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I wonder…

September 21, 2022 Mrs Henderson Leave a comment

Today we got into groups to decide on our focus for our own dissolving investigations. We spoke about making it a fair test, ensuring that we only change one thing so that we can see if that change had an impact.

One thing that every group chose to keep the same in their investigation was to use the same amount of water in each jar. We had to make sure we measured it very carefully.

Some groups were keen to find out what would happen if we mixed soluble substances and insoluble substances together in the water. Most found that the flour just made the water cloudy so it was difficult to see if the salt or sugar dissolved.

Others wanted to find out if the water temperature would have an affect on the speed at which the substance dissolved. One group tried to dissolve sugar in cold, warm and hot water.

I wonder if you can guess which jar contained the hot water…?

A couple of groups were keen to see if they could separate sugar and salt from the water once it had dissolved and how long this would take. We won’t know the results of these investigations yet, but will keep you posted!

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Dissolving

September 15, 2022 Mrs Henderson Leave a comment

Our science focus this week has been investigating substances that will dissolve in water. We had 4 substances to test – sugar, flour, salt and sand.

First, we made our predictions, then it was time to test! We set up a fair test using the same amount of water for each jar, the same amount of each substance and we stirred each jar the same number of times.

We made some interesting discoveries and are already thinking about what we want to change about the investigation next week.

Some pupils want to see if the water temperature will affect how quickly a substance will dissolve. Others want to try adding different amounts of water and some spoke about stirring the water for longer.

We are excited to test out our ideas next week!

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It’s quiz time!

March 31, 2022 Mrs Henderson Leave a comment

Wednesday afternoon was spent in P1/2, sharing with them the electrical quiz boards that we made last term.

Each pair supported a couple of P1/2s to try out their quiz and gave them time to explore the electrical circuits used to the play the game. If they managed to match the question with the correct answer, the bulb lit up!

Everyone in P4/5/6 did so well to explain their quiz and how to use it. They showed patience and understanding when more time was needed for the pupil to find the right answer. We would like to thank the P1/2s for having us in their classroom, they listened so well to their buddies and were so enthusiastic about each game they played.

We have missed having these opportunities to mix with other classes and develop important communication and social skills. We hope to be able to do something like this again soon!

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Our Day…

February 2, 2022 Mrs Henderson 1 Comment

Today we have been looking at our digestive system. We worked in small groups to demonstrate what is happening inside our bodies when we eat food. We used everyday items to represent different things inside our bodies.

First we “ate” some food (crackers and bananas) and it travelled to our stomachs (plastic bag).

Then we added saliva (water) and stomach acid (orange juice) to help break down the food in the stomach.

Next our stomach muscles got to work and squeezed all of

the food until it was a gloopy mixture.

I wonder if everyone liked this part…?

Then the food was transported to the small intestine (tights) where it was again pushed and squeezed by many muscles. This allowed all of the useful nutrients to be squeezed out for the body to use, leaving behind what our body doesn’t need.

After that, whatever was left over was sent to the large intestine (cup) and left the body as poo! This was the part that many found too disgusting to watch!!

Poor Peter just couldn’t look!

We began our new novel today The Nowehere Emporium. Don’t worry if you are not in school right now, you can catch up with the story on Teams! Mrs Smith will post more information on this soon.

After playtime we did some Maths, focusing on different aspects of multiplication. Keep practising at home too everyone!

In the afternoon we spent time in our research groups to begin our posters. Each group has chosen an aspect of Human Body that they would like to find out about. Everyone worked so well in their groups, making sure all members had a job to do and felt included.

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Topic Work

January 25, 2022 Mrs Henderson Leave a comment

We now have 2 skeletons on display in the classroom.! We have had some helpers today, writing labels for each one.

The skeleton on the left has been labelled with common terms for the bones, such as thigh bone, knee cap and skull. The skeleton on the right shows the medical terms for each bone, for example femur, patella and cranium.

This afternoon we made our own moving skeletons. It was very fiddly and we had to have a lot of patience to make it work!

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Skeletons

January 24, 2022 Mrs Henderson Leave a comment

Today we worked in groups to try to build a skeleton! It was interesting to see if anyone knew how our bones are connected. We had fun trying to identify the internal organs too and where they are located inside our bodies.

Last week we wrote down all of the things that we would like to find out about the Human Body. So many excellent questions! We are going to begin group research projects soon to try to answer some of our questions.

Working as a team to decide where each organ is located.

Where do all of those organs need to go?

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Quiz Time!

January 18, 2022 Mrs Henderson Leave a comment

In P4/5/6, we have been learning how to build electrical circuits as part of our topic work. We have also looked at which materials act as conductors of electricity and which materials are insulators.

We found out that metal is a conductor, so we used tin foil to help us build an electrical quiz board for the younger pupils in our school.

We thought carefully about the focus for our quizzes and tried to keep in mind how to make the questions suitable for younger pupils.

It was amazing to see how many social skills were developed during this process: turn taking, co-operation, talking and listening, compromising and providing support and encouragement to each other. Of course, there were opportunities to develop ICT skills too. It was lovely to see so many pupils eager to pass on their ICT knowledge! What a team!

To play our games, you need to use an electrical circuit. Instead of completing the circuit, the wires at each end connect to our quiz board – one wire to a question and the other wire to the answer. If the question and answer match, the bulb will light up! This means that we have completed the circuit!

We can’t wait to show you the finished quiz boards soon and test them out on the P1/2 and P2/3/4 classes!