This week has seen the beginning of our science fortnight and we have been doing lots of really exciting experiments.
We began by putting some white flowers in dyed water. We are waiting to see if they change colour but have found out it can take 3 weeks so watch this space!
As part of our exploration of colour we put some skittles in water and watched the colours run and blend. This led to some colour mixing activities and leaf painting with the colours we created. These activities are an important part of the curriculum and are exciting for the children to participate in. 
When we tried the experiment with jelly beans it didn’t work very well, but this is also an important part of the experimental process and we could talk about why this might be.
We did some large group experiments too. One of these involved making a mini volcano and the other was the famous mentos and fizzy drink fountain! By introducing the children to the joys of a chemical reaction we hope to engender a new generation of Nobel prize winning scientists!
Next Thursday (1st March) is World Book Day and to celebrate we would like to invite your child to attend pre-school dressed as a book character of their choice. We look forward to seeing who turns up!
Wow! What a wonderful week of science and the teachers looked like they enjoyed the experiments too 🙂 This is such a lovely blog; it gives us an insight into Max’s week and it really helps us to engage Max in discussions about his week at school, as he looks and the photos and talks about what he did. He is very excited about the flower experiment and talked about checking his flowers on the way to school this morning. Can’t wait to see what you get up to next week!!
Thanks for your feedback Kate – it’s so lovely to know that the blog is appreciated! I think that Mr David enjoyed the mentos experiment a bit too much! 😆
Belle has gone on and on about the “mint in the brown drink experiment” she loved it!!
😆 It is a classic! Hardest thing for us teachers was remembering to get out of the way quickly enough!