P2 have got some class pets! We have been looking after tadpoles for almost a month now. We watched them grow from frog spawn and now they are giant tadpoles. Soon they will start to grow hind legs, front legs and then they will lose their tale. At this point, the tadpoles will become froglets.
P2 have found it very interesting learning all about the lifecycle of a frog and how to take care of tadpoles. We thought about how we could turn this into a writing lesson and we decided we wanted to learn about writing a report. We were learning about the purpose of a report and that it is to provide the reader with lots of facts and information about a specific topic. We chose to write our reports on the life of a frog. We have written an interesting introduction to hook our reader and we have written information about a tadpole/frogs habitat and diet under 2 sub-headings. We have worked so hard!
To finish off our houses and homes topic, P2 looked at materials used to build houses all over the world. We looked at lots of different eco-friendly building materials. As a class, we thought it would be a good idea to try and make our very own model houses. In pairs, we designed what we wanted our model home to look like on a blueprint and thought about what recyclable materials we could use. The next day, we began to construct our model homes. We had to use lots of glue, string and sellotape to bind our materials together. This put our problem solving skills to the test!
At the end of last term we reflected on the our progress made in reaching our individual targets. We then had to gather evidence of the different ways our targets were achieved. This week children identified areas of improvement and as a result new targets have been established.
