This week in Science club we had lots of fun making lava lamps! The children used scientific vocabulary to make predictions about what would we think would happen. The children then conducted the experiment and used vegetable oil, water, food colouring and effervescent tablets to make their lava lamps. We Read more…
Today Year 5 had a very exciting morning. A scientist from Urenco came in school to carry out some practical investigations with the children. First, we worked together to separate pasta, salt and lentils. After this, we discussed what makes a good scientific observation and the children observed different powders. Read more…
This morning, Year 5 have had an amazing time participating in an exciting science workshop. Our visitor from Urenco, provided children with the opportunity to investigate sorting materials by conducting various experiments. Year 5 were able to gain a deeper understanding of working scientifically, safely and methodically to achieve their Read more…
This morning, Year 5 have had an amazing time participating in an exciting science workshop. Our visitor from Urenco, provided children with the opportunity to investigate sorting materials by conducting various experiments. Year 5 were able to gain a deeper understanding of working scientifically, safely and methodically to achieve their Read more…
During Science, we conducted an experiment called ‘Dancing Raisins’. We placed raisins in water and also in lemonade. The raisins in lemonade started to dance. The combination of raisin and gas is less dense than the raisin alone, so when many “bubbles” form on the raisin, they lift the raisin Read more…
During Science this week, we looked at the digestive system. We thought it was very funny creating our own model with Mrs Downing. We could talk about the functions of the mouth, saliva, the esophagus, the stomach, the small intestine, the large intestine, the rectum and the anus. We are Read more…
In science club we made walking rainbows using paper towels and food colouring. The children made predications and ensured they used scientific vocabulary to do so. The children worked in groups to plan and carry out their experiment. The children were fascinated to hear the science behind the experiment: The Read more…
In Science this half-term, Year 2 have been learning about states of matter. This week we learnt what a mixture is. We then completed a mixture experiment to find out which substance (soap, washing up liquid or bubble bath) combined with water makes the best bubbles. We had lots of Read more…
The Great Science Share is an annual event, aimed at inspiring children to share scientific questions with new audiences. Harwood Park hosted the event and 5 schools’ including ours attended. Each school had a group of 8 pupils’ conducting a range of different Science experiments. We had a great time Read more…
Year 1 took part in the ‘Great Science Share’. We had to investigate the question, ‘Which solution makes the best bubble?’ We made our own bubble wands and tested a solution with a little bit of washing up liquid in it and then a solution with a lot of washing up Read more…
