Our whole-school homework this week is:
Reading: please make sure your child is reading on a daily basis.
Number Fact Fluency: Use Numbots or Times Table Rock Stars in regular short bursts.
Talk Time
In our science lessons, we explore the world around us by thinking and working like scientists. We use a range of practical methods, processes, and skills to investigate scientific ideas and answer important questions.
In science lessons, we use scientific enquiry to help us to answer questions. The five main types of scientific enquiry are:
- Observing over time
- Pattern seeking
- Identifying, classifying, and grouping
- Comparative and fair testing
- Research using secondary sources
In this homework, we’d like you to choose an enquiry question from the ones listed below (or a different one that you think up) and discuss how you would investigate and answer it. You could even set up and conduct the enquiry at home and let us know what you have found.
Do flowers grow best in sunny parts of a garden or park?
Do all flowers have the same number of petals?
Do taller plants always have bigger leaves?
Can you sort these household objects according to their physical characteristics? (eg smooth and rough, shiny and dull)
Can you sort these leaves according to their physical characteristics? (eg spiky and not spiky, leaflets or not, one colour or more than one colour)
How does my sunflower change each week?
How long do bubble bath bubbles last for?
How do flowers in a vase change over time?
Does a seed germinate quicker with or without water?