On Monday we worked towards our Science learning target 1.4 - 'To be able to, with help, conduct simple scientific investigations'. The students knew that we were going to make string phones so our scientific question was " Will we be able to hear someone when talking through a string phone?". I then introduced the word prediction. All the students made their own prediction based on whether they thought the string phones would work or not. Then we got to work!
The children had great fun talking to each other and were happy that they worked! We followed up with a discussion about vibrations and how the sound travels through the string. They tried the phone in different ways to see what worked better - with the sring tight or lose, and if it worked around corners!
After watching a short video clip about how the sound travels into the ear canal and makes our ear drum vibrate the students had a great time playing the djembe we had in class!
Our technology task that we have started is for children to design and plan what they need to make their own drum. Thank-you to those children who have already brought items in to school. We will be making our own drums next Monday!
The students continue to practice and enjoy reading books in class. Here is Ansh reading a book to the Upper pre-primary class.
Near the end of the week we all started to get quite excited about Saint Nicholas who was going to arrive soon! We talked a little about the history of Saint Nicholas and learnt a song in Flemish to sing to him. We also painted pictures of the man with the big long white beard!
Parents can see more photos of when Saint Nicholas came to visit in the photo gallery.
What a busy and fun week! Have a good weekend everyone!