On Thursday we found out that our next topic for after Christmas is Under the Sea.  Mrs Petrie wanted to find out what we would like to learn about this topic so she brought in 5 paper bags filled with different things about Under the Sea.  We got into 5 groups and we all had a turn of each bag.  The bags were:

1. Objects – this had shells, fish, snorkels, masks, fishing nets, an octopus and lots of other items.

2. Games and Toys – this had playmobil toys, jigsaws, playmat with pictures, fuzzy felt and cards.

3.  Non-fiction books – lots of books about fish, divers, science experiments with water, water information books and facts about the sea.

4. Fiction books – this had stories about fish and sea creatures.

5. Photos, pictures and words – lots of pictures of sea creatures and shells.

Here are some pictures of us investigating each bag.

Here are some of the things Mrs Petrie heard us saying:

‘What is coral’? asked Azeem

‘I would like to find out about stone fish, they look weird’  said Mia

‘I’ve got a shark, I like sharks’ said Scott.

‘I am a captain, they steer ships. How do they steer ships?’ said Roy

‘I found a picture of a sea snake. What is a sea snake?’ asked Emma

‘I would like to know about crabs’ said Jamie-Leigh

‘Adult sharks and how sharks live’ said Nathan

Hannah said ‘Seahorses look interesting’.

‘Can we drink sea water? asked Kaiden

Imogen said ‘I like Commotion in the Ocean’.

‘I like stories about fish’ said Edward

Aimey said ‘ you can get sea dragons’.

‘Whales are big’ said Isla

Lucy said ‘We could have a Captain in our class’.

‘I want to learn about the fish at the bottom of the sea’, said Carson

Rhys asked ‘What do whales eat?’

‘I want to find out about water’, said Sinead

‘This is like Nemo’, said Amber

‘Can fish see?’ said Lily

‘How do fishermen catch fish?, asked Calum

We said lots of things and this has helped us to find out what we would like to learn about.  Another idea we had was to turn our class into under the sea and find big boxes to turn into boats and submarines for us to play in.

We are looking forward to this new topic.