We enjoyed carrying out a bird survey to see what kind of birds we have in our playground. We also enjoyed making bird feeders. Callum and Max made friends with Daniel. Aaron said he liked looking for birds outside. Lily-Ann said the lard was yuk! The most popular bird we have in the playground is the Blackbird.
Our new topic is Scottish Parliament.
First of we all discussed what we know about Scottish Parliament. We found that we didn’t know very much but we had lots of questions we wanted to know the answers too.
We looked at new vocabulary linked to our topic. We came up with democracy, parliament, MSP, devolved, government and political. We used a dictionary to find the meanings of them.
We needed to know what Scottish Parliament can do and not do with legislation. We have control over DEVOLVED MATTERS and Parliament in England have control over reserved matters.
We can set legalisation on Education, health, services and housing.
We can’t wait to find out more about how our country is governed.
By Blake, Matthew and Callum.
Today we went to the Bridges Education centre next to the 3 bridges that cross the Firth of Forth.
There are 3 bridges that cross the Firth of Forth. Each one is different.
The Forth rail bridge is a canterlever bridge which is bit like a see saw.
The Forth Road bridge is a suspension bridge. This means that the cables are anchored to the ground.
The Queensferry crossing is a cable stay bridge. This means the weight goes through the cables to the top of the tower. It is going to be a motorway and should be finished in May.
Our first challenge was to make the tallest tower. We got it teams and we were each given a job role. We used wooden blocks and had to think about wind and gravity. We had to make it stable by a wide base. Some of us were successful.
Our 2nd challenge was looking at and describing safety clothes. PPE stands for Personal Protective equipment. Ear protectors have a good suction so you can’t hear. The Hi Vis vest is good in the day because you can see them.
Finally we walked some of the Forth Road bridge even though it was windy.
We had great fun and the years P6 should go next year.
On Wednesday, 22nd February, we were joined by the P1’s from Stoneyburn to learn about recycling. We sorted items into ‘recyclable’ and ‘non-recyclable’. We also made recycling superheroes with Mrs Sibblad.
Yesterday we took part in a dance taster session. We had lots of fun dancing to ‘Brave’!
Rhys made a model of himself with Mrs Cochrane and said, this is me!
Here are some photos of P2 enjoying the dance taster session. We had lots of fun and look forward to the next lesson.
Thank you to Hannah!
Today P5 took part in a dance taster session with Hannah.
We had to warm up our bodies first so that we didn’t have any injuries.
We learn each dance move in sections. We were dancing to Meridas song from Brave.
She’ll be back next week for another session with us.
On Wednesday 15th February we went to Glasgow Gurdwara to learn more about the religion Sikhism.
Once we got there we had to remove our shoes, wash our hands and wear head scarfs as a sign of respect and cleanliness. We then had a tour of the Gurdwara.
We saw where Sikhs put the Guru Granth Sahib to bed. They do this as they believe that the Guru Granth Sahib is a living Guru and should be treated like one.
We also saw where Sikhs sit to worship. It is a large hall with an alter where the Guru Granith Sahib sits to be read from. It is written by the 10 gurus as well as Hindu and Muslim saints.
We listened to different instruments that are used in special ceromines and even tried wearing a turban.
Finally we tried some vegetarian food in the Langar hall. We tried spicy lentil curry and chapattis.
We really enjoyed going to be Gurdwara and learning more about Sikhs.
We’ve decided to learn about Buddhists next.
This morning parents and carers were invited in to see what we have been doing in literacy. Mrs Gibson shared the school’s approaches to literacy with a short presentation in the hall. This looked at different ways we learn about literacy and how they can help their children at home. Parents and carers were then able to go and visit their child or children’s classrooms to take part and share in what they are doing for literacy, with reading as the main focus. This gave a little taster of the kinds of things we do and how they can continue this at home too. Please have a look at some of the photos. There was also a leaflet given out about ways to help your child with reading at home. There are extra copies outside the office.
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