K'Nex Spider Trap Challenge

Class four were set a K'Nex challenge to help move Charlotte and her egg sac from the fair to the barn.  They had to think carefully about how they would trap her safely and transport her from one place to the other.

They also had to create something which looked like Charlotte and her babies. 

Some decided to make a web for Charlotte to rest on.

They had to think about how they would tempt Charlotte into the trap and how they would keep her safe when it was moving. 

Ugly Bug Ball

Class Four celebrated the end of their Minibeasts topic by holding an Ugly Bug Ball.  They designed various different activities during the week before the ball.  They made a spider tangle...which wasn't as easy to get through as we might have expected...especially with costumes on!!

They adapted their favourite game of draughts to be bees and butterflies! 

Some crazy creatures took part in the spider tangle!

Class Four enjoyed playing their handmade minibeast board games.

Making spider cupcakes.

And eating some 'tasty' snacks...including bug antenna, caterpillar grapes, ugly bug potion, slimy worm jelly and beetle dung rice krispie cakes! 

Playing another of their creative minibeast games.

One group created a game where minibeasts were hidden in the reading corner for others to find. 

We all had a great afternoon dressed up as ugly bugs!! We even enjoyed some dancing and a game of corners with special ugly bug music!!

'UGLY BUGS!!!!!'

Trip to Happy Valley

Class four enjoyed a trip to Happy Valley to have a picnic, explore and hunt for minibeasts.  When we arrived we found a nice spot to have our lunch. 

Some of us chose to go 'off road' a little!!

We then decided to build a shelter using sticks and other natural materials. 

It wasn't as easy as we thought as some parts collapsed around us! 

Some of us decided to make it a bit more of a challenge by doing a boys v girls competition! 

We had to hunt hight and low for twigs and materials.

We also found some minibeasts along the way...

We thought carefully about the structure of the shelters and placed the twigs so that they would balance on top of each other.

Some of us explored peedie puddles.

Whilst others were very excited to realise that a Robyn was watching closely!!

After a lot of hard work and team copoperation here are team one with their finished shelter!

It had a lot of lovely features...including carpet, and decorative shells.

Here are team two with their finished shelter which included a stone dyke and extra rain coverage from an umbrella!!

Once we had finished exploring and building our shelters it was time to head back to school on the bus...but not before a group picture! 

CHEESE!! 

Class four Wormery

Class four have been busy today making wormeries.  They worked in pairs to fill a jar with sand and compost. They had to alternate each layer and make sure it was packed together to allow the worms to move.

We then added some leaves for the worms to eat.  Then we searched for some worms to put in our wormeries.  Unfortunately there are no photos of this stage as our hands were all too muddy!! 

Once back inside the classroom we covered the top of the jars making sure they had air holes. 

We then covered the outside of each jar with black paper and placed the jar inside a cupboard.  We have predicted what we think will happen and will now observe them to see what actually does happen. 

Minibeast walk

Class four set out on a minibeast walk on Monday afternoon.  We were very lucky as it was such a beautiful afternoon. We only got caught in a peedie shower. 

We had some very important visitors with us too. Our visitors from Kenya joined us on our walk to find out about our local community.

It was quite muddy in places...but it was perfect for rubber boots to go through! 

We found lots of different minibeasts on our walk. We spotted some green beetles which we had yet to find!  All this bug catching was hard work so we stopped for a peedie rest!

Then it was time to set off again! 

When we reached Mr Forsyth's house we were met by a giant puddle!! Which we just HAD to walk through!!

We settled down for a rest and to enjoy our picnic lunch. 

Then we had a look at Mr Forsyth's moth trap to see what it had collected. We found one beautiful moth and one not so beautiful, huge spider!

On our way back to school we enjoyed learning about all the different plants and flowers we came across.  Some smelt like garlic and coconuts. 

We all really enjoyed our walk, but were very tired by the end of it!,