Reception: Beekeepers We have been finding out about honey bees and yesterday, Nan a local beekeeper came along with Paul from Hill Farm in Penley who is also a beekeeper, to talk to us about beekeeping. They brought some of their equipment with them and they told us lots of things about honey bees. I … Read more
Reception: Sowing cress We have been busy sowing cress seeds by putting them onto a piece of wet cotton wool. To see what happens if seeds don’t have water or sunlight, we decided to put some seeds on a dry piece of cotton wool and some more on a wet piece, we put the wet … Read more
Reception: Forest School We had a wonderful morning in Forest School. We really enjoyed our snack today.
Today, we explored a variety of fruits and generated descriptive words for each one. We discussed both their outer appearance and what they looked like on the inside. Afterwards, we had the opportunity to taste each fruit and decide which one was our favourite.
This week, we have been learning how to measure using water. Today, we investigated how to carry out a fair test to find out which bottle would be best to take on a picnic, specifically, which one could hold the most water.
