Tag: Science
Who has the greater force?
Year 5 had their launch of forces today. They learnt how all forces are either pull or pull and balanced or unbalanced. We tested out those forces by playing tug or war! When the rope stopped moving their forces were balanced.
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 2 November 2021
Category: Class of 2016
Tags: Science
Plotting Planets
The children completed their space topic by plotting the distance between the planets on our field. We had to take a lot of steps to measure the scale!
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 28 October 2021
Category: Class of 2016
Tags: Science
What's that sound?
Class 4 have had a noisy, messy but exciting day completing their SITE projects linked to 'Sound'.
During this topic, they have been looking at where sound comes from, changing the volume and pitch, sounds getting fainter and all about the ear. With this new knowledge, they had to plan, create…
Posted by Beth Ings on 21 October 2021
Category: Class of 2017
Tags: Class 3/4 Design Technology Science
Sounding outside!
Class 4 have been exploring 'Sound' in their SITE topic this term.
Today, we took our lesson outside to look at sounds getting fainter with increasing distance between the ear and the sound source.
Posted by Beth Ings on 12 October 2021
Category: Class of 2017
Space creations
Year 5 have loved learning about orbiting and rotating - they each created a moving model of our Sun, Moon and Earth.
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 8 October 2021
Category: Class of 2016
Tags: Design Technology Science
Butterfly, fly away!
Class Two have thoroughly enjoyed learning about life cycles over the last few weeks. We were lucky enough to have caterpillars in the classroom and have carefully observed the changes taking place in the life cycle from caterpillar to pupa in its chrysalis to an adult butterfly. Today, we…
Category: Class of 2018
Minibeasts microhabitats
After hearing that Class 6's survey revealed that not many minibeasts were found in our bug hotel in the outdoor classroom, we decided to conduct our own survey as to which microhabitats we found them in! Every child created their own tally chart for locations they would search in and recorded the…
Category: Class of 2018
Explanation Texts
In English this week, Year 2 started their new unit on Explanation Texts. We have looked at a variety of texts and identified their features. We have looked at sequencing explanation texts using time conjunctions and sub-headings as well as spotting similarities and differences in the ways the…
Category: Class of 2018
Rescuing the dinosaurs from the ice
This week we have had an exciting experiment to do. We found that some dinosaurs had been trapped in the ice and they needed us to rescue them! We split into groups to come up with some ideas on how we could rescue the dinosaurs. The children came up with some great ideas such as; putting the ice…
Posted by Liz Veverka on 10 May 2021
Category: Class of 2020
Let it Grow!
Class One are learning about all things that grow this half term. In our classroom we are currently growing our own sunflowers, basil in our NASA technology click and grow to make our own pizzas and a magical beanstalk! Our classroom is definitely a place where learning helps our plants to thrive-…
Posted by Mrs Eggleston on 7 May 2021
Category: Class of 2019
Beans and Sunflowers!
Class Two have been enjoying the start of their work on Plants in their SITE lessons. We have been naming the different parts of a plant as well as comparing the differences between seeds and bulbs. We spent the afternoon outside in the sunshine planting our own bean and sunflower seeds working…
Category: Class of 2018
Earth Day
The children have had a great Earth day. We started the day by reading a book all about how we can save the Earth and the children then made signs and posters to put around the classroom. We then learnt about recycling materials and sorted lots of different materials. The children also made Earth…
Posted by Liz Veverka on 23 April 2021
Category: Class of 2020