how to build a stream jane mulligan, austrey primary school
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How to How to build a build a streamstream
Jane Mulligan, Austrey
Primary School
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That the stream we visited last week was probably too far away (hence a quick map to recap our journey), how we could carry it. Which would be better the suggestion a cup or a bucket, and why? They decided the bucket. Suzannah thought that we would need teamwork to get the job done.
I scribed while the children thought of the materials they would need to make a stream. This led to a lot of discussion about where we would get the water from.
Discussion prior to stream building
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Google Maps proved an excellent resource in showing the children a real river. Having discussed what the map might be showing, Katie said that it was, ‘Here, England.’ I then showed the children how we could ‘zoom in’ and get a closer look at the river Severn.
They knew from the story, ‘The Journey’ where and what the estuary was. Some noticed that the river got narrower. I used the words they had been using to sketch a map of a river. The children used their knowledge of phonics to tell me what to write.
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Joe and Joel were particularly interested in manipulating the picture. Joel asking if could press, ‘Satellite’? I replied that it was already pressed and to try, ‘Map’ instead. Joe immediately said, ‘m-a-p = map’ and pressed the correct icon. Katie then said that a friend of hers had a satellite dish.
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The children were encouraged to separate the materials from, ‘the bottom of the stream’, using a variety of sieves and strainers. They then talked with the teaching assistant about the different sizes of materials, counting and adding one or two more pebbles to a group.
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• Armed with trowels, in small groups we start to dig the stream.
‘I didn’t know it was going to be this hard work!’
Stream Building
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‘We’ve found loads of worms!’
‘I’ve found a really tiny one.’
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• We sprinkled in sand and pebbles.
‘It’s like adding chocolate chips!’
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• Then we collected water in watering- cans and buckets.
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• The water was poured in carefully.
‘There’s a deep bit at this end.’
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• We tried to make it We tried to make it look like the story, look like the story, about the little red about the little red boat.boat.