Primary 5 enjoyed a trip to Loch Leven Castle as part of our learning about Mary Queen of Scots.

Mary was imprisoned on the castle island for more than a year. Just like Mary, P5 boarded the boat for the journey across the loch to the island. We explored the castle tower and stood in the room where Mary was imprisoned and forced to abdicate the throne to her infant son. We also stood on the shore where Mary made her dramatic escape back to the mainland!

We visited the Glassin tower and its murky basements, visited the old kitchen and saw its food hatch to the dining area,  and climbed some spiral staircases to other secret rooms.

We took the Loch Leven Quiz and hunted around the castle and ruins to see if we could find the answers.

The island itself if a nature reserve, full of birds and we saw some herons and pheasants roaming the grounds.

After a return boat trip we visited the shop then strolled down the boardwalk for lunch in the sun next to the play park.

Everyone said they enjoyed the day! The weather made it really special too as there was not a cloud in the sky! Well done P5!

Primary 2 have had a busy but lovely week.

Park 

We made the most of the lovely weather this week by taking Fred Frog to the park! We had so much fun and used our collaboration skills!

Healthy Menus

We used our new knowledge of the eatwell plate to discuss what makes meals healthy. We looked at the school’s lunch menu for the week and broke down each meal and decided what made it healthy. We then created our own menus, making sure we had a balanced diet.

Time 

This week we continued to develop our knowledge of time in a real life context. We estimated and discussed time durations in our daily lives. We also engaged brilliantly in numeracy play and challenged ourselves!

Volcano Models 

Continuing on with our volcano topic, we looked into the 3 types of volcanoes: shield, cinder cone, and composite. We then used clay to form our 3 different types of volcanoes! We are looking forward to painting these once they are dry!

(We also created volcanoes through our play using the construction blocks!)

Wow! What an amazing time we are having! A little rain this morning did not dampen our spirits and the sun didn’t take long to come out. Today we have successfully attempted the cat walk, leap of faith, archery, raft building, low ropes and night line. It’s all in a days work. We are looking forward to fishing tonight followed by Highland Games for our last night activities. Check out our photos.

We have had to drag ourselves away from the camp fire tonight, where we sang songs, told jokes, played games and toasted marshmallows, to head up for supper. Roll on more hot chocolate. What a fantastic day two at camp. We can’t seem to wipe the smiles of our faces. Sun is shining, which made our raft building and catwalk activities even more enjoyable. All before we filled our bellies with sausage rolls, bean, and more. Not an empty stomach in sight. Then more activities. Night line, bushcraft and leap of faith finished off our day.  Good, fantastic, teamwork, great, fun, enjoyable, creative are some words we have used to summarise our day.