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technology

Telephones

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Technology through the ages.

As part of our topic on ‘Technology through the ages’ we looked at the invention of the telephone.

We learned about the life of Alexander Graham Bell  including where he lived and when he was born. We discovered that he invented the telephone in 1876 with the help of his assistant Thomas Watson.

We made string telephones to see how the sound vibrations can pass from one person to another.

We discovered that when one person talks their cup vibrates, the sound energy from these vibrations passes along the string into the second cup which also vibrates. These vibrations pass through the air particles into our partner’s ear and they can actually hear what we are saying!

We experimented by using longer pieces of string, by whispering, by leaving the string ‘loose’ instead of ‘tight’ to see if there were any differences.

  

Maths

P4 Outdoor Maths

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Today the P4s got together to complete some maths work outside. We worked in pairs and we had a sheet with lots of different questions on it.

Firstly we had to find right angles, and shapes in our environment,next  we had to time how long it took us to walk around the school – then estimate how long it would take us to walk round three times.

We also had to work out some fractions and find examples of tiling and symmetry.

We had to measure using strides and hand spans – we worked out that our answers were different because we have different sizes of hands and strides.

It was interesting to try to use our maths skills in different places, some of the questions we found quite easy but others were more tricky. We were glad that we were working in pairs this time!              

 

STEM

STEM by Lee

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On Tuesday  21st May  we had a STEM workshop with Emma.  At first we watched a video  about not throwing away plastic because it affects wildlife and the air. Then  we spoke about jobs and more, and how ROVs can clean salmon cages. After that we went into the canteen and tried programing Lego mind storm robots. I was in a pair  with Joe but our robot didn’t  work so we got a new one and it worked.

First we  had to try and make our robot move in a square but we couldn’t do it, it was tricky to programme the robots with the Ipads! Then we had to put a piece of Lego ( our ‘plastic rubbish’) under some chairs with the  arms on the robot, we kept working at it and we did it! We enjoyed the workshop.

Language

P5 Stick Debate

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Listening and talking

P5 Stick Debate

We had a Stick Debate this afternoon; an activity that let us give our thoughts, ideas and opinions on an issue. It made us think carefully about what we would like to say and how best to express it. It encouraged us to practice not only our active-listening skills but also to add constructively to what someone had previously said.

A stick debate means that everyone in the group gets an equal chance to talk and to share opinions.

Each person got three (lollipop) sticks before we started our discussion. Every time someone spoke, s/he handed in a stick. Once our three sticks were used, we could not speak anymore. This made us think carefully about what we would like to say and to try to communicate effectively. We were encouraged to use all our sticks.

Some of the issues we discussed were:

  • Should teachers be replaced by computers?
  • Is handwriting important?
  • Does money buy you happiness?

We had fun listening to each others opinions and trying to change people’s minds!

Maths, Play

Maths – Division

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This term we have been learning about division. We know that dividing means to share equally.

The tables we can divide confidently by are  the 2,3,4 and 5.

Today we had to make games which would practise our division skills. We were in our co-operative groups and we had lots of brilliant ideas.

Here we are designing, planning, making and testing our ‘division games’:

 

Play

Global Play Day

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By Flora Thomson

On Thursday the 20th of February the school had a play day.

It was fun to play all day and to go in other class rooms.

There were cardboard boxes to play with.

We got our play times as usual.

We were allowed to bring a game, a board game, dolls, stuffed toys and Lego.

You were not allowed to bring electronics to play.

We got to go in P1, P2, P3/4, P 4/5, P6/7, the hall, outside and the corridor.

We got our PE times as usual.

I thought it was good but next time the teachers can maybe play too.

It was very good.

 

 

Maths

Tesselation

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By Joe Reid

We did tessellation. I like  it, you are not  allowed to overlap,  its tricky because you have to draw a line up the paper then cut the line and sellotape  it back together.

Next you add  another zigzag line and cut it too and  sellotape  it again. You have to draw around it on paper and  fill the entire page.

It’s tricky to begin with and  then it gets easier.  You  can not leave any white on the paper.  You can do it with any kind of paper.

Its very fun

 

In our co-operative groups we made a tessellation instruction poster and gave it to P6/7 to see if they could follow them. They gave us feedback about our posters and gave us scores on Attractiveness, what you need and method. We think they enjoyed making tessellations.

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Kindness is our Super Power

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P4/5 have been discussing ways to show kindness.

Firstly we asked ourselves ‘What does kindness mean?’ We came up with lots of ideas:

Kindness is:

  • being friendly, generous and considerate of others;
  • showing goodwill to others;
  • being concerned when others are upset or worried;
  • helping people when they need you;
  • doing something nice for someone else, without expecting anything
    in return.

We spoke about the ways we could show kindness, such as:

  • Smiling at people.
  • Helping  someone if they fall over.
  • Going to sit with someone who is sitting alone (if they want you to).
  • Sitting next to someone at lunchtime you would not normally sit with.
  • Asking someone how they are.
  • Saying  good morning.
  • Saying  something nice to as many people as possible.
  • Holding doors for others.

We have decided that people who show excellent and consistent examples of kindness will be awarded a ‘Super Hero’ badge which they will wear for the week. Pupils, teachers and helpers can all nominate someone for the badge by sharing an example of the kindness they have been shown.

We hope that everybody can be a ‘Super Hero’ !

Today’s Super Heroes were Lori, Carrie and Ella – very well done! (18.1.19)

This weeks Super Heroes were Tom, Leanna and Ruby – Congratulations! (25.1.19)

 

This week’s superheroes were Murry, Flora and Alice – Congratulations! (8.2.19)

This week’s superheroes were Lee, Megan and Joe – Well done you three! (15.2.19)

This week’s superheroes were Michael, James and Reece – congratulations! 20-2-19

Congratulations to this week’s superheroes – Reuben, Aaron and Matilda! 1.3.19

Well done to this week’s Superheroes – Alice and Lee! 28.3.19

Co-op Groups

Skeletons

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Our topic this term is ‘The Body’ and we have begun by learning about the skeleton.

We discovered that babies have 300 bones but as they grow some bones fuse together until they end up with 206.

We also found out that our longest bone is our thigh bone: the femur.

Our task today was, working in our co-operative groups, to make a child-sized human skeleton using paper cut-outs. We had to look at our posters to check we were gluing everything in the right place. We also had to label some of the major bones correctly.

We had to make sure we were following our ‘group norms’ and working well together.

We had to complete the task in less than 45 minutes! The winning team were given a special prize.

Co-op Groups

Co-op Group Work

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In our co-op groups we were making group norms. A group norm is a certain rule that you have to follow when you are working  in your co-op group. The norms had to be in persuasive writing. This means they are written in a positive way. We had to have three group norms. We all had to decide on the ones that we wanted.

 

  By James and Ruby