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Yarrow and Ettrick Primary Schools
Broomlands Primary School
Eccles/Leitholm Primary School


Yarrow and Ettrick Primary Schools, Scottish Borders

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Partner schools Yarrow and Ettrick joined forces and held an electricity project day. Pupils used a component and robot kit and an electricity science kit. Their day was further enhanced by a Generation Science interactive electronics workshop called "Madlab", who taught them about circuit boards, soldering irons and more!


Broomlands Primary School, Scottish Borders

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Broomlands Primary School used their Edina grant to purchase weather equipment for their topic on climate. The pupils used a thermometer, rain gauge, barometer and an anemometer to record the weather for a week.

"We really enjoyed learning about the climate! We loved learning about the weather and how to measure it!"
(Pupil's Report, May 2009)


Eccles/Leitholm Primary School, Scottish Borders

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Eccles/Leitholm Primary School purchased equipment for their new science club, which helped the children learn about topics such as electricity, forces and materials. The Edina grant helped the school buy crocodile leads, magnets, motors and more.

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