In Science we have been exploring food chains and webs. The pupils were able to use scientific vocabulary to describe different animals in a food chain. We learned about Carnivores, Omnivores and Herbivores. The pupils can create their own food chains and webs and identify the Producers, Primary Consumers, Secondary Consumers and even the Tertiary Consumers.
Eshan created a food chain showing the transfer of energy:
Leaves à grasshopper à spider à frog à snake à hawk à fox
We then moved on to investigating Vibrations and Sounds. We explored how sound vibrations are carried by waves through air. In groups, the pupils created a short television show script and PowerPoint to teach the other class about sound waves.
Rosie, Katie and Amelia created a fantastic show called “The Science of Sound”. In their episode they explained that loud sounds create large vibrations and quieter sounds create smaller vibrations. The size of the vibrations is called the amplitude.
Escher patterns will provided a stimulus for our expressive arts study this term. Through Maths, we discussed and explored the properties of 2D shapes and identified those that tiled.
Emma explained, “First we looked mosaics made from lots of little squares. These helped us to think about shapes fitting into each other without leaving any spaces.”
We then practised making repeating patterns using shape and colour.
Cameron shared, “I found drawing the repeating shapes patterns on the dotty maths paper quite difficult at first but it showed me that I had to slow down and concentrate on making sure the shapes were the same and no spaces were left between them.”
Next we created own fish and ghost stencils to use to create our Escher patterns.
Eva said, “To make our stencils we had to cut a shape out of one side of a rectangular piece of paper, and then stick it to the other side. This meant that the stencil fit into itself easily.”
Finally, we all worked together to make a huge class lizard pattern.
Laaibah explains, “Everyone had a piece of the big picture. We had to make sure we all used the same colour pattern. We then worked together to join all of the lizards together.”
Achievements in October
Our sporty Primary 4’s have been developing their skills in a range of activities including skate boarding, tennis, karate and swimming. Cricket club and coding club have inspired some pupils to further their skills at home and practise batting and creating their own computer games.
