Today P7 cycled to Kinloss for a Rugby Festival that had been organised by Kinloss Kestrels and Active Schools for the Forres Schools – Pilmuir, Logie, Dallas, Kinloss and Applegrove.

Applegrove, being the bigger school, was split into 2 groups and everyone participated in 8 different activities that developed their Rugby skills – passing, kicking and tackling. Great fun was had by all. Some activities awarded points and others were just for fun.

After an hour and a half of activity the scores were in. Tensions mounted as the results were read out. Applegrove 2 were the eventual winners – well done to them 🙂

It was then time for the long cycle back to school – thankfully everyone made it and it was certainly a quiet afternoon in P7 classes!

Many thanks to Active Schools, Kinloss Kestrels and the parents who helpd to get us all there!

Today P7 pupils went along to the Town Hall to participate in a London Science Museum Show.

This was a show all about Electricity and pupils learned all about static electricity, the history of electicity development and famous scientists such as Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, Michael Faraday and Alessandro Volta.

They also got to watch some exciting experiments using the Van de Graff Generator and the Tesla Machine. Talia Pearson and Alex Ross were picked from the audience to participate in one of the demonstrations. Mrs Hunter was also chosen to help with one of the more dangerous experiments!

Today, P6/7M spent hardly any time in the classroom but lots of learning was to be done!

The day started off with a visit to the Mosset Burn Flood Alleviation Scheme where they learnt about why this is an imprortant feature in Forres’ future. The visit linked to their learning about Natural Disasters and how Global Warming is increasing the risk of flooding in our area. They learnt that the scheme acts like a bath and will hold back the river water letting only a little bit at a time out through the ‘plug’ therefore reducing the risk of flooding. This means that our homes, businesses and wildlife is not in danger. They also learnt about the role of a Civil Engineer and have realsised that maths and communication skills are vital for this job! A big thankyou to Kenna and Stuart for giving their time to tell us about the flood alleviation.

After lunch it was back to the outside for some Numeracy. They used chalks, sticks and pine cones to represent clocks on the playground. Each clock represented the start time of a film and beside it the pupils wrote how long their film lasted. Pairs then swapped around and had to calculate the end times of the films. This built on what we had been learning in class. Lots of the pupils felt that drawing the big clocks really helped them with calculating the durations.

Finally the day ended with PE. Groups had worked together to design small activities to improve throwing and catching skills. Today the groups shared their activities and we all got a chance to try out each others ideas. There has certainly been an improvement in throwing and catching.

P6/7M have been learning about Natural Disasters this term and were set a number of challenges as homework tasks. It has been interesting to see the different ways they have completed these tasks. Lots of thinking and creativity going on here as well as an understanding of disasters shown. There has also been pictures of extreme weather, drawing of survival kits and houses that will withstand floods. Well done to all 🙂

Well after last weeks disappointment of having to cancel Sports Day due to the weather, it was fingers crossed for today! And what a superb afternoon of events we had and the weather turned out not too bad either 🙂

Sports day got off to a great start with the Flat race with superb efforts and some great speed by many. Next up was the skipping with everyone trying their best – a multitude of styles was seen! The Tattie and Sppon race proved tricky with many loosing their tatties. Resilience shone through and everyone made it to the finish line with their tatties in tack. After that it was the sack race which everyone enjoyed, even those who managed to stumble along the way! Each year group also fielded relay teams which were cheered on by all.

After a great afternoon, it was time for the mums and dads races. There was a good turn out for both and they were closely fought battles but all in the spirit of good fun.

The classes then gathered round for the most important part of the day – the reults. It was a very close result with just 3 points separating 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Congratulations to ……. DOUGLAS.

We have just had word from the Active School Coordinators to inform us that the P7 cycle run to Culbin is cancelled due to the bad weather.

Don’t forget to get your team entry in for the PTA Quiz Night that takes place at 7pm on Friday 27th May at The Mosset Tavern.
Teams should be a maximum of 5 with no more than 2 adults (one of which must be over 18). Entry is £10 per team and includes tea/coffee/juice and Stovies. The bar will also be open for those who wish to purchase their own refreshments.

The questions are all ready with rounds on Music, Sport, Entertainment, Scottish Culture, Kids, Pictures, Applegrove – there’s something for everyone!

The winning team will receive a £50 Cinema voucher with prizes of £30 and £20 for second and third place.

Get your family together for a fun filled evening 🙂

On Saturday 7th May, Ashley Donald (P7) represented the school at the Scottish School Badminton Championships in Perth.

There were about 60 girls playing in the singles matches.  Ashley comfortably won all her her pools games putting her into the knock-out round with 31 other girls.
Her badminton skills were put to good use again as she beat a girl from West End in the first round and a girl from Ayrshire in the next round.  She was now into the final 8 girls! Despite playing to her strengths she was unfortunately beaten by the same girl who knocked her out last year! After a long day of playing, she was very happy to rank within the top 8 🙂
At Applegrove, we are all proud of her achievements and wish her continued success.

On Tuesday 12th P6 and P7 were transported back in time to the Victorian Era at Brodie Castle.

The visit was to bring together everything they learnt last term.  They dressed up as people who lived in the castle so that they could re-enacted scenarios in various rooms of the castle.

A big thank you to the staff at Brodie for allowing us to visit and for helping us to learn about what life was like in the Victorian times.