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Spring 2 - How does your garden grow?

How does your garden grow?

This half term we will be learning all about the trees and plants we might see growing in our local area. We will learn how to label the different parts of plants and trees and the names of some common plants and trees. We will be learning the story of Jack and the Beanstalk and the Enormous Turnip. We will be learning about the work of two famous artists and lots more.

Please have a look at the link below which will take you to this half term's theme web.

Spring 2 Theme web

Maths

In maths we are learning about measurements. This week we are looking at length.

On Monday 23rd February we heard a funny noise on the roof. We went to investigate. We couldn't see anything outside but when we went back into the classroom we found some huge footprints on the floor. Teighan thought they might belong to a giant because we are learning about Jack and the Beanstalk. Then we found a letter from The Giant. It asked us to find objects that were longer and shorter than his footprint.

Here are some photos of the objects we found.

Longer and shorter

We then measured the giant's footprint using rulers and cubes.

The Giant's footprint

On Tuesday 24th February we ordered leaves from the longest to the shortest and then placed them on to a beanstalk.

Longer and shorter

Some children had to order the leaves and then measure them with a ruler to see how long they were in cm.

cm

On Wednesday 25th we went for a walk to the woods looking for different sized sticks. We took them back to the playground and ordered them from the shortest to the longest. Here are some pictures of us ordering the sticks.

Ordering

We have been learning to measure using cm. On Thursday Finley, Tallulah, Harley, Josh, Tia and Adam drew around each other and then measured how long they were using a metre stick.

Using a metre sticks

9.3.2015

This week we are learning about how much is in a container. We call this volume.

On Tuesday we looked at different containers and made predictions about which we thought would hold the most water. We then tested each container.

Measuring volume

Here are some websites with fun measuring games.
On Wednesday 11th March we visited Asda in Wyke. Before we went we had to write a shopping list. On our shopping lists were the ingredients we needed to make a root vegetable recipe we had chosen. Here are some photos of us at Asda.

Our visit to Asda

On Monday 16.3.2015 and Tuesday 17.3.2015 we all did some cooking. We were making the recipes we bought the food for last week. We made crunchy carrot pittas, loaded potato skins, potato pancakes and potato and cheese scones. here are some photos of us cooking.
Science
We are learning about growing plants. On Monday 23rd February we planted a bean. We wrote the instructions on how to plant a beanstalk. We placed them on the windowsill and we are going to keep checking them everyday.

Instructions

We have set an investigation up to see if seeds can grow on different things.

We planted cress seeds on sawdust, cotton wool, soil and sand.

Cress investigation

On Tuesday 24th February we started an investigation to see what cress grew on the best. We all made a prediction.

We placed the same amount of cress seeds on cotton wool, sand, soil and sawdust. Then we watered each one with the same amount of water. Then we placed them all on the windowsill.

Investigation

On Friday 27th February we check the cress seeds. This is what they looked like after 4 days.

After 4 days

On Monday 2nd March we check the cress seeds again. The cress seeds on the soil grew the best. We talked about why this was. We concluded that the soil gave the plant water and special plant food.

After 1 week

On Monday 2nd March we went looking for signs of spring. We saw lots of buds and shoots starting to grow.

Signs of spring

PE
In PE this half term we have been learning how to play golf. On our last PE session of the term Mr Morgan set up lots of apparatus for us to explore. We had lots of fun climbing up and down the ladders, swinging on the ropes and balancing on the beams.
Here are some videos for you to watch about growing plants.