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Primary 4 Animators in Action

chipmunks2.movtortoises.movpenguins.movanimation-the leopard gecko.movPrimary four have been very busy learning how to turn their story ideas into animation films.

P4 and Zoolab

Primary Four enjoyed a visit from Zoolab last week. This brought all that they had learned to life. They got to hold a variety of minibeasts which they thoroughly enjoyed although there was a hairy moment when someone dropped one of the creatures.

P4 Class Talks

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On Wednesday KYLE brought his lizard in to p4 and told us some information about. IT WAS fun - he told us about what they ate. They eat crickets, LOCUSTS and […]

P4 Assembly

At the end of the class assembly today, Primary Four surveyed all the adults and pupils on whether they thought it was fair to keep wild animals like the giant panda in zoos?
Here are the results: 171 people took part
84 said Yes, it was right; 75 said No, it was wrong and 12 said […]

How we take learning forward in Ormiston

Primary Four visited the Nursery this week to see the tadpoles. Some of the children took photos of the displays about frogs and their lifecycle. Then we noticed how Primary one have been learning about minibeasts. They made their own lifecycle pictures for a frog. In primary four we have been […]

Class Assembly dates

[ May 16, 2008; 11:00 am to 11:30 am. May 23, 2008; 11:00 am to 11:30 am. ] Primary 5/6 are busy preparing for their assembly on Friday 16th of May. The following week it is the turn of Primary 4 whose theme is Caring for the Environment.

Zoolab

[ May 29, 2008; ] Zoolab is coming to school on the 29th of May to present a series of workshops to some of the classes.
Primary 4 are working on a topic called The Classification of Living Things and look forward to meeting some unusual creatures. Also happening are 3 Ecolab workshops which will promote the work we […]

Budding Sparks in P4

There was great excitement in P4 today. We got out the Snapfix Kits! You can see what we got up to in the slideshow.
We have been learning about Electricity this term making simple electrical circuits in class which included using lamps, switches, buzzers and motors. The snapfix kits are a bit more […]

P4 Eco Song

Primary four were lucky enough to have 3 workshop sessions recently with musician Dave Trouton.
They used the time to discuss then work in groups to create their own lyrics for a song about the planet’s environmental issues today.
You can listen to the song here.
http://edubuzz.org/blogs/ormiston/files/2008/03/p4-2nd.mp3
p4-2nd.mp3

P4 Poetry

Ellie McNeill in P4 wrote this poem at home.
Dogs are brilliant,
Dogs are fun,
If I could cuddle one on my knee,
What a happy girl I’d be.
There’s nothing better
Don’t you think?
Even if it’s spotted,striped or pink!
I don’t mind which colour or breed,
A cute pet dog is what I need!
Dogs are brilliant,
Dogs are magic,
To live without one would […]