Curiosity Cube
Thankyou to everyone who continues to be so involved with our science project- we now have a curiosity cube so the children can get up close and examine a range of things to make them wonder.
Thankyou to Evie for the egg shells :-)
Animal fact files
We have really enjoyed working on the tablets this afternoon as part of our science work to create animal factfile- we are so pleased with the quality of work and the discussions the children had. Our first group completed the tasks today and group two will take a turn tomorrow :-)
Home- school science partnership
Just another thankyou to everyone who has been so enthused with our Science topic and been bringing in leaves that have been nibbled (food chains in action) and nests and egg shells they have found inspired by our Science topic of animals and their habitats and also Carly's discovery of an egg…
Plant observation
In science we are learning about plants, last week we looked closely at the different parts of plants and today we did some planting in our outdoor area.
We talked to the children about what they would like to grow and have today planted potatoes, peas, pansies and nasturtiums.
We have our…
RSPB's Big Birdwatch
We really enjoyed getting out into the school grounds to take part in the RSPB's big garden birdwatch.
It was lovely to see how excited everyone got when we spotted some of the birds from our spotter sheet- well done Cross Fell!
Susan's Farm
Cross Fell were really fortunate to beable to bring their learning about habitats to life by enjoying a visit to Susan's Farm. It is fantastic to beable to get really hands on with our learning and take our learning outside of the classroom.
Cross Fell's visit to Susan's Farm
We had a wonderful day yesterday at Susan’s Farm
Flinty's Botanic Gardens trip
Flinty Fell had a great visit to Durham to tour the Botanic Gardens there- a great trip to bring their science and topic learning to life.
Butterflies!
Exciting news. Over the holidays Park Fell's butterflies emerged from their cocoons. They are beautiful. We will release them tomorrow.
New life in Park Fell
Our first chick has hatched! We talked about how it hatched and watched a video on you tube before writing a sentence about it. We than made a chicken house outside
The eggs are hatching!
Park Fell have been carefully looking after some eggs as part of their new life topic - today it was extremely exciting as one of them has starting to crack! We will keep you posted once our first chick arrives.