Final Day of activites at Nethy Bridge

The scorching weather continues still....

Activities today started with an awesome trip down the zip wire.

We got a visit from 'Derek'

and finished our Nethy Bridge adventure with a 'sing song' round the camp fire.

Looking forward to telling our stories when we get home.

Nethy Bridge - Day 3

Another scorching day.....

Better than The Alps! - sun, ski and warm

And challenging practical puzzles in the afternoon.

Looking forward to tomorrow

Day Two at Nethy Bridge

The fabulous weather continues.....

A busy day of abseiling,

climbing,

kayaking,

and archery

followed by a picnic supper in the woods at bedtime.

Arrived at Nethy Bridge

After a beautiful calm crossing, we headed to Brora on a comfortably cool bus, where we enjoyed a cool ice cream whilst basking in the sun.
Following this, we continued to Nethy Bridge where we were met with a even more sunshine and a warm Mediterranean breeze.
'Just like Spain' commented one of the pupils.

How effective is blubber as an insulator for animals in the Arctic?

We have been learning about animals in the arctic and how they can adapt to the icy cold conditions. We carried out a 'blubber mitten' experiment to find out how effective blubber is in keeping the animals warm in the freezing cold water. Our prediction was that the lard, used as blubber, would help to keep our hands warm in the cold water.  We were right! Here are some of the pictures:

Challenge - Can you build a wind turbine using K'Nex?

Welcome to this years P7 class blog!


On Friday 4th Sept, we had a visit from the Dynamic Earth team as part of the 2015 Science Festival. They came to talk to us about fossil fish finding in Orkney and Caithness. We learned about Hugh Miller - a fossil detective and the long-vanished Lake Orcadie!
It was fascinating to find out what the area around us looked like millionsof years ago. Many thanks to the Dynamic Earth team for a very interesting afternoon.