We have come to the end of our human body science topic. We enjoyed learning about the position and function of the skeleton and major organs of the human body. We used cotton buds and glue to create this skeleton artwork. The cotton buds represent the bones in the human body. Did you know there are 206 bones inside your body?💀
As part of Maths Week Scotland we completed many different maths activities.
We used origami skills to make a fortune teller filled with lots of maths questions which we enjoyed asking one another.
We drew half a symmetrical picture and swapped with a partner who completed the other half of our picture.
We completed a coordinate grid by cutting and sticking the animals on the correct grid references.
We used cocktail sticks and mini marshmallows to create 3D shape models.
We used thousands, hundreds, tens and units blocks to build a palace and then had to calculate its total value.
We created tessellation art by drawing round 2D shapes to create a tile pattern.
We enjoy practising our spelling words by taking part in active spelling activities every morning. Some of these shown in the photos below are:
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Once we explored the heart and the circulatory system, we focused on the lungs and the respiratory system; the group of organs and body tissues associated with breathing. We took part in different types of exercise to see the effect this would have on our breathing.
Next we used half a plastic bottle and balloons to make a model of the lungs. Have a look at the photos below.
The balloon at the bottom works like your diaphragm—a strong muscle that expands and contracts to cause your lungs to fill with air and then empty out again. The movement of the balloon matches your breathing – when you breathe in, your lungs fill with air just like the balloon inside the bottle did. That’s because the diaphragm expanded making room for air inside the lung. When you breathe out, your diaphragm contracts (or squeezes in) pushing all the air out of your lungs. 🎈🫁😮💨
Our science topic this term is the human body. We have been learning about the skeleton, bones, muscles and are now beginning to learn about the main organs in the human body. Recently we explored the heart. Your heart is sort of like a pump, or two pumps in one. The right side of your heart receives blood from the body and pumps it to the lungs. The left side of the heart does the exact opposite: It receives blood from the lungs and pumps it out to the body.
We filled up 3 two-litre bottles with red-coloured water to represent the quantity of blood in an average adult human. We passed the bottles around so we could feel their mass. Each bottle was around 2kg (6kg in total).
Next we used red and blue coloured play dough to make a model of the human heart. 🫀♥️
We have been learning to identify the layers of the rainforest. Just like a cake, the rainforest has different layers. These layers include: forest floor, understory, canopy, and emergent. We worked in groups to choose a layer of the rainforest to focus on. We used the internet and books to research information about the layer, what it looks like and what plants and animals can be found there. We recorded our research on a poster and presented this to the rest of the class. 🌳🐾🐍
Our class was lucky enough to be the first class in the school to visit our new school library. Thanks to Mrs Britton and the primary seven helpers who gave us a tour of the library, introduced all the different genres to us, gave us comfy cushions to sit on and let us listen to audio books on the iPad. We enjoyed our quiet (and very comfortable) reading session in our lovely new library.📚📖
As part of our rainforest topic we have been using maps and atlases to locate the rainforests around the world. We can identify the equator, an imaginary line around the planet, where many of the rainforest lie due to the hot climate here. We also learned about the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer and highlighted these on our maps. We have enjoyed reading the rainforest books which have been added to our class library this term. 🌲🍃
Hello and welcome to our Primary 4 blog. Here you will find photos and information about what we have been learning in school. ✏️
We have settled into school well after a relaxing summer holiday and are glad to be back to more normal school routines and seeing our friends and teachers everyday. ☺️
Our PE day is on a Wednesday and spelling, reading and mental maths homework are issued every Monday and due on Friday. 📚
Here is a photo of our classroom and some of the work we have been doing.
We made these all about me posters during our P4 taster day with Miss Aslam. We shared information about our favourite things, families and characteristics.👨👩👧👦
We created calculations as part of our maths figure me out challenge. By solving the calculation you will reach the answer to our questions. ✖️➗
We enjoyed hearing about one another’s summer holiday and writing about them using descriptive vocabulary. 🌞
We worked together to make a class charter as part of our Rights Respecting School Status. We chose 6 rights from the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and voted on a theme. The most popular theme was animals. 🐾
We were inspired by the work of a famous French painter, Claude Monet. We studied his art work and used different materials to create our own. 👨🏼🎨
Keep an eye on our blog to see what we get up to in Primary 4🙂
Primary 3 had another good year at Cross Arthurlie and despite a period of learning from home, they’ve shown resilience and confidence by bouncing back. We look forward to seeing everyone back for Primary 4.
