Tag Archives: OUTDOOR LEARNING

Space

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

 

Potato Planting with Mr Strang

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

The Great Eaglesham Mud Kitchen!

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.”
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Outdoor Area Development

Bottom Left Bella- “I liked it when we were putting the tent over the poles.”
Amy-“We were balancing on the tyres.” Melody-“We were making a stage.”
Calum- “We were making towers of  the tyres and I made it 4 layers high, they looked like Easter eggs.” Kobe-“I was playing with  tyres.”

Thomas-“I was building an Easter egg house.”

Paige-“I enjoyed running around outside.
Callen-“We were jumping off the blocks.” Innes- “We were trying to build a tent but it fell a part.”

Developing resilience and teamwork skills

Exploring the changing states of water… Working as a team to move heavy equipment.
Trying out our new waterproofs Rolling down the hill
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Learning is fun!

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Lots of play, learning and fun!

Rebecca deciding which game to choose… Thomas practising ‘u’ with the correct grip
Aiden using his ICT skills to play  a numeracy game Tilly and Annabelle making ‘m’ marshmallow art
Mrs Boyd explained First Aid procedures and showed us the ice packs, plasters and  her special First Aid bag

Mr Stern is deaf. He taught us some sign language.

Bottom Left Text Here Mr Stern came to visit us to tell us about his job and what we can do to help keep the school tidy
Ailsa explaining how an inhaler works and what it is for Out and about collecting specimens of living things
Jamie is a volunteer for Scott the teacher Logan and Murray have a fair wrestle

Charlie listening to instructions and preparing to take on his opponent

Ailsa and Tilly get ready to rumble!
Bottom Left Text Here Leo roaring like the dinosaurs in the sand pit