Faith, Vildan and Rebecca were chosen to take part in a LEGO competition. Well done girls for a fantastic effort.
We visited Sunderland’s Winter Gardens to learn more about rainforests.
We got to handle a number of objects including this cacao pod.
We did not know that Brazil nuts were held in a casing like this!
We found out about the 4 layers of the rainforest. They are the forest floor, understory, canopy and emergent layers. We thought about what grew at each level and which animals called each level home.
Marie shared loads of interesting information with us.
We went on a fact finding hunt through the gardens, they were amazing.
The gardens are always warm so there were some huge plants!
Did you know bamboo is as string as steel and people around the world use it to build homes?
We found out loads from Marie, she taught us about how important the Kapok tree is to the Amazon Rainforest.
Kesia was in role as Vernon Dursley, Harry Potter’s wicked uncle.