Clay Art

Some of our very cool clay dinosaurs!

Animal Classification

Animal Classification Pairs Activity from Simon Bishop

Learning about Insects

Thanks to Lucas for bringing in his brilliant bug collection and magazines. Gross, but awesome!

This week we're reading and writing about the Varroa mite and other parasites. Some key vocabulary is parasite, infestation, eradication, classification, invasive, arachnid.

Reading this Week

We will continue our inquiry around honey bees and colony collapse disorder and we will alos be looking at other insect life cycles and characteristics. Our shared book this week is all about gigantic insects and their role in the insect world. Some key vocabulary is adaptation, canopy, colonies, evolved, fossils, mandibles, species, nocturnal, titans, wingspan.

Art-Making Pinch Pots

Check out some of the awesome pinch pots that the children have been making on Friday afternoons.

Journal Plays

Performing a  journal play during reading today.