Sensational Senses
In Autumn term, Year 1's science topic will be Animals, including humans. During our first half-term, Year 1 explored the parts of the human body and our senses which we use to understand the world.
Curiosity
For our curiosity session, we took part in a taste test. Miss Sowden and Miss Smith collected a range of different foods with different tastes, including lemon and lime juice, crackers, chocolate and salt and vinegar crisps. We worked out that we use our tongue for the sense of taste.
"Crackers are crunchy." AG
"The chocolate is sweet." UA
"The crisps are salty." AA
"I love it's so sweet." HO
Confidence
In our confidence sessions, we explored a range of key questions.
- Can you name our five senses?
- Which body parts do we use for each sense?
- What do we use our five senses for? How do they help us?
- What body parts can you name?
Working Scientifically
- Identifying, classifying and grouping.
"It could be little mini diamonds." RA
"That feels weird. Like sand." HA
"That feels soft." AG
Take a look at some photographs showing how we worked scientifically to explore each of our five senses.
Challenge
For our challenge task, Year 1 worked in groups to label a human body with body parts. Each group chose one child to draw around and then the children added the correct label. Some groups challenged themselves to label each of the senses with their body part. We used the body part song to practise and become confident using our key vocabulary.
We had lots of fun with this task!