Tag Archives: living things

Growing our own beanstalks!

After reading ‘Jasper’s Beanstalk’ and viewing the story of ‘Jack and The Beanstalk’, Kindy worked in teams with our Stage 3 buddies to plant our own! Some of us had broad beans, and some had snow pea sprouts. We had to fill the bottom of our cup with damp paper towel and slide our bean down the inside, between the paper towel and the clear plastic cup – this way we would see it grow! We left them in a sunny spot and watered them regularly for about 3 weeks.

Some plants grew more than other ones. At first, some students thought that maybe the short plants didn’t get enough water, so we checked how wet they were. It turned out that the short plants were the wettest, and the tallest ones were the driest, so we decided that maybe some of the beans might have actually have drowned in too much water!

Finally we sorted our plants according to their height, using a ruler to measure and check. With the smallest plants, we measured their roots instead. The tallest plant was about 33cm tall!

image       image



Jack and the Beanstalk

Is a beanstalk a living thing? Do you think we could grow one at school? If yes, what do you think it would be like? If no, why not?



Kindy Visit Featherdale Wildlife Park!



School Wombat Stew Recipe

School Wombat Stew

Ingredients:

  • Mud
  • Paint
  • Dirt
  • Dirty water
  • Glue
  • Rubbish
  • Papers
  • Soap
  • That fat wombat!

 Steps:

  1. Put everything in the pot.
  2. Mix and stir.
  3. Bake it in the oven for 2 hours.
  4. Take it out and taste it!

wombatstew

(Don’t worry, everyone, it’s only pretend!)



Worms!

http://www.arkive.org/earthworm/lumbricus-terrestris/video-01.html



Living or Non-Living Things

This term kindy is learning about living things. This song has a catchy tune and will help you with some ‘tests’ about if something is living or not.

  • Can it breathe?
  • Does it need food or water?
  • Can it move or grow?

(There are some other tests too!)



Kindy visit Wildlife World, Sydney

On Friday, K-Neverland and K-Wonderland went to Wildlife World, Sydney to learn more about Australian animals. We also got to pose in front of a green screen for some camera magic!

 

Click to play this Smilebox slideshow
Create your own slideshow - Powered by Smilebox
Another picture slideshow by Smilebox


Living Things

In term 3, Kindy are learning about living things. We will learn about animals and plants. Living things need to:

  • Breathe
  • Eat or drink
  • Grow
  • Move
  • Reproduce
  • Excrete
  • Respond to the world

Sorting game