Meldrum Primary School Blog

Meldrum had a visit from ‘Jammin’ Andy McKechnie today. Andy is a motivation speaker on Health and Wellbeing and mixes messages on Health and Wellbeing with physical movement and exercise.

The whole school had an assembly in the morning and everyone (including teachers!) took part in performing a dance based around both the Olympics and Commonwealth Games.

Individual classes then had sessions with Andy and focused on more specific skills.

The whole school had an enjoyable and active day!

In Primary 6 we have been looking at the effect the fertilizer has on plant growth. We planted radish seeds in compost and fed them a different amount of liquid fertilizer (Miracle-Gro). We measured the seedlings over a period of 10 days and recorded the results in a table. These results were then plotted onto graph paper and also electronically represented on a spreadsheet.

Primary 6 collated all the information into a scientific report, proving that their hypothesis was correct.

Planting seeds into pots using compost.

Measuring correct volume to keep a ‘Fair Test’

Observing and recording results.

First of all some pupils collected the litter from the play ground. After that me, Millie and Jamie looked at the stuff that the younger pupils brought in from the play ground. We then wrote down the results and Millie has put the results in a bar graph to display on our noticeboard. Sweetie wrappers where the most common and the least common were cartons and bottles. Can we remind you to put your rubbish in the bin. Thank you.

by Aidan and Millie (eco reps)

P4 have started their campaign to keep the birds fed as the weather gets colder. Today they worked with P2/3 to add food to the bird tables and willow feeders outside the P2/3 classroom.