Sharing Our Learning
This week we took part in two live STEM lessons from BEAR Scotland. The first of these was on bridges with Elaine Barry, an engineer who worked on the design of the Queensferry crossing. We learned about different types of bridges as well as what makes a bridge strong. We used these principles to design our own bridges and then to build a geodesic dome made from triangles.
P7/6 had the opportunity this week to take part in a football coaching session with Daniel from ICA Academy. He was very impressed with our skills and helped us to improve them by working on different drills and games.
We have been doing a lot of learning based on the novel ‘Holes’ by Louis Sachar. Holes in set at ‘Camp Green Lake’, in the middle of a desert! We have been finding out about different deserts around the world in groups and this week will teach a lesson to the class about each one as well as planning a task for the class to check if they have understood.
P7/6 have had a lovely first week back, out new P7s have been brilliant buddies for our new Primary 1s and have been keen to get started on electing our new head pupils for this school year. I’m very impressed with all of our candidates keen to take on responsibility in their final year with us. Today we collaborated to complete 5 STEM challenges all involving a single sheet of paper. Some super impressive creative and critical thinking on display and it’s only week one!
Day 1 at Ford Castle complete! After a long journey we arrived safely at Ford Castle and have already had a day of fun activities including rifle shooting, zip wire, survivor and ‘balloon splash’, which resulted in Mr McNaughton getting very wet! Looking forward to 2 more days of fun and teamwork.
