Last week Boghall Primary had a visit from three chickens. These were some of the chicks which had hatched in our school as part of the Living Eggs project. When the chicks are hatched, the school tries to find homes for them. This year we had ten eggs and they all successfully hatched. Luckily homes were found for all ten. Miss Arkless already has some chicks and agreed to take another three this year. She brought them back in and all pupils had the chance to see how much they had grown in a few short weeks. We are looking forward to finding out if they will lay any eggs of their own.
Primary 3 Two Stars and a Wish
1st Star: We enjoyed writing an invitation for a tea party. It sounded delicious!
2nd Star: We were sports super stars during sports day and enjoyed everything that we did as a team.
Wish: We are looking forward to our school trip to Edinburgh and finding out even more about Ancient Egypt! Yippee!
Update on Bitesize Sessions
Well done to all the 49 parents who came to one or both of our sessions this week. I am sure you feel better informed to support your child with their learning. My thanks also to staff for their preparation for and delivery of this event.
Other sessions coming from August onwards to deliver what you had asked for support with ……… keep watching our Blog !
P4 two stars and a wish!
First star: We loved taking part in our school sports day and we are so glad the sun was shining!!
Second star: We also got a big surprise during Whole School Time when Miss Arkless brought in the Easter chicks for us to see! They have got so big!
Our wish: To see the chicks again!!
Bitesize session today
The Human Digestive System in P6/5
As part of health and science this week, P5 from P6/5 have been learning about balanced diets and the human digestive system. They created body maps showing what they thought happened to food in our bodies then they had the challenge to show the process a banana sandwich goes through when being digested. It was a messy process involving cutting for the teeth, mashing and adding water to represent chewing, putting it in a bag and adding lemon juice to simulate stomach acid, then finally passing it through tights to represent food being expelled from your body. All pupils learned a lot and are now aware of what happens when you eat.
Natural Disasters in P6/5
P6/5 have been learning about different types of natural disaster. They were keen to find out more about volcanoes and completed many challenges finding out about where volcanoes are and researching the city of Pompeii after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Pupils worked in groups to create their own papier mache volcanoes. We then took them outside and simulated eruptions using coke and mentos. Everyone had a lot of fun but it was a bit sticky!
Primary 3/2 – 2 stars and a wish
1st Star – We loved watching the P1b assembly. They have learned lots and sang amazing songs.
2nd Star – We thought writing the Rainforest postcard was fun. We included lots of information that showed we have understood lots about the rainforest already.
1 Wish – We hope that our Rainforest assembly goes well.
Primary 5 Science
P1A Two stars and a wish!
1st star – We have enjoyed learning about take away in numeracy this week. Some of us even managed to answer take away sums within 100!
2nd star – We have enjoyed learning about Ramadan in RME this week. We really enjoyed making our bright coloured lanterns!
Wish – We would like to learn more about our new IDL theme ‘Living Things’.