Primary 2 classes were given a challenge to make a boat that floats. We used plastic, cardboard, straws, sellotape and elastic bands. We began  by designing the boat.

We worked  in design groups.

Once we had agreed on our design we began making our boats.

Fantastic team work and focus once again.

Testing our boats.

We learned about choosing suitable materials in our design.

We had great fun !

As part of STEM fortnight a P2.8 parent came in to tell us about her career as an engineer. She gave the children the opportunity to make a mini wind turbine. With a fan acting as the wind, the boys and girls measured the energy produced by their turbine

The concentration was brilliant !

Dino kept an eye on our progress !

and now to measure the energy created ….

Matthew connected the energy meter for us.

The children loved watching the meter numbers going up and up.

I think we all want to be engineers now , it was so interesting.

Thanks to the P.2.8 mum for visiting us today. We loved it !

After learning about the importance of bees and their honeycombs, the girls and boys had a lot of ideas about what we should add  to ours.

The senior pupils organised a fun session to encourage us not to use as much ‘single use plastic’.  The children sorted rubbish and looked at what could be recycled.  They also estimated how long it would take for certain items to biodegrade and carried out a mini task to remove rubbish from sand.  The final activity was to throw bottle lids into a jar while missing drawings of a beach or river etc.  The children clearly understood that they should recycle or put their rubbish in the bin so that it did not end up elsewhere.

As part of STEM Fortnight we have been using different methods of carrying out our calculations.  Here we are having a go at ‘Hit the Button’.  We have now set up a rota so that children get a regular chance to use this resource.