Within World Around Us lessons we have been looking at our bodies. This week we have focused on ‘Our 5 Senses’ and how we use these to understand the world around us. Today we enjoyed a carousel of senses stations. We explored our sense of taste by sampling sweet flavours (jam/honey sandwiches) and sour/bitter flavours such as lemon/lime. At our hearing station we had the opportunity to play musical instruments loud/soft and fast/slow. At our smelling station we explored a variety of scents such as perfume, vinegar, peppermint, lemon juice, cinnamon and mixed herbs. At our touch station we felt a variety of materials that varied in texture and at our sight station the children wore blindfolds and played ‘find the snowball’. This gave children a realisation of how we might have to rely on our other senses at certain times and gave an appreciation of how valuable our sight is.
