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Scottish Engineering Leaders Award

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This year some of our pupils entered the Scottish Engineering Leaders Award.  Congratulations to Sandy Widdop (P6), Rose Marie Murray (P4) and Christopher Bowerman (P3), their invention designs were shortlisted and went on public display at Barony Hall in Glasgow.

Christopher’s drawing of his “Protection Drone” invention on display in Glasgow .  A drone that keeps away burglars and sounds an alarm if intruders are near.

The Primary Engineer Leaders Awards and the Scottish Engineering Leaders Award asks children, pupils and students…

Designed and managed by Primary Engineer Programmes to provide an opportunity for children and pupils to interview engineers about their career paths and motivation, it has evolved into a creative problem solving, literacy and entrepreneurial project which annually involves over 23,800 pupils.

As pupil’s interview engineers and research engineering in general they are encouraged to look at the world around them to find problems an engineered solution could solve. Alongside their annotated drawings an accompanying letter is required to persuade engineers to choose their design to build. Links to The University of Strathclyde, The University of Southampton, Manchester Metropolitan University and UCL annually see these pupil’s dreams realised.

Every entry is graded by engineers and educationalists, all entries receive named certificates, shortlisted entries form part of regional public exhibitions and winners are presented Trophies.

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Stem Week

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On Monday the 14th of May the whole school went for a walk to learn about Biodiversity in our local area.  We used hoops to look at the samples with magnifying glasses and we compared this with other areas. When we got back to school, we used ID keys and magnifying glasses to identify what we collected.

In the afternoon, we were learning about DNA, genetics and inheritance. We worked in pairs and were given male and female inheritance strips.  The strips had codes on them; we followed the instructions to make our own Reebops.

On Tuesday morning we created a digital story on Glow about Braw the Loch Ness monster. We all helped to write the story and each had our own parts to write.  We could see who was editing which part on the Smartboard.

After break we were designing pulleys for a zip wire. We had to make a device that would safely carry a basket for 2 metres.  Our designs were judged on how far they could travel and whether the journey was smooth or bumpy.  Rosanna’s design travelled the furthest.

On Wednesday we were learning about sound.  We were using tuning forks and a cup of water to demonstrate sound waves.  Then we created our own instruments.

 

In the afternoon we made our own microbes,  We classified some  microbes and then created our own microbes using polystyrene balls and pompoms. We had a most unique microbe competition and we had to explain whether the microbes were helpful or harmful. We gave them a name and had to tell everyone how our microbe would be spread and what would happen if you came into contact with it.

In the morning on Thursday we had a pneumatics workshop. we worked in groups to design models using syringes and balloons to make moving parts. Sandy, Donnie, Christopher and Enoch made a crocodile with a snappy mouth!

We were learning about coding in the afternoon.  We were working through scratch and micro-bit modules if we completed all six in a module we could get a coding club certificate.

This week is National Digital Learning Week across Scotland.  We have been making the most of the technology in our school all week.

 

 

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STEM week at Sgoil Bhreascleit

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This week we are having a STEM week to celebrate National Digital Learning Week.  We have lots of different workshops and activities going on throughout the week.  Some of the topics we will be learning about include:

  • Biodiversity
  • Inheritance, DNA and genetics
  • Sound
  • Germs, bacteria and microbes
  • Coding
  • Pneumatics
  • Biodiversity Land Art
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Iolaire

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I have been learning about World War One and the Iolaire Disaster this term.

What happened?

  • It was New Year’s Day, 1919, and around 300 island men were celebrating the end of the war. The men on board the Iolaire could see the lights of Stornoway harbour when a group of large rocks (also know as the Beasts of Holm) beneath the waves made the boat crash.
  • Records suggest, 174 Lewismen and 7 Harrismen lost their lives in the wreck.
  • A man called John F. Macleod swam to shore with a rope line to help others to shore, without this even more men would have died.

Facts

  • Two months after the end of the First World War, 205 men died.
  • The Iolaire was a luxury yacht before the war.
  • She had been called Iolanthe at first , then Mione, then Amalthaea and last the Iolaire.
  • It happened on the 1st January 1919. Next year marks 100 years since the disaster.
  • The Iolaire means Eagle in Gaelic.

What I’ve learnt!

  • I’ve learnt a lot.
  • For example how to say the name of the boat
  • What Iolaire means
  • I’ve learnt about how sad it was.
  • They where on there way home from just fighting in the war and they could see the harbour, but they the ship crashed into some rocks and most of the people that where lucky enough to survive the war died.

What I used to help me find out about the Iolaire disaster:

 

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FARPAIS SUMDOG – Blog le Ailean

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Bhuannaich class 1-4 Farpais  Matamatic Sumdog Na h-eileanan an Iar.   Chluich 271 clann anns na h-eileanan agus bhuannaich sinn (class 1-4) le 684 puingean. Bha class 5-7 anns an dàrna  àite.  Fhuair  Kady scòr as fheàrr san chlas. Seo ar beachdan mu dheidhinn Sum Dog.

Tha Sumdog a`còrdadh rium airson tha Tower Climber, Endangered agus Bubble Gum gu math sporsail. – Ailean

Tha Sumdog acordadh rium airson tha matamataigs uabhasach math agus tha tòrr diofar geamaichans urrainn dhut cliuch. `S e Kiteboarding agus Pop Tunes na geamaichean as fheàrr leam. – Zoe

Is toil leam Sumdog airson tha geamaichean math air mar Holly.- Alyssa

Is toigh leum Sumdog airson s e doigh eile adèanamh matamataig againn agus  s urrainn dhuinn acluich geama sam bith. `S e Bubble an geama as fhearr leam agus Kite Boarding. – Katie

Tha Sumdog math. `S caomh leamsa Junk Pile. – Jenna

Tha Junk Pile a`còrdadh rium. Ruairidh.

Tha Sumdog math. Tha geama Dress Down a`còrdadh rium.  Ellie-Louise

Tha Sumdog math. Tha Dress Down an geama as fheàrr leam. – Anne Marie

S caomh leum Sumdog airsons urrainn dhomh acluich le mo chaireadan .  Cuideachds caomh leam Disguise airson bidh thu a`cuir aodach neònach air. – Kady

Tha Sumdog acòrdadh rium airson tha tòrr geamaichean ann. S e Kite Boarding am fear as `s fheàrr leam. Amy

Tha Sumdog math. Tha Kite Boarding agus Pop Tune na geamaichean as fheàrr leam.- Rose Marie

Tha Sumdog a`còrdadh rium airson tha Disguise math.  Tha Bubble Gum, Dress Down, Holly agus Creeper math cuideachd  – Cailean

Tha Sumdog acòrdadh rium airson tha geamaichean math ann mar Jet Ski Rescue agus tha matamatic uabhasach math. Tha e math nuair a tha thu agabhail pàirt ann am farpaisean cuideachd. – Erin

Tha sumdog math airson tha geamaichean mar Pop Tune agus Kite Boarding air.

Is toigh leum sumdog airson tha torr geamaichean air.

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