We had a great time collecting and identifying invertebrates on Wednesday with Patrick from the Tweed Foundation.  We were able to use the nets to collect samples and keys to identify what we had found.  We can’t wait to go back next week!

We have been learning about microorganisms. This week we did an experiment with yeast. Here is the information if you want to do the experiment at home.

Our primary four fabulous fantasy potion

Ingredients

10 magical purple bananas

1kg of yeast

Donald Trump’s hair

The wag of a fluffy dog’s tail

A blob of shimmery toothpaste

A chip from Oor Wullies bucket

15 gold teeth

A squidge of hand sanitizer

A giant, beautiful orange caterpillar

Instructions

1. Mash the bananas and put in a large pot.
2. Pour in the yeast.
3. Steal Trumps hair and sprinkle it into the pot.
4. Persuade a dog to wag its tail beside the pot.
5. Mix the toothpaste, Oor Wullies bucket and the teeth and add them to the pot.
6. Squidge the hand sanitizer onto the caterpillar and put it in the mixture.
7. Heat for an hour and stir it well. Let it cool before serving.

Can you create your own potion recipe? What ingredients will you need? What will your potion do?

We have been looking at tessellation which is where shapes can be fitted together without any gaps. We liked this game where you can make tiled patterns using lots of different shapes.

https://www.nctm.org/Classroom-Resources/Illuminations/Interactives/Tessellation-Creator/

https://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/alphabetical-order-1.html

https://1c7951e0f713f82c10d3-9c5e6fbd2c9d828eb37b6bf0399bddd6.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/abc/index.html

We are learning about place value and number sequences up to 1000.  Here are some games you can play:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/place-value-basketball

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10

(Daily 10 – level 3 – place value)

https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/lifeguards/index.html