This week P2/1 have been undertaking different science experiments. On Tuesday we had a compeition to place ice-cubes around the room and to see which group’s ice-cube melted first. Rowan and Abbie won!
On Wednesday morning during ‘Shared Start’ we made permafrost to demonstrate that the ground in the Arctic is always frozen.
We also found out how to keep water hot (by insulating the vessel it is held in) and why our hands go bright red in cold weather.
Yesterday afternoon we learned about the changing states of materials and we made little snowmen out of clay!
What a busy week!
xx

On Monday P2/1 made igloos with marshmallows and suger cubes. Inuit people used to live in igloos long ago. An igloo is a circular house made of blocks of ice. We watched a video of an inuit boy building an igloo. On Thursday afternoon we made houses that Inuit people would live in today. These houses would be made of wood with chimneys to let the smoke out from the fire.

This week P2/1 have been learning about the Arctic through the story, The Polar Bear Son. This story is a traditional Inuit tale. On Monday we made polar bears using ‘puffy paint’. We have displayed these above our class igloo which we are really enjoying playing in. We learned an Inuit song called ‘Oke, toke, unga’ which we performed with actions. We made our own Inuit and dressed him or her in warm clothing. Did you know that long ago Inuits wore the skins of seals and polar bears to keep warm, but nowadays they dress just like us on a winter’s day? Yesterday we watched a video about Inuits and we took our own notes. We will use our notes next week to make things during ‘free play.’
Miss Baillie and P2/1 x

iframe>On Monday P2/1 viewed images of winter trees, birds, children playing in the snow and snowflakes. We then used our bodies to depict these images. We got into groups and each group took a different image to express through dance. We put our separate dances together to form a winter landscape. We hope you enjoy watching it.