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Collaborative Working, Expressive Arts, Literacy, Outdoor learning, Science

Space

June 11, 2019 User deactivated Leave a comment

Primary 2 have been learning all about Space. We learned some facts about each of the planets and tried to come up with different ways to remember the order of the planets. After that we learned that the Earth rotates and revolves around the Sun and this is why we have day and night. We took a visit to the Glasgow Science Centre and thoroughly enjoyed exploring the Planetarium. During ICT we have been creating our own space PowerPoints and lots of us have been sharing our learning at home! In Art we learned all about Peter Thorpe’s abstract space art and we decided to create some of our own. In Literacy we researched Neil Armstrong and wrote a newspaper article about the moon landing.

We were creating space pictures. We looked at pictures of Peter Thorpe’s artwork and then we used pastels to create our own. Ben

We were learning about abstract art. We used bold colours like black and red together. We thought about hot and cold colours. This helped us to add more detail.

We got a space book to look for planet words. We put the words on cards and used them to spell the planet words. Archie

The Earth rotates and revolves around the Sun. It takes 365 days for the Earth to revolve around the Sun. Megan

It takes 24 hours for the Earth to rotate. If we are facing the Sun then we get light and it is day. If we are facing away from the Sun then it is night. Melody

We went outside and we had to find a partner and one of us had to be the Earth and the other person was the Sun. We had to rotate and revolve around the Sun. If Miss Watson shouted daytime we had to face our partner (the Sun) and if she shouted nighttime then we had to face the other way. Callen

Collaborative Working, Community, Eco, Outdoor learning

Potato Planting with Mr Strang

April 24, 2019 User deactivated Leave a comment

Primary 2.2 were delighted to have a visit from a local farmer Mr Strang who helped us to plant potatoes in our outdoor area. He showed us what the potatoes looked like before they were planted and explained all the things that they would need to help them grow. Then we got the chance to go outside and work collaboratively to plant the potatoes. We listened carefully for the instructions on how to look after them and now we are going to water them daily to help them grow. We look forward to seeing the results!

‘We had to put lots of compost in the tub. We took turns to put the compost in.’ Melody

‘We put holes in the compost to put the potatoes in. We had to hold them by the potato and not the stem to plant them because the stem could fall off.’ Aaron L

‘The stem tries to go up to the top and they grow a little flower on top.’ Indi

‘Potatoes need sunlight to grow.’ William

‘If you put in too much water then it will go out the holes in the bottom of the tub.’ Leo

‘It needs one watering can once a day and it needs food.’ Carrie

Collaborative Working, Community, Cross Stage Working, Eco, Outdoor learning, Phyical Literacy

Outdoor Learning At The Orry

May 9, 2018 Mrs Toman Leave a comment

Callen- ” We were finding some sticks to make our names with.”

Innes- “I was finding some leaves with Will.”

Ailsa-“I was making my name out of twigs.”

Aidan-“I was making my name out of small and big sticks.

Alex-“I was making a picture out of sticks.”

Melody-“I was getting some twigs to make my name with.”

Tilly-“I was making my name out of sticks.”

Murray-“We were making our name out of wood and twigs.”

Bella-“I was making my name.”

Annabelle-“I was collecting twigs and then making my name out of them.”

Community, Muddy Movers, Outdoor learning, Phyical Literacy, Problem Solving

The Great Eaglesham Mud Kitchen!

April 18, 2018 Mrs Toman Leave a comment

Murray- “We were making mud pie.”	Kobe- “We made a table and then mud pie.”
Calum-” I was making a mud kitchen.”	Callen-“I was balencing on a log.”

Innes-“We were making chocolate sloo. It had pineapples in it.”	Melody-“I was telling Mrs Toman that i made a unicorn out of chok.”
	“We were drawing with chok.”