VOLCANOES........

This week in PPR we learnt all about volcanoes - how they are formed, how they work, where they are located, and how volcanologists can predict eruptions.

In maths we made volcanoes out of play-doh and then calculated and compare the area of all our volcanoes:

We wrote labels for the parts of a volcano including: crater, vent, lava, magma, rocks and ash. Then we used these labels for our painted diagrams of volcanoes.

Finally, we designed and built our own volcano models and experimented with how to make them erupt!!!

Floods, Floods, Floods!!!!!

PPR have been learning all about rain, thunderstorms and floods this week as part of their Unit Of Inquiry ' How the world works'. We have made rain gauges and graphed the amount of rainfall at AISS; solved maths problems to rescue people stranded in a flood; experimented with floating and sinking materials and used this knowledge to design our own rescue boats.

This is what the children have to say:

"We found out that blocks float" (matthew)

"I learnt that an empty drink bottle can float" (Eden)

" I didn't know that there are canals underneath Orchard Rd to take all the rain water away" (Toby)

"I learnt that sand bags can save people in a flood by soaking up the water" (Lucas)

"I learnt that floods carry soil onto the river bank which helps crops to grow" (Sebastian)

"I learnt that scissors sink" (Freya)

WHAT A DISASTER!!!!!

PPR arrived at school on Thursday morning to find that we couldn't enter the classroom - it was declared a DISASTER area!!


What happened!??" everyone was asking............after a cooperative clean up we then investigated what sort of disaster could have caused the mess in our classroom. Here's what some of the children thought of: an earthquake (Ella St John and Sebastian); lightning (Ella Rokic); a tornado (Orlando) or maybe a strong wind (Kelly).

The children were then on a road to inquiry about natural phenomena, immediately gathering books and talking about tornaodes, volcanoes, earthquakes, blizzards, floods..........and more!

After today's 'real life disaster' we are all motivated for our next unit of inquiry ' How the world works'.