Primary 7 transported back to war times to explore methods of communication during the 1900’s. They used Morse code to read secret messages and crack the clues. Then they transferred this skill to making their own cryptic messages and clues and enjoyed cracking each-others.
Well done P7 🙂 Another very productive day! Keep up the Excellent Effort.
Miss Gavin & MrMcKay
Energy sources & Sustainability:
Decomposition rates game. P7a & d had a great morning, in the sunshine, classifying waste materials into categories. They then sorted them according to how long they predicted it would take to decompose. They ordered the materials from quickest to slowest decomposition rate. Then they matched the rates of decomposition to each item from a list. To conclude, they discussed and evaluated the findings in their groups and as a class.
Another fantastic investigation boys and girls, well done 🙂
Miss Gavin & MrMcKay
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 😎
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
Primary 7a have had a wonderful day today practising their biking skills.
Please remember, like the instructors said, keep practising at home. For your next session on the road, you need to be able to confidently cycle for 3 seconds with one hand off the handlebars, to signal right or left.
Well done boys & girls, you did really well today. I am very proud of you.
Miss Gavin
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 & 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
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 🙂
Primary 5A enjoyed using their Technology and Literacy skills to create poems about trees. We looked for inspiration using all of our senses and worked as a group to record them with chalk, mud ink or by spontaneous performance!
Primary 5a had their first Outdoor Learning experience of the year. It poured with rain but we were wrapped up and had a ball. We looked for inspiration in nature to create some artwork but mostly enjoyed exploring our environment and finding puddles to jump in!
