Excellent S4 presentations

S4 have completed their research and preparation, and are now ready to present their work to the class. Each pupil has produced notes, a Keynote and handouts for the class.

Here is John giving an excellent presentation on German U-Boats.



Here is Leo showing the handouts he prepared using iThoughts.




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S5 art

Lamorna completed this landscape using acrylic paints today:

BMI

S3 are learning about body mass index. They used their ipads to work out Mrs Offord's BMI and confirmed she needs to go back on her diet. They then worked out the BMI of a TV star. They all had a chance to work out their own BMI if they wanted - Nicol had a go at this. Their task is now to make a moodboard that gets across a message about obesity to help Mrs Offord go back to weight watchers!















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Energy in food

S3 are studying energy content in food. Here they are burning it to work out what contained the most energy. The result from chocolate krispie cake contained the most!










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Maggots!

An investigation into the effect of temperature on respiration using maggots.














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Digital Art Exhibition

Today, with the help of artist & photographer Graham Mckenzie Smith, we put up a digital art exhibition of over 80 framed prints. The prints are of a range of artworks created on the iPad by pupils from all stages of the school.

The exhibition is part of the Technology for Excellence conference that is being hosted by the school this week.

Middle school pupils will be opening the exhibition to parents, friends and the general public in the near future - we will keep you posted!

This is the middle school section:




The senior school section:




And the primary school section:

S4 art

Jennifer in S4 completed this colourful still life of camping equipment using oil pastels:

S3 Reading

Melissa emailed us this story to read: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14761423




She asked us if we thought that vending machines should be banned from hospitals. Nearly everyone thought that they shouldn't, and Nico made the valid point that people have a choice and they don't need to buy food from them.

We also discussed if vending machines should be replaced and, if so, with what. Nicol suggested that instead of getting rid of vending machines, the usual crisps, chocolate and fizzy drinks could be replaced with healthier alternatives, such as sandwiches.

By discussing their opinions regarding issues raised in a news story, the class are developing their critical thinking skills, which are vital in making good progress in English!
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S4 at work

S4 are continuing to work well in art using a range of media with the iPad to support their work:

S5 art

Zander is making great progress in art, he completed this pencil drawing today:

Biology

Testing seeds for three types of food using clinistix, albustix and iodine solution.


















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S3 art

Nicol finished this oil pastel drawing for his 'detectives' themed project:




Everyone else was working hard - here are 2 works in progress by Euan and Daria:

S3 & S5 art

In S3, Melissa completed this pencil drawing of a bracelet today:




And Nico finished his oil pastel beach huts:




In S5, Alexander completed this pencil drawing:




And Lamorna put the finishing touches on her pen and ink drawing:




Great work!

An eclectic mix...

Today was a varied day in the art classroom - we had some pupils working on their Schiaparelli research projects:

Some working collaboratively to solve some computing programming problems:

And some working on keynote presentations for the Scottish Learning Festival:

Development of a drawing...

Lamorna in S5 is currently working on a pen and ink drawing of a street scene as seen from a bird's eye view. Here is a stop motion animation of her work so far:

DNA

S5 have been studying DNA here is their model showing the phosphate groups deoxyribose sugars and the bases. We think it looks pretty cool.









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S4 Chemistry

Looking at effect of temperature on reaction rate.


















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Reaction rates

Here is Ailie working on an experiment looking at the effect of concentration on reaction rate for Higher Chemistry:

Bushtucker menu

S3 are studying health eating. There task today was to work put a menu for a bushtucker challenge. They had to calculate a menu that had enough protein, fat and carbohydrate in it from a selection of insects!


















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