We are doing so well with our french minibeast learning. This week we were learning the French words for common minibeast habitats. We loved playing bingo to apply our new learning.
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Growing so fast….
Look at our wonderful sunflower plants. We found out in our experiment that seeds need to have both water and light to grow. We made sure our seed had both of these things and look how quickly they grew!!! We took our plants home to look after them.
We have found lots of interesting bugs this week. This large spider was in our classroom so we carefully put it in our magnifier jar to take a closer look. The spider had an interesting pattern on its back! We also found a minibeast that none of us could identify. Miss Thompson took it with her to the staffroom to see if any of the other teachers knew what it was, but they didn’t either. After some research we identified it as an adult Hawthorne Shield bug which is quite rare for our country. Unfortunately it had lost a leg because we could only count 5! We were very pleased with our find and after all having a closer look, we released it outside in a safe place.
Super Scientists
Today we learned more about how a seed grows into a plant and what a plant needs to grow effectively. The 2 things are light from the sun and water. We have set up an experiment to test out our ideas. We have a seed with both light and water, another with just light, another with just water and another with none. We guessed what we thought might happen and can’t wait to see if we are right! We also checked on our sunflowers from last week….they have grown so much already. We passed them around to take a closer look at the roots and shoots developing. Finally we had fun planting our own mini- grass garden and teeny pots of grass which we are turning into crazy grass heads!
Plant parts and functions
Here are some photos of us learning about plants. We used story, video clips on our board, a large jigsaw and some hands on planting to help us to learn all about the key parts of plants and what they are needed for. We used our learning in a fun art job to show what we had learned and to help us remember for later .
Some of our Dundee learning…
We have created this display about Dundee to help show our learning experiences and opportunities this term. We are very proud of our hard work!
We loved learning about Dundee’s links with the river. We know that shipbuilding and whaling were a big part of our cities history. Here is some of our lovely Tay Whale art.
We compared photos of old Dundee with photos of the Dundee we live in today. We noticed that the waterfront has changed from having lots and lots of ships and people working on building ships, to more about eating out and having fun! Transport and how children spend their time has also changed a lot!!!
Our last of 3 learning trips – The Discovery
Today we spent all day bringing our learning about Dundee’s ship building history to life on board the RRS Discovery. On route we spotted our friends Dennis and Gnasher along with other famous Beano comic characters. We toured the ship and learned all about the different jobs on board and what life was like for both the crew and the officers. We spoke about whether we would like to do these jobs, most of which were very dangerous. We tried to figure out what different parts of the ships were and why they were important to the ships work during Antarctic expeditions. We saw where the crew slept and spend their free time and compared this with that of the Officers. Some of us thought we would prefer to be Officers because they had more space and their own beds, but others thought being with the crew was best because it was more cosy and you got a better sleep in a hammock. After lunch we learned more about being an explorer in the Antarctic by trying on some old and new clothes and discussing what we thought of them and why they were suited to work at the South Pole. We watched a special movie with special wind and sound effects and took part in a group treasure hunt whilst exploring the museum and learning even more about the history of our city. It was a great day and we only just made it back to school in time!!!
Trip to Verdant Works
Jute Painting
For our IDL lesson this afternoon we learned a bit more about what life would have been like working in the Dundee jute mills. We then got our hands dirty working with some jute to create this bunting display.
Adventures of Dennis And Gnasher
We have created a comic book display showing all of Dennis and Gnashers adventures so far. Later, we will be working hard to write our very own captions to explain what is happening in these photos to others.
