Despite our crazy Spring weather, we managed to spend some more time outdoors and extend our learning into our environment. Here is some of the work we have been doing:
In Science, we focussed on the signs of Spring that are appearing around us. Students went outdoors to look closely at the emerging plants and how the trees are changing. They also hunted to see if they could find bugs or any signs of animals that are becoming active again. They documented their work in their visual journals.
With Earth Day falling on April 22nd, we talked about what the Earth provides for us and what our responsibility is to care for our planet. Students learned of a number of different actions that they can do to make a difference to our environment and each student chose an action and made a pledge to work on this action for the coming year. We drew and wrote our pledges on blue paper that was shaped as a raindrop and then created a garden mural for our rain to nourish.
We wanted to add some extra art to our Earth Day projects, so students looked at the globe and some pictures of the planet from space and create a visual using blue and green. They coloured their Earth with washable markers and then we sprayed them with water to make the colours blend. With a black and starry background, the art is quite striking.
We began our work with Sound Kreations this week and have enjoyed learning some moves. We are working on making a dance to go with the hip hop song "The Three Pigs Rap". We will be working towards mastering the dance in the coming weeks and I will be filming the final performance so that we can share it with you at the end of our school wide dance unit.
