On Thursday 23rd May, we took part in the outdoor classroom day. Primary 1 teamed up with Primary 3/4 and we went to the beach. The weather may have been wet, but it didn’t dampen our spirits and children and adults embraced the opportunity to learn together in a new environment.

The children looked at rock pools, used beach art to create symmetry, took part in a treasure hunt to see what was around them, made Shetland Rocks and also tried to dig to Australia!

The thing that really took the Primary 1 interest was the rock pools as our class topic is Under the Sea. Children had already brainstormed key questions they wanted to learn about and two of these was how crabs move and eat. This was a great opportunity to learn on site.

We then completed our daily mile at he Houll Loch and had lots of fun splashing in all the puddles!

In the afternoon Primary 1 enjoyed a visit to the nursery garden. We then used twigs and chalks to make some collaborative art in the playground.

Thanks to our parent helpers who contributed to all the learning taking place, Primary 1 had a brilliant day!