Local Housing

This unit is focused on houses and their insulation properties.  As our school is based in a farming area so we looked at wool and its various uses.  Pupils were able to create a felted piece of artwork based on the views in our local area.  Examples of their artwork have been included in the slides presentation below.  

Pupils also investigated insulation properties of materials and were encouraged to 'talk like a scientist' to help them complete their See, Think and Wonder sheets. 

Possible activities 

• Independent inquiry work based on structures and materials work from previous weeks

• wool as natural insulation in buildings

• Farming in area and processing wool

• Insulation investigation

Expressive Arts

• Felting wool to make a picture

Grazing Project

https://vimeo.com/user/9886355/folder/3232860?isPrivate=false

Literacy 

• Vocabulary – links with previous weeks work

Grazing project

Words associated with insulation investigation

• See Think Wonder sheet  - children encouraged to 'Talk like a scientist (page 23) https://exchange.voice21.org/app/uploads/2023/11/Talk-like-a.-disciplinary-oracy-booklet.pdf 

Numeracy

• Temperature line graph 

DCF

• Research – grazing project

• Line graph (plotting temperatures for insulation investigation) 

Resources 

• Grazing project kit

https://vimeo.com/user/9886355/folder/3232860?isPrivate=false

• Spinning a yarn (expolrify)

https://explorify.uk/en/activities/whats-going-on/spinning-a-yarn

• Wool thermal properties

https://www.farmvention.com/resources/2019/wool-the-wonder-fabric/Wool%20The%20Wonder%20Fabric%20-%20KS2%20Investigation%20Templates.pdf