Siobhán's batty new friend!

Siobhán from room 18 brought in a baby bat for us to see.  Her Daddy found it.  Have a read at what she had to say:

I brought a baby bat to school today to show my friends in Room 18 and my Teacher Ms. O Hare.  My Daddy caught him.  We placed him in an old plastic container with holes in it so that he could breathe.  I brought him around the school to show him to the teachers and students. Some people thought he was cool and cute, others thought he was freaky.  After school I let him go free.

By Siobhan N. 3^rd Class. Room 18.

Here is a picture of a bat.  Siobhán found out loads of interesting information on bats too.  Here are some batty facts for you:

(a) Bats can be as large as a small dog or as small as a bumblebee.. 
(b)  Bats can live up to 30 years.
(c) There are more than 1.000 bat species around the world.
(d) Bats come from two different groups - mega-bats and micro-bats.
(e) Bats are not likely to attack people or pets - PHEW!!!!!

Sunny sunflowers

Room 13 were very lucky to receive some sunflower seeds from Mark's Mum and Dad.  We planted them and put them in the window where they had lots of sun....  It didn't take them long to grow!  We've sent them home now so that they can be put into bigger pots and hopefully grow really tall.  They will be lovely!  Huge thanks to Mark's Mum and Dad.

A cute caterpillar comes to school!

Aoife from room 13 brought a new "pupil" into our class today ;-) .  It is a big juicy caterpillar.  Aoife found it in her back garden.  She brought it into us so we could have a look at it under the visualiser.  Then she put it safely back outside again.

Thanks Aoife.

Jessie's Biodiversity Fun!!!!

Jessie from room 5 likes to explore lots of things...:)

Look at our photos below:

Together we made lovely funny and hairy faces.

In the picture below, Jessie is exploring with carrots :

 

 

In the final picture, Jessie is doing an experiment with eggs! You put an egg into water and it will sink to the bottom.  Then if you put salt in the water, the egg will float on the top of the water.  Finally, if you add normal water to the salted water, the egg will move to the middle!  

 

We had great fun!