We have been earning Golden Time all week and today all of Primary 2 played outside in the Infant playground. It was exciting to play with our friends  and to make new friends along the way.

The best fun was using the playground chalks and making up really interesting stories about castles, volcanoes and strange creatures- we got a bit messy too!

In groups we have been exploring how toys move.

They can float, roll, build, be pushed, be pulled, fly, walk and talk.

We learned about these Forces by reading  a set of non-fiction books about toys and how they move.  We enjoyed exploring these books and had good discussions about the photographs.

After exploring the forces that help toys to move we designed our own toys that move.

We have then put them to the test to see if our designs are strong. We learned that cardboard is not a good material to choose if we want our boat to float- it goes all soggy.

A lesson we also learned from this activity was that we do not get upset if our design does not work. We persevere, improve our design, patch it up and test it out again.

This week we are telling the class about our toy models and answering  questions about them.

Primary 2 have been designing and making rolling toys.

We decided the best shape for rolling is a circle but, hexagons can work well too. We thought about how a 20p and a 50p roll even though they are not circles.

First we explored a marble run and predicted that the small marbles would roll down the run and the ramp the fastest. We were so surprised that in four out of four attempts the big marble won the race!

Our teacher was very surprised that half of the groups managed to make their toys roll. She had predicted that most of us would glue and stick the wheels. However, a few groups made moving axles so, the wheels turned round. The toy designs that rolled the best were often the simplest designs.

Please do not bring in any ,”Pokémon” cards to school.

They are now banned from Kingsland Primary.

Keep them safe and have fun  playing with them  at home.

On Friday morning all of P2 went to the Primary 7 balcony and launched their models into the air. There was great excitement and anticipation as we waited to see if each model would fly or crash.

Some of the models flew a little but many crashed onto the playground below.

It was a very windy day so, more of the models flew in the air than we had expected.

We are going to talk about what improvements we could make on our designs to make them fly better.

Primary 2 have been designing parachutes, air balloons, aeroplanes and rockets to find out if they can make their teddy bears fly.

Do you think their models will fly?

Keep looking at our Blog page to find out…………….

The children thoroughly enjoyed showing off their classrooms to their visitors today. The MUGA tour was very popular and this is where we enjoy our outdoor games sessions.

We did some team building today in PE and had a very positive game of Dodgeball with Mrs Fletcher.

Thank you to all our visitors.We hope you enjoyed your afternoon with us.

We planned the zones we would like to see in our classroom today. We looked carefully at the space we have in our class, walked around it and then decided where we thought the zones might go. I wonder who will have the winning plan? We will take our vote on Monday.

We work together on our number puzzles to learn more

about numbers  and to help each other with our learning.