Signs of Spring

We have been busy trying to identify some signs of Spring and headed off up to Muddisdale for a look.  Before we had even reached the woods we discovered several different wild flowers growing at the side of the road.  There were some lovely bluebells and lots of clumps of lesser celandine growing along the banks of the burn.

It's good fun searching for evidence

Some of the trees have got little catkins hanging on them.  They look just like lambs tails. 

A lot of the trees still have no leaves but the buds are swelling up and will soon be ready to burst open.

Sowing Sunflower Seeds

Today we have all been very busy sowing sunflower seeds. It's hard to believe that something so small can grow into a large plant.  We will have to look after them and make sure that they get enough, water and warmth to help them to grow.

The compost was very dry so we had to give it a good soaking before we started

Take care not to spill any of it onto the floor

You have to concentrate and think about what you are doing

Is any coming out of the holes in the bottom?

I wonder how long it will take until anything happens.

Fair Trade Football Winners

To kick start the recent Fair trade Fortnight some of the Primary 7 pupils organised a knock out football competition.  Teams of children from the upper and lower  end of the school took part.  Here are some of the Primary 3 members of the winning peedie team proudly displaying their medals. 

Telling the time

We have been learning to tell the time.   Last week we had fun making unusual clocks out of natural materials.  

Bark rubbing

We are learning about trees and plants for this term's project.
This afternoon we went out to look at some of the trees in the school grounds.
It's spring time and the trees are beginning to waken up after the long, cold winter.

We looked at the bark of the trees and noticed that it was quite rough.
Every type of tree has a different bark pattern.
We used crayons to take some rubbings of the bark of the trees and then compared them.

The bark is like the tree's skin so we had to be careful not to damage it as this could kill the tree.

It takes two to be able to do a good bark rubbing