what is water made from? how do the clouds move?

 

We’re busy planning next term’s work at Dunkirk and questions about water have been flowing all around…

We’re part of an exciting Comenius project, linked with schools in Italy, Finland and Norway, where we’ll all investigate Big Questions with the children and share our work.   

 

All the schools are looking at issues around Why Is Water Precious? Which gives wonderful scope to explore many questions in depth. The children at Dunkirk have been asking wonderful questions – about many things, not just water – and its so exciting to explore the ways their questions link and cross-over.

 

 

 

 

They are interested in ice a lot at the moment – we’ve had lots around and their first-hand explorations lead to brilliant observations. They ask and notice really detailed things through all their work on the school allotment – they are curious about the creatures that love damp places, about the ways plants grow, about the pond - how do the creatures living there cope when their home is frozen they wanted to know…

How do plants drink?  How do you make wood?  Why do we need water? Where does the water in our taps come from and how does it get there? In fact – where does the water to flush our toilets come from and how does that get there?   We’re busy planning lots of experiments and hands-on investigations to look at these questions and more…