Category: Primary 7

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Primary 7 have had such a busy STEM week! It’s been packed. On Monday we did a lego build challenge to build a rocket using exactly 100 pieces. Next we did a build challenge with Coatbridge High to design and build a bridge that could hold as much weight as possible. It had to be a certain height and width and be an attractive design.

We conducted the bottle flip challenge in class. We had to use  a variety of different shapes and sizes of bottles and conduct an experiment to see what shape and size would flip the best.

Then Coatbridge High visited and gave us a maths problem to solve. We had to work out the cost to fill the classroom with malteasers.

We had the Science Centre visit us with great exhibits for us to explore on the human body and they even presenting a disgusting digestion show.

The next day we were visited by ‘The Shape Man’ who showed us how to make a dodecahedron with paper.

It was also Outdoor Classroom Day and we headed to the forest next to complete a technology challenge to build shelters in case it rained. We headed to another forest to complete a Citizen Science tree health survey next.

Finally, a particle physicist visited the class to talk to us about energy sources and answer our many questions.

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Primary 7 took part in the worldwide event Outdoor Classroom Day yesterday. Along with thousands of schools across the globe they spent the day learning outside. First primary 7 visited the forest near the school. They risk assessed the area and did some safety checks before joining teams. In their teams they constructed a shelter, encase it rained. They worked really well as a team and loved their dens so much they decided to have lunch in there. Next they walked to the local park, they were lucky with the weather and enjoyed running around in the sun. Their last task was to conduct an OPAL survey on tree health. They found their second forest base and worked in pairs to measure, categorise and assess the health of the local trees. It was a great day!

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Primary 7 had an amazing time at the Sky Academy yesterday. They worked together to decide who would be reporters, editors, producers, and camera operators when creating their very own news report. Their news report was on celebrity culture. The children took the lead and organised the entire report from script, costumes to backgrounds and editing. It was a brilliant opportunity and linked well with their topic- The World of World, where the children have been finding out the skills, qualities and qualifications they would need to pursue different career paths.

Primary 7 learning about the relationships between speed, distance and time, and a formula on how to work out speed.

Thank you Councillor McNally for visiting Primary 7 and presenting us with our Sumdog champion trophy. Primary 7 answered 1000 maths questions each both at home and in school, and managed to come first place out of all the schools that entered in North Lanarkshire.

Primary 7 have started their novel study ‘Holes’ by Louis Sachar. They are working fantastically well together to create Camp Greeen Lake.