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Feel the force The children in the Busy Bees room at Sunshine Day Nursery in Peterleee have been recording their scientific investigations into forces and materials in the form of books. They can then recall their activities and link their findings to other observations about how different objects and materials behave.

The children in the Busy Bees room at Sunshine Day Nursery in Peterleee have been recording their scientific investigations into forces and materials in the form of books. They can then recall their activities and link their findings to other observations about how different objects and materials behave.

Planned learning intentions

To know that print carries meaning

To show an understanding of how information can be found in non-fiction texts to answer questions about where, who, why and how

To investigate objects and materials by using all of their senses as appropriate

To ask questions about why things happen and how things work

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