This half term we have focused on learning all about 'The Gingerbread Boy'. We have looked at the traditional tale and can now recite it. During our EPIC planning at the start of our 'Fairy Tales and Castles' topic we decided that we wanted to learn all about this traditional tale. We also wanted to make some - read on to see if we actually ate them!  We also wondered, pondered and investigated to see what would happen if the Gingerbread Man got wet - take a look at our findings and results. 

Science and Technology 

We took time to ponder and predict what might happen to the Gingerbread Man if he got wet. We then made sure we had all we needed and used a 1 minute timer to see what would happen to the Gingerbread man in water. We could not believe that some of our predictions were right - “he sunk!”, “he drowned!”, “he has gone!”  We then discussed that he had dissolved and gone from being hard to soft and almost to a liquid. We thought that if we had left him longer that he would have gone from a solid to a complete liquid. We are now so kind that we want to work towards making a vessel so that he can cross the river safely - we intend to use our design and technology skills to help him - watch this space!