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Fun and Games

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This morning the whole school had some fun outdoors, watching the staff and P7s playing “Sheet Volleyball” mixed with “Floor is Lava”.   Of course, some fancy dress for the staff was a requirement.

It was a close match with each member eliminated if they were the last person off the floor each time the whistle was blown.

Although the P7s lost more of their team mates, they won on the points earned whenever the ball was tossed over and not caught by the staff team on their sheet.    Perhaps next year the staff will win…!

Well done to all!  What a brilliant way to end the school year.

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Sunny Playful Minutes

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We had fun in the sun this afternoon during our Playful Minutes time.  There were burritos being made in the mud kitchen, balancing and hula hooping skills being developed and of course a game of football being played!

Some chose to stay indoors and  play in their restaurant, making us all yummy things to eat as we were playing.  I wonder what will be on the menu next week…

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Term 3 Topic Work

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Bones

“This term we have been learning about the human body.  We learned about our hands and the tendons used to make them move.

We made hands with string and straws.  We drew around our hands, then taped straws to it and threaded string through so that they could move.”   Elska P4

 

The Digestive System 

“We put crackers, bananas and juice in a bag and mixed it up by squeezing the bag.  This was supposed to mimic the stomach.  Then we put some tights over a paper cup and  poured in the mixture.  Then we squeezed the mixture in the tights.”  Elska P4

The tights acts like the small intestines, squeezing out all the nutrients that the body needs and passing on what our bodies don’t need to the large intestine.  At the end of the task, we emptied the remaining food in the tights into a cup where it was then pushed out as waste.  Some children were delighted to be part of this messy activity, whilst others were glad that it was over!!  It was a great way to visualize what is happening inside our bodies when we eat food.

Time to go to show what happens when we go to the toilet!

 

Sound 

We have been learning about how sound is made through vibrations and how it travels to our ears so that we can hear it.  It was great fun making string telephones to speak with our friends!

We tested to see if we needed the string to be loose or taut.

We’re not sure if the message was able to get passed on here!
Good vibrations…! We tested what happens to the vibrations when we made the ruler longer or shorter.

On the last day of term we had fun making instruments to show our understanding of vibrations and how to change the pitch of sound.

 

A finished guitar, ready to be played!
An “electric” guitar with an amp and an acoustic guitar. Well done boys!
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Visitors to our class

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We were delighted to have a visit for some cute and cuddly guests last Monday.  Leva’s Mum took in their new baby rabbits for us to see.

We all had fun stroking, cuddling and feeding them.   It was very difficult to say cheerio at home time!

Thanks again to Leva and her Mum for taking them in!

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Electricity

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We explored electricity by building circuits this afternoon.   We worked in groups to try to light a bulb using the equipment we were given.  After that we investigated how to add a switch so that we could stop the flow of electricity in the circuit so that we could switch off the bulb.

We made some predictions about materials which would conduct electricity and it was fun testing them all to see if we were right!

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Last week of term

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The end of Term 1 is almost upon us!  Three of our pupils shared some exciting news with us this week, so we simply had to get a photo to celebrate their achievements.

We are lucky to have such an inviting and comfortable library in our school.    What a lovely time  we had on Tuesday, relaxing with our books.  We hope that P4/5/6 continue to read over the holidays too!

Many of us enjoy being able to choose what we write about in class. It was lovely to see everyone working so hard to achieve their writing targets this week.  We sat together on Wednesday afternoon and enjoyed sharing what we had written with everyone.  It was fantastic to see how many children were excited to share their writing and give positive feedback to others.

Maths time on Wednesday morning was good fun, playing number games with our friends.  We had to remember to take turns and listen carefully to each other.

In the afternoon we spent time building jigsaws in small groups.  Some jigsaws were tricky and will need more time to complete, but I know that we have some determined pupils in P4/5/6 who will keep going , even when the task seems impossible!

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Maths Outdoors

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It was too sunny to do our Maths indoors today!

We have been looking at place value and how larger numbers are constructed.  Each hoop represented a digit within a number.  We placed the correct number of objects in each hoop to show our understanding of the value of each part of the number.

There is a lot to think about when we talk about the value of each part of a number.

  • How many hundreds does your number have?
  • How many thousands?
  • Why are there 3 beanbags in the first hoop?
  • Why is one of your hoops empty?
  • Can you write the number to match your hoops?
  • How do you say the number you have made?

Making 4 digit numbers

It was fun using the hoops for adding sums too.

Rounding numbers to the nearest 10/100/100

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The Results Are In!

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We tested the last of our wind powered cars today.  Some groups needed more time to make slight modifications to their sail or car structure.  As well as engineering skills being developed here, the pupils were working with a partner to share ideas, make decisions and persevere with the task when it didn’t always work first time.  What a lot of learning going on!

Some cars didn’t get finished in time, but those pupils will still get the chance to test their sail making abilities, using a ready made toy car.

As each car was tested. it was lovely to hear the positive feedback given to each group, along with some helpful tips on how to improve on each design.  Some common themes were:

  • Getting the right shape and size of the sail
  • Can the wheels turn?
  • Is anything on the bottom of the car creating too much friction?  We realised that the car would need even more wind energy to help it to move.
  • How the sail was held up – was it secure enough?

With Mrs Smith, the class have been working on their measuring skills and these skills were put into good use for this task!  There were lots of helpful pupils who were keen to read how far each car had travelled.  Very accurate measuring from all!

All of the cars moved when wind energy was provided, even if just a little bit.  However, the most successful wind powered car travelled a massive 1m 80cm!

Even when things didn’t go to plan, it didn’t matter!  We had fun watching the results and learning from the process.  This car was even pushed over by the wind!

 

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Wind Power!

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As part of our topic looking at Renewable Energy, we have been working with a partner this week to construct a wind powered car.  Each group were only allowed to select up to 4 “wheels” using the materials provided, along with straws, wooden skewers and tape.

This was definitely a task to test our patience and perseverance!  We quickly found that our first designs were not quite right and needed to be modified.

Then it was time to have a little test to see if their cars were going to work.  Most groups found that there were still small changes to be made to improve on their design.

It was lovely to see everyone working together to solve the problem.  What a helpful bunch we are in our class!

Next week we will set up a fair test and measure how far each car travels when wind energy is provided.  We will also evaluate our own  designs, thinking about what could be adapted to make improvements.  We’ll let you know the results next week!

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