As a class we really love being scientists. This week we had fun as biologists. Our mission was to ‘observe closely’ and ‘name parts of a plant’. Last term we planted some mystery bulbs that turned out to be daffodils. Keeping them in our classroom taught us that plants do need water and light to grow. We really enjoyed watching them grow and bloom. As part of our learning objective is to observe closely and name the roots of a plant, we thought it wonderful to pull up our bulbs! It was fascinating to see just how many roots one bulb had grown. There is an entire world below the soil level and we had fun getting a little messy. The children were quick to identify and label other weeds and plants we had found in our planters and garden. 1A learned a lot from this activity earlier in the week too.
With the warmer weather arriving, we have been on the school field today! The field gives us more opportunity to study the many trees we have growing there. This will form part of our learning in the coming weeks.
Help at home: Can your child identify the parts of a tree? (Trunk, branches, leaves and roots?) Are they able to name any trees? (Silver birch, pine etc.)
Just a reminder that with the wonderful season change and temperature increase your child will require a sun hat and perhaps sun lotion (if you don’t already apply it to your child before they come to school). Please name these items, they can be kept in your child’s tray or on their peg.
