P4/5 shared their digital skills with ELC recently by helping them learn how to do some simple programming using little robots called Beebots. Linking to the story ‘We’re Going On A Bear Hunt’, P4/5 made some bear costumes for the Beebots and a simple map of some places from the story. The ELC boys and girls then learned how to program the Beebots to get the bear robot back to his cave! The children had to use what they have been learning about positional language and sequencing to plan the bear’s route. Well done everyone!

P4/5 shared their digital skills with ELC recently by helping them learn how to do some simple programming using little robots called Beebots. Linking to the story ‘We’re Going On A Bear Hunt’, P4/5 made some bear costumes for the Beebots and a simple map of some places from the story. The ELC boys and girls then learned how to program the Beebots to get the bear robot back to his cave! The children had to use what they have been learning about positional language and sequencing to plan the bear’s route. Well done everyone!

P4/5 shared their digital skills with ELC recently by helping them learn how to do some simple programming using little robots called Beebots. Linking to the story ‘We’re Going On A Bear Hunt’, P4/5 made some bear costumes for the Beebots and a simple map of some places from the story. The ELC boys and girls then learned how to program the Beebots to get the bear robot back to his cave! The children had to use what they have been learning about positional language and sequencing to plan the bear’s route. Well done everyone!

Today we had a visit from Iain Clark who works for the Scottish Parliament. We had a great morning learning about how the parliament works. Here are some of the things we were learning about…

Alfie- The difference between government and the parliament.

Lewis- The different parliaments and assemblies that formed in 1999.

Tom- The different Scottish parties.

Murray- This year the Welsh Assembly will become a parliament.

Angus- What an individual candidate was.

Zak- When there is a draw between voting on laws the Presiding Officer must say no to the passing of the law.

Robert- About devolution and how in 1999 the powers were split across the UK.

Lauren- The assembly has to ask the UK parliament if they want to put a rule in place.

Jack- Since there are so many people in London they have their own assembly but their focus is on finance, policing and transport.

Elise- A 1/3 of Scottish budget goes on to health services.

Connor- 8 MSPs can help us in the Borders to tackle issues that matter to us.

William- The most important person in parliament is called the presiding officer. He is called Ken MacIntosh.

Jess- The Scottish Parliament have a budget of 42 billion.