Sunday, 29th March - Sharing

The Optional Holiday Challenge today is about measuring length in metres and centimetres which we have been doing at school.

Can you count the eleven sunflowers in Mrs Bear's garden

1. Draw a diagram of the 11 sunflowers. 
2. Estimate the height of each sunflower.
3. Write the height in centimetres (cm) OR in metres and fractions of a metre (m) - this can be in a chart OR a numbered list under your diagram.
4. If you look carefully, you can see a metre ruler next to the first sunflower - this tells you how high 1 metre (or 100 cm) looks like next to these flowers.  This will help you work out your estimates.
5. When you have finished, take a photo of your work and upload it to SeeSaw.
6. You have four days to do this challenge - on Thursday, Mr and Mrs Bear will measure all the sunflowers and publish the answers on the class blog.

The sunflowers are starting to open up their petals and you can see small seeds growing.  Mrs Bear will collect the sunflower seeds when they mature and we will toast them when we are back at school.

I think this recipe will be good for us because we already know how to make buttermilk.  

The recipe says you can add toasted sunflower seeds to make it more crunchy - we will have enough to do that.
In the meantime, if you decide to make a loaf of soda bread at home with Mum or Dad, please send a photo so we can put it on the class blog.  It looks like it is quite an easy recipe, if you have all the ingredients.

Eillie attempted the Washing Basket and Sock Challenge.
You did a terrific job, Eillie.

While Charlotte tucked into this fabulous lunch . . .

. . . and looked after this strange visitor (doesn't he know we are in lockdown?!)

When we are back at school, we'll read this book - maybe it really is about Charlotte and her special visitor.

Apart from that, Mr and Mrs Bear have just been hanging out on the deck.