The Science Department at Whitburn Academy kindly invited us down to experiment with burning various substances.
Everyone had the chance to wear the cool safety goggles and bunsen burners to find the following:
| Substance Burned | Form | Flame colour changed to… |
| Magnesium | Metal | Bright White |
| Copper Sulphate | Liquid | Blue/Green |
| Lead Nitrate | Liquid | Icy Blue |
| Potassium Bromide | Liquid | Lilac |
| Barium Chloride | Liquid | Red/Orange |
As you can see there was lots of focused faces:
Maths this week has been all about lengths of time. We decided to see how much that we really knew about what we could do in a given amount of time…
The class faced away from the clock and concentrated really hard on timing 1 minute.
An easy task? Only for 3 class members!
We then wrote a list of things in school that we could estimate the time of and then use a timer to see if we were close, here are some of them:
| Actual Time | |
| Run upstairs | 5 seconds |
| Visit the office | 2 minutes 15 seconds |
| Playtime bell rings for | 10 seconds |
| Visit P5A | 1 minute 34 seconds |
| Walk to the toilet | 32 seconds |
| Find ‘mechanic’ in the dictionary | 1 minute 1 second |
To finish off we played a game to challenge others to complete given tasks the quickest! Tossing coins, singing ‘Happy Birthday’, drawing flowers, naming all of the pupils in the class. Here we are having great fun!
Well Done again to Table 1.
P7I were testing their fitness today by taking part in a fitness test that is used by the Emergency Services to assess fitness.
A bleep sounded to start the test and 19 energetic and enthusiastic pupils started jogging across the hall. The made it with plenty of time to spare before the next bleep that told them to start running back.
After a many bleeps the hall was full of some rather red faces!
Then after many more bleeps, Level 16.11, they were down to 3!
In the end it was a draw between Sean and Callum at Level 17.1
A fantastic effort boys!
Well done also to all the other class members, who really tried their best…until next time!
Well Done to all the Primary 7’s that took part in our assembly today!
You were all superstars!
Photo’s taken during the performance will be added here on Tuesday.
Thanks to all the parents that returned their confirmation slips.
We have 23 definates for camp, and also 3 more pupils to confirm ‘by letter’ that they will be attending.
So….WE ARE BOOKED TO GO!!!!
P7I had great fun this afternoon learning how to make a plaid out of some tartan material!
Letters have now been issued to get the final numbers for our proposed trip to Normandy/Paris/Disneyland Paris.
Please remember to return the slip attached to the letter by Friday 14th September so that we can confirm with Chateau Beamont if we have enough people to travel.
To find out more about the Chateau, you can visit their website by clicking the link below:
Our annual P7 trip to the Risk Factory has been booked for Monday 5th November 2012.
The bus wil leave at 9am and should return by 2pm approx.
A packed lunch will be required. If you are entitled to a free lunch this must be ordered with Mrs Inglis by no later than Friday 2nd November.
*** Please do not ask anyone about or listen to any stories from people about their trip to the Risk Factory as this will waste the experience on the day!***
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