Planting potatoes

Today, we worked in small groups to plant some potatoes in the vegetable garden. Firstly, we had to dig a hole with the trowel.

We had already completed the ’chitting’ process. As you can see the potatoes have started sprouting. This should mean that we get a good crop once they are planted.

We covered the potatoes with soil and gently patted it down. Then we lightly watered the soil. Now it is a case of giving them time to grow and waiting to harvest them.

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Winter Morning By Ogden Nash

Today we started learning this poem ahead of our poetry recital at the end of this half term. If you have mislaid the paper copy, here it is for you to enjoy performing at home. There is also an option for children to learn their own poem and recite it in front of the other classes (Reception, Year 1 and Year 2) if they would like to. Winter is the king of showmen, Turning tree stumps into snow men And houses into birthday cakes And spreading sugar over lakes. Smooth and clean and frosty white, The world looks good enough to bite. That's the season to be young, Catching snowflakes on your tongue! Snow is snowy when it's snowing. I'm sorry it's slushy when it’s going.

Have You Filled a Bucket Today?

Today we read the story ‘Have You Filled a Bucket Today?' This book introduces the idea that we all carry around an invisible bucket with us every day. The bucket's purpose is to hold good thoughts and good feelings about ourselves. We talked about how we can fill ours and other people’s buckets by carrying out acts of kindness. Mrs Hurst set us the challenge to achieve one act of kindness this afternoon. If we have achieved this, then we will have brought a certificate home with us. The challenge does not end there. Mrs Hurst has asked us to show kindness and fill up the buckets of those people at home. Please send in any examples of this as we would love to hear about how our lesson on kindness is spreading beyond the school gates.

Reading with Year 4

At the start of each month, 1GH are going to join up with 4W and share some books together. It is a great opportunity for the older children to read to the younger children. Some of us took our books into The Oasis and enjoyed the first bit of Spring sunshine.

1GH 18/19

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