This week 2nd class learned all about the Arctic region, the northernmost part of the Earth. We learnt all about the animals that live there and created some amazing chalk pastel pictures of them.
We learnt that these animals, like living things all over the world are INTERDEPENDENT. Can you remember what this means? We made FOOD CHAINS which show how we depend on other living things to survive.
We imagined what it would be like to visit the Arctic and wrote postcards to 2nd class back in Dublin from the Arctic.
We learnt a new song called Okki-Tokki-Unga about an Inuit in the Arctic who went fishing for a seal. We made up actions to the song to tell his story.
Thank you Lydia for bringing in her David Attenborough DVD about the Arctic. Here’s a clip from the DVD
Next week we will be learning about the Antarctic, the most sothern region on Earth. We are looking forward to comparing the two polar regions.
2nd Class Blog 
Hi Miss Breen
Interdependent means depending on
others
Hello miss Breen,
interdependent means you depend on others to survive.
Sophie.
Brrrr ❄️🐧 it’s feeling very cold in 2nd class this week! Fantastic drawings everyone. Well done. I look forward to hearing all about the Antarctic this week. Louise
Very cold indeed Louise. Thank you for your lovely comments 🙂
Hi miss Breen Interdependent means to
Depend on other animals to survive.
🙂
Hi miss Breen I can name most
Of the animals in the Arctic and Antarctic
snow owls, snow hares, snow foxes,
Whales, seals, polar bears, and more
Lucy:-)
Hi Miss Breen. I have figured out that in winter the temperature can be minus 40 and in summer minus 10 in the Arctic. Hannah
Hi miss Breen I looked at the wiggles
Hi MIss Breen I figured out interdependant means you survive on other animals.Seals live in the Arctic and Antarctic. Anna
TO MISS BREEN I HAVE SOME facts about the Arctic. The Arctic region is found in the northern most part of earth, as well as the arctic ocean. the Arctic region is made up of parts of Russia,Greenland,Ganada,USA,Norway,Iceland,Swedan and Finland. The name arctic comes from a greek word meaning “near the bear”.from Emily
Hi miss Breen
I listnened to okki tokki unga and sang along too! I also have a fact about glaciers. Today glaciers cover around 10% of the earths total land area.During the last ice age they covered 32%. brrr!
Hi Miss Breen – I found out some facts about blue whales. They can weigh up to 180 tons – their hearts weigh the same as a cow and their tongues weigh the same as an elephant! They eat up to 40 million krill a day. There is a good video here http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/blue-whale/
Poggle
Oscar and Gillian, thank you both for those fun facts and the great video about blue whales, the class loved watching it today!!
Hi Miss Breen the arctic ocean takes up parts of Russia . Also seals live in the arctic and the Antarctic and whales can stay under the water for about 15 mins until they have to breath through their blow hole . From (Ryanne)🆒😎😜😋💘🌺😃😊🌸😝
Hi Miss Breen I looked at the wiggles me and my friend Amber danced around and we were able to sing along 😜😃🆒🌸💘🌺😂(Ryanne)
Hi Miss Breen. My Dad showed me this great website about wildlife and the arctic: http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/arctic/
Hannah