Primary 1 have spent lots of time outdoors in this beautiful weather. We took Science into the outdoor classroom and explored our senses. We looked at all senses such as hearing where we spent time just listening to our surroundings which was not at all quiet! We did not use taste but we understood why we wouldn’t be tasting anything outdoors such as berries, because they could be poisonous and also they are food for the birds. We explored touch by feeling items around us and used play dough to record an interesting texture.
We look forward to getting back into the outdoor classroom.
You have certainly been taking lots of opportunities to observe and take care of your environment. You have used the outdoor classroom of the Orry and school grounds to be creative with transient art, exploring shape and symmetry and even a Widlife Watch! What a treat to transfer your knowledge of symmetry and fractions to cutting up yummy pancakes. Well done for being responsible members of the community by carrying out community litter picks and using the local library to expand your love of reading and storytelling. Your innovative inventions to solve environmental issues are very creative and demonstrate impressive, design and engineering skills.
Primary 1 have set up a wonder window. We made binoculars to help us spot anything interesting. We used a bird spotter sheet to help us identify birds. We also have clipboards to record our findings.
“I can see sheep.” Max
“A blackbird is Scotland’s most popular bird because you see it every day.” Charlotte
Primary 1 have been learning about symmetry in Maths. We have been using mirrors and copying patterns over such as on butterflies. Here is some art work we completed where we had half of our face, we had to draw the mirror image of our face on the other side.
Primary 1 were lucky enough to have a special visitor for Careers Month. Mr Moffat is a GP and came in to talk to us all about how Doctors keep us safe and healthy. He brought some equipment for us to try out!
We used a stethoscope to listen to our heart beating!
Primary 1 enjoyed their trip into our local community to visit the local library.
We listened to the librarian read us a extract from his favourite book ‘The Enormous Crocodile’ and then we got to choose our own book to check out of the library!
We can’t wait to read through all of our fantastic stories and we look forward to going back to the library soon!
We have been so busy with our Innovative Inventors Homework, we displayed it all in our open area. We wrote invitations to Primary 6 and Mrs Frew who came to view our creations. The children were so confident in presenting their learning.
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