Events, Health & Wellbeing

Responsible Roles: Playful Pals

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In preparation for the Responsible Roles that they will be taking on when they return as Primary 7s next session, some of the Primary 6 pupils have been learning how to be good playground games leaders today. Mrs Keogh, our Active Schools Coordinator, delivered a training session to teach the Playful Pals how to be a good playground buddy and to lead a variety of games with confidence. The P6s involved had an opportunity to try out some of their new skills with their peers and are looking forward to showing the rest of the school what great Playful Pals they can be in August.

Interdisciplinary Learning, Primary 1, Primary 2, Technologies, Uncategorized

Kapla Ships Ahoy!

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We are learning to create a ship from construction materials by using and following a design plan. 

I can use Kapla to create my pirate ship design. 

P2/1 had lots of fun last week when we had the opportunity to design and construct our own pirate ships.

We have been learning all about the key features of a pirate ship and we were able to apply this knowledge when we made a design plan for our own ship.

Working in small groups, we were sure to include a bow and stern, deck, rigging, sails and a crows nest as well as a captains cabin, store room and a galley.

Our finished creations were very impressive and we enjoyed showing and sharing them with other groups. Many team skills were demonstrated including perseverance, communication, collaboration and contribution.

Finlay Fe said ”I needed to have steady hands to make sure it didn’t fall down.”

Oliver commented ”My team had to stay calm and not get frustrated. If it fell down we understood and built it back up.”

Eilidh made the point –  ”We had to work together to build the ship.”

 

Take a look at our pictures and see our designs for yourself! 

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English & Literacy, Sciences

P6 are Top of the Food Chain

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Learning Intention:

We are learning about the order of food chains in a variety of habitats

We are learning about the impact that different animals have on our planet

Some of the pupils from Primary 6 and Primary 7/6 were working together as a group today and had a very interesting and thoughtful morning discussing food chains. First, we reminded ourselves about what makes up a food chain before giving examples of food chains that we knew. Next, we were given a difficult challenge. We were given pictures of 10 different animals and asked- if we had to make 3 of the animals extinct to save ourselves and all of the others, which would we choose and why? We worked in small groups and had to come up with three reasons to justify our choices which we then shared with the rest of the class. The animals we had to choose from were the lion, zebra, sea turtle, blue whale, tree kangaroo, kitten, beetle, salmon, eagle and gorilla. Although it was very tough, here are the top three animals voted for as a class and the reasons why:

Blue Whale– because it is top of its food chain so removing it wouldn’t affect other animals too much, it can kill humans and not many people eat whales so it doesn’t help us.

Beetle– in Britain, we don’t eat beetles so it doesn’t help us, there are lots of different types of insect so making one extinct wouldn’t make a huge difference to the food chain and some insects carry diseases which can make us sick or kill us.

Eagle– it is at the top of the food chain so making it extinct would save other species, some birds of prey can attack our pets and we don’t usually eat birds of prey so we wouldn’t be affected.

We had a very interesting discussion about making the kitten extinct. Although we know that it sounds very harsh and we felt bad, to begin with several of the groups said that it was the first animal that they agreed to make extinct because it isn’t an animal that lots of animals eat, and it doesn’t really help humans (some members of our group have some very messy cats who are a bit of a nuisance). However, on further discussion, we realised that cats do help some humans by providing company and love, as well as bringing us happiness. We also discussed the fact that if we were to make either cats or dogs extinct, lots of businesses would go bankrupt, e.g. pet food companies, dog walkers, groomers, cat sitters etc. Arran added that his cat is an excellent spider catcher too!

What a fantastic discussion Primary 6! 🙂

English & Literacy, Expressive Arts, Interdisciplinary Learning, Maths & Numeracy, Primary 5, Technologies

P6-5 and P5 Hat Workshops

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Hat- Tastic IDL

Learning Intention

1. We are learning to create 3D sculptures which represent hat design for a purpose

2. We are learnng to use a variety of media and techniques to create our hat designs

Success Criteria
A successful design will have,
-a style
-a chosen base colour
-represent your personality
-2 elements in your design from the hat workshop

During the last two weeks, Primary 5 and Primary 6-5 have been very busy designing hats and learning about the design process. This will all come together in a final hat showcase at Howden Park Centre on the 17th June.

We first all had to read our design brief/challenge and then start thinking about how our hats would represent our personalities and be bright and colourful. During the design process, we recorded our ideas and thinking in our design journals. These entried included illustrations, sketches, labels, dates and an evaluation of each day.

We were lucky enough to have a professional Milliner visit us, Sally- Anne Provan, and she provided two hat workshops. These were fantastic experiences, allowing us to learn new skills from an expert and express our own creativity at the same time. We were measuring, cutting, gluing and working co-operatively during both of these workshops. In the end, the results were some amazing and individually styled hats!! We can’t wait to show them off next week to our parents. All parents are welcome to this event.

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