Applegrove’s successful Cross Country season was rounded off in style. On Tuesday 28th March, 4 teams of 6 competed at the Moray Primary Schools Cross Country held at Lossie High.  Nearly 200 children, form 37 primary schools, ran in each of the four age group races.

This year, it was the boys that really shone. Both the P4/5 and P6/7 boys teams each won the trophy for the winning overall school.

The runners showed excellent sportsmanship and were a pleasure to be with.  The school values of challenge, motivation and kindness were all in evidence, not to mention resilience.  They are a credit to Applegrove and we are very proud of you all. Continue reading →

The TOPS Engineers group have been busy this term working on flight challenges.  However our first challenge was a team building task where we had 18 minutes to build a structure made from spaghetti that would hold a marshmallow on top.  All we had was a bit of string and tape to help us. This was really challenging, especially when our spaghetti kept snapping!

We then moved on to our flight activities.  First came the balloon jet engine task where we had to create a balloon  rocket.  This was thrust along a piece of string. We had a little competition to see whose balloon jet flew across the classroom first .

Next we made a hoop glider that floated through the air. It worked because the two sizes of the hoop helped to keep the straw balanced as it flew, producing lift.

We also followed instructions to make a paper helicopter.  The helicopter had to be held high and thrown upwards to launch it.  We tried slow motion filming to capture the movement through the air.

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Written by the TOPS Engineers  group.