On Thursday 14th June, Mr Rose came to do a huge demonstration of the circulatory system. Ā He out a huge outline of a heart on the hall floor and we were all blood cells travelling through the body!
Tag Archives: Interdisciplinary learning
Scottish Opera
On Monday 4th June, we had a very exciting day at Sandwick, working with some of the Sandwick and Cunningsburgh primary classes to perform The Dragon of the Western Sea.
We met in the games hall first to run through all the singing, with a bit of acting, then we separated off to polish our performances. After lunch we had a dress rehearsal and then at 2pm, the performance in front of an audience of school bairns, family and friends. It is amazing how quickly the final polished performance was put together and we were very pleased with how well our bairns did. What a fantastic day.
Plants for Birds and Bees
We have been planting seeds for wildlife. The flowers will be food for lots of insects and animals. We have been making recycled newspaper pots for the seedlings. They are growing so fast. Everyone has been taking a turn to water them š
Outdoor Classroom with Mr Rose
On 17th May we all went down to the Voe to look at all the plants growing there. We spotted lots of different species and then spent a while rock pooling.
Healthy Eating
On Wednesday 2nd May Angela Hopwood came into class to talk about the importance of healthy eating on our bodies. She brought some activities for us to complete too.
Growing seeds for butterflies and bees
Today we have been planting seeds for wildlife. We have planted the seeds in containers and then when they have grown we will plant them outside. Every day we will go out to the poly tunnel and check to see how they are growing.
Outdoor Learning
Today we went out to the trees to learn about the different species. We saw a few Shetland bumblebees feeding on the Willow flowers. We also went to look at how our tree saplings are doing, ready to plant in a couple of weeks. They looked great and we got some ideas about where to plant them.
Terrific Scientific
Today we completed all the last measurements of our project. We looked at all the data and tried to see if there were any patterns. Everyone found that the onions had grown most on day 8. We looked at the temperatures on that day and before and it had been warmest then. We drew graphs using Excel to compare the temperature and the rate of growth. We were surprised at how much the spring onions had grown.
Making Bread
On Wednesday 25th April, while the Primary 6s were on a visit to TOTAL, the Primary 5s had fun learning about yeast and how it helps to make bread rise.
We made bread rolls and a loaf and the best thing was that we got to eat them – yum!
We also did an investigation to see how yeast produces carbon dioxide as it respires. It was fun to watch the balloons expand.
Terrific Scientific
On Monday 16th April we started our next science investigation -Grow. We are looking at how growing conditions across the UK affect how well plants grow. We prepared and measured spring onions and will be recording their growth over 2 weeks. At the end of the two weeks we will calculate the growth rate and upload data onto the University website.
