Following on From Term 1 When we looked closely at sa variety of seeds and discovered flowers make seeds. we als planted ornamental cabbages in the garden for a winter display and looked at parts of the plant, leaves, roots e.t.c. All children selected their own bulb to look at closely and sketch. The labeled the parts they thought they may know and formulated questions to investigate using I notice..I think...I wonder.. It was revealing how many children were not able to transfer the knowledge about parts of a plant to this seemingly foreign object a bulb. Some called the roots hair and one thought the roots were a birds nest and a bird would come and nest in it. This was a good initial assessment activity to tune myself in and identify where to take the learning next. It also highlighted the importance of providing the children with multiple experiences of the same concepts in difference contexts to strengthen their ability to transfer and apply their prior learning. We then planted the bulbs we cut into sections as the children wondered if they might grow. We used the expertise of Mrs Rolls to demonstrate how to plant a bulb. We also planted a large pot with bulbs to beautify our environment for everyone to enjoy. the pot  |
| Cross sections to motivate children to look closely, I notice, I think, I wonder.... Children generated questions to investigate and were surprised to discover bulbs are sticky and wet on the inside and dry and dead looking on the outside |
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| Planting a bulb to observe growth Watering the bulbs  |
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