Primary 3 have had a fantastic week taking part in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) On Monday they carried out their own experiment called “Flying Film Canisters”. They mixed water and vitamin C tablets to create a mini explosion, propelling their canister up in to the air. They wrote a science report and discussed their hypothesis. On Tuesday they made their own balloon rockets and raced them against each other.
Primary 3 thought long and hard about who they wished to send their card to on Mothering Sunday. They talked about all the wonderful females in their lives who have helped and supported them. Have a look at their lovely cards….
We have been working extremely hard after an unexpected three days off due to that pesky Beast from the East! This week we have been learning how to round numbers to 1 decimal place and the link between fractions, decimals and percentages. “If the number is lower than five you round down, if it is higher than five you round up” – Leo “0.17 rounded to 1 decimal place would
A huge THANK YOU to all of the classes at Balornock that have taken part in Glasgow’s Earth Hour poster competition, I’m sure the judges will be very impressed! Good luck!
You may have noticed that some ‘new’ bins have recently appeared in our lunch hall?…. The Eco Heroes have decided to take steps towards helping minimise the amount of food being wasted in our school by encouraging everyone at Balornock to put on their Eco thinking caps when clearing up after they have eaten! We now have three separate bins in our lunch hall and would encourage everyone to use accordingly.
Well we did manage to have 2 fun days in literacy week. They were full of parent, staff and pupil involvement and reading was the name of the game. As we hide away from the weather today remember that it is World Book Day so use your day off school to celebrate your love of books. Read as much as you can, maybe build a snow library or something exciting.
Primary 2 have been learning how to ask someone their name, and how to reply in French! As it’s literacy week in Balornock we thought we could try it with some of our favourite book and film characters! We loved it! Ask us about it when you see us! We’d love to teach you too!
What a busy and full week we have had! Those who went to Ardentinny have finally recovered, and we have lots of pictures to share with everyone! This week in P7a we introduced ‘Talking Buddies’. Our talking buddy is the person we can talk to about work to clarify instructions, share ideas, and peer assess. It is a great way for us to be more independent in preparation for high
The boys and girls in Primary 1a have been learning all about city and island life as part of their Social Studies topic this term. We have been exploring island life using digital learning e.g maps, videos, photographs and also through the context of Katie Morag stories. Our home learning project was to build a model or make a picture of the different landmarks on the Isle of Struay. Here
P7b have been trying out some programming, we’re getting the hang of making code so we can start making games and animations!
