In English this term, Amazon Class have been exploring lots of wonderful books about protecting our planet, with a particular focus on two books to inspire our writing this term.

The first of these books was called ‘Dear Earth’ by Isabel Otter, which inspired us to collect lots of wonderful description to describe the different parts of our Earth, from swaying, wildflower meadows to the depths of the vast ocean. We then wrote our own letters to the Earth, telling our planet how spectacularly beautiful it is.

Here you can see a small sample of the stunning description and empathy that shines through the children's writing.

We’ve been learning all about reusing, recycling and reducing as part of our topic this term in Amazon Class. The children reused plastic bottles and cups to make plant pots, decorated with recycled bottle tops. We then planted grass seeds and learnt about seed germination as we nurtured and watched our grass heads grow. We think they may be in need of a hair cut!

Thank you Prestige Grounds for donating the grass seed.

As part of our Awesome Animals topic, Amazon Class have a new pet- a panda! 

Yang the panda currently lives at Edinburgh Zoo and this week, we have been checking in daily with our new panda friend via the Panda Cam. Whilst observing Yang in his surroundings, we’ve been learning lots of exciting facts about pandas. The children have been eager to check in with Yang each day and have asked me to share the camera link so they can watch their new friend at the weekends too! 

We’ve deducted that Yang spends most of the day eating bamboo, likes to sleep after lunch time with his paw over his face and first thing in the morning, the zoo keepers make his home all fresh for the day ahead. 

🐼 Panda Cam: https://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/webcams/panda-cam/