This week we have been learning more about parts of a plant and we watched a video that told us lots of information about why plants are important and what we can use them for.

THREE very interesting things that we can use plants for are:
1. Plants provide oxygen. If there were no plants in the world we would not be able to breathe!
2. You can grow cotton plants that we can make clothes from.
3. You can use trees for shade which is very important in the hotter months.

We also learned about 4 different parts of a plant. These are:
1. Petals
2. Leaf
3. Stem
4. Roots

We got to make our own plants and next week we are excited to get to label them! Here are some pictures of us making our own flowers…

Article 28: The right to an education

Last week was very different for everyone in p7. Some of us went off to Belgium and those who stayed behind had a very interesting week.

Belgium:

Finlay: “My favourite thing was going to the indoor water park called Sun park De Haan. I liked that the water was heated.”

Paul: “My favourite part of Belgium was going to the Passchendaele war museum. It showed us lots of things like guns, food and trenches from World War 1. I liked looking at all the historical things.”

Lauren U: “My favourite part of Belgium was the war day. One of the things we did was go to the Menin Gate and took part in the Last Post Ceremony. I found it really interesting.”

Antonia: “My favourite part of Belgium was sharing a room with Olivia because she was fun to stay with and we’re good friends.”

Emily: “My favourite part of Belgium was going to Plopsaland. It’s a theme park which has lots of characters and rides. I liked it because the Anubis rollercoaster was fun.”

Chloe: “My favourite part of Belgium was visiting the clogmaker. He showed us how to make clogs using wood and axes and knives.”

Lauren C: “My favourite part of Belgium was getting a rest after a busy day most days.”

Kendal: “In Belgium I shared a room with Lauren and Lauren. It was fun because it was never quiet and we had lots to talk about.”

Adam: “My favourite part of Belgium was going to the beach at night because me, Nathan and Cameron built a massive sand hill so we could jump off of it.”

Fun week:

Taylor: “I liked trying different types of chocolate with Mrs Waddell. We tried white chocolate, dark chocolate, peanut chocolate and even chilli chocolate. I didn’t think the chilli chocolate was very tasty because it was spicy.”

Ellie: “My favourite part of the week was Friday because we got to have a cup of tea in the staff room. I also liked doing my work experience with the office staff.”

Declan: “I liked going swimming because it was fun and we learned how to dive properly.”

Kai: “I enjoyed everything about the week especially going swimming twice.”

Jay: “I enjoyed doing the work experience. I worked with Mr Jeffries, Mr Barton and Miss Allan. I enjoyed playing basketball with Declan and Billy.”

Kyra: “I enjoyed going swimming. I also enjoyed making the burgers and I asked everybody in the office if they wanted one.”

Even though it has been a short week, we have still learned lots of new things…..

We have been learning all about the different parts of the flower. Kiera H & Clara

We have been learning personification! Geo

We have been learning about different types of ways of displaying data….line graphs, pictograms and bar charts. Zoe

We learned the song Circle of Life. Freya

We have learned how to read a line graph.  Lexis

I learned a new parachute game.  Louisa

We have learned about different types of graphs in practical maths.  Madeliene

We learned how to create pictures out of collage.  Isla

I learned a dotted crotchet on the violin.  Scott

I learned how to improvise with jazz music on the double base. Lexis

I learned how to play Coulter’s Candy on the violin.  Jessie & Isla

We learned how to write similes. Kiera H

Have a great weekend!

This week we started our new topic from Farm to Fork. We read the story Farmer Duck. This story is about a lazy farmer who told the poor duck to do all the work. The duck was really sad. One day all the other animals crept under the farmer’s bed and chased him away. We will be using this story as a stimulus for other lessons throughout the term.

We learned about different buildings and features on a farm. We then used what we learned to design our own farm on a map. We used a key to show our buildings/objects on the map.

For writing this week, we wrote an acrostic poem on the word ‘Farming’. We used the letters from this word to describe a farm. Here is Jessica’s work:

Fields are on a farm.
Animals live on a farm.
Rabbits hop in the farm.
Milk comes from cows.
Inside is the farm house.
Never forget to feed the animals.
Goats eat grass in the farm.

Yesterday we completed an experiment to discover substances that dissolve. We tested coffee, salt, sugar, flour and pepper. We mixed these materials with 100ml of water and stirred 20 times to make our experiment fair. We discovered that coffee and sugar dissolve whereas salt, flour and pepper don’t.

Have a lovely long weekend,
Miss Bollen and P3b

Article 28- Right to an education

This week we have started to learn about the farm. We looked at different types of buildings on a farm and designed a farm for Farmer Duck. We had to design a map of the farm using a key. We have also been learning about the different types of animals on the farm and their uses. All animals are there for a reason. For example, we use dairy cows for their milk which we can drink or use to turn into cheese. Most farm animals provide us with food. For example, we  use beef bulls for our beef burgers and mince for spaghetti bolognaise.

In art this week we have been continuing to learn about portraits. We created portraits of farm animals but they were all mixed up! Some had cow skin, a pig nose and a goats horns!

In science we have been learning about germs and how they spread. We watched a video which explained to use that germs enter our body and start to multiply which can make us ill. We can try to stop germs by washing our hands and trying not to have too much contact with someone who is sick. We found it quite hard to understand germs though as we can’t see them. We have conducted a science experiment to see what happens to a potato that has germs on it. We have one potato which has not been touched by anything. This is called the control. One potato was rubbed on the carpet, another in soil and the last was rubbed on someone’s hands. We will look at the potatoes next week to see what has happened.

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Article 24: Right to be safe, clean and healthy.

Enjoy the long weekend!

We are all feeling a little sad this week as we said farewell to a very popular member of our class.  We enjoyed a farewell party and there were a few tears as the bell rang!

We have been doing Science experiments this week and are learning a lot of new vocabulary to help us. We have also been learning our song for our Celebrating Success performance, and we think you will like it……

We are looking forward to our wee break, and we will be back next week refreshed and ready to learn!

This week we were learning more about the 4 seasons in the year. The 4 seasons are:
1. Winter
2. Spring
3. Autumn
4. Summer

We wanted to showcase our learning by making beautiful seasonal pictures. Here are the steps that we took:

1. The page was divided into 4 and we had to get a pencil and draw around our hands to make it look like trees. We coloured these in brown because that is the colour of the branches and trunks on trees.
2. Next we used the technique of pointillism to match the trees to a season. We chose appropriate colours to match the seasons, for example, we used white paint to make it look like snow in the winter season.
3. We did this for all the seasons and we made sure that we added lots of detail to our pictures to make sure that it was clear what season each one was.