Library visit

Last week we went on a trip to the library.  We are looking at non fiction information texts in literacy and we were able to borrow loads of interesting books.  Inga the librarian helped us to understand how to find non fiction books using a fun quiz.


Library visit on PhotoPeach

We also used the trip to write a recount about our visit. All the children did a fantastic job of ordering the events of the trip and using time openers in their recounts.

A big thank you to Inga and the team at library and to all my fantastically behaved class.

Science investigation - What do plants need to grow

Last week we set up an investigation using cress seeds to find out what a seed needs to grow.
We had four groups and they all grew the seeds under different conditions.  The photos show the results of our investigation.

What does a seed need to grow? on PhotoPeach

Winter group, who had grown their seeds in the dark asked, "if we leave the yellow cress in the light will it turn green?"  This was such a super question that we just had to test it out.  We left the yellow cress seeeds previously grown in the dark on the window sill for 3 days and......................................................................................................................

THEY DID TURN GREEN IN THE LIGHT !!!

Well done to half the class who predicted that this would be the result.

Let me know if you are growing any seeds at home and how they are getting on.

Independent learning around our topic.

Have a look at the super learning that the children have been doing around the theme of our topic "Down at the bottom of the garden".


Independent learning on PhotoPeach

St George and the dragon

Last week on Tuesday the 23rd April it was St George's day.  We looked at the story in our RE lesssons.  Have a look at us role playing the story using our masks.

St George and the dragon on PhotoPeach

Bean seed planting

IN the first week of term we planted a bean seed.  Have a look at the pictures to see how we did it.

Bean seed planting on PhotoPeach

All the children have a bean diary to fill in each week.  Lots of the children have been telling me that their seed is growing really well.  Remember that you will need to bring back the seedling on Mon 20th May so that we can plant them in the school garden.

Please leave a comment to let me know how your seed is doing.

Finding 10 more or less

In maths this week we have been finding 10 more or less than a given number using a magic number finder.  The number finder can reveal the number that is 10 more or less  when we use it with a 100 square.  We have had great discussions about the patterns we can see in the 100 square using our knowledge of tens and units.

Finding 10 more or less. on PhotoPeach


Click on this link to play a game that helps you practise finding 10 less or 10 more.



http://www.topmarks.co.uk/spring/springmaths.aspx?age=ks2

Welcome back

Welcome back after what I hope was a fabulous chocolatey holiday.  Our new topic this term is Down at the bottom of the garden.  We will be looking at animals, plants and imaginary creatures that could live at the bottom of our gardens. 

One of our first jobs is to make a bug trap in our school garden. We will be exploring our catches next week and drawing and labelling our finds.

Bug hunting on PhotoPeach