Sharing the learning
We were lucky enough to visit the P2 Science Fair! There was so much creativity on display with the fabulous models the p2 children had made. The children demonstrated that were confident learners as they were able to answers the questions the p5s asked them and they could also state some awesome science facts too!
Great job P2! We are so proud of you!!
Inspired by Darrel Wakelam, p5b have been getting creative with cardboard and masking tape. They were developing their engineering skills as they independently followed a set of instructions to create their masterpieces.
Once complete, they let their creative minds take over by designing the sea creatures appearance and the background. There was a variety of tools used to create the patterns including finger painting, splattering with paint brushes, blending with oil pastels and watercolour pencils too.
They then created characters with their creations, researched facts about the sea creatures and have been working together to create stories us their creations.
They are looking forward to bringing these stories to life with our sea creatures!
The children are really leading their learning with this project!
THIS WEEK we took part in ‘St Marks does the Euros’ at our school. We played against the other P5 class in the MUGA to celebrate the start of the Euro’s.
On Thursday we had a visitor called Gary he works for GRAHAM. We made lollypop stick bridges .And we tested them by placing plastic bottles on them to see if they will be strong or not.
By Arya and Hawaa.
As part of our learning about Global Goals 14 Life Below Water and how plastic pollution affects the creatures in the sea, P5 were doing a litter pick around our school grounds.
We enjoyed putting our school values into action by respecting our environment.
As part of our Make Your Mark experience to explore Global Goal 14 Life Below Water, P5 took part in an experiment to see what would happen when oil spills into the sea. We reused single-use plastic bottles to explore what would happen when oil mixed with water. We made predictions and observed if they would mix. Once the oil settled we added food colouring and a effervescent tablet to create lava lamps. We had great fun watching the bubbles rise and pop!
To further develop our knowledge about Global Goal 14, the children created their own BIG questions. They worked with a partner to inquire and develop their critical thinking skills to research and find out their answer. P5 confidently presented their findings to each other. Some children chose to share the information by creating a model, some chose to create a PowerPoint Presentation , others made posters and some groups even included a quiz.
P5 have been working on lots of their Meta Skills during this topic!
Mrs Sutherland is very proud of you all!
This week we have been doing loads of work like making an oil experiment on Monday where we got a bottle of water and poured oil inside to see what would happen when oil was poured into the sea. We discovered that oil and water does not mix. Then we made a lava lamp by adding food colouring and a effervescent tablet. On Wednesday, we presented our life below water global goals no. 14 research presentations. We enjoyed learning more about life below water and all of us made great presentations. Also on Wednesday Fishy music came to our school for a great concert and the whole class all enjoyed themselves, we sung plenty of songs .
by : Martin and Jessie
This week our main focus is time with STEM because it is British Stem Week. We had a visitor who is a doctor. She told us about her job and how she has to manage her time to ensure that the patients get the care they need on time.
On Monday, we researched and drafted our Diversity Champion fact files after STEM filled morning.
On Tuesday, in the morning we did PE for PE we had a bike obstacle course. There were ramps , balance beams and seesaws .
We had a workshop with the STEM leaders. They taught us how to make cars out of lollipop sticks and plastic lids and we timed them rolling down a ramp. We then used a formula to work out the speed the car travelled.
On Thursday we used the Microbits during technologies.
On Friday we practiced for our Learning Assembly and took part in Live STEM workshop where we learned about an underground lab.
We have brought our jotters home today to show our families at home. We must bring them back to school on Monday
By Ivy and Anas.
After planting our bulbs back in October, our bulbs have grown and are nearly ready to blossom.
It is likely the hyacinths will open during the holidays so pupils will be taking them home before the end of term.
As part of this process we’ve been learning how to look after plants but also recognising the role we have in nurturing the world around us!
During assembly Mr Hutcheson spoke about the meaning of nurture.
Inspired by this Primary 2 planted flowers which we will be growing in the classroom over the next few weeks. We will be learning how to look after plants and what they need. In RE we have been looking at the natural beauty in the world around us and growing our beautiful flowers will help us to remember this.
