{"id":590,"date":"2014-09-12T11:02:41","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T10:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/?p=590"},"modified":"2014-09-12T11:02:41","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T10:02:41","slug":"techfest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\/blogs\/blog\/2014\/09\/12\/techfest\/","title":{"rendered":"Techfest"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Lots to Experience at Techfest<\/h2>\n<p>Tuesday and Wednesday were the two days when Riverbank was relatively quiet as classes visited Techfest. Apart from some minor problems, the children thoroughly enjoyed this learning experience. It was particularly exciting for our new Primary 1 pupils who, not only, had a trip out of school, but also had packed lunch out of school too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p><div id=\"gallery-590-1-slideshow\" class=\"jetpack-slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow jetpack-slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/09\\\/20140909_114412.jpg?fit=600%2C337\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;607&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;A lovely hedgehog&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;A lovely hedgehog&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/riverbank.aberdeen.sch.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/09\\\/20140909_113814.jpg?fit=600%2C337\\u0026ssl=1&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;606&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Up close and personal&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;A mummified toad. 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P4-5B, Miss Miller&#8217;s class, came back with a perfect, plastic nut and bolt which was made on a 3D printer.<\/p>\n<p>I have posted some photographs but soon you will be able to view each class&#8217; web pages, where you will be able to see what your child&#8217;s class did at Techfest. 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