This week, the boys in Primary D have been exploring Planet Earth with Astro Ted. We have also been exploring numbers with our alien friends, through the song, ‘5 Little Men in a Flying Saucer’. 
Primary C has been busy exploring Spring. We have been ‘nature detectives’, both in our school sensory garden and out in the community during our road safety walks, searching for signs of Spring! We have also been investigating some of our nature finds back in class and even using them as an art material.
Check out our Grasshoppers!
Pupils and staff came together on Tuesday afternoon to enjoy some ice-cream and dancing, all in aid of Brain Tumour Research UK, a cause close to our hearts. We had an Easter Bonnet parade with some amazing bonnets on display (competition was fierce among staff!) and, thanks to Deborah Weir of Primary A, everyone got to enjoy some ice-cream from Café Palazzo.
Here are some of our favourite photographs from the afternoon –
Pupils and staff alike enjoyed our visit from M & M Productions this afternoon with their production of ‘Jungle Book’ here in James McFarlane School. It was a lovely way to start our week back after our Easter break!
More photos will follow from our sensory workshop which followed the performance …
What a fantastic start to our STEAM week activities with an amazing visit from ‘Think Science’!
We explored Space rocks, dry ice (- using it to make huge clouds and for fun popping experiments), bubbles that you can catch and fun with a plasma ball. Lots of fun had by all!!
Lots of fun today during our ‘The Sky’s the Limit’ topic work exploring Venus with Astro Ted! We found out that Venus is the second plant from the sun, is covered in clouds and is incredibly hot. We also carried out some science experiments in class to represent volcanos – which there are lots of on Venus.
We then moved into the sensory studio to explore our own planets and stars that we painted, which glowed beautifully under the ultra violet light! To finish up our fun in the sensory studio we had great time using the different Space games on Magic Carpet!
Our Pupil Council hosted a whole school snack this morning to raise money for Comic Relief. Thanks to all our parents whose children were turned out beautifully in their red clothes, and to everyone who donated to this fabulous cause.
Our whole school snack was an amazing display of red foods and drinks which pupils enjoyed tasting and exploring.
Norman and Davie from Freewheel North came to James McFarlane this week and brought different cycles for our pupils to try. Lots of fun was had while we kept ourselves fit – especially those staff members who were battling hard against the wind!!
Primary C have been loving exploring space as part of their topic – The Sky’s the Limit!
Each week ‘Astro Ted’ travels up into space and visits different planets. When he comes back to planet Earth he brings his sparkly ‘galactic’ bag filled with information about each planet for us to explore! This week we have explored Mars. We had lots of different red items to explore – as we found out Mars it is often referred to as the ‘Red Planet’, and ice – because it is a very cold planet. Astro Ted also brought us red noses just for fun!
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