This week we have spent some time looking at what plants need to grow. We learned that they need water, light, soil and air. We carefully planted sunflower seeds. We will each keep a Sunflower Diary to note how they are getting on.

Over the past few weeks we have had a strong STEM focus at school. Here are just some of the things we have been up to….We have been building, experimenting and creating homes for different people / animals to live in, learning to tie shoelaces, joining online chats with NASA about Mars, talking to a dentist about his job, speaking to a farmer about her farm, working on our Bee friendly garden (planting and watering), writing letters to our Prime a Minister about banning bee-harming pesticides, sharing our Time Capsules with one another, designing our own seed packets, weighing and measuring…the list is endless! 

Here we are on World Book Day, reading stories to each other. We spent lots of time talking about and sharing our favourite books. We also designed new book covers for our favourite books – as you can see, we have a wide range of favourites!

We had great fun at our Christmas jumper and movie day! We created a cinema in our classroom, then watched The Grinch, ate popcorn and had a lovely drink.

We have been so busy working hard on our literacy, our numeracy and of course our Christmas activities in the last few weeks. These activities have included learning a Scottish Country Dance, using Lego and Kapla to create Christmas scenes, making candy cane Christmas tree decorations, making fridge magnet gifts, singing our Nativity songs, learning nativity lines, participating in our nativity, making Christmas cards with special messages for people in local care homes…the list is endless! Lots and lots of fun, and still 3 days before the end of term!

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