Outdoor Classroom Day 2019 – 23rd May

We took Maths and Literacy lessons outside! Thank goodness for the sunshine!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Technologies

We were educated on safe social media use by Police Scotland and South Ayrshire Council.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outdoor Learning

The P7s had a superb time paddle boarding at Girvan beach. This was followed by a beach clear up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health and Wellbeing

Our inter-house games championship was hotly contested!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health and Wellbeing

Some members of our class took part in a Futsal tournament at Girvan Academy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STEM Competition

To build the tallest structure using sheets of A4 paper.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Listening and Talking

We have had some brave visitors in our class who we have provided with constructive feedback on their personal projects.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maths

To finish off our 3D shape topic we created an artistic structure as a class using various 3D shapes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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IDL – STEM

The P5-7s took part in a short rocket building topic to test their creative skills. Well done to the winning team!

Alloway Burns’ Supper

Well done to William and Harry who were chosen to perform, “Address to a Haggis,” at the Alloway Burns’ Supper at Ayr Town Hall. Both boys performed with confidence and did a great job memorising the poem. They also got to enjoy performances from other schools and a special Scottish snack.

Mock Court

On Monday 21st January, children from p7/6 attended a mock trial at Ayr Sheriff Court. Each child had a role to play such as solicitor, witness, writer, artist and gown maker. The class was split into two teams, the defenders and pursuers. Our pursuers were against Sacred Heart Primary and the defenders were against Fenwick Primary. The case was about damage done during a house party at Mr and Mrs Byte’s house while they were on holiday. The pursuers were trying to claim money back for the damage from the insurance company. Our defenders won their case. Our pursuers gave excellent evidence but their opponents were only found liable for a small amount of the damage.

The whole class worked really hard on this project, which included lots of writing, maths, art and drama. The children enjoyed getting to see a real courtroom and meeting real solicitors and sheriffs.

P5,6 & 7 put a lot of hard work into preparing for the Burns Supper and it certainly showed on the evening.  Please enjoy a little part of it in the videos below.

What a wonderful party everyone had, delightful dancing, great games and super snacks.

This term we have been learning about light and lenses in Science. We have enjoyed investigating with microscopes, magnifying glasses, mirrors and torches. We also made our own kaleidoscopes.

     

Our topic was Australia. We did lots of research and wrote information texts. We also created our own “Visit Australia” adverts and did some Aborigine artwork.

Primary 7 enjoyed an ACE day where they went mountain biking. The course was quite challenging but all of the children did well.

This term we have also been working on a Mock Court project. We have had visits from a solicitor who has helped us to write an initial writ and plan a defence based on a scenario where damage was done at a party. Each child has taken on a role such as court artist, writer, researcher, gown maker or witness. Jack and Lennon have both been doing a fantastic job of being a solicitor. Next term we will visit the court in Ayr to act out our scenario with other schools so we will need lots of practice!