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Zoo, Fitness measuring and Abacus

On Thursday we learned about an ancient calculating tool- The abacus. We built on our place value knowledge and learned how to solve sums using the abacus.

We also wrote a letter to thank the Zoo’s Education Officer for the lovely trip. We learned so many things about lots of different animals and the Cycle of Life.

As part of GLP we have talked about growing healthy, both physically and mentally. We have shared different ways in which we take care of our bodies and we discussed our life milestones with our families.

The highlight of our Friday was our fitness measuring activity (understanding & ordering decimals, using different tools for measuring). We went outside and measured our reaction time, long jump, height, etc.img_2845 img_2846 img_2847

It’s the Cycle of Life

Primary 6 ventured out of the classroom to pay a visit to the zoo in order to learn all about the life cycle.  We had a great day and found out all about the male monkey’s blue bottom, the amazing way a panda can stop a pregnancy and got to see lots of little baby penguins being looked after by their parents.  It was a great day and fabulous learning experience.

“I think the penguins are cheeky because they steal each other’s pebbles for their nest”.

” The apes are really clever being able to swing from branch to branch without falling very often.  It’s cool how they change colour when they grow up to make it easier to tell males from females”.

“The panda’s poo was yellow and he did over 40 of them a day!”

Primary 6 Visit Edinburgh Zoo!

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On Thursday P6A and P6B went to Edinburgh Zoo to learn about different life cycles of animals. We saw loads of different animals, from monkeys and apes to the giant pandas. We visited the education centre where we meet Kirsty who talked to use about the differences between mammals and fish and how they bring up their young. We also talked about the different stages in each animals life cycle.

In the afternoon we got a really treat as we visited giant pandas and to our surprise they were awake and moving about. One of the keepers told us that over 2000 people came to see them every day. We also got to visit the new meerkat enclosure and hiked up the big hills to see the Lions and Zebra.

My highlight of the day was seeing the monkeys and the pandas. In the pandas enclosure there was a TV showing the pandas doing different things, at one point it even showed one of the pandas doing a forward roll. The trip to the zoo was very fun and it was interesting learning about all of the different animals and how they live.

By Mirren