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Children in Need 2018
Today we came to school dressed down in spots, yellow, like Pudsey or in our own clothes to raise money for Children in Need. We also donated lots of toys, games, home baking and books to a bring and buy sale. All our efforts raised a massive £402.65 for CIN … A huge amount! Well done who everyone who contributed to raise this fantastic amount. 
Repost: Book Week Scotland
Sum Dog Update
With one more day left to go in the West Lothian Sum Dog competition …
Out of 70 classes:
- 32nd – P7
- 38th – P6
- 48th – P5
- 55th – P3
- 61st – P2c
Out of 1656 pupils:
- 6th – Lucas – P7
- 16th – Alice – P6
Library After School Club: 15/11/18
West Lothian Sum Dog Competition
So far in the West Lothian Sum Dog competition …
Out of 61 classes:
- 24th – P7
- 28th – P6
- 47th – P5
- 48th – P3
- 52th – P2c
Out of 1425 pupils:
- 11th – Alice – P6
- 43rd – P4 child
Club Wild – Why Do Leaves Change Colour?
At Club Wild we have been looking at why leaves change colour and fall off their trees in the Autumn. We learned that the word for this is Senescence and this occurs in mid to late Autumn as different deciduous trees change from green leaf to a variety of colours.
It is funny to think that most of the spectacular colours of Autumn have actually been in the leaves all summer, covered up by the dominant green chlorophyll. As the weather cools and shorter days settle in, the chlorophyll starts to break down, revealing new and varied colour pigments. the brightest colours are seen when late summer is dry and autumn has bright sunny days and cool nights.
We went out to see if we could find and collect leaves with the different pigments. Some trees still had the green chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is responsible for helping trees and plants turn sunlight into food. The red, anthocyanin that we found in some leaves is produced as the chlorophyll is broken down unlike other pigments which always exist in the leaf. The yellow, xanthophyll can be seen throughout the Autumn on trees including birches, elms and oaks. The orange, carotene can be found beautifully on sugar maples. As the name implies, carotenes are also the chemical responsible for giving carrots their colouring.
We used the different coloured leaves to do some autumn art but the best thing to do during Autumn leaf fall or senescence is to run through the huge piles of crunchy, soft coloured leaves 😊🍂🍁
Book Week Scotland: Home Learning Challenge
Who will be the first to join in our home learning challenge?
Digital Tinkering in P7
On Monday Primary 7 took part in four different digital tinkering activities. Tinkering means trying things out. For young children, this is the vital play based, exploration and experimentation phase of learning about something. For older pupils and adults it is purposeful exploration and making, often through trial and improvement.
Hour of Code
Children used Hour of Code to develop their programming language develop computing solutions to problems.
Sum Dog
Children used a website to apply and develop their numeracy skills.
Spheros
Spheros are a spherical robot toy. Features of a Sphero are:
- Rolling – Sphero robots can roll at a given speed and heading for a given amount of time.
- Colors – Sphero robots can light up in any color.
- Sensors – Sphero robot’s internal sensors include an IMU and Locator
- Bluetooth – Sphero robots connect to devices such an iPads, iPhones, and Android phones and tablets through Bluetooth.
- Robot Languages – Sphero robots support three ‘onboard’ programming languages. Programs written in these languages are ‘run’ on the robot.
The children had the opportunity to tinker with a Sphero to try and control its movements.
Apps
The children could select one of our media apps to create a book cover for one of their favourite books.
Assessment
To finish they used an online form in glow to evaluate their learning and the skills they had used.
Book Week Scotland Reading Focus
In the lead up to Book Week Scotland all our classes are having a reading interdisciplinary book or author focus.
