On Thursday, we noticed how much our potato plants had changed since we planted them. The stems stood tall and firm; the leaves were softy on one sided and covered in veins on the other. The roots ran through the soil, delivering nutrients. Most importantly to the children, though, new potatoes were visible and waiting to be harvested.

We counted the potatoes and discussed ways of sharing them equally with RDT, considering both number and size.

The potatoes were then used to practise the grouping skills that we have been developing this week. We discovered that we could make two equal groups of five potatoes or five equal groups of two potatoes. When we made two groups of four, there were two left over and when we made three groups of three, we had one left over.

The potatoes were washed, chopped, boiled, buttered…..

and finally eaten!

Some of us enjoyed them more than others.

Thank you again to Mrs Wake for supplying the seed potatoes for us to plant and telling us how best to care for them.

Refugee Week

We used the thought-provoking questions in Kate Milner’s book – ‘My name is not Refugee’ – to help us empathise with those children, who have to escape from their homes in search of safety. All of the children drew a picture of something precious that they would take with them if they had to seek refuge away from home. They explained to their friends why they had chosen those items