Autumn 2
This half term our topic is
We’re warning you; this is going to get messy!
This half term, we’ll have a messy morning to investigate mixtures, from paint and toothpaste to jelly and shaving foam.
We’ll enjoy the story of George’s Marvelous Medicine and write recipes, leaflets, lists and stories of our own. We’ll use our
science skills to explore everyday materials, investigate soap products and understand why mixtures freeze and melt.
We’ll learn how to measure using scales, measuring jugs and cylinders accurately. We’ll taste a wide variety of foods, learn
about healthy eating and follow recipes to make some yummy treats including pizza and ice cream! Our artwork will also
rely on our mixing skills. We’ll use marbling inks to make unusual patterns, create food landscapes inspired by Carl Warner,
paint with ice cubes, model clay into exciting shapes and use a variety of materials to make mixed media collages.
At the end of our project, we’ll turn our classroom into a gallery and invite you to view our exhibition. We’ll arrange
images from the project into a PowerPoint presentation and demonstrate our messy science investigations. We’ll also
design and create our very own mud kitchen to play in. Yuck!
Science
Gather data, record and talk about their findings, in a range of ways, using simple scientific vocabulary.
Art & design
Create single and multicolored prints using a range of printing techniques.
Mathematics
Choose and use appropriate standard units to estimate and measure temperature (°C) and capacity/volume (liters/ml) to the nearest appropriate unit, using thermometers and measuring vessels.
We read Roald Dahl’s Revolting Recipes. and looked at the names of different dishes and imagined what ingredients they contain. We had to give an opinion on how the dishes might taste. Then look carefully at example recipes and describe how they are written and organised, identifying any ‘bossy’ verbs (imperatives).
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Skilltle fun.....
Learning hoe to chop and mix in cookery
Outdoor learning melting marshmallows on an open fire ..........
Raising money for children in need was great fun ............. everyone made a fantastic effort with their costumes.
