This week the children in Nursery have been super scientists! They have been investigating lots of different things.

The children used puff pastry to make cheese straws. They noticed that it had lines down the side for layers. The children made predictions about what would happen when it was cooked. The children noticed that the pastry had risen in the oven, it was amazing!

The children became detectives. They were given pots with different scents and the children had to guess what the smell was. The children loved the smell of lavender, lemon and hot chocolate but weren’t so keen about coffee or vinegar!

The children were given the challenge of picking up a block of ice using a piece of string and salt. The children found this very tricky! They explored putting salt on the ice then placing the string on top – but that didn’t work! The children then thought to put the string on the ice before adding a lot of salt. The children were amazed when they could lift the ice up! It was just like magic!