Category Archives: Term 4

Term 4

IT’S OVER!

Bikeability 2 – done!

Bikeability 2 is over for another year and what grit and great concentration our cyclists have shown as they’ve practised on-road cycling over the last 8 weeks.

A huge thanks to our parent helpers – Mr Stewart, Mrs Masson and Mr Elder. Without you we couldn’t have run the course.

We’re all looking forward to our cycle to Auchincruive on Tuesday.

Please remember, though, that the training does not mean that any of our cyclists are ready for solo on-road cycling. Just as when preparing for a driving test, lots of supervised practise is still needed!

Term 4, The Big Splash

Marine Conservation Society

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P6 had a great afternoon with Tara from the Marine Conservation Society. She mainly talked about the leatherback turtle which is an endangered species of turtle because humans keep eating their eggs and because we are polluting the sea with plastics which they eat and which kill them.

Tara  told us that we need to be careful not to drop any plastic/litter on the beaches because the turtles could eat it and die.

We played a game with Tara to see how long it took different pieces of litter to dissolve in the sea.

Alana said, “I’ll never leave any littler on the beach again.”

Katie told us that she didn’t know how many different species there are in our seas.

Iona said, “I thought it was very interesting and it made me feel guilty at what I throw away.”

Reporters: Abbie and Rebecca.

Term 4, The Big Splash

Personal Topic

As part of the Big Splash Fortnight our usual class homework has been replaced with a model or poster on anything sea-themed. Pupils have chosen to do dioramas, models, drawings, powerpoints or just posters by themselves.

“I enjoyed being able to be creative and choose how I’d like to lay things out. However I was very annoyed when all my hard work on my power-point deleted.” Iona explained.

“I like how we can take our projects home and do what we like with them!” Carly said.

“I liked how we got to pick what subject we were focusing on, I think everyone made a better effort because it was something we were interested in.” said Sophie.

All the projects were full of detail, very interesting and eye- catching.

Reporters: Ewan and Grace

Term 4

Bikeability

This year in Bikeability we have been split into two groups and in those groups we have been learning how to cycle on the road properly using hand signals. We have learned how to do right turns and left turns and we also learned how to start off. We have learned about minor roads and major roads and how important they really are!

Here’s what some people said.

Ben said, “I’ve really enjoyed cycling on the road because it’s a new experience and it’s really fun!”

Abbie said, “I have really enjoyed making my own decisions while out cycling on the road.”

At first Adam said, “What’s Bikeability?” But then he remembered and said, “I’ve enjoyed learning how to do a u turn.”

We’ve had a lot of fun this year at Bikeability and it has been a great experience and it really helped us learn. We hoped you liked this blog. Oh and thanks to our parent helpers, Mr Elder, Mr Stewart and Mrs Masson.

Reporters: Bailey and Orla

Term 4, The Big Splash

Ayr and Troon Ports

Today Primary 5 came in to talk to us about the Ayr and Troon Ports. They used the information they had learned from their visit from Mr Hume, who works at the Ayr Ports. P5 showed us the PowerPoint Mr Hume had used so we could learn from it. We split the class in half so we could have a better chance to learn more, but each group did the same thing.

P5 told us that a port is, where ships can load and unload cargo like coal and shredded wood. They also told us how each cargo was loaded and unloaded onto the ships. For example, the shredded wood gets picked up by a tractor and gets bagged then is placed onto the truck, which then drives onto the ship.

It is also where ships like cruise ships, cargo ships, ferries and sea explorers can park.

Abbie said, “I enjoyed learning about the different ships that come in and out of the port the most.”

We definitely all learned something from the visit and the P5s did a good job presenting the talk!

Reporters: Katie and Alana