A Puppet Show...

Last week we went to a puppet show.  Juliet made all these puppets and the name was Thumbs Up Puppetry.  The bit I liked was when the farmer was chasing Peter around.  I liked it when the lady made a pie and the farmer was hanging down. It was funny!  By Chloe

Finger Puppets…

What other finger puppets could you make?  Could you make some finger puppets using recycled materials?

Making elephant finger puppets... 

Designing protoypes...

Honeybees Learning Celebration...

Making the posters...

Honeybees have flown into the classroom...

I wonder if the honeybees are looking for nectar?

For sale…cupcakes…soap…seeds for bees...

The honeybees are buzzing off the table...

The Bee quiz!  Who passed the quiz?

Honeybee Logo Designs...

Making Bee shaped soap...

Honey tasting...

Nicholas: 'I like the High Peak honey.'  Lily: 'The Manuka honey is yummy!'

Summer: 'The Manuka honey is really healthy.'  Maliyah: 'My favorite type of honey is Beech Forest honey, it tastes delicious!'  Leyam: 'I like the comb honey because it is sweet!'

Nathan: 'My favorite was the natural comb honey because it was sugary.'  

Chloe & Charlotte: 'I didn't like the honey because it was too strong and minty.'

What plants do honeybees like?

Just like you prefer to eat an apple instead of a banana honeybees like plants that are rich in nectar.  Click here for more plants that bees like.

Travis Wetlands and Bottle Lake Forest...

Huhu wants afternoon tea?

Bumble Bee Up Close!

On Monday Chloe found a  bumble bee.  Look at its eyes!  They are very big. What caller is the bumble bee?  The bumble bee was 2 cm long.

Can you see the bumble bee's eye?

What is the weird thing coming out of the bumble bee's mouth?

Can you see the bumble bee's feet?

What is this?

What is the body covered with?

What is an ecosystem?

Can you think of some different ecosystems?  Do we have one at our school?

In the photo below can you name the plant with the white flowers?  What did you find on the white flowers?

What was found living under the log?  What did Joanna find?

Thematic Workshop...

In order to understand what an ecosystem is we need to learn about food chains and the food lifecycle of an ecosystem.

Task 1: Work with a buddy to use the iPad dictionary to find the meaning of the words: habitat, carnivore, herbivore and omnivore.

Task 2: Watch a youtube video on animals that are omnivores, herbivores and carnivores.

Task 3:  Work with a buddy to show others what these words mean.

Below are some examples of what the children came up with…

What we think we know...

We created popplets to share what we think about living things.

It's a Livin' Thing… Living World - How do they live?  How do they survive? Where do they live?  What to they need to survive?