🔬 Weekly Topic – Science Week! 🧪

This week at Our Lady’s Pre-school, our little scientists have been busy exploring, experimenting and discovering how things work!

We learned about gravity, explored magnets and investigated which objects float or sink. The children loved our colourful water experiment, watching how oil, water and colours behaved together.

We also created our own laboratory, learned about famous scientists including Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein and Marie Curie, and enjoyed making colourful marble paintings. There was lots of curiosity, excitement and plenty of questions!

❤️ Remembrance Day

We also talked about Remembrance Day and why people wear poppies. The children made their own beautiful poppy artwork and joined us for a two-minute silence to remember those who have lost their lives in wars.

🏡 How can you support learning at home?

You don’t need any special equipment to explore science with your child! Everyday activities can lead to wonderful discoveries.

– 💧 Float or sink? Fill a bowl with water and try a spoon, a leaf or a plastic lid. Ask your child what they think will happen.
– 🍂Explore gravity: Drop a leaf and a small ball or another safe object. Watch how they fall.
– 🫧 Explore water: During bath time, encourage your child to pour, fill and empty containers. Talk about full, empty, heavy and light.
– 🌺 Talk about Remembrance Day: Look for poppies when you’re out walking and talk about kindness, peace and remembering others.

Our little challenge for you: Encourage your child to ask questions and make predictions. Try saying, “What do you think will happen?” or “Why do you think that happened?”

The best learning often happens through simple everyday experiences! 🔬✨