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Primary 2 have been making mezuzahs and learning about Jewish things and we know everything about mezuzahs. Â by Andrew
Mrs Hull’s challenge: how many of you in Primary 2 can show your mezuzah to your family and explain what it is for? Leave your comment on the blog when you have done it!
Primary 5 and Primary 7 came together today to learn from Mr Rose, a chef from the Scottish Parliament. He showed us how to prepare a range of fresh fruit then gave us delicious fruit kebabs to try with yoghurt, raspberry coulis or granola he had specially made for us earlier. Then he used more raspberries, bananas, honey and milk blended together into a tasty smoothie for us. These are awesome ways to eat more fruit !
We then got to see a range of the Scottish produce that is served at the Scottish Parliament. The catering team there use Scottish ingredients as much as possible to show off Scottish food to the MSPs and visitors. They also reduce the distance food has to travel and the pollution this would cause. They make sure to use sustainable ingredients – this means that the way the food is grown, made or caught is carefully thought about so we don’t run out.
We saw honey, oil, chicken, lamb, beef, cheese, chutney and salmon, then we got to taste smoked venison! Then for a grande finale Chef showed us different seafood from Scottish waters including rainbow trout, seabass, plaice and cockles.
It was an excellent presentation and Chef inspired us to try new tastes which we loved! Some of us are even thinking about the world of hospitality for our future careers.
A big thank you to Chef for his hard work, and to the suppliers who generous donated the samples for us to try.
Last week we very extremely lucky to get such terrific weather for our trip along the River Almond! We started our trip at Almondell Country Park in East Calder where we drew a picture of the river and made notes about the features of the river. We then went to see the River Almond at Cramond and made a note of the river at this point and compared it to our observations at Almondell. Then we walked along the river to the estuary at Cramond.
Last week a Chef (Mr Mellor) made ice cream in our classroom and we got to taste it. It was amazing! He let us ask him questions on how to make food. He told us recipes.Â
My favourite bit was:
We have been finding out about what can be found on the Isle of Coll. We have also been learning about the difference between man made and natural features on an island.
Last week we were very lucky because we were invited to Broxburn Academy for a science and technology day. As part of the science investigations we used microscopes to view plant cells, we made fizz pop rockets, worked with ooze, measured our heart beat and pulse rate and made a balloon hovercraft.
In CDT we had to design and create a skyscraper in our groups. We also got to meet other children who will be going to Broxburn Academy with us when we go into S1.
Last week we started our new topic about rivers and we have learnt all of the vocabulary assosiated with rivers eg tribulary, meander, mouth, source and estuary. Why not test us at home to find out what this vocabulary means! We are looking forward to our trip on Wednesday!
Primary 4 have been learning all about the digestive system. After discussing all the different stages involved in turning our food into nutrients and energy for our body, we created storyboards to describe the journey a piece of food makes.
Our new topic is rivers. Next week we will be going on a trip to investigate the River Almond. We are going to look at the river at Almondell Country Park and also at Crammond in Edinburgh. Please make sure you have welly boots and appropriate clothing because we will be outside all day. We will be very tired that night.
P6 have done wonderful imaginative writing about The Beast. It was difficult to choose, but this week’s star writer is Dolce. Well done everyone.
For our topic Primary 3 are comparing the Island of Coll in Scotland with Madagascar. We have been becoming familiar with using an atlas to look up countries. We have been using the index and coordinates to help us. We enjoyed working with a partner setting challenges to find different countries in the atlas!
To finish off our Health and Wellbeing topic about Living and Growing, we made Reebop babies. We had to sort out the genetic code for our baby then we had to check what features the baby had and then we had to make our baby. We hope you like them.
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