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P5 Den building

November 2, 2018 Mrs Gough Leave a comment

Yesterday we headed down to the local woodlands to complete a STEM challenge.

We had to imagine we were in the Rainforest. We needed to build a shelter to keep us dry. Miss Cooke told us that it had to be at least a metre tall, everyone in the group could fit under it as well as keep us dry.

We used different materials that we found to build our frames and make it rain proof. Some of us found some really big sticks to use.

We discussed what skills we had used once we were back at school. We all agreed that we had used our Maths skills to estimate how tall our shelter was as well as ensuring materials we used weren’t too heavy. We also used Science to work out which materials would be better to keep us dry.

We had a great afternoon. We hope we get to go back and do more STEM challenges.

Primary 4, Primary 5

P5/4 read and relax.

May 16, 2018 Mrs Gough 1 Comment

Today we decided to head outside and have some “r n r” – read and relax.

Everyday we read a book of our choice for 15 minutes.

“I feel relaxed and ready to learn more after read and relax” – Elle

”I like finding new words in my book to share with the class” – Lewis

You can read and relax anywhere. I wonder where we’ll be reading next.

Primary 5

Outdoor sentence building

May 25, 2017 Mrs Gough Leave a comment

Today we went outside to continue our work on building sentences.

We choose a variety of words that we think we should be able to spell as well as using a variety of punctuation.

Our challenge was to work in a pair to build a sentence. We had to try and make sentences with the most points. We got 1 point for each word spelt correctly as well as using a full stop, 3 points if we used a question mark or exclamation mark and 5 points if we used one of our chosen words.

We really enjoyed doing this and found that it’s hard to complete sentences with a partner as we don’t always know what they’re thinking.

Primary 3, Primary 4

P3/4 Minibeast Adventures at Polkemmet.

May 25, 2016 User deactivated 1 Comment

P3/4 went on an adventure to Polkemmet Country Park. We were taking our learning about minibeasts to a new environment. We had a minibeast hunt to see what minibeasts we could find and compare this to what we were able to find at school. We used a pooter jar to suck up different minibeasts. We had to make sure we only sucked using the green tube! We found lots of minibeasts like worms, millipedes, centipedes, beetles, daddy long legs, flies and woodlice. It was quite a dull and cold day so there were not any bees, ladybirds or butterflies. We got to have our lunch at the playpark and have a play too. After lunch we went to make some art. We had to use materials we could find like leaves, twigs and flowers to make pictures of minibeasts. Miss Tuke was really impressed by our creativity! Before heading back to school we had to collect objects for our minibeast hotel. We are building this in a few weeks but the park was like the best shop for what a minibeast would need! We have lots of twigs, bark, pine cones and other materials.

Primary 5, Primary 6

Angles in P6/5

February 8, 2016 Mrs Gough 2 Comments

In Maths, we have been learning all about angles. There are different types of angles.

An acute angle is less than 90 degrees.

A right angle is 90 degrees.

An obtuse is more than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees.

A straight line is 180 degrees.

A reflex angle is more than 180 degrees but less than 360 degrees.

Today we went outside to draw and measure different angles. We used a protractor, ruler and some chalk. First we drew a horizontal or vertical line. We then lined up our protractor on the 0 line and lined up the circle with the line. We then choose what angle we wanted to draw and made a mark. Finally we then drew a line through that mark.

We made lots of different types of angles.

” I liked this because it was a different way to draw angles” – Eeman

” I liked doing this as we worked in pairs and checked other people’s angles to see if they were correct” – Carla

Primary 5, Primary 6

P6/5 Outdoor learning – people of the rainforest.

October 15, 2015 Mrs Gough 1 Comment

P6 from Stoneyburn joined P6/5 today to take part in outdoor learning at Greenrigg Community woodland. It was a chance to make new friends and work with different people.

Mrs Gibson, Miss Cooke and Miss Benson walked us down to the community wood to help us make forest cocktails and build dens.

Our forest cocktails were made with different leaves, flowers and tree parts and mixed with a long stick. We had different smells in each cup. We then named our creations.

We then formed teams and had to make a den with a roof to protect us from the wind and rain. We used leaves, sticks and plants around us to build them. Some of us were more successful than others.

We had an excellent day and can’t wait for the next opportunity when we can all get together.