- Show children different fabrics and papers. Remind them of work they did earlier in grouping papers and ask for their ideas about which would be best for wrapping a parcel. Discuss what the material would need to be like eg strong, easy to write on, easy to fold. Discuss with children how they could find out which papers are eg strong. Give children different papers and ask children to test their ideas. Discuss what they did eg by asking 'How did you try to find out?'
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- make a suggestion of what paper for wrapping a parcel should be like
- suggest a way of testing the papers appropriate to the characteristic chosen
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