Three weeks left to Christmas and we are certainly in the Christmas mood! We have been starting to make decorations during play, listening to carols and standards and have been rehearsing harder than ever our Christmas play!
That doesn't mean we haven't had time to stop from all our work in class this week!
Continuing our Topic of Plants we have been looking at the life cycles of plants. We have learnt that plants start as a seed before moving on to the germination stage where the stem starts to come out from the seed making it's journey to above soil in search of sunlight (warmth) and roots start to form to make our plant stable. From here our plant is starting its journey to being mature from where it can reproduce from either seeds or spores. This is done by the act of dispersal.
We have learnt that there are five ways that seeds and spores have of dispersing: wind/gravity, animals eating and excreting the seeds, animals transferring it by contact, ballistic dispersal and water. We have been really interested in the journey of plants from mere seeds to become some of our favourite plants!
Here is a video of ballistic dispersal:
"What have you been doing this week?" asked Mr Ieuan.
Mr Chris said, "I have been thinking about what videos I can use on the blog, Mr Ieuan."
Here is a song explaining how speech marks work:
That doesn't mean we haven't had time to stop from all our work in class this week!
Continuing our Topic of Plants we have been looking at the life cycles of plants. We have learnt that plants start as a seed before moving on to the germination stage where the stem starts to come out from the seed making it's journey to above soil in search of sunlight (warmth) and roots start to form to make our plant stable. From here our plant is starting its journey to being mature from where it can reproduce from either seeds or spores. This is done by the act of dispersal.
We have learnt that there are five ways that seeds and spores have of dispersing: wind/gravity, animals eating and excreting the seeds, animals transferring it by contact, ballistic dispersal and water. We have been really interested in the journey of plants from mere seeds to become some of our favourite plants!
Here is a video of ballistic dispersal:
Here is a video of the life cycle of a sunflower:
In English we have started to learn about the importance and correct usage of speech marks ("") and in doing so also the concept and usage of parentheses. Speech marks are very important to show a reader when someone (or a character) starts talking and when that someone (or character) stops talking. The layout is very important as we understand that when we write we are continually building pictures for a reader to see so that our writing must be clear, specific and correct. Here is an example of speech marks in use:
"What have you been doing this week?" asked Mr Ieuan.
Mr Chris said, "I have been thinking about what videos I can use on the blog, Mr Ieuan."
Here is a song explaining how speech marks work:
As previously stated, we are rehearsing our Christmas play with gusto and diligence. Today we will be bringing home our songs to practise. Any help (just as with our lines) would be wonderful so we can all sound professional.
To help you, here are two videos for two traditional songs we will be rehearsing (please look at our sheets for any verse admissions as we will NOT be singing all the verses):
"Silent Night"
"Il Est Ne Le Divin Enfant"
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