Fetlar Primary – Page 15 – Unique Learning Community

March 20, 2015March 20, 2015

Vanuatu Fund Raising

Despite being busy with the solar eclipse, some of the pupils managed to make cakes for our Baking Sale at the shop.

We made chocolate crispies in school, in between eclipse viewings, but we also had pupils bring baking in from home and many donations of traybakes from the community. Nursery made delicious flapjacks.

We had a target of £33 so that we could donate to Unicef in order to supply 3 water purification kits to families in Vanuatu.

Thanks to everyone who came, and the kind permission of Fetlar General Merchants, we managed to raise £109 which means we can send 9 purification kits.

Well Done Everyone.

March 19, 2015March 19, 2015

Power!

Mr Rose came to school today to talk about Renewable Energy. He brought a water powered generator and a solar powered generator amongst other things.

We measured the amount of electricity generated. But it took a lot of water!

We used solar power cells on what was rather a dull day.

The maximum we got from these cells was 10 volts.

March 17, 2015

Vanuatu

We discussed the situation in Vanuatu caused by the cyclone at the weekend (13th-15th March) and decided that as a school, which believes in the rights of every child, we should do something about it. UNICEF said on their website that for £33 we could give 3 family sized water purification kits, so we decided to aim for that.

We are holding a cake bake this Friday (20th) at the shop, with all donations going to Unicef. Pupils, parents and friends of the school are making traybakes or fancies to sell. Nursery are also making cakes as well. We are not pricing items – just asking for a donation. We will be at the shop between 11 and Noon on Friday (or until we sell out).

Please support us.

March 17, 2015March 18, 2015

CPR with the Nurse

We were lucky enough to have a visit from our local District Nurse Practitioner Beckie on Friday 13th. We learned about how to clean and dress a cut, apply bandages, make an emergency phone call, listen to a heartbeat and perform CPR. We also got to inspect the Fetlar Ambulance. It was a busy morning.

As with all school events Nursery were involved too.

Obviously we didn’t have real blood coming from our injuries. That’s why we had the ketchup bottle out!

Healthcare from the pupils to the teacher was (maybe) a little heavy handed!

Pupils also practised CPR on the dummy to the tune of ‘Staying Alive’. Below is Beckie showing us how to do it…. But, for some unknown reason the sound won’t play.

CPR.

When Nursery arrived we used stethoscopes to listen to our heartbeat, before going to explore the Ambulance.

We were very impressed with the Ambulance.

At the end of our activities Beckie gave us all a brief test before awarding certificates. Thanks for coming to see us Beckie.

March 17, 2015March 17, 2015

Nursery Baking

On Friday 6th March 2015 our new Nursery pupil baked for the first time in school. She baked with our oldest pupil and they both worked really well together.

The chocolate cookies that they made were delicious and all the pupils of the school enjoyed them. Next time it is the turn of P4 to bake with Nursery.

Well done!

March 17, 2015

Nursery Re-opens

On Monday March 2nd 2015 Fetlar Nursery re-opened with new staff and a brand new 3 year old pupil. We are lucky to have them both. We are trying to integrate Nursery into the life of the school. We all have snack together and, on Fridays, Nursery bakes with the pupils.

We intend to have a Nursery page set up and updated soon.

March 17, 2015March 17, 2015

Fabulous Filtration

This week Mr Rose is teaching us about separation and filtration. We studied how we could clean up dirty water. This linked nicely to our WaterAid work. P2 learned that there is a lot of water in our bodies (as the picture below shows).

We filtered the sandy water through some gravel inside a filter paper. This is what we were left with after filtering:

Lots of sand was kept in the filter but the water was still quite dirty. It would take a lot more filtering to make this safe drinking water.

March 17, 2015

Lotus Flowers

We are studying Buddhism. We have learned that Buddhists wish to attain a clear mind from from bad thoughts. We think that this actually means that the beliefs of Buddhism are really similar to the Rights in our Rights Respecting School work.

We have learned that the Buddha is not a God. He is a wise man who has gained enlightenment. We have also learned how good it is to have a pure heart.

We have learned about the importance of Lotus Flowers to Buddhists. These are flowers which show how hard life is as they grow from the bottom of a pool to the top. This is like the Buddhist belief in reincarnation until the believer attains Nirvana.

We were given the challenge to make our own Lotus flowers out of tissue paper to decorate our Buddhist shrine.

March 17, 2015March 17, 2015

Rocket Man

Mr Rose brought his water rocket with him this week. The bottle is half filled with water and then the air inside the water is compressed using a bicycle pump. When the clip holding the water bottle is released the air expands forcing the bottle rocket high up into the air. We took a video of this (which is below).

Miss Reyner supervised preparations.

We fired our rocket 3 times. This is the best film.

Later Mr Rose demonstrated how air expands when it is heated by adding boiling water to a bowl. A bottle was placed inside the bowl with a balloon on top to catch the expanded air.

As the air warmed up it expanded into the balloon.

Next, we tried this technique with a hot air balloon.

Again, as the air warmed the balloon began to rise.

It carried our little playmobil man up to the ceiling.

We learned that warm air rises and that it expands.

March 17, 2015March 17, 2015

Fantastic Mr Rose 240215

We are lucky enough to have Mr Rose coming up to see us to deliver a series of lessons about Solids, Liquids and Gases. As always he came to the school with a large amount of Scientific equipment.

We watched a solid turn into a liquid and then become a gas.

Mr Rose showed us how when energy is added to an object it makes the molecules (which are represented by the balls) all move about.

This is what happens when water evaporates:

We have studied evaporation and condensation using this method.