Class 6 have had a wonderful week this week, writing our instructions on how to survive the rainforest.

During that Literacy learning, we thought about how we might find and filter fresh water in a survival situation. We were so interested in this, we decided to plan and carry out a scientific investigation to find out which natural material would make the best water filter …

Children made their predictions and then went into our outdoor area to collect small stones, sticks and leaves.

We then observed how well each of our natural materials filtered the ‘dirty’ water. Our results were very interesting …