Month: February 2020

Today we continued our buoyancy topic with another experiment. Our challenge was to design a tin foil boat which could hold as much mass as possible without sinking. We were given 1 metre of aluminium foil and used our knowledge of buoyancy to create our boats.

Then it was time to put our boats to the test. We put them into a container of water and added as many marbles as possible until they sank to the bottom.

Our winning boat managed to hold 164 marbles! We discovered that the larger the surface area, the more mass the boats could hold. This means that the buoyant force will help it to float. 🛳

Dear Parent/Carer,

Your child will shortly be taking part in a school performance for P7 school show. As always we rely on your assistance to help to organise your child’s costume where possible. As part of the costume for this show, we will be making Arabian style vests which each cast member will wear. To help us to make these vests, we require your child to bring an old t-shirt to school. This t-shirt will be cut and decorated to make their own particular vest. Please only supply an old or cheap t-shirt that you are happy to be cut and sewn.

Each part of our ensemble will require a different shade of t-shirt. We have specified the colour for your child  below. If you have any problems sourcing this, please let us know as soon as possible and we will be happy to assist you.

Please can we have these in for Friday 13th March.

As always, your cooperation is very much appreciated.

Yours sincerely,

P7 Teachers

Arabian Vest Colours

Genie and Genie Ensemble – Blue

Jafar and Jafar Ensemble – Red

Agrabhans and Market people – Green

Aladdin’s Friends – Yellow

Set Designers and Guards – Black

Spooky Voice and Cave of Wonder – Black

Snake Charmers – Green

Musicians – Orange

Today we started our buoyancy topic in science. In our groups we were given a piece of tin foil and the goal was to make it sink when placed in water. We worked together to come up with a strategy to use and then tested this out altogether. We realised that if we crumpled our piece into a ball it would float because of the air trapped inside. If we put in a flat piece of tin foil it sunk to the bottom because it is more dense than water. We now know that buoyancy is a force which pulls objects upwards.

 

Dear Parent/Carer,

Our Fairtrade Pupil Group members have been working very hard to promote Fairtrade Fortnight which starts on Monday 24 February and finishes on Sunday 8 March 2020.

As preparation for Fairtrade Fortnight the Primary 4 pupil group members conducted a survey to find out which treats children would like to buy at the tuck shop we are planning to run. A subgroup of Primary 5s created posters to advertise the tuck shop around the school. The older members of the pupil group will be giving a speech and showing a PowerPoint to the rest of the school to raise awareness of Fairtrade. The Primary 7 members created a rota for the tuck shop (see below).

We would like to invite children to bring in cash to buy a Fairtrade treat from the tuck shop. We will be offering Geobake chocolate chip cookies, a variety of Divine chocolate bars and Fairtrade Jellybeans. The tuck shop will be running from Monday 2nd March until Friday 6th March. All items are £1.10 so please send your child with the correct amount if possible.

• Monday 2nd March – Primary 1 and Primary 2
• Tuesday 3rd March – Primary 3
• Wednesday 4th March – Primary 4 and Primary 5
• Thursday 5th March – Primary 6
• Friday 6th March – Primary 7

Fair Trade Tuck Shop

Yours sincerely,

Fairtrade Pupil Group

A huge well done to Z for going above and beyond today during super skills! Z offered to help the musicians learn a song on guitar for our school show and performed this in front of the whole of P7! #proud 😊🎸

Through our bounce back ability topic we have been exploring the power of positivity and spreading kindness. Today we took the opportunity to write anonymous positive messages and compliments for our peers to brighten their day.

Some of our lovely positive messages:

Receiving our messages:

 

We have spoken a lot about the importance of showing kindness throughout primary 7 and discussed the positive impact that this can have on others.

Just a little reminder that as well as being kind to others, remember to be kind to yourself 😊!

 

Over the next 3 weeks we will be working on a mini science project. You will be undertaking some personal inquiry into an area of science that you are interested in.

First you will pose a research question about a particular area of science that you would like to know more about.

Next, you will do some research and try to answer your scientific question. You may even carry out an experiment to demonstrate your findings.

Please see the attachment below for more information.

Science Mini Project

Good luck! Enjoy carrying out your research and we can’t wait to see your findings at our science fair on Thursday 5th March!

Today we created some optical illusion art inspired by Valentines Day. We looked at some different examples of optical illusions (which amazed us!) and then we were given a design brief. We were asked to create a piece of art which had contrasting colours, geometric shapes and an interesting pattern to create an optical illusion. We were also asked to include a heart silhouette to symbolise Valentines Day.

So far, here some of our amazing pieces of finished artwork ✏️🎨

 

These are some of our highlights from school this week:

My favourite part of this week was the Holocaust memorial trip at St Clares, it was very interesting to listen to all the stories. I also enjoyed making the app its really fun.- Sean 🙂

My favorite part of this week was when we did outdoor P.E and played a striking and fielding game. I also found the Holocaust memorial trip very interesting.- Emma 🙂

My favourite thing we did this week was when we went to the Holocaust memorial at Calderwood Lodge Primary School -Charlotte 🙂

I loved going to Calderwood lodge and learning about the holocaust! It was so interesting how the surviors talk about their family members in the concentration camps. It was very heart breaking too!-Iyona 🙂

This week I have enjoyed Maths, In maths we were focusing on Fractions. I learnt how to multiply fractions and also to convert Mixed Numbers to Improper Fractions and to convert Improper Fractions to Mixed Numbers.           – Sarah 🙂