Planting seeds

Planting seeds

We enjoyed planting runner beans,  using magnifying glasses to look closely at what they looked like. We know that our plants need water and sunlight to help them to grow. We also learned that plants need holes in the bottom of their pots to allow the extra water to...
Parts of a plant

Parts of a plant

We have been learning about the structure of plants this week. Did you know that a stem holds a plant up and carries water from the roots to the leaves? We also looked at trees in our school grounds. We discussed whether the parts of a tree had the same name as the...
What is a plant?

What is a plant?

Miss Salloway gave the children different objects to sort into two groups – plants and not plants. The children discussed what makes something a plant and shared brilliant ideas about where plants come from. Miss S even gave the children the challenge of...
How does light reflect?

How does light reflect?

We had so much fun this afternoon investigating how light reflects. We used the torches and the mirrors to trace over our designs on the table (using the reflections by the light source) and we found it much more tricky than we thought!
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