"Under the sea, under the sea, darling it's better, down where it's wetter, take it from me" We all agree - today was a jawsome Discovery Friday! Lots of children had been busy making things at home to share today. Jack made an awesome poster about whales, and Leo made an aquarium full of interesting sea creatures! Jack brought his fishing license, Ivy brought her mermaid tale along, and Larisa brought a video for us to watch (we're saving that for next week!)
We looked at some information on the internet to find out about the mantis shrimp - a really beautiful but dangerous little sea creature that can break through glass to get to his prey!
We finished the day with lots of questions that we want to investigate next week - "why does a whale have a hole on his back?"; "how big is a whale's eye?"; "how do fish sleep?" and lots more! If you've got time in the morning next week to help with our research, we'd love to see you in our Community! And quite by chance, Mrs Sands got an email with a link to a website with loads of interesting 'under the sea' activities, It turns out this week was Seaweek! What a coincidence! You might want to have a look at some of the videos and activities on this website over the weekend. What an exciting day - we can't wait to see what we discover next week! (Parents - we'd love it if you left a comment below to let us know you'd been here! We'll share these with the children next week. It could be a comment about something your child enjoyed from today, or some new learning from over the weekend - it could even be a photo or a link to another 'under the sea' activity!)
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Lauren Thornhill
9/3/2018 08:28:52 pm
Love seeing this! I feel like you miss out on a bit as a working mum.
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kowhai team
9/3/2018 10:10:39 pm
Thanks for the feedback, Lauren! We're trying to get enough time on Friday afternoons for the children to film their own 'Discovery' TV show. Watch this space for (hopefully!) more regular updates about Discovery Fridays! :o)
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Melanie Clout
10/3/2018 07:57:05 am
Kowhai team,
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kowhai team
10/3/2018 09:20:16 am
A-ha! That would be the mantris shrimp. We watched a few videos - and there are plenty more out there! Here's a link (hopefully) to the one we watched: https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/worlds-deadliest/deadliest-mantis-shrimp
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Adele Staples
13/3/2018 07:27:19 pm
Hi ladies,
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Hannah
13/3/2018 10:11:11 pm
I think I love discovery Friday as much as Jack! He defiantly seems to retain a lot of information, I personally know a lot about a Mantis shrimp now to. Thanks for letting him be involved he loved it!! I think the teaching team this year is amazing thanks for all the hard work you put in!
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Pip
14/4/2018 01:19:25 pm
Thank you for all the effort you go to making discovery Friday so much fun. Wow we have heard some amazing facts being shared at home and it's always exciting working out what we are going to take. Thank you again for creating this awesome time for the children 😊
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