Lily and Marsaili were interested in whether the water bottles were the same height or not. We will begin by comparing plastic bottles of very different sizes and heights. We will encourage the children to use language such as tall, taller, tallest, short, shorter, shortest and everyday language such as big and small when making comparisons. Then we will explore comparing heights by using block towers next to the water bottles and counting how many blocks are needed to reach the top. We will focus on using the same size blocks to make it fair and working on a level surface. We will ask individual children to count how many blocks. We will then compare the heights using this method.

George was very excited to talk about his Lightning McQueen water bottle and this led to a discussion about the patterns and pictures on water bottles. The children decided that they could design a water bottle with their favourite characters or images. Today we will ask them to create their design. First we will look at their water bottles  - we will encourage them to describe the pictures and design to their peers. We will remind them that not everyone would like the same water bottle. Then we will look at some examples on the IWB. Finally, once the children have decided what they would like to represent we will encourage them to select appropriate colours to use, create an outline for their image and add a range of details. Once their designs are complete we will laminate them to display in the classroom as if they are water bottles - we will find lids to fit! (Kai was keen to make an actual water bottle).

The children talked about what water bottles are made out of  and we discovered that the ones that they bring to school are made from plastic or plastic and metal.  We will explain today that we are going to create music using plastic water bottles (we will remind the children about our discussions last week about ‘reusing’ rubbish!. We will begin by watching a clip of two people playing Disney tunes on plastic water bottles.   and then a clip of someone creating sounds using one bottle. Then we will explore tapping the plastic water bottles to see if they all sound the same and blowing across the top of them to see if this creates a different sound. Then one group (the children will be able to decide which group to join) will explore adding  water to the bottles to see if this changes the sound. The other group will add dry items to create shakers. Once the children are happy with the sounds that they are able to create with their bottles we will listen to each one individually to see if they all sound the same or have distinct differences. Finally the children will be able to create plastic bottle orchestra - playing along to rhythmic music and then on their own,

Today we will be preparing our healthy ice creams in readiness for tomorrow. We will explore making three varieties - we hope that there is a type that everyone will like! As we introduce the recipes we will talk about healthy eating and that we have chosen two of our recipes because they are healthier versions of ice cream. We will highlight that ice cream is not the most healthy thing to eat but that it is OK to eat a little bit but not every day. 

Later in the morning the children will be adding their names to tags for a mystery purpose! They will need to use the pinch and flick technique and an appropriate grip as they are mark making.

Friday

Today we are excited to have our ice cream Pasta Point treat and Mothers Day celebration. We are delighted that many of you are joining us.

Earlier in the day we will explore making fake snow using some everyday ingredients - will it be as cold as the ice cream? This is an activity for Science Week. We will encourage the children to use their senses as they explore the snow and describe how it feels, looks and smells and how it changes as they mix the ingredients. We will place a water bottle in the fake snow to see if it keeps it cool [Fiadh told us that spring is coming and asked 'what is best to keep water bottles cool'?)We will also put some ice in a water bottle to see if this keeps the water cooler (as Brodie suggested)].