STEM Week Day 2

In the morning, we did a bee crossword whilst watching videos about bees to learn more. Once we finished we went outside with Mr. Griffiths to plant some borage to attract bees, we each planted a pot then watered them, we put them in the sunlight to help them grow. Afterwards we decided to do a bee role play about what a bees life style is, we selected roles and learned about what they do. Once we finished the roleplay we went into the woods with Mrs. Hopkins. We went around the woods writing down facts about bees then we made a home for the mason bees since they are starting to go extinct. We found leaves, dry mud and moss to fill it up and decorate then Mrs. Hopkins gave us some bamboo so the mason bees can hide inside. Once we finished we got to take them home to hang up outside our house. - Anisa

In the morning, we found out that today we would do lots about bees, while doing a bee crossword. We started by finding out a bit about them, and their population is decreasing rapidly, due to a type of mite. After, we found out we were going to do a role play in the afternoon representing the life of bees in a hive. Then we went outside to plant a plant called borage, known to attract the insects. Later in the day, we did our role play about the life of bees. Workers getting nectar and providing for the hive, and the queen bee with the baby bees, while the mite, which is the cause of a lot of the deaths of bees, killing off the hive, causing lots of them to die out. After that, we went into the woods to do some activities about them. We did a scavenger hunt, finding out lots of interesting facts about them, and then made a house for a type of bee, with lots of places for them to hide in, which we can hang up in our gardens. And that was the end of our bee themed day! - Shreya