This week we looked at the sense of touch and went on a Texture Scavenger Hunt around the school.  We had to find items that were bumpy, hard, smooth, rough, spiky etc.

We also tried to guess what things were in the box with a sock over our hand.  The banana got squished.  Anna felt a mug.   Gray felt a spoon. Max said it was tricky to identify the paintbrush.

We carried out a Paperclip Experiment.  We moulded the paperclip into a U and pressed the two parts on a partner’s skin.  We then had to ask our friend how many points he or she felt.   We did this on different parts of the body.  This should us that different parts of the body have more or fewer touch receptors and sometimes you can’t feel everything that is in contact with your skin.

We studied the different layers of the skin as well.  The skin has three layers;  epidermis, dermis and hypodermis (subcutaneous fat).  Our touch receptors are in the dermis layer.

We have been discussing friends and friendships and we made a friendship tree with ideas on how to be a good friend written on leaves and flowers.

We said a fond goodbye to Mrs Shearlaw who has worked at Kingsland Primary School for 31 years.