Sunday, June 25, 2006
Science project Part IV
A silly face to boot! As you can see the root of the avocado has grown all the way to the bottom of the jar. The seed is split almost all the way around, and if you look into the split, you can see where the first leaflets are forming. I reckon that when they emerge it will be time to pot it up.
In other science news, there is an annual science competition here, and D'Arcy's class entered it with an exploration of 'sinking and floating' - what sinks? stones, clay - what floats? duplo car, pine cone, malteasers. They had a great time with their experiments and writing it up. Their works was rewarded with a 2nd place. The ceremony was on Friday night, and D'Arcy was one of the 4 students chosen to attend to receive the certificate. He's pretty proud of that.
This last week at school was also reports and portfolios. It was great to see more of his work than usual - especially for his dad, who doesn't get to see as much of it as I do - he only takes D'Arcy to school two days a week, and he doesn't get to stay and help in the class. No surprises in his report. This is the first year that the teachers have had to grade the kids formally, and D'Arcy's teacher is not happy with the system "how do you grade kindies on PE?" but she did well. I've been staying in touch with her about D's progress anyway, so we already know where he struggles (motor skills in general, reading/writing) and what his strengths are (caring, interested in the world and numbers in particular) so we're happy with the first half of his first year. Parent/teacher interviews this week coming, so more opportunity to hang out with the lovely teacher!
In other science news, there is an annual science competition here, and D'Arcy's class entered it with an exploration of 'sinking and floating' - what sinks? stones, clay - what floats? duplo car, pine cone, malteasers. They had a great time with their experiments and writing it up. Their works was rewarded with a 2nd place. The ceremony was on Friday night, and D'Arcy was one of the 4 students chosen to attend to receive the certificate. He's pretty proud of that.
This last week at school was also reports and portfolios. It was great to see more of his work than usual - especially for his dad, who doesn't get to see as much of it as I do - he only takes D'Arcy to school two days a week, and he doesn't get to stay and help in the class. No surprises in his report. This is the first year that the teachers have had to grade the kids formally, and D'Arcy's teacher is not happy with the system "how do you grade kindies on PE?" but she did well. I've been staying in touch with her about D's progress anyway, so we already know where he struggles (motor skills in general, reading/writing) and what his strengths are (caring, interested in the world and numbers in particular) so we're happy with the first half of his first year. Parent/teacher interviews this week coming, so more opportunity to hang out with the lovely teacher!
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