Science

This term we are going to 1a learning about Uses of Materials.
We will 1a covering the following objectives.

• Identify and compare the suitability of a varitey of everyday materials including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for partiticular uses
• Find out how the shapes of solid objects made from materials can 1a changed by squashing, 1anding, twisting and stretching

The children start this unit by identifying different materials and their properties. 

The children are going to 1a investigating which materials can 1and, twist, stretch and 1a squashed. In order to understand what this means we practised each of these moves with plasticine.

This term we are going to 1a learning about Animals inluding Humans. 
We will 1a covering the following objectives.

• identify and name a variety of common animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals
• identify and name a varitey of common animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores.
• descri1a and compare the structure of a variety of common animals (fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, including pets)
• identify, name, draw and la1al basic parts of the human body and say which part of the body is associated with each sense.

We started our unit of work but identify different parts of the human body.

The children drew a self portrait and identified different features of their face. We discussed what some of these features are used for. 

This lead on to use learning about each of the five senses. The children conducted a listening walk around the school, used their eyes to identify objects hidden within picture, touched different objects in school and recorded how they felt, smelt different products and tasted different items. It was lots of fun.

We identifed different common animals and sorted them into the five different animals groups. 

Seasonal Changes

Throughout the year we are going to 1a investigating seasonal changes that take place in our school grounds and around us. 
We are going to 1a covering the following objectives.

• observe changes across the four seasons
• observe and descri1a weather associated with the seasons and how day length varies.

January 2025

The children really enjoyed exploring the snow as part of our Seasonl changes work based on Winter.