Primary 2 were learning about how to organise and display information.
First of all we had a bundle of bricks which we arranged to find out which colour we had most of. We realised that it was much easier to stack them up…it looked a bit like a graph!
After the bricks we looked at how to sort our shoes!
We sorted them into a graph too…
There are not-shiny velcro shoes, boots, slip ons and shiny velcro shoes.
We talked about why there were no lace up shoes and most people said that they had velcro shoes because they felt safer and were easy to fasten.
We began by investigating static electricity. We were able to pick up small pieces of paper and even bend water using polystyrene rods. We even made our own ‘lightning’ – which was a shocking experience for the volunteers!
Next tried to figure out how to make the bulb light up using the equipment in our kits.
In our next experiment we found out about conductors and insulators and used this knowledge in our first challenge; to design working switches.
Design Challenges
We were given a selection of materials and had to come up with our own design for a working switch. Then we tested them by connecting them into a circuit to control a light bulb.
Trying out our ideasHard work is never easy!Success!OffOn!
2. Our next challenge was to build an electronic quiz game.
We used our knowledge of conductors and insulators to connect 5 questions to 5 answers using strips of kitchen foil insulated with masking tape.
The questions and answers were arranged in a secret, random order.
The light bulb lit up when we chose the correct answer because the foil completed the circuit.
Primary 2 pupils enjoy two sessions in the gym each week. Today we started our block of Gymnastics. We learned the names and positions of gymnastic shapes like pike, straddle, Y, T and bridge…we worked hard but it was fun and we even played gymnastics tig!
On Wednesdays, we have been using lots of different skills as we spend time at each circuit. We have been doing running, hockey, dribbling a ball and lots more! It is so much fun and great to show how much we are learning!
Primary 2 love learning German. They can count to 12 and talk about their feelings. We have been learning instructions in German. Felix (the frog) and Franzi (the duck) are always there to help us!
Thanks to everyone involved in making our Halloween Disco a huge success last night. The children had a great time, their costumes were fantastic and their behaviour was excellent.
Thanks to our wonderful PTA for organising the event and preparing the goodie bags. Thanks to the great turn out of parent helpers who came along to help. Thanks to the teachers who gave up their own time to support the event and to ‘Disco Dave’ for making it a great night.
