In geography today the children have learnt about the kinds of things that are considered when building a house in Suffolk. The children thought of things such as the cold and insulating, the materials used, such as bricks and wood, solar panels, heating and many other things and designed a house.
We then learnt about the climate in the Alps and learnt that the temperature can be -10 degrees in the winter and about 30 degrees in the summer. Whilst we discussed that our country can at times be hot, it is not often as hot as 30 degrees and that typically the coldest we would expect it to be in our part of the country is about -4 degrees. However, there is an awful lot of snow in the Alps and it rains a lot more than it does in this country.
The children looked at their design and then considered what they might change to suit living in the Alps. They changed things such as more heating, insulating, stilts to raise the house off the ground and even windscreen wiper-type devices to clear snow off solar panels!
Finally, we looked at traditional Alpine houses and how they are built inside the mountain-side, have animals on the ground floor, whilst the living area is above this - as heat rises. Their roofs are steeply sloped to enable snow to slide off, as well as a large over-hang on the roof and shutters for the windows. The children used the creative and cooperation gems today.
We then learnt about the climate in the Alps and learnt that the temperature can be -10 degrees in the winter and about 30 degrees in the summer. Whilst we discussed that our country can at times be hot, it is not often as hot as 30 degrees and that typically the coldest we would expect it to be in our part of the country is about -4 degrees. However, there is an awful lot of snow in the Alps and it rains a lot more than it does in this country.
The children looked at their design and then considered what they might change to suit living in the Alps. They changed things such as more heating, insulating, stilts to raise the house off the ground and even windscreen wiper-type devices to clear snow off solar panels!
Finally, we looked at traditional Alpine houses and how they are built inside the mountain-side, have animals on the ground floor, whilst the living area is above this - as heat rises. Their roofs are steeply sloped to enable snow to slide off, as well as a large over-hang on the roof and shutters for the windows. The children used the creative and cooperation gems today.
 
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