Primary 4 Dalrymple Primary

Term 2 Overview

A Little snapshot of the topics we are covering this term within the different curricular areas.

We look forward to another exciting term in P4. Thank you for your support and if there is anything you would like to know more about, then please don’t hesitate to contact the school office and ask for Mr Carruthers.

Our class have been reading The B.F.G. and were tasked with creating dream jars.

Glow in the Dark

Two weeks ago I challenged my class to build a Bug Hotel for their garden.

My daughter and I made this one.

Fantastic Windmill Bug Hotel by Abi

I gave them access to the following instructions from RED TED ART, feel free to make one yourself.

RED TED ART:

Both my kids adore digging around in the garden and exploring – finding ants and beetles and worms and bugs. So I knew it wouldn’t be long before we HAD to make a simple Bug Hotel with them – the perfect Garden Craft for kids to get stuck into.

Our easy bug hotel is probably as simple and as easy as it gets – there are many prettier and cleverer bug hotels out there, but sometimes, you just have to make do with what you have and also make it easy for the kids to join in.

• A large plastic bottle cut into two cylinders,
• sticks,
• pine cones,
• bark
• anything else you can find – bamboo with its holes is great too!

We also had some broken plant pots but forgot all about them. Other bug hotels include other materials such as corn and drilled pieces of wood – to provide different nooks and crannies.

But in essence, I would say: “think natural”, “think nooks and crannies”, “think what will last” (e.g. paper could go soggy and leaves will go brittle and break/ disintegrate). It is great to use things from YOUR local environment, as you are looking to attract bugs and beetles and insects from the same local environment.

I love this information page from the BBC. 

Our task was to create interesting cartoon characters. We were following instructions from YouTube as well as some drawings by my daughter.

Here are some of the fantastic results.

By Jenna

By Abi

Abi then put character onto a T-shirt.

We created Haiku Poems about Dalrymple.

A wonderful day

A lovely river walk

On a nice day

by Jenna

Fun Netherton walks.

Outside playing in the rain.

River Doon flowing.

by Rex

Our Art Task was to make cardboard animals – look how well we’ve managed.

by Abigail

By Jenna

By Jenna

Introducing Macro Photography for Beginners

Macro photography is close-up photography of small subjects, including things like bugs and flowers. You can take macro pictures in a studio or outdoor environment so long as you are magnifying your subject sufficiently.

By Rex

By Rex

By Rex

By Abigail

The “Rule of Thirds” is a theory of equilibrium often used in photography and art.  Whether we are aware of it or not, our eyes often look for a sense of balance in what we see.  This balance can be explained by breaking an image into thirds, horizontally and vertically (see image below).

The basis for this theory surrounds the tendency for the human eye to gravitate to intersecting lines.

This “rule” is not meant to be constricting but rather a guide for improving the composition of photos.

This is how to apply the “Rule of Thirds” principal:

1. Pick a focal point along one of the view finder points (red). This centre of interest.

2. Use intersecting lines to arrange the focal point and the background.

Flowers on a table by Flori

My Toy by Flori

By Layla

By Abi

By Abi

By Kelsie

By Kelsie

By Kelsie

By Layla