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Our fourth P5 topic is ‘Materials’. Throughout this topic we will be exploring materials and their properties helping to develop natural curiosity and answers some of their questions about the world from the perspectives of Geography, History, and Science and Technology We will be investigating different materials, textiles, states of matter, properties and much more, through lots of STEM related activities.

Here are some activities that you may wish to try at home to support your child’s learning at school.

• Go to the library and look for books about the history of materials.
• Talk to your child about the evolution and changes to materials through developing technology.
• Talk to your child about your own knowledge of materials.
• Encourage your child to create pieces of artwork relating to this topic.
• Explore things like – melting, boiling, reversible, irreversible, absorbency etc.
• Explore materials and their uses e.g. would a piece of metal fabric make a good knife?
• Talk about materials in your surroundings.
• Ask your child to share their knowledge with you on materials. Discuss the changes from the past – present.

Don’t forget to have lots of fun!

Miss Hyland   and   Miss McGurk