Room 10 have some amazing news to share! When the boys and girls arrived at school this morning, two tiny chicks had hatched. A boy and a girl, called Kaka and Dougal. We are able to identify the gender of the chicks because the boys have yellow feathers, and the girls have brown feathers. Everyone was over the moon and so excited!! Children from across the school came to visit our two new additions. Later on in the day, Room 10
boys and girls witnessed something incredible, as two more eggs hatched right in front of their eyes!! Another boy and girl, called Augustine and Pipper. Kaka and Dougal have now fluffed up and are enjoying living in their brooder box, Pipper and Augustine will join them tomorrow morning. The boys and girls have also began caring for our new arrivals by making sure they have plenty of water to drink. They do not need fed within the first day of being hatched, as they are using up all the nutrients and vitamins from the egg yolk. The whole school is absolutely delighted with the new arrivals, and we can’t wait to meet the rest of the chicks!!

Our  Primary 1 Scientists have been busy at work

• Let’s Investigate – Squeaky Clean
• We are learning what is the best liquid for cleaning.
• Success Criteria
• I can talk about liquids that clean (detergents)
• I can give my own experiences of a cleaning liquid such as: washing up liquid, shampoo or bubble bath.
• I can help to plan for the investigation, changing only one variable.
• I can make my guess.
• I can observe and record the changes.
• I can talk about the result and make my conclusions.
• We needed 3 bottles, water and 3 detergents
• We put the same amount of water into 3 bottles of the same size.
• We put the same amount of liquid into the three bottles but we changed the type of liquid.
• We used – washing up liquid, Shampoo and Bubble Bath
• We made our prediction.
• We shook the bottles to make bubbles.
• We observed and measured the height of the bubbles.
• We recorded the results and made our conclusions.

We noted that the washing up liquid produced the most bubbles and was the strongest detergent.

Our Health Week is well underway with children enjoying orienteering, Tesco food tasting and cooking.  Here are a few pictures that capture the week so far!!

The first of our First Holy Communion Services took place on Sunday with 14 wonderful children who participated fully in the service and were a real credit to their families, the school and the parish.  Well done boys and girls you were all amazing.  A big thank you to Father Kane, Greg McHugh the organist and also the musicians who made the service so perfect for everyone.  A special thanks to the children who came along and formed our choir for the service, you were a ll stars.  A big thank you is also extended  to the ladies in the hall who provided a lovely Communion breakfast for the children and the tea and coffee for staff and parents.

The boys and girls of Room 10 are bursting with news as they have received and extra special delivery  – 9  fertilised chicken eggs.  They are getting ready to hatch in side the incubator which needs to be kept at 37.7 degrees.  The children have already made sure there is plenty of water inside the incubator as the eggs need a humid climate.  The eggs are due to hatch on either Wednesday or Thursday so the excitement is immense.  The class can’t wait to begin caring for their new additions to the class.

Our wonderful Pr. 3 and 4 pupils set off to represent the school for the first time at a Junior Cross Country event that was held last week at Coatbridge Outdoor Sports Centre.  Mrs.Elder reported that the children were bursting with enthusiasm and did a wonderful job.  They were so fit and healthy they wanted to run again. The visit tied in beautifully with the children’s Interdisciplinary Learning on the Olympics.  Later in the week they deepened their knowldege with a visit to Tesco where they learned about the types of food from Brazil and also learned about the diets athletes and sports people need in order to prepare their bodies for competing.  A truly inspirational week.