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Today we received a visit from Show Racism the Red Card to further enhance our knowledge of racism and discrimination. Kaela ran an insightful workshop for our P6 pupils where they were able to explore challenging topics in a safe space.
We want to say a massive thank you to Kaela for her visit and knowledge!
Today our Primary 5 and 6 classes enjoyed a full day STEM session run by The Smallpeice Trust, kindly funded by Amazon. We completed lots of fun activities to give us a taster of what it would be like to be an engineer. We learned about Engineering as a career and the jobs available in the world of work.
We started our day with a code breaking task. We worked with our teams to use our prior knowledge of skip counting, multiplication and sequencing to crack the secret code.
Next, we learned all about the mechanics behind rockets. We were tasked with designing an economical robot and had to work out the cost of our product before building and testing it.
Throughout the day we worked towards completing our STEM certificates by earning stickers for speaking, staying positive, teamwork, problem solving, creativity, aiming high, leadership and listening.
After lunch, we learned about autonomous vehicles. We created maps and used iPads to program a Sphero. We had to meet a specific criteria and direct the robots to follow our instructions.
We also had a virtual visit from Amazon where we learned about job opportunities and the role of engineers at Amazon.
We are so grateful for such a fantastic experience and we have loved learning through STEM challenges today.
Well done P5 and P6 🙂
This week in Primary 3/2 we have been finishing off our topic on Fairtrade. We have completed our learning journey to show all of the work we have done along the way.
On Wednesday we made our own banana and mango smoothies. We learned different cutting skills and the importance of food hygiene. We created our own recipes and enjoyed getting to taste them when they were ready.
Super work Primary 3/2 you have worked really hard throughout our Fairtrade topic!
Miss McGregor & Primary 3/2 🙂
This week, Primary 5 have been learning about racism and the serious impact it has on victims and their families. We read about the sickening story of Antony Walker and were shocked to find out how he was treated. We wrote letters to his family to share how their story made us feel and our hopes for the future. We hope that all people learn about the impact of their actions and how dangerous and upsetting racism can be.
This week, Primary 2/1 started looking at early skills for division.
We learned that quantities can be ‘broken up’ by sharing or grouping. We explored how to share/group using counting materials and then began looking at how we could use jottings/pictures to do this too.
All classes will have a ‘Sharing the Learning’ event on Friday morning at 11.20. We would love to see you there!
Check in with us again next week to see what else we have been up to!
Primary 2/1 & Miss M 🙂
Please use the link below to access the Primary 2/1 learning overview for Term 4.
P2&1 Termly Learning Overview – 4
Miss M 🙂
Hello everyone,
Our PE days will be changing next term. This will come into place the first week back after the Easter holidays.
Our new PE days will be a Tuesday and Wednesday.
Thank you for your continued support.
Miss Walkingshaw
Our class enjoyed their trip to Broxburn Academy this week to take part in a STEM event. We got to use Bunsen burners, create an O-Wing and make a Fizz Pop Rocket.
