Tag: Science
Forces Launch
Today we launched our new SITE focus on FORCES! The children had loads of fun learning about how all forces are either push or pull and are balanced or unbalanced. This included seeing who had the greater force in tug of war and if they can make their forces balanced!
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 2 November 2020
Category: Class of 2015
Tags: Science
Buggies and Rovers in Space!
Class 5 have LOVED their SITE day today. After a half term of exciting learning about our solar system, they put their learning into action by designing a buggy or rover suitable for their chosen planet. Their ideas were fantastic!
Some of their ideas were to include protective shields as…
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 22 October 2020
Category: Class of 2015
Tags: Design Technology Science
Rumble on the playground!
Class 4 have had a great time during their Topic learning of 'Europe'. This year, is the first year we have looked specifically at earthquakes and volcanoes. The class were so intrigued by their learning we tasked them with creating their own volcanoes and then, with Mrs Turner, they had a fun…
Posted by Beth Ings on 22 October 2020
Category: Class of 2016
Moon Cycle Learning Logs
Well done Class 5 - I am incredibly proud of your learning logs! You have found very interesting facts and presented them in innovative ways.
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 21 October 2020
Category: Class of 2015
Tags: Science
What's that sound?
Class 4 have come to the end of their SITE learning, which was all about sound this half term.
Luckily for Miss Ings and Mrs Turner, the classroom is much quieter without the instruments we've been investigating. However, what better way to showcase this learning than by getting the class to…
Posted by Beth Ings on 21 October 2020
Category: Class of 2016
Tags: Design Technology Science
Animal Habitats
During our SITE launch, Class 2 received a letter from Farmer Pete saying that he had seen lots of animals over Summer and he wasn't sure that they would be able to make shelters for the Winter months. After investigating our local habitat, children identified evidence of different animals such as…
Category: Class of 2018
The Vastness Of Our Solar System
We used the field today to plot out the distance between our solar system's planets. Each step we took was approximately 27 million km! We noticed that the first four planets were closer together compared to the others - in fact we ran out of field for Neptune!
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 8 October 2020
Category: Class of 2015
Tags: Science
Orbiting and rotating in Space!
Year 5 have learnt about how the Earth orbits our Sun and how our moon orbits the Earth! We made models to show our learning. Year 5, how long does it take for the Earth to rotate, and how long does it take for the Earth to orbit the sun?
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 29 September 2020
Category: Class of 2015
Tags: Design Technology Science
Creating Our Solar System!
We had lots of fun in Class 5 creating the planets of our solar system! The children's imaginations were superb! We began by discussing the features of each planet and then the children discussed how we could create each planet. For example for Mars, they used clay, red sand and a textured paper…
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 14 September 2020
Category: Class of 2015
Tags: Design Technology Art Science
Peter Thorpe inspired space art!
Year 5 studied abstract artist Peter Thorpe today. They looked at his style of abstract art for the background while having a detailed space object in the foreground. The children found it very interesting and unusual creating abstract art as it involves being very messy, creative and free! After…
Posted by Miss Alexandra on 11 September 2020
Category: Class of 2015