Science – P4

Sharing Our Learning: Pupil Blogs

Our P4 pupils are now taking on more responsibility for the class blog. This weeks blog is one the pupils created themselves in small groups, about their learning in Literacy & English, P.E and through our topic, on the Human Body. In P.E we have started learning about traditional Scottish Country dancing. Check out our learning below!

Literacy and English

‘On the 2nd of December we were learning the difference between non fiction and fiction. The difference between non fiction and fiction is that fiction is made up and non fiction is real facts. We read some books. We used some books to write non –fiction and fiction book in our jotters.We Know about non – fiction and fiction is if it is a book’. By Aaron, Alfie, Ashton, Rishi Leena and Paul

‘Non fiction is books that are real books

We have been learning about non fiction and fiction.

We have learned about non fiction and fiction in class,we know the difference between a non fiction and fiction books.

We have been learning about non fiction and fiction in class non fiction is real and fiction is not.’ By Kyle Ca, Violet, Aaraa, Calum H and Harris

The Human Body

‘This week we drew round our bodies and we labelled the parts and wrote facts about the parts we drew . We draw around the smallest person and we drew inside our body’s.Me (Abby) and Robyn made a human body dance while Jenna and Eva played around and were singing along ! We know that the skull protects the brain.’ By Jenna, Robyn, Abby, Cole and Kyle Co

‘Your Heart never stops working

Your heart pumps blood around your body.

Your right side of your brain controls the left part of your body and the

Left side of your brain controls the right side of your body.

your body. That’s why your other lung smaller than your other lungs.

All adults have 206 and a kids have 300 bones.’

By Gregor , Calum G , Calum S, Hannah P and Christie

‘Your heart pumps blood around your body.

One lung is bigger than the other.

Your brain holds all your memory.

You breathe in oxygen and you let out carbon dioxide.

Your skull protects your brain.

Your skin is an very big organ.’

By Eva Tamara Ryan and Coral

P.E: Traditional Scottish Country Dancing

Today we were practicing for our Christmas Party and we had lots of fun. We practiced the Gay Gordon’s and the Dashing White Sargent and we have one last dance to learn. One of the fun games was musical arms. It was very good fun!

Morgan- My favourite dance was the Dashing White Sargent.

Hannah M- I liked the games and the Dashing White Sargent.

Adrianna- I liked the Games.

Abigail- My Favourite part was the games.

Hannah Mac- I liked learning the dances and the games.

By Hannah M, Morgan, Adrianna, Hannah Mac, Abigail

Science Centre Visit (Pupil Blogs)

Primary 4 were very lucky to go along to Glasgow Science Centre on a trip. We watched a live show on digestion in the human body which was amazing, and very active! We had a great time exploring the human body exhibits and trying out all the fun activities!
Here are some of our blogs about the day and our lovely photos:

When it was Thursday 19^th of November it was p4s school trip day my class went to the science Centre and it was super fun there and I loved my partner Hannah Malcolm! My whole class came. We had lunch there and played there and we went to the gift shop, I loved it there, I did not want to LEAVE THE SCIENCE CENTRE BECAUSE I LOVED IT THERE! I just wanted to stay there FOREVER! I saw, well I went inside a big cube thing and this woman there was telling us about the digesting system and some other facts. I LOVED THE SCIENCE CENTRE! – By Leena

I loved when we went to the show about the digestive system. I also liked when me and Aaraa where playing I spy on the way there on the bus. I also liked the hamster wheel I felt like I was running on the ceiling. I liked end part when we got to go to the gift shop. Thank you Miss McNeill for taking us to the Science Centre it was so fun – By Violet

I liked the part when we played in the rooms my favourite room was room 3.My favourite bit in room 3 was the race test. There was a hamster wheel to and it was really fun. Also at the gift shop I got a pencil and rubber for school. Me Abby and Jenna made our own music. When it was time for lunch me and my friends sat together. There was a machine that told you your feelings. I had a feeling about a rocket taking off in a sandy desert. My least feeling was a really hairy foot. Me and Abby were partners for the day and we had so much fun together in Mrs Gladstones group. My favourite bit of the day was when we went to the human body bit on the hamster wheel and spun round so fast – By Robyn

I liked the gift shop and the playrooms .Also the Live Show that was the best part. We went in groups I was in Aaraas Mums Group we had partners my partner was Paul There was a room with ipads to tell us facts.At the show we done a game called switch you had to

switch your hands fast – By Calum H

On Thursday we went to the Science Centre and it was really good and my favourite thing was the hamster wheel. I was not the best at it but I still liked it.It was really good and fun it was quite hard but it was funny watching people trying to do it.It was not a real hamster wheel but it was like one and you could run two different ways in it standing up and running in it or running like a hamster I ran like a hamster – By Coral

I really liked the Science Centre. My favourite part was the station were you there was IONS that you had to throw into a box. Then the lady put a lid on a box because alcohol had covered some of your brain. I also liked the show learning about your digestion. I liked the gift shop as well, I got a rubber, a gems box and a book mark. I was in Mrs McLoone’s group and my partner was Christie and we had a lot of fun – By Hannah Mac

I really liked the hamster wheel because it went really fast. I also liked the speed test because it was fun. We went to the gift shop I got a ball that is really bouncy and when you bounce it on the floor it lights up. I loved the science centre it was so fun with Miss McNeill – By Jenna

1.At the science center my favourite thing was the hamster wheel because it was so fun, even though Kyle Co my partner was faster than me and I was slow. But I still think it was still fun. 2.My second thing was the gift shop. I got a rubber ,shark teeth and cup that swirled write up the top. 3.Third was the BUS!!!!!!!! – By Sarah

My favorite was the hamster wheel I got dizzy when I came off the hamster wheel . I also really liked the gift shop it was full of amazing stuff . I also loved the science center theater I had lots of fun I loved all the stuff. The science center was brilliant place we done lots of things. I had a great time – by Natalie

REMINDER: P4 visit Glasgow Science Museum on Thursday

P4 are visiting Glasgow Science Centre on Thursday. Make sure children have returned forms and come with their lunch!

New Topic: The Human Body

Primary 4 have started their new IDL topic, The Human Body. We have watched some great science videos and we have been learning about what supports the whole body, the skeletal system and the names of all the bones in the body. We worked in our coop groups to create some human skeleton, with the bones showing so we could see where they all were and what they looked at. We have included some of our great pictures below, it was a fun afternoon!

Here are some of our Fun Facts:

Did you know that you have 33 little bones in your spine? Did you know that when you are a young child you have around 300 hundred bones, but adults have 206 bones? Did you know the femur (leg) bone is the strongest bone in your body? Did you know a 1/5 of your body weight is the weight of your skeleton?

Science Experiment: The Water Cycle

In Primary 4, we are learning about how the water cycle works and what happens at each stage. We have learned some new topic words such as:

Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
Runoff

Listen to a great song explaining the water cycle here 🙂

We have also learned about what the three forms of water can be:

Solid (like ice)
Liquid (water)
Gas (like steam)

We have also carried out a science experiment on evaporation, investigating evaporation from puddles throughout a day. By 1pm there was no water at all in the puddles. We hope you like our photos!