As part of our Science topic all about plants, we have been thinking about the things that plants need in order to grow healthily.

We decided to carry out our own investigation to see how important water and sunlight actually are when it comes to seed germination and healthy growth.

We worked collaboratively, just like Team Ant, to plant some seeds. To make the investigation fair, we used the same seeds, same compost and the same size pot. We put the pots in different places so only some will have sunlight and only some will be watered.

We are looking forward to finding out what happens but we have already made our own predictions.

In our Maths lesson today, we used the practical resources to help us to find a fraction of a number. We quickly became confident finding a fraction of an amount when the numerator (top number) was one so challenged ourselves further by finding two and three quarters and two thirds of a number.

We enjoyed taking our learning outside this afternoon and going on a plant hunt. We noticed lots of different plants around us and were even able to name some of them.

After doing some careful observations, we spent some time sketching them, thinking carefully about the size, shape and colour of the petals.

We were set the challenge to find a waterproof material which would be suitable for a coat for Pirate Tom to wear on his next adventure.

After making our own predictions, we discussed what we would see if a material is waterproof or absorbent.

We then worked collaboratively, just like Team Ant, to investigate the following materials:

• Plastic
• Felt
• Cotton
• Denim
• Paper
• Rubber

We used a syringe and, to make it a fair test, we squirted the same amount of water onto each material.

After careful observations and measurements, our results showed that plastic and rubber are waterproof because the water didn’t soak through these materials, whereas, the others were absorbent.

In our RE lesson today, we began to explore why Christians believe Jesus brought good news to the world.

We read a story from the Bible about a tax collector called Matthew who took more money than he should have from the people and gave some to the Roman government and kept extra for himself.  We used drama to help us understand how unfair this was for the people of Israel.



This week, we began exploring multiplication. We have been resourceful, just like Helpful Hen, and used the equipment to make equal groups.

Vocabulary we have been using include:

groups of

lots of

times

multiplication

equal

unequal

We spent this morning as shape detectives and enjoyed taking our learning outside. We were just like Beautiful Butterfly and noticed lots of 2D shapes around us.

We carefully counted how many sides and corners each shape had and whether the sides were straight or curved.

After identifying lots of different shapes, we created some shapes using natural materials like sticks and stones.

We sampled some chai tea today after finding out that it is a popular drink in India. For many of us, it was the first time we had tried it and we had mixed opinions about the taste.

Some of us thought it tasted like spicy water whereas others thought it tasted of Christmas cake.