P4/5 explored shape, form and colour today and then were very creative making something for someone special at home.

What an interesting afternoon (and lots of interesting noises to be heard!). After completing research on the digestive system this week, the class worked in pairs to create their own working model! They started with the banana and crackers in the ‘mouth’ with the saliva, then added the stomach acids and enzymes (orange juice) and used the ‘muscles’ to break up and mush up the food even more. This was then transferred to the ‘small intestine’ (a leg of tights) where all the nutrients were squeezed out into body on its way through (a particularly noisy part of the model making!) After this, we then moved onto the large intestine, where the body would take out the water and salt and start to solidify the waist, which children then pushed out the bottom of the cup  ( perhaps the noisiest part of the model making!). They had lots of fun and there were a lot of good learning conversations 😀

This week we have been using film, books and online research to learn about the respiratory system and finished off by making a working model of a lung! 

As part of our ‘How the Body Works’ learning, we have been focussed on the heart and the blood! Today, all of these super scientists worked together to make their own drop of blood. There were lots of excellent discussions about the different parts of the blood (plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets) and their function. 

Today P4/5 practised their teamwork skills when making a child-sized model skeleton. They had to think back on all their learning from this week and use reference guides to work together to accurately organise, assemble and then label the skeleton😀

After performing their own research, listening and watching for information from books and film clips and trying out a quiz, P4/5 are hard at work pulling all their information together to create an informative leaflet! Lots of effort and focus in class today 😀

Today, we have started to learn about Earthquakes. We looked briefly at how they happen and will come back to this later. Today, we wanted to create our own seismographs so we could measure a table quake and talk about the causes. We watched a short film on how to make a seismograph and then used the materials in our group to make our own. It involved lots of Teamwork Tommy skills and problem solving! It was a bit tricky to start with but then they tried a few things and were making great progress! Will be able to finish them next time :) 

We have been learning about Volcanoes this week. We had a great discussion about what happens and facts about volcanoes and then worked with a partner to build our own. There was lots of fun painting it on the Friday and we look forward to erupting them next week!

To coincide with COP26, P4/5 used questions to guide research. Last week, we used the internet and searched online. This week, as a class, we used different news clips to find the information we needed. We had to listen very carefully and discuss the clips with our buddies before taking notes to answer the research questions. 

The questions centred on who would be there, when the event takes place, where it takes place and why the event was taking place. We then looked at a key speaker from the opening ceremony and had to note down who he was and some of the points he was making. This information will be used later to inform our weekly newspaper.

Look out for the images!

Today P4/5 applied all their learning about ‘Reduce, Reuse and Recycle’ so far to create an informative and eye catching poster to help other people. They are working very hard to make sure it is helpful with relevant information and detailed illustrations as well as being eye catching and easy to follow. Look out for images on here once they are completed and then, look out for these around your local community!