Some days our learning takes place outdoors. There is so much to see and do! We put on our jackets, zip up and we can’t wait to get outside. Today we were looking for natural items to put in our science pocket books. We found different leaves, seed pods, feathers, daisies and buttercups. We even stopped off in our outdoor classroom to look at all of our discoveries.
We apologise if your child comes home a bit muddy. It just means that they have had even more fun learning. ( Teachers get covered in it too!) Always let mud dry and then it brushes off very easily.
It was very exciting to have a judo instructor in the school. We had to take off our socks and gym shoes and stand on the mats. We listened carefully to the instructions. It was good fun, even if it does look a bit rough. No one was hurt as we learned to control our movements.
We have started our French lessons with Miss MacLean. We meet Tilly every week and say “Bonjour” to her at the beginning of the lesson and ” à bientôt ” at the end of our lesson.
Bonjour, Tilly!How do I say it again?Bonjour, Madame!
After reading the “Three Little Pigs,” we attempted our own pigs inspired home construction. Could we build similar homes that could withstand the huffing and puffing from the big bad wolf? (Aka Mrs Hamilton and her Airzooka!)
Wide straw housesTall straw housesAirzooka obliterates the house of straw!Laying stick foundationsBuilding up the walls
We experimented with straw, sticks and wooden blocks. It was great fun and we managed to prove that, yes, the fairytale was in fact ‘very’ accurate. Our wolf could blow down the house made of straw and sticks, but the house of bricks stood firm.
Mustn’t forget the chimney!Building strong, supported walls
This week’s “Mystery Reader” was our Head Teacher, Miss Hunter. She read “Aliens in Underpants Save the World” by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort. It was very funny. Afterwards, we drew lovely pictures of aliens wearing colourful, patterned pants!
We listened to the story of Red Riding Hood and discussed the story. We really didn’t like the Big Bad Wolf. Today was our first time at over writing our stories and we managed very well. We are very proud of ourselves . We also sequenced the story, which proved a bit tricky.
The teacher scribes what they have told them about their picture. Then they over write what the teacher has written.Concentrating takes a lot of effort.We are learning to hold a pencil and write.Our storyboard.It was tricky to cut and stick and place the story in order!
We looked at our runner bean plants using our digital microscope. We were amazed by what we saw. We saw the veins in the leaves; tiny hairy leaves that were about to open and plant roots. We also looked at the seeds which hadn’t grown, to see if we could suggest what their problem was. One had become mouldy due to over watering.
Looking at the seed as it emerges from its pod.This seed had stopped growing.These roots look amazing!This seed had turned to mush and went mouldy.We looked at the veins in the leaf.We were amazed to see our plants close up. Mrs Arbuckle put the microscope into focus for us.
Our runner beans are running away! We decided to measure them using cubes. We were amazed to discover that Isaac ‘s plant was the tallest with 37cubes! Woah! It was like a beanstalk!
We also discovered that some seeds did not grow at all. These things happen! Maybe there was not enough light or too much/ too little water.
Mrs Arbuckle shows us to measure with string first and then cubes.Getting ready to measure our runner beans.Counting cubes.We placed the string on the table and linked the cubes together and then counted them.Our amazing graph.
Sometimes we can get a bit fidgety if we have been in all day because of the rain. We need to release our energy before we can settle to work again. ( And we do work so hard in 1.4) So what do we do? We dance !!! We love to move around and show off our moves.
Here we are doing the Macarena!
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