Exploring Creepy Crawlies!

Exploring Creepy Crawlies!

In Science this week, we borrowed some Arthropods (invertebrates with an exoskeleton, a segmented body, pairs of legs; including insects, arachnids, myriapods and crustaceans) from theSecondary Biology department. We had a great time observing, drawing, spotting characteristics, similarities and differences between the different arthropods.

Modern Europe Project Links

I hope you are finding the links useful that I sent to help you with your project. Here they are below so that they are easier to access:

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/world/
http://www.ducksters.com/geography/europe.php
http://www.scienceforkidsclub.com/european-countries.html
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/countries.html
https://www.kids-world-travel-guide.com/geography-facts.html
http://mrnussbaum.com/world/europe/
https://www.interrail.eu/en
Most children are already working on their project at home and some have even brought in a page or two to show me. Remember the project must be in the children's own words, so that they show that they fully understand the information they have found out, and have ownership. We have practised this in class when the children researched a European capital city.
Focus on the important parts that really interest the children, anything complicated or uninteresting to them, just leave it out!
Let me know if you need anything!

Happy Carnival!!

Telling the time to the nearest minute

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/116/telling-the-time
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/117/telling_the_time_in_words#
http://www.teachingtime.co.uk/draggames/sthec4.html
http://www.teachingtime.co.uk/clock2/clockwordsres.html

Please practise telling the time at home to the nearest minute.
The children must be able to tell the time in words eg. 5 past 6 and in digital 6:05
                                                                                  eg. 25 minutes to 3  / 2:35
This is something we will be working on all week, with a view to solving problems involving time.
If your child is unsure of telling the time in words in Spanish, please help them.
Please practise the above games.
Telling the time is something on-going that we need to keep working on together at home and in class, coming back to it frequently.
Many children use a digital watch, but it is important they can tell the time to the nearest minute on an analogue clock too, saying the time in words.
Thanks for your support.

Classification of Living Things

Animal Classification Online Games

Have fun learning more about animal classification and testing your learning by playing these games:

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/games/animalclassgame.htm
http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/thezone/animals/animalid/games/animal1.htm
http://www.kidscom.com/games/animal/animal.html
https://jr.brainpop.com/science/animals/classifyinganimals/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/living_things/variation/play/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/6_7/variation.shtml

In Science we've been using classification keys to identify Living Things and explore their characteristics. Today the children worked in small groups to produce their own Classification Key to sort and identify mini-beasts.