David from Think Science came to visit us on Thursday. He blew air into a long balloon. He aimed it one way and it fired the other way.

David used a hair dryer to put hot air into a large ‘balloon’ It rose up high into the air and eventually came down when the air cooled.

David removed the air between 2 suction cups so that they stuck together. Mrs Dallas and Mr McGlaughlin pulled as hard as they could. Unfortuantely they pulled too hard and the cups seperated throwing Mrs Dallas backwards! There is video evidence of this happening 🙂

David was able to lie on a bed of nails because he distributed his weight.

David calculated the weight of his head using Archimedes rule. His head weighed 4kg. Definitely do not try this at home!

Mr Eve came into class today to talk to the children about the Scottish inventors Mary Somerville and Alexander Fleming. The children asked lots of interesting questions.

Chris came to visit our class today and brought his vandegraff. We had some hair raising fun! Lots of us got electric shocks from the static electricity. Some people’s hair stood up!

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The children have been collecting samples from their surroundings and putting them into petri dishes with agar jelly. They are hoping to observe micro organisms growing over the next 6 days.

Niko and Noah-carpet sample                Reece and Skye-model sample

Max and Freya- desk sample              Holly and Witold-shoe sample

Olivia and partner- door sample        Poppy and Kaedyn-inside door

Callum and Imogen-remote control        Jack&Anise-computer mouse

Niko and Noah- taking a carpet sample

Ethan&Megan- house point pen   Alfie&Saskia-cupboard handle

Kayla and Zak- light switch sample

Primaries 4A, 4B and 5 had some prosthetic engineers visit them on Tuesday. Ian and Mirrin work for the NHS and design limbs and special wheel chairs for children. They showed the children how to measure very carefully so that the prosthetic limbs and wheelchairs fit perfectly.

 

Stewart sat in a special chair which takes a mould of his bottom to make sure the wheelchair is a comfortable fit.

Trying out the different wheel chairs.

 

Isha gets measured for a wheelchair

Leah tries to pick up a pencil with a prosthetic arm.

Testing prosthetic limbs.

Looking at prosthetic limbs.

 

 

 

 

 

Reece did a  turn  on the wheel chair and he enjoyed it.

Alfie also did a turn  and he liked it.

Skye said it was a really weird feeling on the wheel chair but she did well.

Noah said it was fun and he loved turning.

 

Poppy thought it was hard but it turned out it was easy.

 

Olivia said it was hard work to change direction.

Imogen moved the wheelchair well.

 

Measuring limbs for a wheelchair.

 

Checking the grip on a prosthetic arm.

Noah measured Ethan for a wheelchair.

Kayla thinks that the prosthetic hand is quite good.

The children used water colours to blend colours.

‘It was very relaxing.’

‘We listened to music during it.’

‘I liked blending the colours to make different shades.’

‘We used blue, red and yellow to make different colours.’

 

 

 

 

Mrs Farrant used the VR headsets with the children during French this week. The children enjoyed visiting France; looking at aerial view of Paris, visiting Notre-Dame, visiting the Louvre and seeing the Mona Lisa!

 

 

 

 

We had an Achievement Assembly. Some of our class got badges and certificates.

Jack got a Science badge for sharing his knowledgs  with his peers. He says he felt happy. His nana and grandpa were there. They said ‘Well done’ and they were proud of me.

Freya got a creativity badge for being creative.   Freya says she felt really happy. Her mum said that’s a good award.

Poppy got a maths badge.  The teacher described Poppy in three words- Mutiplucation Tables Quiz. Poppy felt very happy because i got my first badge of the year. Her mum said she was very proud of her.

Megan got a literacy badge for great story writing. She said she felt proud. Her dad said ‘Well done’ and gave her a big hug.

Kayden got a literacy badge from Mrs Guy for great work whith her. Kaedyn said he had butterflies in his tummy. His mum and dad were very proud and said well done.

 

Both Primary 4 classes are engaging in Numeracy Flexible learning over the next 6 weeks. The sessions take place on a Wednesday afternoon and the children sign up for different activities each week. This gives the children the opportunity to mix and work with other children, developing their skills in Numeracy within 5 different activity zones.

In the silent area.

Playing games.

Teacher led zone.

Pictorial zone

Digital zone

Callum started us off with a welcome.

Imogen said,We had four different poems.

In this Imogen and saskia are reciting The Sair Finger. By Walter Wingate.

Saskia said,It was very fun.I liked getting my confidence out.

Anise said, It was fun.

Anise and Alfie were reciting Haute Hoote Cuisine.

Alfie said,I enjoyed it.

Megan said,I learned a poem.

Fionn said,We practised every day  to perfection.

Megan, Fionn, Max and Poppy all recited Scotish Rain.

Max said,We were all very good at the poem.

Poppy said,It was hard at the start but became easy.

Olivia said,I knew this poem off by heart.

Kayla said,I ENJOYED IT.

Olivia, Kayla, Holly and Niko are reciting Donky Ride.

Niko said,it was great fun saying the poem.

Holly said,It was very fun.

We did ceilidh dancing .

We did the Virginia Reel.

Stomp Stomp

Dosy Doe

Olivia did Auld Lang Syne on her violin.

We sang Auld Lang Syne

We got celebrate the Assembly.