P1 had a great time during Health Week.
We went to Karate and Dance. We had a visit from the dental nurse and Zoo lab. It was fun!
P3 Rain Gauges
We made rain gauges in class. We go 3 bottles and cut them in half. We put stones in the bottom so the bottles don’t blow away. We turned the top around and put inside the bottom, like a funnel. We made a scale on the side of the bottle using pen and tape.
We put gauges outside, one in the eco pod, one in the quiet area and one outside Miss McAulay’s office. We are worried the pen might rub off, the bottles might blow away or the rain might over flow. We will check on our experiment everyday to make everything is ok.
We checked on our gauges today. There was no water because it hadn’t rained yet. We think it might rain at the weekend and we will have some water in our gauges next week.
Health Week
We have been enjoying health week in Primary 3.
We had talks about toothbrushing and handwashing. We found out that haribos have 3 tubs of sugar in them. We have to brush all of our teeth, twice a day, especially the back ones. We learnt how to wash our hands properly. We have to wash our hands after we have touched animals, after we have been to the toilet, after playing outside, after coughing or sneezing and before eating.
We tried taekwondo and karate. \we learned all different kinds of kicks and punches. We also tried some blocking moves. We tried to flying kicks, they were fantastic fun.
We did some dancing. We all did our best hip hop moves. We did basketball dancing and boxing dancing. The dancing was awesome.
We had a football training session. We dribbled around the cones. We had to walk backwards around the cones. Then we all played a real game of football. It was brilliant.
Health week is excellent fun!
Our Evaporation Experiment
This is our evaporation experiment. It is a glass of water; we leave on a sunny windowsill all the time. The water has been turned green with food colouring. Every week we check the level of the water. We draw a circle around where the water is. Each week the water goes down a little bit, it is evaporating.
Our topic is weather so we have learning about the water cycle. Evaporation is an important part of the water cycle.
We are going to leave it for the whole of the October holidays to see what happens!
P6/7 at Muiravonside
P6/7 went to Muiravonside on Thursday 3rd October. We took part in four different challenges and made dens using sticks, logs and leaves from the woods. We had our lunch round a fire and then dismantled each other’s dens. We worked in three different groups throughout the day. We did these activities as part of our Highland Clearances topic. It was very mucky work but it was amazing!
P7 Water Filter Experiment
Primary 7 Experiments:
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Primary 7 at the Clipperton Project
Physical Activity and Health in P5/6
P5/6 have been learning about the ways we can stay active and healthy. We found out that you don’t just have to play sport to stay active!
We investigated the effects exercise can have on our bodies. Have a look at our photos!
WW2
Primary 7 have been learning about WW2. So far we have learned about the declaration of war, evacuation and the blitz.
Model Croft Houses
Last week in P6/7 we were pretending that we were crofters like in 1700-1800 of the Highland Clearances so we built our own crofts. Crofts are like houses and they used whatever they could find to build them. We found stones, wood, grass etc. and built them into a mini model croft. We built them outside first and then brought them inside but it left a bit of a mess!
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