St Kevin's Primary and Nursery

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This week Primary 5/6 enjoyed listening to everyone’s fabulous and very interesting personal talks .

The wide range of subjects the children had decided to speak about was fantastic . We were particularly focused on speaking with loud and clear voices , maintaining eye contact with the audience and trying to make good use of props , photographs and PowerPoint presentations to hold the listeners attention . What amazing bunch of confident individuals !

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We are thoroughly enjoying learning about Planet Earth . This week we have been learning about how the continents of the world have changed over time .  We now know that the Earth’s surface is made up of tectonic plates and that these have moved over millions of years .

We enjoyed watching video clips of Iceland . This demonstrated where the North American and Eurasian plates are moving apart .

We are really looking forward to exploring Volcanoes next week at school .

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This week the children have been doing two different science experiments.  The first one was with water balloons, were they had to freeze them overnight and then submerge them in cold water the next day to see if they would float or sink.  This was to show how icebergs float and also to show the children that the majority of an iceberg is below the water.

The second experiment was using ice cubes, string and salt water.  The pupils placed the ice cube into salt water then put the string into the cup. The string then attached onto the ice cube showing that ice survives and lasts longer in salt water.

The pupils had great fun and worked co-operatively and as mixed teams.

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Hello from Primary two

This week in Primary 2 as part of our topic  Castles we have designed and have made a crown using a  variety of materials and methods.  We have been learning why Kings and Queens traditionally wear crowns.  We have used ICT to observe and discuss different crown designs and have learned about the precious metal and stones which are part of a crown.  We know from our research that a crown is a symbol of power, glory and royalty.  This activity has been an excellent way in which to extend the vocabulary of the children.   The crowns formed an impressive, colourful display around our castle on our wall frieze.

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We started building our igloo today in nursery. The children were very excited. We are having great fun and recycling at the same time.

Our latest trio of special helpers.