To investigate how light travels and reflects we made periscopes. Take a look at these photos at the children's creations which worked very well!
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Year 5 and 6 Beat the Flood Challenge
Today as part of our ‘Extreme Earth’ topic Years 5 & 6 took part in the ‘Beat the Flood’ challenge. We used our scientific, design and maths skills to design, cost and build a model of a flood proof home for the people in flood hit countries such as Bangladesh....
Year One Study Life Cycles
Today the children were learning about life cycles in Science. After recapping the human life cycle, we read a very funny story called ‘Tadpole’s Promise’ which is about a tadpole and a caterpillar who fall in love. Awwwww. After that we had a go at ordering the...
Investigating Light in Year 6
We’ve been investigating how we see things and how light travels. We experimented with mirrors and torches to bend light and made a periscope. Check out the photos...
Years 5 and 6 Investigate Friction and Make Greek Monster Puppets!
Greek Monster Puppets In order to wind down after a busy week we've also been finishing off our Greek monster puppets, using plaster of paris, and sewing skills to be really creative when making our hand puppets. We can't wait to see the finished product and...
Year 5 Weekly Roundup 30/11/20
This week we’ve had great fun learning about the Trojan war and the Trojan horse in our topic lessons, where children wrote fantastic diary entries imaging their lives as Spartan soldiers. In our Maths lessons we’ve been learning all about Angles and using protractors...
Year 2 Hair-Raising Science!
Year 2's latest science investigation asked the children to use a balloon and the hair on their heads to make tissue paper move without touching it. First they carefully watched Alison carry out the experiment in silence. Then, in groups they investigated different...
Green Fingers in Year 2
Today Year 2 got stuck into replanting the Plastic Bottle Hanging Garden outside Big Playschool. The children loved getting their hands dirty to refill each bottle with fresh compost and carefully bed down 2 viola plants. They were fascinated by the tiny white roots...
Year One – Super Smellers!
On Friday the Year One’s took part in a Smell Investigation. They have been learning about the senses in Science as part of their ‘Humans’ topic and had to guess the 6 different things that were inside the cups. The children loved testing out their sense of smell,...
Year 6 Have Fun with Microorganisms
The Year 6 science topic is ‘Living Things’ so they have been having fun with microorganisms. After learning which microorganisms are harmful and which are helpful and carrying out an investigation on the best conditions to grow mould, it was time to have fun with...
