Congratulations to Nathan, Kieran, Jack and Aidan who were all awarded certificates at Friday’s assembly.
Nathan won our Numeracy Award this week. Kieran received his certificate for his science work and Jack and Aidan were our proud Dojo Champs. Well done to you all.
Today we made some scientific discoveries.
We investigated soluble and insoluble substances. We found that some substances(solute) dissolve in water(solvent) and some substances don’t!
We also found that some substances dissolve better when the water is heated. We had to be very carefully using the spirit burner and when working with the different chemical substances.
Finally, we have set up an experiment to grow crystals and recover a dissolved substance. Each house is growing a different colour…..we are wondering which crystals will be the biggest??
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!!
As part of our interdisciplinary learning we will be carrying out some science experiments. We have created our own laboratory and are very eager to get started……Middlemist school of magical scientific discovery begins!
Our chemistry……or ‘potions’ investigations will see us exploring soluble and insoluble, mixing and separating liquids, chemical reactions and medicines that help/hurt us.
Our biology…..or ‘herbology’ investigations will see us exploring plants, living things and inheritated traits. We’ll be planting seeds, investigating the parts of a plant and looking at how plants reproduce.
Here is our lab. We will be very careful to follow all the safety rules.
Today we started to practise our debating skills. We are really looking forward to the Carrick Cluster Competition.
We are all back and rested after our holiday. We have been looking at how many days P7 have left of primary school……forever!! 
With Dolphin House, long weekends, Carrick visit, sports day, trip ect……….. we really don’t have much time left of this school year.
We have spent this morning thinking about our targets for the term. We have set 4 SMART targets each.
Health and Wellbeing, Literacy and Numeracy targets have all been set. We also set a personal choice target. We’ll be assessing how we are doing each week.
P5-7 are busy planning their learning theme for next term, which will see us creating our very own school of magic!!! We came up with a name for our school of magic and it will be called….
Middlemist School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
I wonder if anyone can figure out how we came up with this name???
We have also created a new school badge by adapting the Fisherton badge….check it out!
We are currently working in groups to create new house names, emblems and the traits of the people in each house……where will the sorting hat put us?
Term 4 is sure to be filled with some very interesting learning experiences. We’ll be tackling the theme of Health and Survival in our very own magical way. We’ll pop to Hogwarts, Hobbiton and Middle-earth for inspiration along the way.
Watch this space for a term crammed with creativity, magical maths, stupendous science, exciting experiments, and outstanding outdoor learning.
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!!
Letters have already been sent home to invite you to our Easter assembly. Please ensure you return the tear off slip to help us gauge the number of friends and family that are joining us. The assembly will begin at 10.30am on Friday 31st of March.
*** Competition ***
As part of this assembly we will be having an Easter bonnet parade and an Easter garden display. If your child should wish to take part they can enter an Easter garden or an Easter bonnet. All entries must be in school by Wednesday 29th March to allow the judging to take place. There will be an early years winner, an infant winner and an upper winner for each category.
May your bonnets be as fabulous and flamboyant as can be…
May your gardens be the vision of all Easter eco warriors!!
GOOD LUCK!!
Well done to t
he Fisherton Swim Team
On Saturday, our pupils took part in the annual Inter Schools Swimming Gala in Maybole. It was a huge and extremely noisy occasion with pupils from 9 schools, 30 races, lots of officials and excited spectators! Every swimmer from Fisherton won at least one rosette, truly amazing…… here are the results:
Amalie – 3rd P5 Breaststroke Cara – 1st P5 Backstroke & 1st P5 Freestyle Kyle – 4th P5 Backstroke, 4th P5 Freestyle & 4th Boys Relay Lucy – 4th P6 Breaststroke & 2nd P6 Freestyle Christopher – 4th P6 Backstroke & 4th Boys Relay Aidan – 4th P7 Backstroke & 4th Boys Relay Finlay – 4th P7 Breaststroke, 3rd P7 Freestyle & 4th Boys Relay
Unfortunately Jennifer was unable to swim on Saturday, but she was at the poolside with Janey McCreath supporting Team Fisherton.
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