This week we are starting with balances. We have be using our strength and coordination to succeed!
Making volcanoes!
We learned about different volcanoes and their states; dormant, active, extinct. We also discussed the largest volcanoes and where we find the majority of them – the ring of fire!
We went onto paint our volcanoes in preparation for exploding them next week! Stay tuned to watch the result!
Volcanoes!
As part of our natural disasters and Earth materials topic, the children have been discussing how the Earth is made up and how minerals are formed. We made some volcanoes to explode next week. This also links back to our chemical reactions topic, but we will see that in next week.
Minerals!
Today we looked at minerals, otherwise known as rocks! The class found out some great facts about a range of minerals. Did you know that Muscovite mica is used on furnaces!
Who’s the biggest fan of P6?!
Ok well not that kind of fan, but children have been making fans from bottles as part of our sustainability topic. They understand that they can be attached to motors to produce electricity.
Drawing a war zone.
We are reading the story Oranges in No Man’s Land which is about a girl in a war zone. Children have drawn the terrible conditions that the book describes her and her brother are living in.
Painting our planets.
We are painting the planets from our solar system. They will form our new exciting display including information about each one!
Making the Planets.
P6 are beginning to make their own solar system. They will use paper mache to create the spheres before leaving them to dry. In addition, they will use them to look at the enormous size of the solar system.
Tune in next week to see them being painted.
Space topic
We are starting our new Science topic of Space! We are starting with what we already know and what we want to find out. We created our own mnemonics to remember the order of the planets in our solar system.
Here are a few examples:
Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto.
My very excellent mother just served us noodles politely.
My very excited mama just served us no potatoes!
My very excited mum screamed under Neptune.
School Trip!
Yesterday, Primary 5 went on a trip to Glasgow Science Centre. There they took part in a workshop all about our climate and saw how different chemicals react to change the temperature in our atmosphere. The children also explored all of the wonderful exhibitions the Science Centre has to offer.
