We began thinking about this term’s new topic this week. We discussed the ‘Environment’ and what that meant. We also spoke about what we’d like to learn within this topic.
P2 & 3 began by thinking about the themes ‘Reduce, Reuse & Recycle’ and we focused on ‘reducing’ our energy use in the home.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/sysm/eco/flash/flash_full.shtml
this website was useful in finding different items in our home we can turn off or use in a different way to waste less energy. Why don’t you give it a go with your child? They may need help as there is a bit of reading 🙂 .
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Vicky from the RSPB also came to visit us on Friday and we learnt about the types of Bumble Bees that we have in the Western Isles. We played the ‘Life Cycle of a Bee’ game outside and the girls enjoyed taking turns to be the very important ‘Queen Bee!’
We began making papier mache Bees which we will be working on for the next few weeks. It was lots of fun and we now know how important bees are as they move pollen to different parts of a flower which allow fruits such as strawberries and apples to grow!
This was a huge success for our pair and they came home with lots of info. They can’t wait to learn more.
It was a really great session and the children got so much out of it! Lovely to hear that they’re talking about it at home too. We’re busy adding layers to our papier mache bees in preparation for Vicky returning in a couple of weeks time.