Our 1/2 integrated topic this
term is animals with backbones. Each class is learning about a different group
of animals. Betty’s class are the fish experts (ichthyologists), Jared’s class
are looking at amphibians (herpetologists), Mr Griffin’s grade are learning all
about mammals (mammologists), Moya’s class are the reptile people (also
herpetologists) and we here in 1/2 K are the ornithologists (that’s bird
experts). On Fridays, after morning tea we do science for 2 hours!! Every week.
This week we stayed in our own classes, next week we visit a different teacher.
So this week we stayed with
Lauren and made bird nests. First of all we looked at beautiful bird nest
photos (http://twistedsifter.com/2011/05/25-photos-of-birds-nests-sharon-beals/).
They were cool! Then we went outside and collected some stuff (plants, sticks,
leaves, straw and other bits and bobs). After that we came back to class and
used a paper plate and started sticking, cutting and gluing. Every now and
then, we did a sticky test to check that it wouldn’t fall off our plate. Some
of us did it and found that everything fell off but we got there in the end.
We made our classroom into an
amazing mess! A garbage bin, a pig sty, our bedrooms, a dog’s dinner, a war
zone and a bomb site. We had to clean and clean and clean and clean. We had to
be cleaners.
Here are some words to describe
our nests: wonderful, sensational, beautiful, fantastic, tangled, feathery,
fabulous, soft, garden-filled, twiggy and sticky (in every sense of the word).
