2P have created some pointillism pictures in the style of Georges Seurat.

 

Today the boys had the chance to take part in an art workshop. They used old plastic bottles to make beautiful flowers. These flowers will be combined to make a whole Pre Prep piece of work!

 

Today we learnt about the anatomy of a flower.

 

Can you carefully dissect a flower at home to create a labelled picture? Please bring your completed activity to school to share with the class.

Thank you.

Vocabulary

• Petal – outer sections of the flower
• Stem – main stalk of the plant
• Pistil – part of the flower that produces seeds
• Stigma – sticky part at the top of the pistil that catches the pollen
• Style – long part of the pistil between the stigma and the ovary
• Stamen – part of the flower that produces pollen
• Filament – part of the stamen that supports the anther
• Anther – part at the top of the stamen that produces the pollen
• Ovary – large part of the pistil that produces the ovules
• Ovules – when the ovules are fertilized by pollen, they become the seeds
• Spathe – thin sheath that protects the flower buds

Here is a link to the website that we used in our lesson today, https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/animals-and-nature/plants/parts-flower/

We have planned a fair test cress growing investigation in our science lesson this morning. Four bowls have been set up with the following different conditions,

1. In the sun and watered
2. In the sun and no water
3. In the dark cupboard and watered
4. In the dark cupboard and no water

We will observe the cress seeds daily and keep a diary of our findings.

The boys are bringing home their own bag of cress seeds to grow at home. Please encourage them to set up a similar investigation or purely grow cress to eat. Please do email photos of the boys carrying out this science activity and we will share these on the blog. Thank you.

 

Today the boys visited an Architecture Workshop. It was interesting to learn about how strong the triangular shape is and they worked together to build a structure that touched the ceiling!