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Non-Newtonian fluids

This week, Primary 6 delved into the fascinating world of non-Newtonian fluids! We got our hands messy making oobleck (a mix of cornflour and water) to truly explore how its properties change when we apply force.

By mixing cornflour and water, we observed firsthand how applying force transformed this seemingly simple substance, making it behave like a solid when punched or squeezed, yet flow like a liquid when left alone. It was amazing to see it act like both a liquid and a solid, and the children found it incredibly engaging to explore its unique properties!

We also discovered why non-Newtonian fluids are so important and widely used in areas like medicine, healthcare, everyday products, and scientific research!

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The great liquid race!

Primary 6 have been thoroughly enjoying their new topic, ‘States of Matter’! We’ve had some fascinating lessons exploring the properties of solids. Today we learned about the properties of liquids, with a particular focus on viscosity.

To bring this concept to life, the class had the opportunity to work collaboratively as a team to identify high and low viscosity liquids, make a hypothesis, and record the results of their findings during a fun liquid race involving washing up liquid, olive oil and syrup!

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P6’s Climate Ready Classrooms Day

Today in P6 we took part in a full day of online workshops to help us to learn more about climate change. We are now climate ready classrooms. We are aware that any small change can make an impact on the environment. We have now produced an action plan as a stage of the small differences we can make.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Experiment

Rumaysa was our chief water temperature scientist. She helped us to measure the water temperatures for our investigation hourly throughout the day.

Posters in action to create changes!
Costa! T-shirts! Jumpers! How hot does Lucas look as he represented the planet getting hotter and hotter?! Excellent visual learning!
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P6A’s STEM Visit to Holyrood High School

We had a brilliant time on our visit to Holyrood RC High School on Tuesday. We got to visit the DET classrooms and use saws and sandpaper to make our own keychains and then we visited a Biology classroom where we investigated using microscopes. We even got to learn about how to safely use a Bunsen Burner!

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P6A STEAM Parachute Building Challenge

As part of our Science Forces topic we have been exploring air resistance. Today we enjoyed fine tuning the parachutes we designed and built in groups. We then took them to the top of the library stairs to test how well they travelled (and landed). Many of us were proud of our designs and pleasantly surprised with how well they worked!