Today is the last day of this half term, so no work will be set for next week. Of course please feel free to complete any work you have not yet done if you wish to do so, or simply just stick to reading/ spelling/ xtables but most importantly- rest, have a break and enjoy the sunshine!
Topic
Year 1 and Year 2 would have been having some sessions in school with Collette from The Wye & Usk Foundation. They have very kindly created some activities that we can still engage with at home. So today will take part in the first two sessions. All the activities can be found at: https://www.wyeuskfoundation.org/education
Session 1:
The video clip and worksheet provide a simple, interactive introduction to, or recap of, the water cycle. It's the first in a series of brief videos which will focus on various aspects of rivers, water quality, species, wildlife, food chains, adaptations, life cycles, pollution, human impacts etc. It starts by setting the scene for children, that we have a great variety of wildlife in and around rivers because they are full of water. Next, it asks the question how does the water get into the river?
The water cycle is explored and explained as the children copy the active interpretation of the different stages. Key words: source, precipitation, evaporation, condensation, estuary
All you need to do:
Watch the video clip and copy the actions of the water cycle.
Did you/they like doing it? What about the jokes? Rubbish! Chat about what else children know about rivers and their wildlife. Discuss/recap new words to ensure they know what they mean. Read through activity sheet with children, so they can complete the tasks on it. You don't need to print the sheet out.
Session 2: Kitchen Science!
Session Two looks at the science of the water cycle. The video shows two different ways you can make a water cycle. The emphasis is on actually doing a simple science experiment. It aims to encourage the children to think scientifically, working out how to set up their experiment, predicting what might happen, then seeing if the predictions came true. After the experiment, we think about rivers, the water and wildlife in them. We wonder about the fact that sometimes rivers and streams are dirty/polluted. How does pollution happen? Litter isn't part of the water cycle; we don't see crisp packets as a kind of precipitation. Key words: precipitation, evaporation, condensation, pollution All you need to do: Watch the video clip. Read through the activity sheet with children, decide when they can do the experiment and which water cycle they will make. It works best when it's sunny! Before starting, chat about how they will record what happens in their experiment, will they write, draw or photograph what they see. Do the experiment with them, keep checking on it every 30mins, recording the time when you first see condensation and then precipitation.
SNEAKY TIP: to see condensation/precipitation quickly, use warm water! You don't need to print the activity sheet.
Please share any work you do with us via pupil folders, email and/ or twitter. Don't forget to include us @trellechprimary and @WUFoundation, we would love to see what we have been up to!
Look after yourselves!
Mrs. Hassall
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