Senses
We introduce the children to their five senses and explore how we use these to explore the world around us and to keep safe. We look in detail at all the senses and try and think about how other animals use their senses.
National Curriculum Summary
Sc1
Sc1 Scientific Enquiry:
Investigative skills - we explore using the senses of sight hearing smell, touch and taste as appropriate
Sc2
Sc2 Life Processes and Living Things:
Life Processes - we find out how animals, including humans use their senses, and relate this to animals found in the local environment
Sc3
Sc3 Materials and Properties:
Grouping materials - use also our senses to explore the similarities and differences between materials
Main National Curriculum Links
Sc1 2f,
Sc2 1b, 1c, 2g,
Sc3 1a
Supports delivery of QCA Units
1A Ourselves and
1F Sounds and Hearing Availibility
Year round
Day Summary
The day begins with an introduction by the day leader, welcoming the group to the centre, followed by a whole-class game or activity.
The class is then split into groups for the day's activities: Sight, Touch, Smell and Hearing, as well as doing some tasting at lunchtime!
Sight
We find out why two eyes are useful and then use our eyes to explore the outside world. We think about how other animals use their eyes and go on a mirror walk to see things from a different perspective. We go for a walk and look at the range of different colours that we can see around us and collect small pieces on a stickyboard to take back to school.
Touch
The group use their sense of touch to feel and describe some interesting objects in our mystery bag, to see if they can tell what they are without seeing them! We also try out some "braille" to find out about how some people need to use their sense of touch to read. We then collect a range of different natural textures from the woods and gardens on a sensory scavenger hunt.
Smell
The group can have a think about which things smell nice and things that don’t and why that might be! Then we try to describe and recognise some smells in our smelly pots. Outside we use our 'Magic Potion' to help us discover nature's smells in our sensory garden and collect some of our favourite smells for a nature perfume.
Hearing
We play a game which helps us think about how our ears work and why it is helpful to have two of them, and also look at the different shapes and sizes of ears that other animals have. We then spend some special quiet time outside seeing how many different sounds we can hear, and draw our own sound map. Finally we collect some natural noises, such as crunchy leaves and snappy twigs from the woods and gardens.
