Author: Miss Hunter

Last week for our big question, we were looking at living things and how we would sort them using flow charts/diagrams and this week was our living things play project… and as always, the bairns did not disappoint. Here is a snapshot of some of the things we got up to!

We had Eleanor back today to look at our senses. We did a lot of things including looking at optical illusions, using magnifying glasses, wearing upside down glasses, using tuning forks… and much, much more!

Eleanor Hutcheon was back to do some STEM work with Botley and the primary 2s and she did not disappoint. The bairns were engaged throughout the whole session where they did some programming, team work and a lot of problem solving! Thank you to Eleanor (and Botley) for a super morning!

The bairns decided to interview a variety of staff within the school to ask them about the different things the school does for the environment. The bairns recorded the adult responses on to a recorder then the primary 2s used their note taking skills to listen for key words and then wrote them up for everyone to see. A lot of fun was had by all.

For our play projects this week we were doing solids, liquids and gases. We had a variety of things from pictures to powerpoints. A lot of hard work – well done everyone.

This afternoon we had a whole school play where the classrooms were all opened up and everyone could explore the different classrooms. Lots of fun was had by all.

We had Eleanor visit us today with a robot called Botley. The primary 2’s were doing Young Leaders with the primary 6’s in the hall so it was a quiet session with the Primary 1’s…who were incredible! We were blown away with how quickly they picked it up but also the suggestions for programming with brilliant. Thanks to Eleanor for coming in. We had a super session!

Each week, Mr Clark is going to take some bairns from every class to visit the polytunnel that is nearby. This was the first week and it was a great success! Lots of smiles and stories from their visit.

For our Big Question, we have been looking at timelines. The bairns have been incredible and got stuck into a variety of timelines from history to toys. There were smaller timelines and then massive timelines. It has been amazing watching them come together to share their learning as well as the research skills that have been developing. We even had a letter from Charles Darwin asking for their help! A super week!

For our play projects we were looking at toys. We had a mixture of things from Pokemon cards to wooden spoon dolls.

We have rolled on our play project into another week with the strike days happening and the bairns have been amazing! Both working hard in class and in home!