The Water Cycle

This week, we learnt all about the water cycle and the kids loved it! We did a fun experiment as a way of learning what the word 'evaporation' meant. 

Each child poured a puddle of water and drew its circumference. Then we had a class chat about what would happen to this - and they all said the sun's heat would make the water go up (evaporate). And so, after one hour, they saw that the water puddle had moved in or disappeared completely and they were so astonished! 

We also learnt what the word 'condensation' meant by leaving a tray of water with a transparent lid over a day. The kids saw that the water collected in a mist like form at the top and some of it even formed water droplets. It was a cool way for the kids to see how clouds are formed.

Later today we will look at what 'precipitation' means by pouring water through cotton wool. Please keep an eye out for more pictures later.

In the meantime, here is our review/preview for this week/next week.

Have a fantastic long weekend!

RM Weekly Update Term: 3              Week: 3        Dates: 01st – 04th May 2017

                                                                                                                                        

	This Week (Superpowers)	Next Week (Water Cycle)
Literacy	We learnt the sound ‘sh’ this week – the kids understood that when we combine the sounds s+h, it makes the sound shhhh.	We will cover the sound ‘ch’ and learn words that begin and end with the sound: chop, chap, chip, chin, much, such etc.
Math	We revised doubling upto 10 and then did some addition with bigger numbers.	We will revise doubling and then go onto do more complex addition (upto 20).
Science	The kids really enjoyed learning about the water cycle this week. I was so impressed at how fast they grasped the topic. We even expanded it to learn about different types of clouds as they showed so much interest.	We will begin a new topic about plants. We will learn the life cycle of a plant and try to plant some seeds and watch them grow.
Art	We created a water cycle craft that followed each step very closely. It was a great way to revise the topic.	We will paint with plants to create some interesting paintings. We will learn about the artist ‘Andy Goldsworthy’ as well as he did a lot of natural paintings.
PSED/Physical	We learnt what the word ‘evaporation’, ‘condensation’ and ‘precipitation’ meant by doing some cool experiments.	We will plant seeds in our garden this week.
Home Learning	Please differentiate between the sounds ‘sh’ and ‘ch’ with your children this weekend. It will help them next week. Thank you.
Notices and Events	Please note that next week we will be doing a bit of ‘gardening’. So your child may get their clothes (extra) dirty. Please send in an apron or spare clothes if you wish. Thank you and have a nice weekend J