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Primary 4/5, School Blog

Being Photographers and Climbers at Muirshiel Country Park!

Primary 4/5 had a fantastic day at Clyde Muirshiel Country Park, being out in nature and exploring.

Firstly, we took a walk along the Old Mine Track and were being Professional Photographers. Our challenge was to take pictures of three different topics, wildlife, flowers and a landscape picture, thinking about what people would like to see and if we were to sell them people would buy. Just like a professional photographer would do.

After a short break to recover, we set out to climb Windy Hill and explore even more. I am proud to announce that everyone made it to the very top of Windy Hill, which is 316 metres high!

After having lunch with a view, we climbed back down the hill and done some final exploring (with some of splashing in our wellies) before it was time to get back on the bus home.

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Electricity with P4/5

Yesterday, P4/5 had a exciting day learning about electricity and energy, this was chosen by them as a follow-on to their recent topic on extreme weathers.

The groups quickly established three types of renewable energy they wanted to research: Wind Power, Solar Power and Hydroelectricity. Using non-fiction books from our school library and the computers to find out facts they were able to tell others in the class what they had learnt.

Following on from this, we began to explore different energies,  what makes up electrical circuits and how circuits work. They were learning about the differences between series circuits and parallel circuits, along with the different symbols for electrical components: such as motors, cells and buzzers.

The class were very keen to create their own circuits using instructional diagrams and create their own diagrams using the electrical symbols.

We even got a special visit from Primary 2, who were that excited by our learning, that they wanted to find out about electricity also. So, P4/5 got the opportunity to be the teachers and teach the P2’s about some of the things they had been learning.

Primary 4/5 loved this opportunity to be the teacher:

“It was fun to talk to the P2’s and to help them learn about our topic.” Jack C

“It was tricky at the start, but by the end it was easier.” Keira

“It was quite hard to tell them something in an easier way.” Sienna

“It was a bit hard deciding what to teach the P2’s as we have learned lots.” Hannah

“They were all very good listeners.” Jennifer

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Numeracy Outdoor Learning P4/5

On Wednesday, Primary 4/5 used their numeracy skills out in the forest. The class were learning about tally marks and how they could be used. They decided to explore and use the tally marks to count the amount and different types of rubbish found in the woods.

Through exploring, they managed to finds lots of different types of rubbish including an old carpet and half a bike!

When they finished exploring and counting all the items, they returned to class and were able to put all the information they had collected and present it in bar graphs.

The class found that the most common item of rubbish found was different types of wrappers!

 

Primary 4/5, School Blog, Whole School News

P4/5 Outdoor Learning 26th February

Primary 4/5 had great fun today at woods, exploring, creating and creating descriptions of the forest to use in an upcoming piece of literacy. The children also learned about looking for hazards and being safe, in teams searching for hazards and marking these for their classmates, to ensure everyone’s safety.

The class thoroughly enjoyed making dens that their ‘potential’ characters could have lived in, and exploring what would be their characters home. Climbing, sliding, creating, being safe: all in a day’s work for our explorers.