This week we have been experimenting. We were testing materials which would be good to use to make an umbrella. We enjoyed putting water onto different materials and finding out what would happen. We learned that paper and cotton would not be very good materials to use but plastic would be very good. We discussed the fact that although some materials like metal and glass are waterproof they would not be suitable to use to make an umbrella but they are good for using at other times when you need something to be waterproof, for example when you are cooking using water or drinking water.

We have also been learning how rainbows happen. Campbell gave us a super explanation of how rainbows are formed and was awarded our pupil of the week certificate for doing so. We know that rainbows are not a type of weather but they happen when you have rain and sun at the same time. We made some tissue paper rainbows which have brightened up our classroom. 🙂

In writing this week we were learning about onomatopoeia. Although this is a BIG word, we know that it has a simple meaning – a word that describes a sound. We enjoyed listening to a Dr Seuss story with lots of sound words in it and then we listened to some weather sounds and thought of good words to use to describe them. We then created posters showing onomatopoeia weather words.

We look forward to sharing our learning in school with our parents and carers on Wednesday 27th May @ 8.55am.

Have a lovely weekend!

Article 28 – The Right to an Education