Yesterday we had another great science day. This time we were exploring materials and what they are like and how they are used.

The first challenge we had was a cooperative group challenge …. Design and  make a shelter for a little creature. We all worked together to complete this task….

Here are the finished shelters…

Then we watched a short film about he beaver and how it uses different materials to build a shelter. In our writing task we all wrote about this and explained why the beaver uses wood, leaves and mud to make a lodge.

Afterwards, we all used different materials to design and make a raft. We worked in trios for this.

In the afternoon we worked with a partner to make a house with a difference! The materials we used were all wrong! We used feathers for the roof , tissue for the walls, tiles for the windows…. Would you like to live in a house like this???

At the end of the day we tested our group knowledge with a matching task…

Today we listened to the gospel story for Sunday. Then we made palm to welcome Jesus into Jerusalem.