Meldrum Primary School Blog

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Primary 6 are enjoying their Mugen Taiko workshop which is running for another 6 weeks.

“Mugen” means limitless and “Mugenkyo” means limitless reverberation. Mugenkyo’s aim is to develop taiko drumming as a contemporary European performing art, both in its pure form, and in collaboration with other artists & disciplines.

The pupils are excited for their parents to come and watch their showcase at Howden Park on Tuesday 28th March.

A special delivery came to P6. It was a sealed box. The class were asked to guess what could be in it. Once opened they noted the objects and then used their imaginations to do something inventive with the items.

Inside the box were: Sunglasses, bottle of water, a maraca, 2 foam balls, dice, bulb, seashell and a mango.

Luke used the bulb to make a simple circuit

Aidan and Aiden rolled the dice to see how many times they had to bounce the foam ball off the water bottle bat.

Luke then went on to see if he could light the bulb using the mango to create a fruit circuit.

Harris and Abigail wanted to know which would roll better; the wooden wheel or the Kinex?

Johnson and Nathan made a table tennis game using the other foam ball which turned out to be very popular with the other pupils and soon a  competition was set up with Shane keeping the rally scores.

The pupils in Primary 6 had the technical challenge of making a kite. They then got the chance to go outside and fly their kites in the playground to celebrate Chinese New Year. It was a lovely afternoon activity.

Something very exciting happened in Primary 5 last Thursday afternoon. A sealed box was delivered to the classroom. We looked at it, passed it around and all had a shake. Then we had a good think about what might be inside. When we opened the box we discussed each object. There was an empty bottle, a plum, a wooden circle, a gold belt, two white balls, a dice, a shell, a small light bulb and a whirling drum!

The children discussed the first object that they noticed in the box.

”The first thing I noticed in the box was the plum because it’s a darker colour. It looks soft as if it has been in the box for a few days.”

”The first thing I noticed from the objects was that they are objects we might see or use around our school.”

”The first thing i noticed from the box was that you may find a bottle and a shell at the beach”

We thought about different ways that we could use each item in the box.

A group of children suggested we make a racetrack with the belt. They used the small and big white ball to race down the track.

Others suggested we use the empty bottle and some stones to make a musical instrument.

A few pupils made a slingshot with a few other items and the small ball.

Some of the children thought they could make some new jewellery with the belt and shell.

It was a very fun and creative afternoon! What would you do with the objects in the box?

Primary 7 participated in some kite making last week and took advantage of a windy Wednesday to go outside and see if the kites would fly.

They had fun seeing how high they could make the kites go and experienced frustration when they got their kite mixed up with another one!

Last week a strange box arrived in Primary 7. When we opened the box we discovered that there were a number of different items inside it. We set to work and using some of the contents and our imaginations we came up with a number of activities. We had some drama and music. We also had some prior learning in raft building from Dalguise being used.

What would you have done with the contents?

Our Pupil to be proud of Luke wrote this excellent review of the panto last term. It shows many of his qualities which the class admire.

It was a very good show and I am sure everyone in the school enjoyed it. My favourite part was probably the Scarecrow because he’s funny and he acted it out very well. My favourite part was when the lion started dabbing. I like the fact how the actors don’t forget about the teachers as well. The evil voice was very tricky and they nailed it. I think they could have got more people because they had to keep going out and back to stage. I think they should have included the enchanted forest because that was a really good part of the story. I enjoyed it because it was well acted and a very good story and didn’t muck things up. They should of really included the hot air balloon but you can’t always get what you want in it because it is quite dangerous. I think Dorothy should have done a curtsy.

If we have a dice we can make a game!

What else can you do with this musical instrument?

 Make a water slide!

A high wire for a puppet.

Or a limbo line!

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We made or own musical instruments too.

Which will roll fastest? The answer was a surprise!

How many ways can you wear a scarf?

Can we light a light bulb without wires? What happens if we tie balloons to them? What can we taste if we crumble biscuit into the water? Can we make a home for a shell? Or maybe its a bird house or a bird feeder?

So many questions to answer!