Science week

We had a fantastic week for science week and we learned so much. We had a bubbles work shop on Tuesday and we explored what happens when we blow bubbles. We found out that we had to blow gently to make the bubbles come out. We explored different resources to find out which ones made the best bubbles. We found out that Lego didn't make bubbles because there are no holes in it.
On Wednesday Alice' parents came in to show us how science is linked with music. We explored different sounds through electricity. We found out that we have electricity in our fingers and we explored how we can make long and short sounds and loud and soft sounds.
We explored different materials and talked about whether they were natural or man made. We did an experiment to find out which materials are water proof. Some children had a go at making bird houses for a bird using modelling materials. We thought about how we could make it waterproof and how we could make it cosy for the birds inside. We chose different resources to try and to test.
On Wednesday afternoon we went to Woodlands. We made potions in the muddy kitchen and we had a go at making bird's nests out of found natural materials. Some of the nests were very creative.
In the mornings, we made a collage out of different materials and described how they felt. Each group tested sugar, salt and sand to find out what happened to them. We realised that salt and sugar dissolve and that sand didn't. The children noticed that the sand sank to the bottom and some children made links to the seaside.
Our printer has not worked this week so we are unable to put stickers in the home learning books. Our home learning this weekend is to look for 3D shapes, name and describe them and then record your findings.