Science and maths in the playground

Today on our walk we were learning the parts of a tree.  We were pretending to be a tree.  We learned that our roots needed it to rain so that we could drink up some water.  Like plants, trees also need the sun so they can grow.  First the trunk grows and then the branches and leaves.  We swished around in the wind but our trunks were very still and only our branches were swishing.

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We then collected some sticks and laid them in order of size on the ground.  We worked very well in teams to sort our sticks.  There was long and short sticks and thin and fat sticks.

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