May 2021 – P5.17 Blog 2023/24

Minibeast nature art

After being so enthusiastic last week as we found and analysed mini beasts, We decided to make some of our own this week using natural materials.

We spoke about how we must look after our environment, so we shouldn’t pick lots of anything, only what we need. We took time to check that there was plenty of whatever we picked left growing too. We also had a look at the detail in some of the plants that are growing in the school grounds. We noticed the clover has three leaves in each little section, and we thought they might be great for joining together to make a caterpillar.

Firstly we worked in pairs to collect items and make mini beasts on our display boards.

After playtime we made our very own mini beasts by gluing items onto a small piece of paper. I am sure you will agree they are marvellous and so creative!

Investigating and analysing outdoors

Today we enjoyed a marvellous outdoor session in drizzly rain, then blazing sunshine!

We began by discussing all the mini beasts we know and predicting which ones we might spot if we searched for them.

After that we worked in pairs investigating the area and searching for mini beasts before carefully collecting them in our viewing boxes. We were amazed at just how many we found. Not just under rocks, but simply crawling or jumping or squirming around on the grass.

We took some time to analyse them using the little magnifying glasses on to of the boxes. Again, there was much surprise when we saw just how quickly they moved, how they all moved and how their bodies were made up.

Here are some photos of the mini beasts we found.

Adjective adventures

We spent some time exploring adjectives outdoors to match all the nouns we could find. It was great working in pairs using our outdoor clipboards to note down all our words.

Problem solving

After a quick start getting ourselves into a rectangle…(and discovering that a square is a very special rectangle) we got straight into solving our missing numbers problems today.

We had to recreate a partially completed grid and work out the magic number that was missing from it.

Some of of us moved on to a second challenge which involved us being given a magic number to include on the grid, but we had to fit in all the missing numbers….it was a very tricky challenge, but what brilliant discussion and amazing team work we displayed.