January | 2019 | Primary 4/5 Blog

Digestive System Experiment by Leanna and Ella

We are learning about the digestive system.

We had to do an experiment on the digestive system.

First we got a plastic bag and put the banana in it then we put 3 cream crackers, orange juice and water. This was the stomach. Then we had to squish it all together. Next we had to cut the end of the bag and poured it into tights. This was the small intestine. Then we had to squish the contents through the tights. This is it going through the small intestine. Next we cut the toe off the tights and put it in a cup with a hole in the bottom. This is the large intestine. Then we squished it through with a plastic cup. That was supposed to be the faeces coming out of the anus. That was are last step.

P4/5 have been discussing ways to show kindness.

Firstly we asked ourselves ‘What does kindness mean?’ We came up with lots of ideas:

Kindness is:

being friendly, generous and considerate of others;
showing goodwill to others;
being concerned when others are upset or worried;
helping people when they need you;
doing something nice for someone else, without expecting anything
in return.

We spoke about the ways we could show kindness, such as:

Smiling at people.
Helping someone if they fall over.
Going to sit with someone who is sitting alone (if they want you to).
Sitting next to someone at lunchtime you would not normally sit with.
Asking someone how they are.
Saying good morning.
Saying something nice to as many people as possible.
Holding doors for others.

We have decided that people who show excellent and consistent examples of kindness will be awarded a ‘Super Hero’ badge which they will wear for the week. Pupils, teachers and helpers can all nominate someone for the badge by sharing an example of the kindness they have been shown.

We hope that everybody can be a ‘Super Hero’ !

Today’s Super Heroes were Lori, Carrie and Ella – very well done! (18.1.19)