P7T tried something different this afternoon to encourage pupils to fully focus and read effectively in a calm and relaxing atmosphere. Reading is so important to the education of our pupils - the enjoyment of reading alone allows our students to enter a whole new world.
P6 have been enjoying learning to play the different notes on their recorders during music.
P6 have been looking at tessellation in Numeracy this week. They created their own tessellating pattern using a lizard template. They did a fantastic job.
P7T have been learning about a Flight as part of their World Around Us studies. Today, we learned about the concept of hot air rising - how it’s used for Hot Air balloons to fly. Hot air is lighter than cold air and will rise above the cold air. Cold air is denser (heavier) - next time you open up the fridge with bare feet, you’ll notice your feet getting cold because cold air falls to the ground. Today, in class, we made spiral snakes to practically show the effects of hot air rising. As you can see from the pictures, the children had a lot of fun.
In preparation for our trip to Asda we discussed what we could buy for our snack and wrote a shopping list. We also discussed that we would have to bring a purse with some money and a re-useable bag to put our shopping into. When at Asda we enjoyed visiting the meat counter, fish counter, bakery and finding all the items on our list and then scanning them at the till and paying for them. Back in Nursery we enjoyed preparing the fruit and fresh bread for our snack. It was delicious!
As part of our topic we enjoyed a shopping trip to ASDA to buy some groceries for our snack. We made a list before we went and had fun going around the different departments looking for all the things on our list. Before leaving we we took our items to the til where we scanned, paid and packed our groceries before coming back to school.
Primary Seven’s new World Around Us topic is Flight. One such way of demonstrating the forces that enable a plane to fly is to build and create a paper aeroplane. There are four forces at work when a plane flies, lift, thrust, drag and gravity. As you can see in the video, the thrust that enables forward motion is due to me throwing the plane by my arm. This generates power to enable lift. Once that power dissepitates, drag and eventually gravity takes over and it falls back to the ground. Pupils will be creating their own planes tomorrow. The one with the straightest edges and best thrust will go the furthest. A very practical way to show these forces at work. The kids were appreciative of the videoing experience.
Well done to all below who earned their latest bronze certificate in mathletics.
P7 spent their Friday performing poetry in the classroom. We discussed about the importance of tone, volume, facial expressions and enthusiasm. I was delighted with the response. The class did really well.
Karen from the RSPB came to visit us in Nursery to support us in our topic of Winter. Over the past week we have been busy making bird feeders and bird food which we have hung out to feed the birds when they are struggling to find food. It has been very exciting birdwatching to see which birds visit our Nursery. We saw a robin, a black bird and a chaffinch feeding at our ‘home made’ feeders.
We helped Karen to make a garden mat as she told us a story about what makes a good garden and about the important role birds have to play in our gardens. We can’t wait to see what other birds might visit in the next few weeks!
