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Recount of Visit to Skinflats Woods Day 2- Bruce

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Bothkennar Primary School went to Skinflats Woods with the little ones. We took a longer route meanwhile checking the cycle path at the same time. We were going to the chestnut tree because the class novel had a conkers competition in it. We were going to the woods to learn why trees are important. The day was Thursday the first.
When we got to Skinflats Woods, Mrs Lennie gave us a passage called “What do Plants Need?” and Mrs Lennie said “scatter” so we found a place to sit. We were learning about photosynthesis.
Photosynthesis is how trees make their own food. It needs sunlight, CO2 (carbon dioxide) and water. The leaves collect the sunlight and carbon dioxide furthermore the roots collect the water. The tree mixes all of it together and it makes energy for the tree. There is this chemical that makes the leaves green and it is called chlorophyll.
We need trees to survive and the tree’s waste is oxygen and we breathe out carbon dioxide and the trees need that for energy.

The trees in the woods had A, B or C. Mrs. Lennie asked us a question and we had to run to A,B or C after the quiz question.
The little ones went first.  We left after ten minutes and we got to a swing and it was very fun. After five minutes we caught up with the little ones. When we were about five minutes away from school three cars came down the cycle path. When we were just outside we made it in eight minutes past three and we made it in time!.

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Recount of Visit to Skinflats Woods Day Two- Skye

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Recount of Visit to Skinflat Woods: Day Two

One the first of September ,the whole school and the two little ones went to the woods again to learn more about the woods but this time we went to learn ,what trees give us. We took longer route than last time because in our novel it talked about conkers, so we went the longer route, so we went to the chestnut tree: When we got there, some people were playing on the swing but some people were looking for conkers but it is not time of year for that. The last time we went a narrow way last time and that was a little hard for some people.

When we got there we all took our jackets off and sat on the log and we were waiting to find out what we had to do next. Mrs.Lennie told us to get into groups and go somewhere to sit. My team was called “The Beetles”. We had to read though a sheet called “What do plants eat?”We were learning about the process of photosynthesis. The tree needs three things, sunlight from the leaves, water from the roots and carbon dioxide. The tree needs carbon dioxide but the tree breathes something else in to, the tree breathes out oxygen but we need oxygen to breathe and we breathe out carbon dioxide. “What makes the leaves green”? Chlorophyll is a green chemical. The leave does something else too; the leaves make sugar from sunlight, water and carbon dioxide .The sugar makes the tree have energy.

When the trees breathe in the carbon dioxide they make oxygen but the trees don’t like it so they out the oxygen. But when we breathe in the oxygen we breathe a little bit of carbon dioxide gets in. So when we breathe out the carbon dioxide goes in to the tree .The tree gives us oxygen and we give them carbon dioxide. When we got back to the base, Mrs. Lennie told us some questions but we didn’t have to shout the answer out, the A B C was on the trees and we had to run to them. I got all them right. The little class went away first then a little while later we started to go but the little class were really slow and we caught up with them. It took us 30 minutes to get back but at least it was faster getting back when we were going up there.

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Recount of Visit to Skinflats Woods Day 2

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Yesterday the whole school went to Skinflats Woods and this time the primary 1s came. We went to the woods to learn about why trees are so important. We went a different route because we wanted to see the chestnut tree. We are thinking of taking our bikes down this path soon.

When we arrived we got into groups. We had to go to a den to read our story called “What do plants need?” We had to learn the process of photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is how a plant makes its own food. How you make photosynthesis is with sunlight, water and carbon dioxide. The chlorophyll is a green chemical that gives the tree’s leaves colours.
We have a good relationship with the trees because we give trees carbon dioxide and they give us oxygen.
When we came back to base Mrs. Lennie gave us a quiz. We had to go to A, B or C signs on the trees.  She gave us possible answers. I got five right and one wrong in the quiz. The wee ones left fifteen minutes before us and we caught up with them and we got back to school in time so there couldn’t be any grumpy parents!

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Recount of Visit to Skinflats Woods Day 2

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On Thursday we went to Skinflats Woods to learn why trees are important. We took a different route because we are going on our bikes soon.
When we got there we got in to groups. We got a sheet of paper called “What do Plants Need?” We read about photosynthesis. We learned that plants need water and sunlight and carbon dioxide to grow. A tree makes chlorophyll which is a green chemical. It also makes sugar that gives the trees energy.
Trees produce oxygen that humans need to live. We Breath out carbon dioxide that the trees breath in. Without trees humans would die.
We walked back to school just in time for the bell. I was tired but had a lot of fun learning about trees.

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Recount of Visit to Skinflats Woods Day 2 Lauren

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Yesterday the whole school went to the woods and the new p1s came too. I think the new p1s had fun. We went to the woods to learn about what a tree needs. When we went the other day we went a different route so on day two we went a different route because we might be taking our own bikes to the woods.
When we got there we were given a piece of paper and we went to learn about the process of photosynthesis so we got a sheet of paper to read.

Photosynthesis is how a plant gets its food so then they need sunlight, water and carbon dioxide. The leaves give the tree energy by making sugar.
The tree make oxygen but the tree does not need it but the human does need oxygen. We don’t need carbon dioxide. We should be good to the trees.
So after we read the sheet of paper Mrs.Lennie ask a question. She would give three answers and then we would run to the right letter. Next the primary one to fours started heading back to the school and then we started heading back then we caught up with the primary one-four class. Then we all headed back to school and then the bell rang.

