Terrific Talents – Class of 2015

Primary 7 take their active spelling outdoors!

Another fantastic morning in the sun P7! Some literacy outdoor activities this week.

Have a fantastic October week. You have all well and truly earned it 😎

P7a and P7d continue their energy investigation outdoors!

This term, P7 are investigating renewable and non-renewable sources of energy. This week they have been learning how energy can be harnessed by the flow of water over their own homemade water wheels. To follow up their solar power experiment, today they have explored hydropower as a form of renewable energy.

Well done everyone! With a little convincing to keep a positive “I can do” attitude, you got there and really enjoyed seeing the result of this experiment. Keep up the good work.

Miss Gavin & Mr McKay

P7a and P7d experiment outdoors!

Primary 7 have been building on their knowledge of energy sources by observing the effect of the sun’s heat on three different variables.

We recorded the temperature of water in three cups before they were exposed to sunlight. Then we placed one cup on white paper, one cup on black paper and covered one cup with cling film.

We left the cups in direct sunlight for 30 minutes and predicted what effect we thought the sun’s energy would have on each cup of water.

“I thought the water on the black paper would be the hottest because the black attracts the sun.”

“I thought it would be the cling film because it was trapping the heat inside the cup.”

“Just before we recorded the temperature for the second time, I could see condensation forming underneath the cling film lid.”

Well done P7; a fantastic experiment using our STEM skills outdoors today.

P7a and P7d enjoy the sunny outdoors!

P7a & d had a fantastic afternoon enhancing their numeracy and literacy skills using the outdoor environment.

Well done everyone! What a fantastic afternoon 🙂

Miss Gavin & Mr McKay

P6 Digital Leaders

P6 had another busy afternoon sharing their terrific talent with some P1 pupils. They did some sequencing and directions with beebots. Then finished off with some Scratch Junior on iPads.

Thanks again to our Primary 6 digital leaders. You are doing a fantastic job in your leadership role.

Well done 🙂

Digital Leaders are busy again!

Primary 6 have been busy again, this afternoon, sharing their Terrific Talents with P3.

Well done Primary 3! And a huge thank you to the Primary 6 digital leaders for sharing their Terrific Talents so well.

P6 Digital Leaders Coding Club

Primary 6 digital leaders led their own coding club at lunchtime today, for some P1 and P2 pupils.

They had a fantastic time!

Thank you so much to Marcus, Matthew R, Matthew B and Maaz for sharing your knowledge with the boys and girls today. They loved it!

Well done Primary 1 and 2, you did a super job 🙂

Miss Gavin

P5c handle data outdoors!

We have been learning all about data handling. Having discussed the variety of ways used to represent data, we can interpret and draw conclusions from the information displayed.

Today, we worked collaboratively in groups of four, to gather and present data. We used this data, outdoors, to create graphs using outdoor materials.

What great fun we had! Look at our amazing pictures.

Well done Primary 5c! You did an amazing job today.

Have a happy October break to you and your families 🙂

A busy week in P4a!

Primary 4a are enjoying taking part in the First Minister’s Reading Challenge and have created a bar chart to keep a record of how many books they have read. They participated in Drop It and Read last week for Book Week. When they heard the whistle go off in class they stopped what they were doing and read their private reading books.

We are taking part in The Hour of Code and to launch this Mrs Neil introduced us to some very exciting coding websites. Primary 4a are extremely talented and writing their own games and activities using different coding software. Use the links on Glow to show off your coding skills at home too!