Christmas Stories

Over the past week, we have been busy writing our own Christmas stories.  Our stories had an elf as the main character and we had to create a problem for the elf to solve.  There were some very imaginative ideas!

Today, we went to P1/2W to read our Christmas stories.

We each had a small group of 7 or 8 boys and girls to read to.  Some of us felt a bit nervous but everyone did a super job of reading.  

When we had finished reading our stories, we had a Christmas activity for the P1's and P2's to do.  We showed them how to make a split pin reindeer, then helped them to make one each.  Everyone helped, it was great!

We all really enjoyed this morning and hope to do something similar again in the near future.

Have a lovely Christmas!!

Children in Need

On Friday 17th November, we took part activities to raise money for Children in Need.

There were a range of different stalls, which we have been working at with the other P7 classes over the past few weeks.  We each had a stall to help at.

The morning was very busy, with all of the classes coming up to have a turn at the activities or to buy some of the delicious baking!

Everyone had a fantastic day, raising more than £700.  A superb effort from everyone!

Corrigal Farm

On Wednesday afternoon, we went out to Corrigal Farm Museum to meet up with P6/7.  This was part of our Old Orkney Farming topic work that we have been looking at this term.

We listened to some fiddle tunes and sang some traditional Orkney songs.

We then had a /barn dance' and did a Strip the Willow.  It was great fun!

We enjoyed having a look around the museum.  Everyone thought they would quite like their own box bed!

Buzzer game

On Tuesday, we made our own buzzer game.

Once we had all the equipment we needed, we began to put the electric circuit that would make the game work together.

We made our wire maze shape and fixed it to a wooden frame.  We also made a wire loop wand to help us play the game.

We then tied the end of the black wire from the battery pack to the end of the wire maze and fixed the other red wire to the bulb. 

When they were secure, we fixed the black wire from the buzzer to the light bulb and then, using a crocodile clip, fixed one end to the wire wand and the other to the bulb.  

The game was then ready to play!  Everyone had great fun.  It was a bit trickier than we thought to get from one end to the other without buzzing!

Electromagnets

This term, we have been learning about electricity and how it works.  We have made different electric circuits and found out about different types of electricity such as static electricity.

Today, we looked at how electricity can make items magnetic.

We wound a length of wire very tightly around a nail.  Once we made sure it was tight, we put a rubber band over a battery and place the bare ends of the wire over each end of the battery.

We took the end of the nail and held it over some paper clips and watched what happened.  The paper clips began to lift up and stick to the end of the nail.  The flow of electricity from the battery, through the wire produced a magnetic force which flowed through the nail, enabling it to pick up the paper clips.  

We all enjoy taking part in the experiment and were fascinated at the result!