The children braved the downpours to fill the insect hotel with their contributions. In the afternoon, the Year 4 Forest School group added a few more materials to the insects hotel and ensured that everything was packed in tightly. They also attached some magnifying glasses to allow people to closely observe any visitors to the hotel. There is still space for more materials to be added, but it is already looking rather inviting I am sure you will agree.
After the deluge of rain over the last few days, the school waterbutts were overflowing.
At the end of the session we thought about questions we could take back to class based on our investigations. The ones we came up with were:
Can you think of examples in the world around you of how water is transported from one place to another?
Can you think of ways water can be made to travel uphill?
Session Flow
· mummy wrap warm up game (directed)
· insect hotel filling (directed)
· rubber glove filled with water from tap (child initiated)
· glove filled from waterbutt (suggested)
· hole made in glove to water paint (suggested)
· cups filled with water from water butt (child initiated)
· guttering provided (directed)
· water poured down guttering from cup (child initiated)
· watering can found and filled with water (child initiated)
· water poured from can into guttering (child initiated)
· leave boat provided (directed)
· more leaf boats made (child initiated)
· water poured into guttering to make leaf boats move (child initiated)
· guttering moved to make steeper (child initiated)
· guttering moved to make stepped waterfall (child initiated)
· more guttering provided (directed)
· water course extended to make water go further (child initiated)
· guttering adjusted (overlapping) to prevent water loss (suggested)
· water holding containers collected from class one provision (child initiated)
· containers used to fill guttering with water (child initiated)
· boat shaped container sailed own guttering (child initiated)
· two gutter tracks created for water race (child initiated)
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