Our visit to the Kirky Cafe

We paid a visit to the Kirky Cafe on Thursday and wore our own clothes to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. We'd like to say thank you to the parents who came along to join us and to Mrs Kingsley and the dinner ladies for baking the most delicious cakes. Yum! 

I Pad Training!

We are so lucky at Kirklandneuk as we will have access to I Pads very soon! 

We had a visit from some of our Digital Leaders who showed us how to take care of the I Pads and how to use some of it's features. We had so much fun learning how to take photos and playing some of the apps.

 We can't wait to get started! 

Roald Dahl Day

Monday 15th September was Roald Dahl Day! To celebrate the life of this amazing author - whose books have been read by many of the children - Room 11 joined thousands of children across the globe and took part in the Puffin 'Virtually Live' Event online! 

We had a sneak peak inside Roald Dahl's writing hut, where all of his writing began. He kept a very strange collection of things in his hut on a table, including a ball made out of silver chocolate wrappers and part of his skeleton which was replaced during an operation. Very odd!

We were amazed watching Roald Dahl's illustrator Quentin Blake drawing some of his famous characters live on the show. We had a go at drawing alongside Quentin Blake as he drew the Fantastic Mr Fox. It was great fun! 

Quentin Blake

Live drawing of Fantastic Mr Fox!

Hard at work! 

Sunflower Challenge!

Room 11 were challenged to build the tallest sunflower as part of their Technology for Science.

Using lolly stick names, the children were grouped in teams of 4 and each child had a role using our co-op team badges: 'Air Traffic Controller', 'Materials Manager', 'Encourager' and 'Time Keeper.'

In 45 minutes the children were challenged to produce the tallest, free-standing sunflower using newspaper, art straws and masking tape. They found this challenging but did a fantastic job! At the end, each team gave an evaluation of how their team got on with the challenge. What went well? What could you have done better? 

Team 1

Before

After 

Team 1's sunflower was 145cm but in the end it was not able to stand by itself.

What went well? = we worked together as a team

What could you have done better? = the sunflower was stronger and stood by itself when it was smaller, so we shouldn't have added more height. 

Great effort Team 1! 

Team 2

Before

After

Team 2's sunflower was 74cm, but in the end it was not able to stand by itself.

What went well? = we worked well as a team

What could you have done better? = the sunflower stood by itself until we added the sunflower petals, so we could have thought of a stronger bit at the top to hold it up. 

Super effort Team 2! 

Team 3

Before

After

Team 3's sunflower was 75cm and was able to stand by itself! 

What went well? = the sunflower was able to stand by itself 

What could you have done better? = we could have worked better as a team

Well done Team 3! 

Team 4

Before

After

Team 4's sunflower was 94cm and was able to stand by itself! 

What went well? = we worked well as a team

What could you have done better? = if we made the sunflower straighter it would have been taller because it bent over to the side.

Super effort Team 4! 

Team 5

Before

After

Team 5's sunflower was 151cm but in the end it was not able to stand by itself.

What went well? = we worked really well as a team. We rolled up newspaper to support the bottom of the sunflower which held it up but after time it didn't work.  

What could you have done better? = we could have build a stronger base because it could stand and it ended up falling over.

Brilliant team effort Team 5! 

Team 6

Before

After

Team 6's sunflower was 86cm, but in the end it was not able to stand by itself.

What went well? = the sunflower stood by itself for a long time but then we added more which made it fall over.

What could you have done better? = we could have worked better as a team

A very good effort Team 6! 

A fantastic effort from all children in room 11. Well done! 

Paired Reading

In Primary 5, Miss Arthurs is looking for fluency and expression when reading aloud. I have been very impressed with the children's fluency so far! We have identified that expression is an area we are going to work on this term with the Polar Bears group.

In today's reading lesson, the children read with a shoulder partner in order to work on their fluency and expression.

Paired reading takes away the pressure of reading in front of a group every week, allowing them to build on their reading skills and confidence without a large audience. 

The children gave constructive feedback to their partner in their reading marker and highlighted 'two stars and a wish' in their class jotter. 

Have a look at us in action! 

Minibeast Hunt!

Minibeast Hunt! 

We are currently learning about 'living things' in our Biodiversity and Interdependence Science topic. Luckily, the sun was shining today, which meant we could go out on our search for minibeasts! 

We are able to confidently classify animals into vertebrate and invertebrate groups. Vertebrate animals are those with a backbone, which can be classified into mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians. Invertebrate animals are those without a backbone and can be categorised into 3 groups: molluscs, arachnids and insects. 

Today we teamed up with Room 12 to search for invertebrates! Using bug viewers, the children captured a wide range of minibeasts so we could have a closer look. The children were very brave! 

Unfortunately we were not able to find all of the invertebrates on our list due to the hot, dry weather - however we still managed to find lots! Have a look at us in action and see if you can recognise some of the minibeasts we found! 

 

Make sure you check back next week. The children have an exciting challenge in store for them!