Chapter 1:

BREAKING THE ICE

(September-October)

MIRUNA, SOFIA & ROCCO

We present our first pages...

It will be a magnificent adventure

Enjoy yourselves!

MIRUNA, SOFIA & ROCCO

In September we are in the garden of the school. First we make a video to say hello.

Then together we make a map of the eTwinning countries using Google Maps

MIRUNA, SOFIA & ROCCO

Here are our drawings

for the eTwinning project.

Here is a photo with

our posters.

WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

MATTARELLO

OUR ETWINNER FRIENDS ARE FROM...

PORTUGAL

ITALY

SPAIN

POLAND

Fruit in season...

This is us! We chose our favourite fruit in season and we introduced ourselves..

4A, 4B and 4C Mattarello

In June I can eat...

cherries

This is me!

INTRODUCING OUR NEW PROJECT...

We started talking about plants and territory.

What is a plant made of?

What can we plant in Aldeno?

Hello E-twinners... this is us!

4a 4b Primary School of Aldeno (Italy)

where are you from friends?

We are Sílvia and Edite from Portugal!

We teach English to 3rd and 4th grade students in Agrupamento de Escolas de Almeirim, Portugal.

In our schools we have an European / eTwinning Club!

Our schools:

EB Almeirim

EB Charcos

To introduce ourselves we made videos of our schools.

Presenting ourselves, our European Club and our school green garden!

Chapter 2:

THE WATER CYCLE IN THE GREEN GARDEN

(October-November)

ADELE, ALDO & MATTIA

Peep story

We watch the video 'Peep Plants a Seed' and it's very beautiful.

ALDO, ADELE & MATTIA

In this activity we divide the words in two categories: WORDS WE KNOW and WORDS WE DON'T KNOW. After we

play the miming game

gardening vocabulary

WE STUDIED THE PARTS OF A PLANT...

ROOTS, STEM, LEAVES AND FLOWER

BE CREATIVE!

AND DRAW A DOODLE TREE

(IT IS A PLANT!)

4A, 4B, 4C Mattarello

We eat different parts of a plant

we eat roots

we eat stems

we eat leaves

we eat flowers

we eat fruits

we eat seeds

do you like carrots? Yes, I like carrots

4A, 4B and 4C Mattarello

we learnt about the different needs of a plant

Vocabulary work

Primary school of Aldeno

discovering the needs of the plants

Peep plants a seed...

and we planted lentils in class!

We observed how the water cycle worked in class. We each filled a bag with water and food colouring. Over time we observed evaporation, condensation and precipitation.

"Without a water cycle, there would be no water and our plants will die." Tatum P3

"For things to grow, we need rain and that is what the water cycle does, it makes rain for our plants." Kaheen P3

Chapter 3

THE CYCLE OF PLANTS AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS

(December-January)

RICCARDO & BEATRICE

I'M RICKY!!!

hI. WE WANT TO TELL YOU THE STORY OF GREEN GARDEN PROJECT IN DECEMBER-JANUARY

IN THIS PHOTO MY CLASS IS

DesignING ETWINNING

CHRISTMAS JUMPERS.

HERE ARE THE RESULTS:

RICCARDO & BEATRICE

i'm bice!

VIDEO CONFERENCE

IN THIS PHOTO YOU CAN SEE THE

VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH ALDENO-

MATTARELLO. IT'S VERY FUNNY.

HERE WE ARE PLAYING VEGETABLE BINGO. IT IS ALSO AN

OPPORTUNITY TO BREAK THE ICE.

the beauty of nature

plants are food.

a perfect christmas present...

flavoured salt!

Aldeno

we learnt about photosynthesis

photosynthesis needs:

sunlight

water

carbon dioxide from the air

4A, 4B and 4C Mattarello

Working on the Parts of a Plant and some other works!

Working on the Water Cycle and Climate Change

Chapter 4:

SEEDS AND FLOWERS

(February-March)

ALICE & MARGHERITA

THIS IS A CHERRY PLANT

.. and a regular plant photo challenge on Edmodo

In March we did a challenge which consisted in growing the seeds that Laurie gave us...

we watched a video about the "seed germination"

and then we planted a seed... at home!

Primary School of Mattarello

put some soil

into a pot and make a hole

drop a seed

into the hole

fill the hole

with soil

4A, 4B and 4C Mattarello

talking about seeds, flowers and pollination

Aldeno

singing "our bee song"

Chapter 5:

PLANTING THE SEEDS

(April-May)

ALICE & MARGHERITA

In April, the seeds start to grow....

Then we put the photos of the plants in this padlet:

These are the photos of Riccardo's and Mattia's plants

our growing seeds

seeds need water, sunlight, soil and air...

we created our "recycled garden",

using some scrap parer.. and our creativity

we drew our ideal green garden..

and then we posted it on our eTwinning padlet!

4A, 4B and 4C Mattarello

In April, we started to sow seeds and grow plants at school and home

We have been designing gardens as part of a Keep Scotland Beautiful Pocket Garden Project. Primary 3 had to follow a strict design brief. The one featured here was chosen to feature on television.

We posted our real plants and our ideal gardens on these two fantastic Padlets!

it's planting time!

"First you take a seed and put it in the ground...

Than you get some water and pour it all around!"

Primary school of Aldeno

Story: Katie grows a bean plant

Katie grows vegetables in her garden. Katie likes beans. They are her favourite vegetables. Katie grows a bean plant. She gets a small jar. Katie gets some tissue paper and a bean seed.

She puts some water and tissue paper in the jar. Katie puts the bean in the jar. She gives the seed some water and sunlight. It grows! Now it is a bean plant.

Katie put some soil in a big pot. She puts the bean plant in the pot. Katie gives the plant some water. It grows flowers! Now there are beans on the plant! Katie and her family eat the beans. They are good! YUM!

Finally, we made videos to show our plants...

Well done, Green Gardeners!