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Outdoor Education Group Visits Holyrood Park

We went to Holyrood Park on a bus.

We walked into the park and we met the ranger, he was called Gordon and then we walked up the hills in the rain!

We learnt that a part of Arthur’s Seat used to be a beach and there was a bit that was slanted which lava went down, but that was a long time ago.

The volcano last erupted hundreds of millions of years ago.

It used to be covered by a glacier which was much higher than Scotland’s biggest mountain.

When the volcano explodes, the lava can turn into rock, and we got to have a look at some lava rocks.

By Lexi and Ella

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P5 Learning Log – Week Beginning 25.02.19

This week have learnt about food in French, and how to spell them in French. We also did a quiz to check our learning using Plicker cards (we all have our own QR code that we hold up to answer questions. Ms Mitchell and Miss Sinclair can scan the room with a device, and it tells us instantly who got things correct or incorrect).

Also, we learnt about dialogue, and how to use speech marks in our stories. We wrote an imaginative ending to a story that had a lot of dialogue in the middle.

We did some science experiments with mirrors and water to find out more about reflection and refraction of light, and played a game using Plicker cards.

In PE we were playing a game with playing cards and decided exercises for all the types of cards, we ran to the deck of cards and did the exercises on that card.

By Vi and Dylan

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P5 Learning Log – Week Beginning 18.02.19

On Monday we did some American football  You should check out the pictures below – there are a lot of photos of our amazing catches. Our coach was Tom from Active Schools, he came to the school to teach us some moves.

On Tuesday we learned about how our eyes see light. An ancient Greek said we had a light in our heads but scientists said that that would make our heads shine like car headlights, so they discovered that light actually reflects off objects and goes into our eyes.

On Wednesday we had PE in the morning and then we did some imaginative writing about finding something. We made criteria for it and set out a plan and an opening paragraph.

On Thursday we had a calm morning writing our stories and think we did a great job. In the afternoon we had PE. We played a card game where we did different exercises depending on what card we picked, and if we got a joker it was 30 seconds of plank!

By Michael B and Catriona

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Eco Meeting 19.02.19

Eco Meeting

Tuesday 19th February 2019

  • Register: Absent/apologies: Ishaa, Ellen
  • Eco Code: The group reviewed the eco codes that various members of the group had created. We agreed that they were all fantastic but after a close vote it was decided that Oona from P4’s poster was the one we wanted to have as our code. Ms Mitchell is going to copy and laminate it so that it can be displayed around the school.
  • Environmental Review: We looked at the environmental review that the reps had completed. We were really proud of the school’s scores for healthy living and global citizenship, but think we need to work more on litter, waste and the school grounds. These will be our focuses for the next couple of years.
  • Big Battery Hunt: We have now received a battery collection bin, which will be kept in reception. We have also handed out mini boxes for every family in the school to take home and fill up with batteries. This will save them all going into landfill and damaging the environment, so please bring in all used batteries! Thank you to Gabriela and Hannah for suggesting we get involved. Find more information here.
  • Badges: The group asked about having Eco Group badges. Gabriella suggested they make their own, and the group voted to do that rather than have Ms Mitchell make them. We will do this during the next meeting.
  • Action Plan: We need to create an action plan based on the topics we’re focusing on this year. We will display this on our new eco board – can all reps try to think of a creative way we could display our plans?

 

Next meeting will be on 19th March 2019.

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P5 Learning Log – Week Beginning 04.02.19

This week we had a workshop from Tree of Knowledge, where we learnt about the different sides of us; Mr Right Now and Mr Wait a Minute. Mr Right Now is when you don’t think about things and do them really quickly, and Mr Wait a Minute is thinking and waiting. We enjoyed the games like building the biggest Jenga tower, and we liked winning prizes.

We learnt about Chinese New Year, and enjoyed learning about how it is celebrated.

We peer assessed the Scottish Myth stories that we wrote last week. We liked doing this because we liked reading other people’s myths.

We did a quiz in pairs for Safer Internet day and made posters to tell others how to stay safe online. We liked working in partners with people from the other class.

We were lucky this week to have a basketball taster session organised by Active Schools. We did a few warm up games then got into teams and played against each other. It was really fun, and some of us were keen to join a basketball club after it!

By Harris and Tyler

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