At long last we took delivery of the fish eggs that we have been waiting for since the tank was delivered just over a week ago. The team delivered just shy of 200 eggs which looked a lot less than we had anticipated. We impressed the team with our knowledge about the fish and how constant we had been keeping the water in the tank. We check the temperature every couple of hours and add ice if the temperature is getting above 10C. Occasionally the temperature is about 5C and we are having to remove the ice to raise the temperature.
As the eggs were being delivered we could see clearly that two of the eggs had changed in colour and needed to be removed as they had died, we understand that we are likely to lose quite a few as the weeks go on, this is nature and we know that this happens in the wild as well as in a tank.
Our knowledge of temperature has impressed Mr Reed; he has been testing our reading of thermometers and can now rely on us to do the temperature checks. We have also been learning about negative numbers and how to find the difference between two different temperatures.
As part of our Literacy we mapped out our very own island similar to the one Robinson Crusoe found himself stranded on, we added key features and begun to explain why each of the features was important to the survival of Robinson.
We said goodbye to Doris our class Tattie Bogle, she was a great member of the class but it was felt she needed to go and join other Tattie Bogles. We will not forget the poem we learnt to celebrate Scottish poetry.
The Singin Tattie Bogle.
| 1. Alane upon the field she stood, The tattie-bogle, tall an’ prood. But certie, she wis smairt an’ braw, A bonnie lass, tho’ made o’ straw. 2. Her gowden hair wis made o’ oo.
3. The beasts they cam’ frae a’ the airts.
4. An’ craws an’ sparras by the score,
5. Pair tattie-bogle, she wis wae.
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6. ‘See, lassie, tak ma guid advice. There is nae yiss ye bein’ nice. Can ye nae glower an’ skreich an’ a’ Tae sen’ thae cooardie burds awa’?’ 7. The bogle grat nae mair: instead,
8. It chilled the verra bluid tae hear
9. Sae should ye pass at skreich o’ day
10. A soon like pincils on a sclate,
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Primary 5
