Searching for worms!

Do worms have bones? What's inside them?

We wanted to know more about worms and what they look like really close up! So we became explorers and went looking in the school garden for tiger earthworms! Here are some pictures of us investigating.

Worm Farms in Room 7!!!!

We have been learning about worm farms and how they help our enviroment.

Brian brought in his worm farm to show us how they are made and what the worms actually do!

Did you know that worm wees is good for the garden?

The bottom container of the worm farm had worm wees in it and surprisingly it didn't smell. The middle part of this farm (the yellow container) is the nursery. When these baby worms get bigger they crawl up to the top and eat the food scraps. Once the worms eat the food scraps they turn it into compost which is actually worm poos or worm castings!!!!

Our own class barometer & weather chart

The next week we decided to make our own class barometer and become METEOROLOGISTS by predicting what the weather will do. We used a jar, a stretched balloon and a straw to make it.

We then recorded on a chart what our barometer said the weather was going to do and what the weather was actually doing outside.

When the straw went up we knew the weather would be fine, if it went down the weather would be stormy.

Our barometer was almost always right which meant we could be better prepared for the effects of the weather!

We are have been learning about weather!!! Sophie brought in her family heirloom, a barometer and we wanted to find out more.....

Winnie the Guide dog

As part of PAI we have been looking at working dogs. We have been beginning to understand that dogs are not always just house pets they can also be trained up to serve in the community.

We were super lucky to have Jo and Winnie the Golder Retriever come in and talk to us about the training that is required for a dog to become a Guide dog.

Week 2

This week we have learning about working dogs. As part of PAI on Monday Trey brought along his new puppy Lennox, we were very lucky and all got to hold and pat him