We had a fantastic morning with Xplore! and the Principality Building Society, all about saving money. We learnt about how bank accounts work, doing chores at home to earn money and learning the importance of budgeting. Where is Liverpool?
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We hope that you have had a lovely half term break and looking forward to our new topic all about Liverpool. Our Mantle story takes us to the unused and overgrown canal in Liverpool. The team of experts are set to clear the canal ready to reintroduce wildlife and encourage new tourists to the city, looking at important landmarks and canal use. Through this we will be writing a formal letter and a story of how the canal was restored. Science - This half term we will be looking at fossils and how they are formed. What are the different rock types and how are they made? Geography - We will be looking at where Liverpool is and the significant buildings using different types of maps. We will be focusing on the canal system and tourism in the city. Forest school - Forest school will be every other Tuesday afternoon. Please bring suitable kit - water proof coat and trousers, warm trousers top. No denim, as this can be uncomfortable when it gets wet. PE - PE will be every other Tuesday and Thursday. Please check weekly reminders. Drinks in Daffodils class. Water is always the best! It keeps brains hydrated and focused, we recommend that children bring only water to school with them. We are looking forward to a busy half term, if you have any questions or worries, please come and see us. The Daffodils team The discovery of a disused canal.....As we walked along the old route of the Liverpool canal, we came across an awful sight......rubbish and litter was covering the canal. The smell was awful and we couldn't believe what we saw! Underneath the leaves, we spotted something....a small nest of eggs. A little glimmer of hope that we can clean up this canal to reintroduce wildlife back to the canal and clean the habitat for whatever hatches from the eggs. We musty get to work straight away and contact the Liverpool city council! Friday in the library!Armed with our binoculars, we carried out the birdwatch in 2 halves and overall spotted 32 birds. The most popular birds were starlings - we saw 18 at once roosting in one of the larger trees in one of the neighbouring gardens. The weather had been very windy leading up to the birdwatch and so our fat ball feeder had got damaged and had blown to the ground. We saw hedge sparrows, blackbirds and finches in the hedge, magpies roosting and swooping over the site, and a couple of robins bobbing around. We saw less birds than we were expecting, but know that we could perhaps have been quieter bird watchers. https://bit.ly/3tgxjGS We each had a clothes peg to hold in one hand and we had to put our other hand behind our back. The clothes peg represented a bird's beak. We had to see what we could find and pick up with our beak. It could be for food or for nest building. It's not as easy as you would imagine!
Look at our 1960's inspired pop art! What was different in the 1960's?We looked at different artefacts from the 1960's and compared them to what they are like now. We loved listening to the crackle of the records!
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