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1st July 2011, 1:00am

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Women’s war art

The Imperial War Museum in London is offering free tours around its new exhibition of women war artists, on 9 and 23 July. Visitors will learn about the role of women artists from the First World War to the present day. Visit www.iwm.org.uk for more information.

Tots’ TV stars

Early-years children will have the chance to meet characters from Cbeebies series Waybuloo as they embark on a tour of National Trust properties around England. Children will see a specially-created “Pipling” home and take part in art and music activities. For details, visit http:bit.lywaybuloo

Eco-travellers

Travel companies Thomson and First Choice have launched a series of resources for primary pupils on sustainable tourism. The eco-traveller programme, aimed at key stage 2 children, features activity sheets to encourage pupils to think about the importance of protecting the natural environment and culture, within the UK and abroad.

MATHS

CAPACITY

Everything pupils need to know about volume

These activities will help pupils acquire the know-how and language to describe volume and measure it. To start with, pupils may use non-standard units so they can explore capacity - for example by using small yogurt pots to fill a jug - before moving on to measure in litres and millilitres and learning to read scales.

For describing non-standard volume, there are a number of activities that will get pupils used to making comparisons. Indigo987 has uploaded a worksheet where pupils must arrange different vessels in order according to their capacity, and also describe whether they are full, nearly empty, empty and the like. JGoodall has uploaded a similar exercise, this time in PowerPoint, where pupils have the added task of drawing a line where they think the level should be. Louise Bruzon’s worksheet is a cut and stick exercise where pupils must put vessels in order from the one that holds the most to the least.

When it comes to reading scales, there are several resources where children can either record the measurement they see on the side of a jug or write on a given volume. For a fun twist on measurements, mrdhenshaw has supplied a “magic potion recipe”, where pupils need to put together different volumes of mystical concoctions to come up with a special potion. Teachers can fill up some jugs with diluted orange, blackcurrant, lime and water, as substitutes for the disgusting ingredients.

Finally, there are a number of TESiboard activities that relate to capacity - in one, pupils have to choose how they would fill, for example, a watering can, by choosing the most appropriate vessel.

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