Today in the Rainforest us botanists discovered a new species of plant , the Mango paralyser or as it is know in scientific forms the Zabanthia Coration, discovered in the canopy layer, there has also been sightings in the emergent layer.

Although it can kill and paralyse insects and small animals it is threatened by larger animals that can resist the poison that the plant gives off so it can damage or even kill the paralyser although very strong.

Its strong nectar has a scent that smells a bit like mangoes which helps attract the following, bees butterflies, flies and even small rodents. When its prey touches the surfaces of the plant it is instantly paralyzed by the extremely strong poison that the plant holds.Then its body starts to disintegrate thanks to the dissolving liquids the plant has.

It was first sited in the Colombian Rainforest  on the 14 of November 2016.

Today when in the Amazonian rainforest we discovered  the mars nectar plant. The scientific name is titan Aram nectar plant. You find this plant in any layer of the rainforest but the changes that it faces are death defying because  it is in all the layers including the emergent layer it gets killed by the deadly wind .It has adapted to survive by luring in animals like the bee and the fly to eat to survive . This plant has lots of special things about it including it has a special type of nectar that the animals cant resist . One of the fun facts about this amazing plant is once the fly has started to eat the nectar it closes its mouth and the creature dies.

By professor Duncan Dr Meldrum  professor  Diack

This plants scientific  name is the Botominyam  we based the name of its carnivorous behavior. It has an innocent look, gold nectar orange inside pink outside .It has a colourful  entrance, to attract its prey which is Spiders  ,Flies , Frogs, butterflies and falling coffee beans, but because the nutrients in the soil are very low it utilizes its prey . This is how the plant works, it goes through the coloured entrance and than there is a tube were there is no oxygen, and after 5 days the tube opens and the body left-over corpse shoots out and makes a beautiful display with gold nectar but the ugly body destroys this pretty display.

9/11/16

We have been so busy learning all about the rainforest.

We have found out where they are in the world and we have found out that they are made up of different layers. We have begun to classify plants and in numeracy we have looked at symmetry when looking at animals and butterflies. Did you know that there are carnivorous plants, well we have found out about them and we have written reports.

We have lots more to learn so watch this space. We look forward to welcoming mums and dads on parent’s evenings and we hope that they enjoy looking at our work.

TASK: Pick a setting from the images below. Write a detailed description of the setting using the senses. Remember to show not tell. Your reader should feel as if they are standing in the middle of the setting! Due: Tuesday 15th November

In class we have been learning about rainforest. We have leaned that rainforests are between the equator and the tropics of Capricorn and cancer. Cancer is on the top and Capricorn is on the bottom and for art we are doing plants so we need to bring in junk , it’s very fun topic.

We have learnt about Carl Lineaus and how he came up with a way to categorise plants, and then animals. All the organisms in the world have been categorised into five Kingdoms – this week we have been finding out about the Plant Kingdom. We have been learning about some of the different plants you can find in the rainforest. In groups we tried to come up with our own ways to categorise these plants, some examples were – flowers, edible, where you find it, killer, carnivorous, colour, size, petal/leaf shape, fruit, tree, vine. After a lot of discussion and research the groups then decided on their final categories. Below are a couple of the posters that we created.

We are  learning about Adaptation and Conservation in Block 2 – We have created our very own ‘Rainforest ‘ in our classroom. We really enjoy getting the chance to curl up under the canopy and read!

We have learnt about the different layers of the rainforest, and the plants and animals that have adapted to survive in each layer. In groups of 4 we all had a different layer to research, write notes on, and write these notes up to describe the layer we were studying – the Emergent, Canopy, Understory or Forest Floor layer. As a group we then made a group piece of art that we labelled and put our writing next to. These have pride of place in our ‘rainforest’!

In block 1 we were learning about geology – the different types of rocks/stones. We brought in lots of different types and classified them and we even created our very own crystals! Unfortunately they are only salt cystals so not worth very much!

P6b have been investigating rocks! What a geologist does, how rocks are formed, what the different types of rocks are,  minerals and crystals, how rocks are used….

We went on a ‘materials walk’ around our school – below are some examples of the different ways rocks are used in our environment! Bricks, mortar, glass, ceramics, metals, plastics, concrete, gravel… can you name any of the other types we saw?