Class LP's Diamond Jubilee National Anthems!

Mrs Ponter 30.5.12

We have been very busy getting ready for our Year 3 street party on Friday afternoon. I have the cooker booked on Thursday morning, so hopefully we will be able to do some baking ahead of our celebrations. Read on for a collection of Class LP's very own national anthems.

Sunflower update!
Kyle and Scott, with the help of several other children, continue to do a good job watering the sunflowers. We have about four still going strong.

I would like to thanks Harrison's mum for the four sunflower plants she brought in for the Year 3 children this morning. We have added them to our collection.

Class LP national anthems!

Some mornings during registration I set the children a challenge.

This morning I asked the children to think of a new national anthem for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

I'm afraid I had problems uploading several of the anthems. However, I have managed to upload a selection of the others. They are super!

I hope your enjoy reading them.

Best wishes,

Mrs Ponter.

Mrs Ponter here with the latest update on our sunflowers! 

Rhys also has some news of a science investigation we are carrying out........so please read on!

Each surviving sunflower seedling has now been transferred by the children and Mrs Ponter to a larger pot. Hopefully we will now see each one develop into a beautiful sunflower.

Unfortunately, some of the seedlings looked a little droopy yesterday and this morning it looked as if we had lost one or two. However, most of them are still going strong.

The tomato plants appear to be doing quite well. There was a slight hitch yesterday with over-watering, but the small puddles which had formed in the compost seem to be dry now.

The children have taken charge looking after the sunflowers, which is a good job as Mrs Ponter doesn't have a very good track record - we'd better not mention the poor health of her house plants or the fact that her mum is chief gardener!

Perhaps some green-fingered parents can give her a few tips! 

Anyway, here is a camera shot from today to give you some idea of how the sunflowers are doing.  

The collection of sunflowers in Mrs Ponter's classroom.
Some are going strong but others needs to be seen by a plant doctor!

Below Rhys and Thomas have written about our science investigation. We are looking at the conditions plants need to grow. 

We took three sunflower seedlings and placed them in a pot. The same amount of compost was used each time. All three pots were also the same size.

We have discussed what a fair test is and the children decided that the only thing they would change is the location of each pot. They would all be watered with the same amount of water and at the same time each day.

Rhys and Thomas - our science investigation:

We have been thinking where the sunflowers should go.   We came up with ideas about where they could go. One of them went outside, one went in the cupboard and one on the window sill. We wondered about where they will grow best. Matty and Kyle are watering them carefully. The one in the cupboard is not doing really well because it has no sun.


The following pictures were taken by Abbie S, Zoe and Kyle....

Day 2 of our investigation: The sunflower seedling in the cupboard has become extremely droopy!

Day 2 of our investigation: The sunflower seedling on the window sill is doing well, it just needs some support!

Day 2 of our investigation: The one outside also appears to be doing well, it also just needs some support!

By Alex and Chloe

Today we have been to look at the plants in Mrs. Ponter's classroom. Some people have been chosen to re-plant the sun flowers into a bigger pot, because they have been drooping in the smaller pot. The people who have been chosen are: Annie, Mark, Erin, Kyle, Liberty, Amy, Scott and Abbie. The biggest sun flower is 17cm; the smallest sun flower is 10cm. The biggest tomato plant is 6cm the smallest is 2cm. When Mrs Ponter showed us the plants she spilt the water on Chloe!

Today Scott and William measured our plants to see how tall they had grown in centimetres. In the first week they have shot up.

The plan is that members of Year 3 will keep track of the progress of the tomato and sunflower plants.

Please read on for the latest plant measurements and some pictures to show how much they have grown over the last few days.

The sunflower measurements that Scott and William recorded are as follows.....
This information was typed up on Friday afternoon by William and Liam.
Each sunflower pot contains more than one seedling. In a few days time we will have to move each seedling into a pot of its own.

Pot A) 3cm, 3cm, 1cm, 2cm.                                    

Pot B) 2cm, 1cm, 4cm, 1cm.                     

Pot C) 5cm, 5cm , 4cm , 6cm.      

Pot D) 1.5cm, 4cm, 2cm, 5cm   

Pot E) 3cm, 3cm, 2cm

Pot F) 8cm, 8cm, 5cm, 4cm.

Pot G) 2.5cm, 2cm, 2cm

Pot H) 3cm, 3cm, 3cm, 2cm.  

DAY 5

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TODAY - FRIDAY!

Harvey and Emily

Year 3 have been sowing some seeds (sunflowers and tomatoes). The sunflowers are doing better than the tomatoes. Two tomatoes have started to sprout and  4 sunflowers have sprouted. We planted 4 sunflowers in a pot and 1 tomato in a pot.

How to plant seeds

·      First put compost half way to the top.

·      Next make a small hole.

·      After put the seed in and cover with a little bit of compost.

·      Finally water the plant.

·      Remember, don’t give the plant too much sun and too much water!

William and Chris H - How we planted our seeds.

1 First we scooped some soil into a cup.

2 Then we put the soil in the pots.

3 We made a hole in the soil.

4 Next we put seeds inside the hole.

5 After that we covered the hole up with soil.

6 Then we watered them.