Check out the photos below of the children, seeing if they had washed their hands thoroughly enough. There were a few trips back and forwards to the bathroom for some!
Please find a link to learn about the skeleton. I know it will be difficult for some of you to read but you can do this with Mum or Dad. You probably won’t know all of the facts, but you will probably know some from work in class and Generation Science.
Today we had to earth up our potatoes because when we measured them they were 20cm tall. Most of us took turns to put some more soil on the potatoes. we earth them to protect from the frost and weeds.
We also dug up pot A to see the roots. There were no potatoes but there was hook forming which is a sign that potatoes would form.
Hopefully when we dig up Pot B there will be some small potatoes visible.
Today it was 20 cm tall.
Pot A and Pot B
All our potato pots.
Kiara helping to break up the soil around the roots.
In our groups we had another chance at improving our skills playing Victorian games.
Some boys and girls moved the game of marbles onto the carpet, as they were moving so quickly along the floor. We discussed that there would be more friction on the carpet, so the marbles would be easier to control.
Alexander takes his move while Holly, Carly and Cameron look on.
Eleanor, Alexander, Alexander and Erin play with their peg dolls in our little theatre.
Today the farmer John Ritchie came to our school and helped us plant our potatoes.
He told us all about growing potatoes and we were able to ask him a lot of questions.
We then went out and planted two of our potatoes in our grow bag. We weighed them first of all and we will compare this weight to our final crop. We have also planted potatoes in different pots, so we will see them at different stages of growth.
John also split the children into 2 teams and they will have their own competition to see whose potatoes grow the tallest.
Thanks to John for coming to our class and helping us plant our potatoes.
John teaching us about planting potatoes.
Holly and Fred helping to hold the grow bag.
All the children helped to put soil in the Grow Bag.
Alexander and Ben getting their hands dirty.
The children naming their two potatoes for the team challenge.
The children had to choose a potato for their pot.
We had great fun learning about forces today. We learnt about different forces including pushing, puling and friction.
We made sure our test was fair and measured how far different toy cars travelled down a gradient.
We also learned how to measure accurately with measuring tapes. We found out that the car with the smoothest, loose wheels travelled the furtherest and the heaviest car with the thick treads went the shortest distance.
