Today we took part in the RSPB’s Big Schools’ Birdwatch. We got our waterproofs and wellies on and headed out to the garden to sit and look and listen for the different species of birds that live in our area. Stay tuned for the results of our survey!
P5 welcomed 200 brown trout eggs last week and we have been looking after them very carefully. We have been monitoring the temperature, adding ice to keep it cool and checking for eggs that haven’t survived.
P5 are so enthusiastic and we are looking forward to Wullie paying us another visit on Wednesday.
Today we were lucky enough to welcome some visitors from the Science Centre into Glenmanor. They taught us all about how our bodies use energy and helped us carry out an experiment, creating a battery circuit and measuring the energy in a variety of liquids. We also took part in a ‘pain’ experiment where we had to hold our hands in icy water, then try again with music to see if it helped to distract us from the cold! We really enjoyed this science experience.
Some of the boys and girls helped to plant courgettes, cabbages and runner beans in our vegetable beds. We hope our crops are are good as last year!
P4 designed their own birds of the future, complete with suitable adaptations to live in a world different from the present. Some had the ability to live underwater, some could glow in the dark and others were adapted to eat litter! What an imaginative class!
P4 worked hard on a collaborative art display and created this wonderful proud peacock! They looked closely at photographs of peacocks and observed details to include in their own feathers. Doesn’t Mr Peacock look great!
Primary 5/6 have had a great week making 3 different dishes for each of them to enjoy. On Monday it was macaroni cheese and some pupils were not too keen to make this as it had lots of cheese! Tuesday was far more popular as we made pancakes in order to support their learning of Shrove Tuesday. Needless to say, the option of the toppings made it all that little bit better.
Today, we got to further develop the skills of reading a recipe, cutting, grating, frying, shaping, timing and reducing a sauce. It was great to see the pupils working together and working through each process. A great week and we are all looking forward to our next block of cooking.
Well done P5/6!!
Primary 5/6 pupils have enjoyed learning about different aspects of electricity. As they progressed and deepened their knowledge of the impact that electricity has on their lives and how vital this is in today’s modern living, I taught the pupil’s about circuits and the journey that electricity takes to reach the circuit.
At the end of the block of teaching and learning, the class had the challenge of working out how to build a circuit. Some were to make a bulb light up, whilst others got a fan and a buzzer to work. Some progressed onto adding circuit breakers and even adding more to their circuit to make the bulb even brighter. What an achievement and I am so proud that they were highly motivated and each thoroughly enjoyed the time spent carrying this out.
P4 did some research this afternoon on the lungs. This is in preparation for learning how to write an explanation text tomorrow.
Today, Primary 4 found out all about sugar.
We watched an informative video which told us all about the affect sugar can have on our bodies and learned that growing children should have no more than 16 grams of sugar per day. We thought back to what we had eaten over the past 24 hours and were surprised to discover that many of us were over that limit! Take a look at some of your favourite treats and read the sugar content – you may get a shock!
