On Monday we all went on a visit to Linlithgow Palace to find out about its history and more about the life of Mary Queen of Scots. We were shown around the palace by children from Linlithgow Primary who have been trained as guides by Historic Scotland. The guides were very knowledgeable and told us all about the different rooms in the palace and what life would have been like when Mary Queen of Scots was there. After the guided tour the children asked lots of interesting questions and then did some sketching of their favourite parts of the palace which we will use to add to our classroom display.
In Maths we have started looking at division using our table knowledge to help us. Some of us have been finding it a bit tricky so we will do more work on this next week. We also used our knowledge of number to complete the “Mystery of the Slalom Flags” where someone had stolen all the flags for the winter Paralympics downhill ski run. Luckily we were able to solve the mystery and the event did not have to be postponed for too long!
In Literacy we used our research skills to find out more facts about the history of the palace and the information a tourist would need if they wanted to go on a visit. We will use this information next week to design a tourist information leaflet for Historic Scotland.
On Wednesday we had an amazing talk from Mr Hector Woodhouse who was a Civil Engineer involved in the design and construction of the Forth Road Bridge. He explained the concept of how the bridge was constructed and told us some amazing facts and stories about what it was like to be involved in the construction. He also showed us some breath taking pictures of him and a colleague walking across the bridge and holding onto some wires as part of the walkway was incomplete. He was one of the first people to cross from one side to the other! The information and facts he provided will help us with our visit to the Forth Bridge Education Centre on Monday.
For science we continued investigating separation this time by evaporation. We separated a solution of salt water by heating the solution over a candle. There were great salt crystals at the end of the experiment.
We also started work on the RBS Money Sense activity “Party Planning” which was postponed due to the bad weather. We have been working in teams to complete the activity and have managed to decide who we wish to organise the party for and what activities they would like. Next week we will finish the activity by calculating the amount of money we will require and try to stay within the allocated budget.
