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Weekly Update 2.7.21
Posted: Jun 30, 2021 by: Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Willow Tree Class Blog 2020-2021
Hello everyone,
It has been another busy week in Willow Tree, the children have been doing their end of year assessments and I am very pleased to say that they have tried extremely hard and that all of their hard work and effort throughout the year has really shown through :)
We have continued reading our exciting class novel (Stig of the Dump) and have been reading the penultimate chapter of the book, which has left the class asking lots of questions and making lots of predictions as to how Clive King will conclude the story.
In Literacy, the children have been planning to write their own alternative chapter to Stig of the Dump and have just started to write them up. They have come up with some wonderful ideas and I'm really excited to read their alternative chapters. One idea that I really love is having the character of Stig speak for the first time because so far in the story, Stig has not spoken.
As part of our Stone Age to Iron Age topic, the children have been learning about cave paintings, where and when the earliest cave paintings were discovered, why they were created, what images appeared in cave paintings and what stories were being told. After learning about cave paintings, the children created their own. First they started by painting the background, then drawing their own images of hunters and animals and using of oil pastels to colour their images in. Finally, the children used tea bags to make their cave paintings look old. The class all worked really hard on their cave paintings and produced some lovely pieces.
Our Science topic this half term revolves around Plants. Willow Tree have been growing sunflowers for the past month and they are coming along very nicely. Using some leftover seeds, we decided to conduct an investigation. Can plants grow and survive in the dark? This was the question that began our investigation and since then we have been monitoring two young plants that had been planted at the same time, in the same soil and given the same amount of water, which we then separated, putting one in the cupboard and leaving the other outside. Everyday the children have been observing changes that they can see, using the correct scientific language and every four days we have been noting down the differences between the two plants. The children have noticed that the plant outside has been growing taller and its stem has thickened, where as the plant in the dark has started to droop, its leaves have shrivelled and it has lost its healthy colour. We are making our final observations today and concluding our investigation with what we have found out and if there any other questions that can come out of it to lead to a new investigation.
That's all for now :)
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou :)