Harry the Rat
On Thursday Room 13 was observed during maths time. The observer was a rat who sat in the tree outside our room looking through the window.

This prompted a lot of discussion especially about how we could keep the rat away from school.
We talked about keeping our school clean and tidy.
On Friday we were discussing other ways to get rid of our rat and the children decided they would create rat traps. During Explore Galore this is exactly what happened.
The children were very enthusiastic with their inventions. They began questioning and adapting as they went.
"What do rats eat?" asked Sam
So we went off to the computer to research what rats eat. This led to additions of leaves and orange peels to the traps.
"Where do rats sleep?" asked Fadziso and Carise. Research for this led to soft nests being added to some traps. Some traps hung in the trees, some even had lady rats as decoys in them.
I was very impressed with the language, thinking, making and altering of initial ideas.

Researching what rats eat.

This hangs in the tree.

Leaves to lure the rat into the trap.

The rat crawls in here and gets stuck in the glue.

The rat comes in the tube and sees the lady rat so comes
up the nest up here then can't get out.

The cheese draws the rat in.

Well done everyone. Your thinking and questioning was exciting to see and hear.