In the Rocks, Relics and Rumbles project, your child will learn about the different layers of the Earth, including plate tectonics and their potential effects on the Earth's surface. They will investigate different types of rock to learn about their uses and properties. They will also investigate soil and fossils, including learning about the work of Mary Anning. They will have the opportunity to use maps to learn about the lines of latitude and longitude and a compass to learn about the cardinal and intercardinal points. They will also learn about volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis and the long and short-term consequences that these can have.
In PHSE, the children have been learning about the importance of working collaboratively. They were provided with some paper, 20 sticks of spaghetti and 1 metre of tape. With this they had to work together to construct the tallest free standing tower,
The results were very interesting!
In design technology this week, the children have been learning all about levers, sliders, linkages and axles in everyday life. The children followed a set of instructions to create a mechanism which used either levers, linkages or sliders.