This week as part of our new Rainforest topic we were learning about deforestation. We looked specifically at the Amazon Rainforest and discovered that the size of 36 football pitches combined were being torn down every day! We looked at two sides of the deforestation argument. There was people for and against it. To show our learning we participated in a class debate by pretending we were on a television
This week was Learning for Sustainability Week at Balornock. Our favourite activity this week was our visit to the Fire Station on Wednesday. During our visit the fire fighters were called to an emergency but it turned out to be a false alarm. We got to see inside the fire truck and use the hose. We all got soaked by the fire fighters. Morgan, Adam, Dee and Reilly sat in the back
Learning for Sustainability Week at Balornock will begin on Monday 30th April. This will be an all encompassing themed week for our pupils addressing learning within Eco Schools, RRS and HWB. Pupils will be undertaking various activities including nature walks, yoga, designing a school mascot, etc. This is sure to be an exciting week for everyone with lots of fantastic learning experiences for our pupils. Remember to follow us on Glow
Welcome back after the Easter Break and straight into the hard work again. We practiced our spelling words… Erin and Freya with beautiful work! And Lacey C came up with this excellent sentence all on her own! Thank you Lacey! Mason and Georgia played a maths game together! Mason is deep in thought but Georgia looks like she already knows the answer! A genuine ‘Clash of the Mathletes’! So glad
At the start of the year P7 partnered up with a P7 class from St Martha’s to complete a series of workshops around sectarianism in Glasgow. Since then we have completed lots of work on the history of sectarianism, and thoroughly enjoyed reading Divided City by Theresa Breslin, which is a story about two boys who support opposite football teams in Glasgow. This week we met up with St Martha’s
The boy and girls in Primary 1a performed a lovely Spring song in our Daffodil Tea. The song was called Spring Chicken and we shared it with all of the families and friends as they sat with a cup of tea/coffee and delicious cake. We had a fabulous time performing and we can’t wait to hear how much money Balornock raised for Marie Curie.
This week as part of our topic learning, we explored how and why Ancient Egyptians mummified each other. We learned three interesting facts: They take all the organs out of the body except the heart – Leoni They put the organs in special canopic jars – Leah They put salt on the organs to purify them – Liam Using this learning we then had the chance to mummify our
This week we have been exploring how computer coding works. You can use coding to make games and animations. Lewis really liked how it was quite challenging but when it worked it was really rewarding. In numeracy we were learning how to add fractions together. We got to pick three different worksheets as part of our chilli challenge. We have been working really hard converting fractions, decimals, and percentages. ” 0.25
Primary 1a were inspired by the WWF Earth Hour 2018 video and decided to write their own ‘Promises to the Planet’. Have a look at some of the promises that we have made to help look after our lovely planet: We have learned that making very simple, small changes can have a positive impact on the planet now and in the future. How are you going to show your support?… #thinkglobally #actlocally #itsourhome
Today Primary 4/3 were very lucky to go to the Mitchel Library for a Wee Write workshop. This morning was full of lots of fun and laughter, including performances from other schools and one of our favourite authors Julia Donaldson! She read her famous stories to us and our very own Leoni had the opportunity to go on stage and act out with her. Everyone had a ball and was
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