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🌿☘🍀Visiting The Rainforest 🌱🌿🌴

Today we used the virtual reality headsets to visit a few different rainforest located around the equator. We will soon be deciding which rainforest to investigate.  We will be comparing daily life, animals and insects in the rainforest to Scotland.

 

Number Systems

We investigated number systems in history. The three we found the most interesting were Egyptian, Babylonian and Mayan.  In teams we had to put together a jigsaw of each number system and work out what the symbols would be in our number system.

Once we worked out each number system we had a go at some simple adding and subtracting calculations using the different number systems.  I think we are all happy we use 1,2,3 and 4 😅.

Remembrance Day

Alfie shared the story of his very brave papa who was part of World   War  2. We looked at the three medals his papa had been awarded for his bravery in Africa and Italy during WW2. We remembered all the brave people that helped protect others.

🦠 Germs🦠

We have explored germs and discovered there are four types such as bacteria, virus, fungi and protozoa.  We know germs are tiny organisms, or living things that can cause disease.  Germs are so small and sneaky that they creep into our bodies without being noticed.  We investigated how germs are spread and how we can prevent this.

We also investigated and observed the growth of germs covering bread. We used three slices of bread.  One was passed around the class and we all touched it. The other was passed around after we washed our hands and the third was not touched by human hands.  We are still monitoring the growth of the germs.

 

We also used water beads to show how germs multiply and cover a large area.

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After researching germs and how to protect ourselves we created fun board games using all our knowledge. We are going to visit Primary 1 to share our learning and help teach others to wash their hands properly.