Green and Keen

Macaws have had a fantastic week to finish off their Science learning in our Green Fingered Growers topic. We have been busy taking care of our plants, making observations and forming theories on how to best look after plants. We have established that sunlight, water and soil are essential for plants to grow healthy but we have also learnt that talking to a plant may make it grow faster as well. We observed that cress grew in darkness if it had water, however did not grow in sunlight without water. This has led many Macaws to theorise that water is more essential than sun. 

The topic has been incredibly fun and this week we celebrated all our wonderful enquiry with a Plant Tea Party and a trip to Hampstead Heath. Our tea party was a HUGE surprise as you can see below.

Once over our initial excitement, we settled down to enjoy a tea party full of food and drinks that are made from plants. We tasted the food then had to work out what fruits or vegetables were needed to create it. We then played, ‘What fruit am I?’ and had to work out what fruit we were by asking relevant questions. It was a lot of fun and a great treat to end the topic on. 

We were especially excited our visit to Hampstead Heath. It was lovely to get out of the classroom, and have some fun together and simply enjoy each other’s company. We went early so we could enjoy some time in the playground or a game of football. Our fun was briefly interrupted by rain but after a few chorus’ of ‘Rain, rain go away,’ it dried up. We enjoyed a picnic lunch then had a fantastic workshop led by Mike and Jo. We became flowers and acted out what each part of a flower does. Then matched leaves with trees and finally made our own flower using natural resources. We had a lovely day and were thoroughly exhausted after all the fun. 

Have a look at our day below.