We have been learning about natural disasters and their impact on the landscape and people.
We designed our own volcanoes and then used chemicals to show an eruption.

We all decorated hard boiled eggs as part of our Easter activities. We thought about themes and designs and Mrs Gauld picked a top 3 and we voted for a winner.

Well done Innes for designing an ‘Egg in Shining Armour’

We have been learning about chemical and physical reactions. We know a physical reaction is reversible (this means you can change it back), A chemical reaction is irreversible (this means that you can’t change it back). 

We have completed a number of experiments to investigate the effects of mixing different chemicals.

If there is a chemical reaction we know one of the following will happen: changing colour, temperature, fizzing showing a gas has been released and a smell been given off.

We made bath bombs.

We made lava lamps.

Reindeer Visit 

Dasher and Dancer came to visit the school on Wednesday 10th December and we got to feed them some carrots. We loved sitting in the sleigh.

Science – Light and Shadow

In Science,  we have been learning about the properties of light and how it can be used in a creative ways.

We explored opaque, translucent and transparent materials and completed experiments with torches to see how light is reflected and  refracted in different ways.

We explored how shadows can shrink and grow depending where the light source is placed.

Finally we made our own shadow puppets and performed our show to the class.

Shadow Puppet  Shows

P6/1 had a brilliant day helping fundraise for Children in Need. We took part in some sports activities in the gym hall and also bought some toys and books from the Bring and Buy Sale. The best part was getting to wear our pyjamas all day at school!

We have been learning about size, scale and motion in Space.

First we compared the sizes of the planets using fruit. Then we learned about the distance the planets are away from the sun which affects the planets temperature and features. We wrote a mnemonic to remember the order of the planets.

Next we learned about the phases of the moon and compared gravity. We did a moon jump experiment to see how far we would jump on the moon.

We used a Sun, Earth and Moon model to investigate why we have day and night aswell as the four seasons.