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Recount to Visit to Skinflats Woods Day 2

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On Thursday the whole school went to Skinflats Woods. We tried a different route to get some conkers. The route was longer but it was a cycle path. On the route last week we had to walk single file.
When we arrived at our woods we took our jackets off. Mrs Lennie gave us a sheet of paper then my group found a place to sit and we read a paragraph each. The paragraphs were about “What Do Plants Eat?”.
After that we went to sit down and we started to talk about trees and what they need. Plants need sun, water and carbon dioxide. The leaves have chemicals called chlorophyll that changes the sun, water and carbon dioxide into energy.
The trees give us oxygen and we give them carbon dioxide. So we depend on each other to live.
We all gathered back at the base and did a quiz about what we had learned. Mrs. Lennie read a question out to us and we had to run to the right answer tied to a tree.

By Katie

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Recount of Visit to Skinflats Woods Day-2

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On Thursday afternoon the whole school including the new primary ones went back to Skinflats woods and we went a different route this time. We went a different route because we wanted to try how long it will take and to look for the horse chestnut tree.

When we arrived at the woods we got handed a passage called “What do Plants Need?” then we had to find a little den. James, Rhianne, me and Skye read our passage sheet. My group took turns each. We had to listen really carefully because we had to get asked questions at the end and to go back to the base. We learned about the process of photosynthesis. The trees need sunlight, water and carbon dioxide. The tree needs these ingredients also the leaves of the trees that are called chlorophyll. The tree makes its own sugar also it needs energy to make it grow. The chlorophyll does all the work to make the energy to keep the tree alive. The trees give out oxygen to us and we give out carbon dioxide to the trees.

The trees make oxygen for us and we give them carbon dioxide. Without trees we will die because there’s no oxygen.

When we got back to base we got a partner and there were ABC signs on  trees. I got the questions all right and none wrong. The little class went away back to school then we sat on the log again.

 My class started to go back as well. I had a stitch on the way back and we met up with the little class and we got in school in time.

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RECOUNT OF VISIT TO SKINFLATS WOODS DAY TWO

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My school and I were visiting the woods but this time we took the cycle path. We took the cycle path because we didn’t want to go in single file down the path. We were going to the chestnut tree. When we got there we couldn’t get the conkers because we couldn’t reach them.

When we arrived at the woods Mrs. Lennie told us to get in groups. I was with Bruce, William and Blair. We were given a nice piece of paper and we were to find a hideout. We were learning about photosynthesis. Eventually we found our hideout so then we started to read the bit of paper “What do plants need?” Photosynthesis is where a tree needs sunlight, water and carbon dioxide to make its own food. Chlorophyll is a green chemical that makes the leaves green with energy running through it. Human beings need oxygen but we don’t need carbon dioxide. We need oxygen but trees don’t need oxygen and we don’t need carbon dioxide but trees do. Humans and trees make a good partnership to keep each other alive.

Then once we had learned about everything all the groups needed to meet up so then we started a quiz. There were A,B,C signs on the trees so Mrs. Lennie shouted out an answer and we would either go to A,B,or C. Me, Bruce, William and Blair got about one wrong at the end. Meanwhile at the end when we were walking back not all of us we caught up with the wee ones. They left fifteen minutes before us. After a while we were back at school. We made it back in time and luckily the parents didn’t go mad!

By Andrew

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Recount of Visit to Skinflats Woods-Day 1

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On Thursday I went to the woods with my school to learn all about trees and shrubs.
When we got there we found some trees which were broken so we made it the base camp. When Mrs. Lennie gave three short blasts of her whistle, it meant everyone had to return back to base. Mrs. Sneddon had the inhalers in a bag and if needed Mrs. Lennie would give one long blast of her whistle.
We sat on the logs and talked about trees and shrubs and what we already knew about them. We learned about what makes a tree a tree. A tree needs a single trunk that needs to be 30cm fat. Branches will come out at least 30cm from the ground. There are two types of trees, one with leaves and then needly trees. The ones with leaves are called deciduous and the needly ones are coniferous. Our woods mostly have coniferous.
Then we went to get six different leaves in the woods. We found sycamore leaves. It took us thirty five minutes to get back to school. My favourite part was Mrs. Lennie talking to the tree.

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Visit to Skinflats Woods Day 2

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Recount to the Skinflats Woods Day 2

On the 1st Of September our whole school including the little ones went to the Skinflats Woods as we are learning about how trees help us. We took a different route from the last time. Although it was a longer way to walk it took the same amount of time and it was an easier route. On our way to the woods we stopped by the chestnut tree and had a look at it because in our class novel there was a conker competition and we were going to collect conkers but they weren’t ready yet.

When we arrived we all made a pile of jackets and we got separated in to different groups. Then we had to find our own shelter. Mrs Lennie gave us a passage called “What Do Plants Eat?” Our group all read a paragraph each and started to learn about the process of photosynthesis. The way photosynthesis works is the leaves of the trees take in carbon dioxide and the sunlight then the roots part is it sucks up all the water then it makes sugar called glucose. The chemical that make the sugar is called chlorophyll. All of this together is called photosynthesis

We have a good relationship with trees as we give them carbon dioxide and in return they give us oxygen as they don’t need oxygen to survive.

After we read the passage “What do Plants Eat?” Mrs. Lennie then tested us by tying signs with an “a, b or c” to a tree and we had to run to a, b or c when she asked us the question. It was a lot of fun.

We stayed ten minutes longer to let the younger ones go ahead and we went over the process of photosynthesis once more then started to walk back to school. Although we stayed behind we still caught up with the little ones and we all walked home together.