our science investigation sheets and then split into groups to begin. Below are the steps we followed.

  1. Fill up 2/3 of a plastic bottle with vegetable oil. 
  2. Add 1/3 of water until the bottle is filled up to the top.
  3. Add 5-10 drops of food colouring. 
  4. Break up 1 alka-seltzer tablet into smaller pieces.
  5. Add 1 piece of the tablet to the bottle and look out for a reaction.

The tablet reacts with the water and oil mixture to create huge bubbles and a fizzing sound.

Have a look at some pictures from our experiment below. 

Science – chemical reactions – Bath Bomb experiment

We have been using everyday chemicals to create our own bath bombs.

This experiment consisted of mixing citric acid, bicarbonate is soda, cornflour, lavender, food colouring and splash of water.

We discovered that carbon dioxide gas was given off during the chemical reaction.

  

When we tested our bath bombs in water they all worked leaving a lovely lavender smell and creating bubbles of gas and a fizzing sound as they dissolved.

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