For the Spring Fayre we decided to sell decorated mugs. We bought plain mugs and decorated them with Sharpies. After putting them in the oven, the design was set on to the mug. These sold really well and we were only left with 3 out of 33!

We also made a treasure map and asked people to guess the co-ordinates in which the treasure was hidden. Myia and Carrie designed our map. This was a really popular stall and in the end, Kaiden from Primary 5/6 guessed the winning spot!

Our final stall was ‘Guess how many sweets are in the jar?’ In the end, 3 people guessed the same correct amount of 101! Their names were put in a hat and Tianna in Primary 4/3 won the jar of sweets!

On Thursday we were set a challenge to use nets of 3D shapes to construct a model. We had to be able to tell each other what shapes we had used and what our final product was. We worked with a partner to complete this task. Here are some pictures of us in action…

“I really enjoyed the task and thought it was great getting to make the final structure.” Lilia.

“I liked getting to work with my friend. Another partnership let us borrow some of their shapes because they were finished first.” Kristopher.

“It was a great experience and helped me to remember the names of each 3D shape.” Katie.

“I thought the task was challenging but fun! I found it most difficult to join the different 3D shapes.” George.

Here are some of the finished models…

Afton and Morgan – a hospital.

This week we started exploring the apothecary garden as part of our John Muir Award. We went outside and did a rough sketch arial view sketch of what is already there. The boxes were not in the best condition and there were only a few chives and some chamomile planted.

Our plan is to make the area look better and plant some new apothecary plants. We have been researching these types of plants and some of our ideas are rosemary, garlic, basil, lavender and caraway.

Here are some images of us exploring the plants and drawing our plans.

This week, we welcomed some visitors to talk to us about the professions they work in. Brodie’s Dad, Mr Slaven, came to talk to us about his role in ICT. He discussed his job role, working hours and what his general responsibilities are. It was really interesting to hear about the types of tasks he has to do throughout a working day. Mr Slaven’s company provides technical support for technology used within small and larger businesses.

Myia’s Dad, Mr Scott, also came in to talk about his profession. He works for a company who supplies parts which are used in the process of milking cows. Mr Scott is responsible for an area from the very north of Scotland down to Manchester so is his job requires quite a lot of travelling. Mr Scott began his working life milking cows and therefore he is very passionate about his job as it is something which he has always had an interest in.

We all came up with some excellent questions to pose to our visitors to ensure that we found out lots of relevant and interesting information.

On Wednesday 29th March, Miss Scott, a science teacher at Auchenharvie, came to help us with a science experiment. Prior to her visit we had been learning about microbes and both their dangers and beneficial uses.

For our experiment, we were investigating how microbes can be used in the production of cheese. We had to use a variety of equipment such as test tubes, timers, measuring cylinders, water baths, milk and rennet.

In groups, we investigated different factors such as how volume of milk, volume of rennet and type of milk affected the cheese production.

We all thoroughly enjoyed the experience and found it excellent to have some hands on experience in working with microbes.

To celebrate Red Nose Day we came to school dressed in red and donated £1. We hope that lots of money is raised for the charities which Red Nose Day supports.

Today we invited our parents and carers in to join us while we participated in some ICT activities. We rotated around 3 groups looking at Sumdog and Study Ladder, Glow and iMovie. We demonstrated to our parents and carers how these different activities work and they got to join in while we moved round each group. It was great for them to see the sorts of ICT activities which we use in school to enhance our knowledge and understanding across different curricular areas.

“I like doing ICT so thought it was great that I could show my mum what we can do.” Brodie

“It was fun to see that our parents were interested in what we were doing in ICT. I think my mum enjoyed coming in.” Afton

“I got Mrs Blair and Kristopher to dance for my iMovie. My mum was too embarrassed to join in too!” Morgan

After learning about James Watt and the contributions he made to the development of steam trains, Mrs Muir set us the challenge of making our own train. We were to use a motor (not steam) to make our model move.

Using KNEX, we had to make a train that could carry two tennis balls along the length of two tables.

We only had one successful team – well done Emma, Reece, Jason, Lewis, Brodie and Sophie.

All the teams made great looking trains, many of which were too heavy for the small motor to move.

On Thursday 9th March author Angela Proctor visited the school. She shared a chapter of one of her books with us and spoke to us about being an author. We all loved hearing her story and were really inspired by hearing about how she became an author. She encouraged us to start young and make sure that we note down any story ideas we have on paper. She explained that after writing thousands of words for a new story, her ipad broke and all that she had written was lost! T the end of the visit, we were given the chance to purchase one of her books and have it signed.

The Eco Committee arranged a whole school litter pick to help clear up our school grounds. We were in charge of tidying the field area and we were amazed by the amount of rubbish which we collected.

“I think the amount of litter we found was appalling!” James

“Emma and I thought it was awful that we found things left behind by people who shouldn’t have been in our school grounds.” Lilia

“We filled all of the rubbish we found into black bin bags.” Thomas

“I was in disbelief at all of the rubbish we gathered up.” Afton

“I was shocked when I saw how much rubbish there was from one area.” Celine