This week we have started our new science topic all about rocks.  Instead of looking at grey, hard pebbles from the beach, we started thinking about the properties of rocks by classifying and grouping different sweets.   We discovered they have lots of similar properties!  The children used magnifying glasses to look up-close at the layers, the crystals and those that had lustre by letting some of the light through!  The children discovered that some were friable which meant that they crumbled, whilst others left a streak when rubbed on a surface.  We will continue our investigations into rocks by exploring the hardness of different rocks and aim to find out how fossils are formed...