Saving water and learning about the water cycle

 

 





This week we learned about a very important resource: water. We did a little experiment in the bathroom where I showed the children how much water is wasted when they don't turn the tap off when they are washing their hands and brushing their teeth. About 5 litres per child each time were wasted!

We listened to a very catchy song about the water cycle and learnt the terms; evaporation, condensation and precipitation. The students helped me make a collage of a landscape picture demonstrating how these 3 important stages in the water cycle happen. We also made a rainbow with rain drops to show how important it is to save every drop of water.

In math, we played games such as snakes and ladders and addition games as well as doing a size ordering activity with animal shapes.

 

In literacy, we practised writing letters r and s. In phonics, we continued to learn about long vowel sounds: o and e this week. In maths, the students learnt how to order pictures from smallest to biggest. Today children were sent home another Raz book to practise at home, please bring it back to school on Monday with the homework sheet.





In the park we found many dead cicadas stuck to leaves in a tree and Hinano and Daito found many acorns. We built a bug house with bark that had fallen off the tree.