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It’s getting chilly in P4/5

This week we have been busy showcasing our learning about the animals of the Arctic and Antarctica.

We painted our fabulous clay models.

Some people created powerpoints as part of their homework to share their knowledge of a chosen animal. They were outstanding!

We wrote some super shape poems using our knowledge of the animals.

Blubber Experiment

This afternoon P4/5 had great fun carrying out some science experiments.  We were investigating the effects of animals in the Arctic and Antarctica having blubber. We learned what blubber is and how it keeps the animals warm in the freezing conditions.

We we used timers and thermometers to see how long we could keep our bare hands in ice cold water and then how long we could keep them in using blubber mitts!

We could keep our hands in the ice cold water much longer using the blubber mitts so our hypothesis was correct!

 

Fairtrade Pancake Party

The P4/5 worked really hard this afternoon to make Fairtrade pancakes for themselves and P5. The theme of this year’s Fairtrade Fortnight is ‘sit down for breakfast, stand up for farmers’ so we used Fairtrade products to make some pancakes! We thought about how even before we finish our breakfast in the morning we could have depended on half the world already! Have a think about where your breakfast comes from – you will be amazed!

We  then watched a Fairtrade video about the farmers and scoffed our pancakes! Well done P4/5!