Big thanks to parents Lorraine, Jenny, Vicky, Moray and Orla who came along to help with the adult gardening work on Friday. Thanks to Moray for her work on the weeding – strimming still needs doing but hoping to have an update on that later in the week. Our other parents painted – some before, during and after pics attached. All looking much brighter but most items will need another coat of paint so (weather depending). All gratefully received if you have any time to spare.
Well done to our our great little Rockstars who put on a fantastic performance on Tuesday night!
What a busy week we have all had.
Our week began with a trip to Cramond Beach, we were joined by P4. We were going to investigate how polluted the beach area is. Before our visit we had been learning about plastic nurdles and how the East coast of Scotland is particularly bad for nurdles.
When we got to the beach we split into three groups, one group went to visit a Roman fort and another group played beach games whilst the third group went in search of the nurdles. We rotated so that every group took part in each activity. The trip was great fun and we enjoyed each of the activities that we took part in. The weather was chilly but it did warm up through the day. We found over two thousand nurdles in just a small section of coastline which has caused us to want to learn more about the effects of these nurdles on wildlife both in and out of the sea.
When we returned to school we then sorted through what we had found to see what type of plastic we had found.
Tuesday we had the chance to share our Rookie Rockstar work that we had been doing as part of our topic. We came back to school in the evening to perform to parents and grandparents the songs that we had learnt. This was great fun and a chance to dress up in our Rockstar outfits. Congratulations to Emma M whose CD cover design won and will be on every CD sold.
Wednesday we went to the rugby club to meet Elizabeth Ezra who wrote Ruby McCraken. We had the chance to understand how she gets ideas for her books as well as give her lots of ideas for a story. We also had the chance to ask questions about what inspired her to write stories.
To end our week we are having an ice cream party on Friday as we were not able to get one on Monday.
P5
This week has been amazing; we have had such a fun filled week. Our learning this week has had a musical theme every day.
During the afternoons we have had special visitors called Glyn and Chloe from Rookie Rockstars. Over the week they have introduced us to five new songs which all had actions as well. We watched Mr Reed stuff loads of marshmallows into his mouth and then try to sing a song. We also watched Mr Brice and Mrs Telfer rapping out nursery rhymes which was very funny.
We ended our story this week having worked hard to create our own version of ‘The Water Horse’ by Dick King Smith. Through this story we have been learning to use new and exciting vocabulary which will make our story interesting to readers.
We have been learning about plastic ‘nurdles’ and the effect they are having on the beaches and wildlife around our coastlines. This is in preparation of our trip on Monday.
On Friday we spent the morning in our new class getting to know our new teacher and enjoying some fun activities.
Next week are all looking forward to our class visit to Cramond Beach where we will be carrying out our own investigation into plastic ‘nurdles’.
P5
Welcome back to our blog! This week in Primary 7
What an amazing week we have had; we have had such a wonderful time participating in new activities and having talks from various visitors.
No better way to start our week than a ‘Boot camp’ during which we were all made to do a range of activities that were hard work but fun.
We had a talk from the RNLI who informed us all about the need to stay safe around water and the incredible job that the RNLI do keeping people safe, as well as the police and Mr Godley who explained the importance of keeping our feet healthy!!
Our sports day was lots of fun and we all enjoyed taking part in the races and activities around the field.
We were privileged to witness not one but two osprey chicks hatch, we are wishing the third the best and hope that we come back to school to see three chicks all safe and healthy.
We took part in golf, dance and Taekweon-do, seeing how much fun each of the sports is.
It has been a great week and we enjoyed every opportunity we were given.
P5
This week the P6 group watered their wheat – all growing nicely! – and replanted some nasturtiums and marigolds which had self-seeded in one of the wheat beds – these can be reused in our physic garden or in the P3’s wellbeing and wildlife garden. The class had researched plants for our physic garden and have come up with some interesting choices! We planted some seeds from the first plant on their list this week – liquorice!
This week we have been investigating sounds as we prepare to make our very own instrument. We have been looking at what materials are used to make different instruments as well as which part of the instrument actually makes the sound.
We carried out a scientific investigation to discover which material is best to insulate sounds. We had to use a decibel meter to measure how loud the alarm was when wrapped in various materials. We are surprised that the bubble wrap worked best.
Mr Reed created a bell using a metal coat hanger and string, this sounded as loud as the school bell!!
In preparation for our next big write, we have been choosing which animal we will be writing about as we create our own version of Dick King Smith’s The Water Horse.
During our maths we have been reinforcing our understanding of division using known facts and the bust stop method to solve questions with larger numbers.
We have been watching the Osprey nest every day as we eagerly anticipate the arrival of the chicks, the first is due to hatch early next week.
We enjoyed our games sessions this week, we were playing ball games in small teams.
We are really looking forward to next week and taking part in all our health and well being activities.
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