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P4/5 Outdoor Learning

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This morning we visited the wooded area of our playground to investigate the biodiversity there. We listed all the living things we found, took lots of photos of them and discussed the conditions that made this a good place for them to live and grow and how theses living things interacted with each other. We also made some tree bark and leaf rubbings.

Did you know to estimate the age of a tree, count the number of rings on the stump, from the centre out?!

We can’t wait to investigate other areas of our playground to see how the biodiversity differs depending on the conditions.

We wonder what we would find if we investigated a river or pond, a beach, a mountain? 🤔

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Primary 7 Camp – Day 5

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Today was our final day of school camp in Primary 7!

It’s been a great final day celebrating all that we have achieved, and celebrating our camp winners… Dorm 5. Well done to Ellie-Nicole, Elly, Lily and Myah. 👏🏼⭐️

We then had a special delivery from Inveralmond to end our camp week on a real high… Our pupils going to Inveralmond now have their school ties!

I asked our Primary 7s what they enjoyed most about our camp week today… Here are some of their responses:

“The whole entire first day… I just had so much fun” – Ryan B

“The whole of Tuesday. Toasting marshmallows, an ice cream van and a movie… It was just so much fun!” – Lily

“Den building was my favourite because it was really fun to make with my friends” – Emily

”Toasting marshmallows because I’ve never done that before” – Kacey

“I enjoyed the whole week. Every night I had something exciting to share when I went home” – Vilte

Mr Abbott and I have had a blast too. Thank you for all of the wonderful memories Primary 7!

Primary 7 Camp – Day 4

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What another fun filled day for our Primary 7’s. Today we took part in a nature scavenger hunt where there was a big race to find a squirrel! We then had a picnic for our lunch out at the trim trail… Mr Abbott and I really enjoyed having our lunch with you all!

In the afternoon, we spent time out on the field taking part in different sports activities and ended the afternoon with an ice pole to cool down in the lovely sunshine! 😊

Thank you for all of the fun Primary 7!

Primary 7 Camp – Day 2

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What another fun filled day our Primary 7’s have had at their school camp. This morning we made a fire and toasted marshmallows. Some of our marshmallows were on the burnt side but super goooey inside… Yummy!
We then got into our PJ’s for a movie afternoon. During our movie afternoon, we had a surprise visit from an ice cream van in our school car park. Check out our photos below!

Our camp leaders at the end of today are… dorm 1 with an amazing 25 points. Well done to Willow, Peyton, Grace, Emily, Marwa and Molly!

Primary 7 Camp – Day 1

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Primary 7 have had so much fun at their first day of camp (at school!) We started the day by working together and problem solving to design and create a map of Inveralmond High School. We had some fantastic, creative ideas and we all worked so well together. Check out the winning map below – Well done Lily, Ellie-Nicole, Elly and Myah!

We spent the afternoon outside, in the sunshine, building dens in our dorm groups. There was lots of fantastic team work going on to build the most sturdy den.

At the end of day 1, dorm 6 are in the lead with a fantastic 18 points. Well done to Liam, Amor and Ryan. Great work boys!

Summer Fun

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The holidays are here and we are hoping that the lovely weather we have been having recently will continue.

Now lockdown is easing and the restrictions are relaxing, what better way to get back out and about than on your bike!

Here is some cycling information with regards to Covid-19 and some challenges and games that the whole family can enjoy during the summer holidays.

https://bit.ly/2WJMbKC – Cycling Scotland COVID info

Sustrans Outside In Weekly Challenges

https://bit.ly/37Fx3C2 – week 1

https://bit.ly/3e08SQv –  week 2

https://bit.ly/3efKeMx – week 3

https://bit.ly/3ehNVky – week 4

Also next week the British Nutrition Foundation are running a Healthy Eating Week @ Home Challenge.  Resources for this can be found by clicking the following link. https://bit.ly/3eifeLB

Wishing all our families a lovely summer break. We look forward to welcoming you back in August!

Outdoor Maths

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Happy New Year!

P4 are back and ready to learn. Today we have made the most of our outdoors and have taken our maths out to the sandpit and been practising our subtraction knowledge. We built sandcastles and had fun taking them away to give our answers, using tyres to take away and we worked with bigger numbers and negative numbers by writing sums in the sand.

We loved this different approach to our maths and incorporating the outdoors.

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P6 Tennis Festival

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A group of our P6 children took part in ICHS cluster Tennis Festival this week. Walking to Ladywell Tennis Courts proved to be a good warm up before their matches. The pupils then took part in doubles matches against pairs from our cluster primary schools. All children had fun taking part and Toronto were proud to make it to the semi finals! We may have a new Andy Murray or Serena Williams on our hands.

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