We had a busy term in PE taking part in Dance, Handball and Badminton. Throughout the blocks we covered a lot of our benchmarks, but focused on Motivation, Decision Making and Balance and Control.
Da Voar Redd Up
The sun shone for us today as we set off around the Boddam loop to pick up bruck!
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SMUHA – DPS P7 SQUAD
It’s difficult to know where to start! P7, along with their P6 classmates have worked tirelessly over the past few weeks to prepare for their P7 SMUHA Squad duties. Please enjoy the many photos from the build up to the big day, and the day itself. Thankfully, the weather was kind to us! 🌞
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Preparations
The Bill
Creating the wording for the ‘Bill’ is harder than it looks! The finished piece was a team effort … pupils, teachers and parents! The painting of it though, seemed effortless!
The day has come!
This photo seems to convey the spirit of the day best of all! 😊
The P6/7 class would like to thank everyone who helped in any way to making our afternoon a success!
STEM at Cunningsburgh
P6/7 had a fantastic day out on Wednesday 4th March, taking part in a a STEM day focusing on Maths and Robotics, hosted by Eleanor Hutcheon from UHI.
Using our previous learning on measuring perimeters of shapes, we looked at finding the circumference of a circle. This helped us to work out one rotation of a wheel and how far the robot would travel for one rotation, which then helped us to investigate how many rotations would be needed to travel a set distance. A wide range of Maths skills being developed! There was also lots of problem solving and talking about all the different approaches used to find the answer.
Eleanor had some super challenges for the class to try, one of which involved the winners receiving their choice of LEGO figure. P6/7 are a competitive bunch and were all determined to do well!
It was also great to get out in the sunshine and enjoy the play areas at Cunningsburgh Primary. Thank you to the children and staff at Cunningsburgh who invited us share their play areas with them. There was a very important and intense CPS v DPS football match in the multicourt too!
Thank you again to Eleanor Hutcheon from UHI and our parent helpers. who came with us We are very grateful that you were able to support us on the day.
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Buddies
P7 spent some time with their P1 buddies this term, making some Valentines crafts. We always enjoy being able to play with our buddies. So many important communication and social skills are being developed along the way! Well done everyone!
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Time to count the birds!
P6/7 spent an hour, binoculars at the ready, recording which birds landed in our school grounds for the Big Schools’ Birdwatch survey.
Thank you to all pupils who patiently waited and closely observed our feathered friends. We submitted our results to RSPB and as a class we intend to continue feeding the birds during the colder weather.
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STEM
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P6/7 have been enjoying some STEM sessions with Eleanor Hutcheon , a STEM Engagement Officer from Science Skills Academy.
On Monday, we had fun exploring how to use Microbits. We learned about binary code and worked in groups to create different cup patterns, with each pattern representing a different letter of the alphabet. The patterns were using 1s and 0s, just like binary.
Then we pretended to be robots and followed instructions given to us on a grid. We tried hard to think about the most efficient route to get from A to B and how our instructions need to be very clear.
We had so much fun learning how to use the Microbits, we took them out again on Tuesday during our Playful Minutes session.
We spent Tuesday afternoon we welcomed Eleanor back to our class and we had fun programming Sphero robots. We pushed back the tables, got into pairs and soon the classroom was busy with everyone exploring the capabilities of their tiny robot.
It was great fun to see the team work, creativity and problem solving going on. We learned so much from each other and wish we had more time to see what else these robots were capable of!
Later in the term, we will work with Eleanor again at another STEM event, held in Cunningsburgh. Details of this will be sent out nearer the time.
RSPB Big Schools’ Birdwatch
This term we are taking part in the RSPB Big Schools’ Birdwatch. We will be surveying the types of birds we see in our school grounds and recording the greatest number of each one that we see within a 1 hour period. In preparation for this, we have been busy making bird feeders this afternoon. Many enjoyed the feeling of the seeds in their hands. Perhaps the feeling of lard in their hands was not so pleasant!
We hope that the birds in our local area come to visit us and enjoy our feeders. We will have the binoculars at the ready!
If you are interested in taking part at home too, there is still time to sign up for the Big Garden Bird Watch. Click on the link below to find out more.
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Overtonlea Visit
We spent a lovely time at Overtonlea today, singing to the residents and Day Care users and spending time chatting. We were able to hand out some candle decorations we made in preparation for our visit.
Some pupils were able to see relatives and friends and have a catch up!
We hope we’ll be able to do this again.
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A busy week!
The past couple of weeks have been busy in school, preparing for Christmas. There will be lovely cards, calendars and ornaments coming home tomorrow, so watch out for them in school bags! Here’s a few photos from the past few days.
Christmas Snowmen
The Secret Room
Thanks to our Parent Council for giving us the opportunity to spread some love and kindness to our families! 🤫
Christmas Party
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