Watermelon Day

Our watermelon day was full of integrated learning activities.

We had science activities – exploring why watermelons float, and predicting how far the splatter would go if we dropped one off the roof. It went a whopping 10 metres!

In numeracy, we estimated and weighed our watermelon - Sophie had the closest estimate - but we were still 3 kg out! We were impressed by Kiera and Ethan's quick solution to our mathematical problem;

'Mrs Templeton paid for 13 watermelons. If each watermelon cost $3.99, what was the total cost?'

Check out this clever thinking! (Ignore the spelling...the focus was the strategy!)

In literacy we wrote taste poems, and found facts about how they are grown, their history, and their nutritional value. In art, we looked at examples of watermelon carvings – then tried our own!

The day was a full of fun! What a delicious way to start the year!