Halesowen C of E Primary School Home Learning

DATE: 4th -7th May YEAR GROUP: Children with additional needs years 4-6 SCIENCE FOCUS WEEK THEME: Weather- Is the weather report always correct?

A weather forecast tells us what the weather might be like- You can watch it on the news or BBC website. https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2647639

(If you haven’t got internet connection there is a simple daily weather forecast below)

DAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY QUESTION Is the weather forecast always Is the weather forecast always Is the weather forecast always Is the weather forecast always correct? correct? correct? correct? Can we measure the weather? Can we make weather in a jar? ACTIVITIES This week we are going to look at Make a rain gauge • Today you are going to make Keep filling in your weather (observe) the weather outside To help you see how much rain weather in a jar. Watch what journal. and see if it is the same as falls each day have a go at making happens and think why it is (compare it) to the BBC weather a rain gauge. See how much rain happening. •Look at what you have written forecast. At the end of the week you can collect each day. for each day (observations). you will be able to say if it is the • You can choose which one you same as what was predicted by would like to do or do both – this the weather forecast. will depend on the materials you Think about: Predict- What someone thinks have. • Which day was the rainiest? will happen • Which day was the sunniest? Observe- Watch carefully Make sure you have an adult to • Which day was the coldest? help in all experiments: • Which day was the cloudiest? Weather journal/diary You need to record the weather Make a tornado: • Was the weather the same as each day. Either; Watch the youtube video or see the weather forecast on any day? • Make a book out of paper -use the attached sheet. You can talk about each day: a page for each day- Monday, https://www.youtube.com/watch e.g On Monday the weather was Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday You will need: ?v=cU7jUx5Mvx0 the (same/different) to the and Friday. A plastic bottle /or a glass jar. weather forecast. The weather A permanent pen Make a cloud: forecast predicted we would have

Halesowen C of E Primary School Home Learning • Use pictures and draw onto Tape Watch the youtube video or see the light rain. Looking in my journal paper for each day. These Ruler (make your own scale if you attached instructions sheet. we didn’t have any rain on symbols may help: haven’t got a ruler. e.g draw dots https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= Monday so the weather report up the side of the bottle). ehW_F94ifRY was wrong.

Method: Make a rainbow: • Talk to an adult about what the • Cut the top off the bottle ( ask Watch the following video- Can you weather was like on Tuesday, an adult to help) make your own rainbow in a jar? Wednesday and Thursday and see • Place the top upside down in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= if it is the same as the weather • Record what you have seen as a the bottom of the bottle- see OefYSL0jLcg forecast- (you can use the one I video – you could do in the style picture above. have included) of a weather reporter. • Mark on the measurements- in cms/or dots Now you can say (conclude) if you What is the weather like - • Put outside- somewhere where think the weather forecast is • In the morning (8:00 a.m) it won’t fall over! always correct.

You can add your results to your weather journal – e.g there was 5cm of rainfall today. • This will need to be added each • In the afternoon ( 1:00p.m) day.

Extension: You could make a bar chart (like in last week’s maths tasks) to show how much rainfall each day.

• In the evening (6:00p.m)

Halesowen C of E Primary School Home Learning

Try to include describing words- Is it raining lots? (heavy) Not much (light)

• Is it cloudy? Is it sunny? • Is it cold/warm/hot? • Is it windy?

The predicted weather report for the week on the bbc website is:

Monday 4th- Light Rain showers with a little wind.

Tuesday 5th- Sometimes sunny with a little wind.

Wednesday 6th- Sometimes sunny and windy.

Thursday 7th- Light rain and a little wind.

(Please not Friday would have been a bank holiday in school for VE Day so there is no learning scheduled for then- please see the website later this week for some VE day activities you can do together as a family should you want to)