Eden really enjoyed learning her poems and the actions. She gave us a little show for Burns day

We used crackers and honey to show what can happen at a plate boundary.

A Constructive Plate Margin is when two plates move away from each other causing  gentle volcanic eruptions and a volcano can form.

A Conservative Plate Margin is when two plates slide and rub past each other and this causes very violet earthquakes.

A Destructive Plate Margin  is when oceanic and continental plates move together.  The oceanic plate is forced under the lighter continental plate.  This can trigger earthquakes and volcanoes.

Can you spot match the picture to the

tectonic plate movement?

We worked together to solve our mental maths times tables and division problem.

Well done to these boys and girls who took up the cooking challenge inspired by Mrs Forsyth’s presentation.  Names were put into a hat and the lucky winners received one of the aprons given to us by Mrs Forsyth.  Great work everyone.

Congratulations to our Scottish Poetry Winner Charlie and our Runner-Up Rana.  Well done to everyone who tried to learn their Scottish poem.   Congratulations to our Scottish Singer Winner Tara and our Runner-Up Daniel.

Today we made bird feed fat balls and did the RSPB bird watch with our buddies. It was really good fun and have helped to be a part of a big national survey of birds. Here are some photos showing what we did.

In Primary 2 we have been thinking about the importance of sleep to keep us healthy.

A good night’s sleep helps us to feel happy, concentrate well and it can even help us to make good choices when we play with our friends.

• How many hours does a hairy  armadillo sleep?
• How does the parrotfish protect itself when it sleeps?
• What bird can sleep while it flies?
• Which animal can sleep standing up?

I really like your display about being unique. I enjoyed seeing all of the different colours on your crayons that made them special – just like you!

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We have done lots this week including buddying, a visit from SEPA, seeing a hot air balloon, natural disaster research, natural disaster art, earthquake maths structures, Tam O Shanter dancing, healthy eating leaflets. Think about the skills and knowledge we learnt as well as what we did.

Primary 2 learned about Science in Art and we had so much fun doing it.

We learned that when something is coloured in with oil pastel and then liquid touches it there is no mixing – the wax in the oil pastel is resistant to the liquid! ( Wax Resistance).

We were amazed to try this out again and again and find that the wash of paint never mixed with our oil pastels.

We are also learning how to join up some letters in handwriting. The challenge is to try to write words with these joins in them now……….

It has also been fun filling in our Weather diaries this week as the weather has changed so much throughout the day and this has given us a lot to talk and think about. It has really made us think about the dangers of weather and how we need to prepare for different types of weather in our everyday lives.