We have all really enjoyed our plants topic in science this half term. We have been growing cress, beans, rocket and also some spider plants which a parent kindly donated to us. On a morning, we are always so excited to see how much they have grown over night!
The children in Early Years have been helping to develop our new garden. First, thank you to all the parents who have donated plant pots, compost and a range of plants for the children to make their own garden to look after. First the children prepared the plants pots...
In our science lesson today, we went on a search for wild flowers. We spotted: 19 dandelions, 8 daisies, 15 buttercups, 4 clovers, 1 nettle, 6 brambles, 2 dog roses, 1 holly bush and 5 thistles.
As part of our plants topic in science, we planted some seeds and then wrote instructions on how to plant a seed in our science books. We are looking forward to watching our seeds grow.
Our pupils have been set some interesting science challenges as part of their home learning. Here are a couple of pictures sent in my 2 brillaint pupils, and a video, showing what they got up to and how they worked. Very ingenious! Hope they enjoyed the biscuits...
This was one of our marvelous Year 2 pupils making up science experiments at home - great to see safety gear in use!
IMG_1842 Ben has been busy in his garden making a fantastic habitat for worms. We can't wait to hear how many worms enjoy living here, Ben. You've made it very homely for them. Keep up the great, green-fingered work! See you soon!
The children have been learning about sound and what part of the body we hear with. They have been pattern spotting with what affects sound on the playground.
Recently, we spent an afternoon learning what it meant to be an engineer and building our team work skills. Our marshmallow and spaghetti towers were really something!
Spring has sprung in Early Years. We have enjoyed playing outside giving all the toys and equipment a good clean. Flowers are popping up all over and we have been painting our own daffodils and spring flowers that we have seen to add to our Spring display. We have...
