climbing and abseiling by Ellie

Today group 4 and I went climbing and abseiling with our instructor Kris. It took about 5 minutes to get there by mini bus.

It took five or more minutes to get to our destination by mini bus. But when we did I was super excited but also a bit nervous. Katie and I where last in the que, when it was finally my shot I attached the rope to my harness and began to climb slowly but carefully. When I was half way up I was a bit stuck my legs where to short, I eventually I managed to pull myself up and carry on climbing. At the top I unhooked the rope from my harness and went round the corner to get ready to abseiling.

When it was my turn to go down the cliff I was a bit scared I could see everyone else running about down below they all looked super duper small so I walked over and Kris told me what to do he said not to move your feet until you are almost vertical and to release the rope on your way down.  So I did so very very very slowly but as I go use to it I began to pick up speed  as I got use to it when I got down I was super proud   of myself and I wanted to it again but we did not have any time because we had to go back to the centre. this was the best activity i would love to do it again. 

Maeve - Abseiling

On Wednesday 8Th of February Group 8 & I went Abseiling & Climbing.

When we got there I stood outside gazing up at the horrendous heights of the 50 feet Abseil. Just then I wanted to get up the Abseil straight away. My instructor asked politely if anyone wanted to go on the practise Abseil. Without warning I pushed everyone out the way & told Thea that I wanted to do it. No one else looked as if they wanted to do it. Then Sasha stood forward. I sighed with relief because I certainly didn't want to do the practise Abseil myself. We headed up the leafy forest path to start the Abseil. Next we got into harnesses & Thea showed us how to untie our harnesses. She talked about the abseil & to take nice easy steps until it was time for one of us to go down. Sasha went first. A few minutes later it was my turn. I stepped backwards onto the cliff. I could feel the rock beneath my soles of my shoes. I went back a few steps & soon got used to it. I was going much faster now & soon enough I would reach the bottom. After I was on the ground & I had got out of my harness I played with Briea the dogs until we had to go.

The Launch of the Sciennes Science Blog

Hi Everyone,
Today I am going to begin a science blog for Sciennes. I've spent the last 3 days at a science summer school where I learnt lots of fantastic things, one of which was a workshop on using ICT to enhance science teaching. The workshop was run by Lee Carson and Susan Wainwright from Queensferry Primary. It was this inspiring workshop that gave me the idea to run a Sciennes School Science Blog where we could post news, diaries, questions, videos and whatever else we think of. Today on this course I also filmed my first video which we loaded onto You tube which is something we could do together and attach to this blog.

Let's use our imaginations and have fun!

Ms French