Category Archives: Masterclass

GARDENING CLUB, outdoor learning, P5-7 'THE BIG CLASS'

Creativity with Culzean Clay

07/06/2017 Mrs Hamilton Leave a comment

We had great fun being creative with Culzean Clay to create models of sea creatures. These will be on sale at our ‘Fisherton Festival’ on the 28th of June.

We had great fun being creative with Culzean Clay to create models of sea creatures. These will be on sale at our ‘Fisherton Festival’ on the 28th of June.

We had collected this clay while we were exploring the caves at Culzean during our residential visit.

We talked about how the clay smelled and it reminded us of our time in the caves at Culzean. We thought the clay looked like chocolate and wondered if it might taste like chocolate brownies!! The clay felt very soft and squidgy, and it made a thudding sound when we dropped it on the table.

FOOD TECHNOLOGY CLUB, P5-7 'THE BIG CLASS'

P7 Leavers Dinner

07/06/2017 Mrs Hamilton Leave a comment

We had a wee treat night at Pizza Hut and we all enjoyed a scrumptious meal!

We’ll certainly miss this bunch of P7’s and are ensuring we enjoy our last couple of weeks learning with them.

ECO COMMITTEE, GARDENING CLUB, outdoor learning, P5-7 'THE BIG CLASS', Sport, Uncategorized

Dolphin House 2017

30/05/2017 Mrs Hamilton 4 Comments

We have arrived and the bed making giggles have begun!

Fun first day….. Park walk, beach talk, cycling, marshmallow toasting, hot chocolate drinking movie night awesomeness.

Day 2….

Beach yoga, perfect porridge, teepee playing, coasteering and rock pooling……all before midday!!

And the activities continued all day in the gorgeous sunshine!

Day 3 activities included more abseiling, caving and archery. Nearly time for D.I.S.C.O night!

Famous DH final night disco has definitely not dissapointed! Some awesome moves AND live acts.

FOOD TECHNOLOGY CLUB, P1-4 'THE WEE CLASS'

CO-OP Support

19/05/2017 Mrs Hamilton Leave a comment

Thanks to the CO-OP in Doonfoot for providing us with some fruits and vegetables for our healthy eating projects.

GARDENING CLUB, outdoor learning, P1-4 'THE WEE CLASS', P5-7 'THE BIG CLASS'

Outdoor Learning Afternoon – 3

10/05/2017 Mrs Hamilton Leave a comment

We had a great afternoon down the beach. We working in our houses to create bug hotels. They were all very different. We think the little creatures will love them!

We also created some transient art to show what we think about Outdoor learning.

We worked together, had fun, enjoyed the outdoors, and respected our environment.

GARDENING CLUB, outdoor learning, P5-7 'THE BIG CLASS'

Outdoor Learning Day 2

02/05/2017 Mrs Hamilton Leave a comment

Today got artistic and messy outdoors. We have been thinking about inherited traits, evolution and why organisms adapt and change over time. We decide that we would ‘evolve’….hairstyles, wizards and teachers!

After scavenging to find painting tools we got started. We had to work in teams to complete our creations then explain their evolution process to the rest of the class.

Here is what we thought and learned….

GARDENING CLUB, P5-7 'THE BIG CLASS'

Outdoor Learning Afternoon 1

25/04/2017 Mrs Hamilton Leave a comment

This term we’ll be having some outdoor learning afternoons. This week we planted seeds, made predictions, sketched plants and talked about ‘living things’.

We have decided to see what things will make a difference to how the plants grow. Some will have no light, some will have no water and some will have no air. We will also grow some plants outside and some inside. We have a special box with a window that will allow is to see how roots grow.

We had some great discussions about living things and asked the question… ‘is a seed alive?’

Holly taught us about the magic that happens with seeds and taught us a new word…. Germinate.

For a seed to germinate it needs a WOW!!

W…….ater O……xygen W……..armth

And then the magic happens!!

ECO COMMITTEE, Uncategorized

Beach Clean-up

19/04/2017 Mrs Hill Leave a comment

Thank you and well done to all the volunteers who helped clean up Dunure Beach on Saturday 1st April 2017. The Beach Clean-Up is an annual event organised by the Ayrshire Rotary Clubs. This is the second year Fisherton Primary pupils have supported this good cause. 565 bags were collected along the Ayrshire Coastal Path, from Troon to Girvan. Almost 3,000 plastic bottles were found along the way and the Rotary Clubs have been making us aware of the problems plastic bottles are causing in our waters.

Please remember to always dispose of litter properly. Thank you, Fisherton ECO Committee

ECO COMMITTEE

BEACH CLEAN

29/03/2017 Mrs Hill Leave a comment

Fisherton Primary ECO Committee & Ayrshire Rotary Clubs are looking for volunteers to help them clean up along Dunure Beach on Saturday 1st April 2017 between 9.30am-12noon. Please meet at Harbour Cafe at 9.30am to have a safety talk from Ronnie Wilson from Ayr Rotary Club. Everyone Welcome!

Thank you

Finlay, Aidan, Amalie, Kyle, Meghan & Harvey

MEDIA CLUB, P1-4 'THE WEE CLASS', P5-7 'THE BIG CLASS'

Media Club on Tasty Term Three

23/03/2017 Mrs Hamilton Leave a comment

Hello folks, Media Master Class here! We’re going to give you a wee run down of term 3 in Fisherton primary. It has been another busy and exciting term for the pupils and staff in our school.

The term kicked off with us learning Scots poems and getting ready for our bodacious, brilliant Burns Supper. We have been improving our reading, talking and listening skills in Bookclub. Our Bookclub is going to be sooooooooooo much more exciting and interesting now because we have some nifty, new books. An amazing experience happened down at the harbour and we got taught what they do on a film set!

Information on these events and MUCH MORE can be read about in our P5, P6 and P7 newspapers.

Our learning theme was ‘In The News’ and we have learned loads about how news is reported, published, transmitted, produced and broadcast. We have even been gathering Word Aware words relating to the news, to help grow our vocabulary. Check out how much our vocabulary has grown already! By summer out tree will be bursting with words.

Highlights…

I liked doing the shapes in maths because we got to trace them and I liked the ‘I’m thinking of a shape’ game. I learned what a polygon is. I like listening to the Hobbit because we got to bring our own teddy or cushion to school which helps us get comfy.

I think working in our year groups was a highlight for me because in term 1 and term 2 we weren’t very good at co-operation and every 2 seconds it was an argument. I think our skills have definitely improved this term which has made working in our groups much more fun and enjoyable.

I like doing bookclub because I’m in P4 and it means I get to work with the big class. I enjoy the challenge because I think it is quite fun.

I have liked this term because of bookclub and our new books. Spiderwick was a really good book!! Jammin’ Andy was also fun and I liked the fitness activities.

In term 4 we are looking forward to…

Our new head teacher, Mrs Holland coming back, Dolphin House, Maidens Tournament, P7 leavers….and much more!!

Watch this space for all our fun updates……Media club signing out!!

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