Building Bug Hotels

In the class of p6/7 we have been learning about the different bugs in our trim trail. We have a different variety’s of bugs like spiders, beetles, ants, cockroaches, worms and more! We found these bugs by using different items like a blanket to catch bugs and a card board square the blanket was used to hover under trees held by to people and one would shake the tree and bugs were

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All Living Things Topic Update

My class have been doing a sience specific topic, we even got trout to tie into it. We have been learning all about flowers, bugs and animals. The topic is called All Living Things. Our class got trout from Clyde in the Classroom and a man called Willy from the River Clyde Foundation came in and told us how well our fish were developing. We had a lot of fun

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P6 and P7

P6 and p7 have been learning about All Living Things. So we got 200 brown trout eggs to look after then we would release them in to our local burn.  When the trout go into the burn 80% die and 20% live. People from Rockie Rock stars have taught us songs. One is called Never Give Up its a song telling us Never to give up they are really good.  The school are

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Releasing Trout

This term room7 received 200 trout eggs from a man called Willie. Every day we had to check the temperature and take out the dead trout. Every Tuesday Willie came to our school to see how we were getting on with them. Friday 11th March room7 where releasing the trout into the local burn .Before we went, Willie came and talked to us then he transferred the trout into tubs.

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Trout Release

On Friday the 11th of March Kirk o ‘Shotts were getting ready to go and let their brown trout go We were all full of emotions. We had to have suitable clothing and proper shoes that wouldn’t get wet. When we got all of that on, Willie, the man who comes in and checks on them every Tuesday put the brown trout into little tubs so we could take them

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All Living Things

All living things is Room Seven’s topic. It is about animals like amphibians and mammals and also plants and flowers. My favourite part was the plants and flowers because it was so interesting and it was amazing because these plants have female and male parts on them. All Living Things ties in with Clyde in the Classroom which is when we get brown trout eggs from the River Clyde Foundation and raise them

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Topic and Events

In primary 6/7 we have been doing exciting things in Kirk o’Shotts Primary. Our topic is All Living Things. It is its all about habitats and different types of animals. We have been learning about reptiles, mammals, birds and amphibians, it is a lot of fun. There has been a lot of events in Kirk o’Shotts Primary. We’ve had a company called Rookie Rock Stars. They teach us songs and

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Releasing Trout!

Primary 6/7 were given 200 trout eggs and they had to hatch them and once they were hatched they were to release them into their local burn. A man named ‘Willie’ came in every week to talk about how the trout are doing and they also got to ask him some questions at the end. Primary 6/7 had great fun raising the trout and hope that most if them will

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Buried Treasure – Science

We investigated how to make coins shiny using things you would find around the house. We used brown sauce, vinegar, Cif, Coke and Flash. Which do you think worked best……? Here are some pictures of us cleaning them. Maybe we can transfer our cleaning skills to the house now!