Dear Squirrels,
I hope you've all had a great week. I saw my first Christmas tree this week! Rumour has it, it's only 5 weeks until Christmas...
Learning in Squirrel class this week
At the beginning of the week, following on from the research the Squirrels have been doing on plants, an investigation took place. The Squirrels were challenged to find out what plants need to grow well. Research told the children that plants need air, water, soil, nutrients and light to grow well. However, to be sure of this the children needed to prove it by investigating.
Plants were observed under the following conditions:
No water
No roots
No soil
No warmth (placed in the freezer)
No light
No additional plant food.
The children predicted that no plants would survive except for the plant that did not receive additional food. Much to the children's delight, their predictions were right! I think it is fair to say that the children know what is needed for a plant to grow well.
Possessive apostrophes - Squirrels have been working away on their possessive apostrophes. They are very good with them, I must say!
Maths - As we started our new chapter on division, Squirrels have been looking at sharing an amount into equal groups and looking at how many equal groups they have made. The children have been looking at the link between division and multiplications - the commutative law.
Bossy verbs and instruction writing has also been a theme in class this week. Squirrels used their knowledge of imperative verbs to design instructions for 'how to care for a chicken.'
Year 3 children completed their first aid training this week which they found useful.
Finally, after a very busy week in Squirrel class, the children enjoyed a baking afternoon in the hall on Thursday afternoon with Mrs Wright.
Have a super weekend Super Squirrels,
From Miss Swain and Daphne
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