We spent the day today looking at deforestation and the devastating effects it has on our environments. To wrap up our learning this afternoon, we did some lovely art work of Koalas – an animal that was hugely affected during the Australian bush fires.

Richard was our Learning Legend today for his AMAZING knowledge of geography! He was confident with all of the continents as well as recognising the different countries in North and South America! I was truly blown away!

Today Crew Knowles have been focusing on reading maps and looking at North and South America. We sorted through countries and used the maps to locate which continent they were in. We also looked at matching cities to their countries – a very tricky task! I was absolutely blown away with the motivation, the perseverance to read maps and the knowledge that the children already had about the different continents / countries!

Today’s Learning Legends are … Archie and Oliver!

Oliver is today’s Learning Legend as he was a real Stickability Stan when writing his English blast off!

Archie is also today’s Learning Legend as he is showing lots of maturity and his work is beautifully presented!

We had lots of fun today recreating the water cycle in a sandwich bag! We will watch our water cycles carefully over the course of the term to see them in action!

Today we did some research on the different geographical zones of the Earth. We looked at the equator, the hemispheres, the tropics and longitude and latitude! We learnt lots of new vocabulary in relation to our expedition! We also worked collaboratively to collect and share information.

Crew Knowles looked at fractions today and focused on concerting mixed and improper fractions. I was incredibly impressed with how quickly they picked up the different skills! I was also impressed with how well each group worked collaboratively to support each other!

I chose two Learning Legends today – Emily and Amelia!

Amelia has put lots of effort in to her zentangle art work and Emily has pushed herself out of her comfort zone by contributing lots of answers! Well done girls!

Crew Knowles have continued with our sun, moon and stars slice today and we have looked more closely at the different phases of the moon. After we looked at the phases, we then chose one to draw and decorated it using zentangle patterns. They took lots of time and patience!

Crew Knowles worked on their collaboration skills today but taking part in the crew team building challenge. They had to work together to create a bridge using art straws and other materials such as string and tape. I am excited to try out the bridges tomorrow and test their ability to hold weight!