Year 5 had a fantastic day at St Annes beach yesterday. We had some time enjoying the beach and having fun. The children created mermaid art, built amazing sandcastles, played frisbee, played catching games and persevered with kite flying. We also had some time working with the Lancashire Wildlife Trust Read more…
On Thursday 7th July, Maple took part in the Rochdale Science-Faith Festival at St. Luke’s Church called God and the Big Bang. We took part in interactive workshops with the opportunity to discover, discuss and debate the compatibility of science and faith.
We competed an investigation to see how we change a solid to a liquid by melting. We were challenged to find a place outside that we could keep our ice cube to stop it melting quickly. We found that by keeping it in our hands it melted quickly due to Read more…
This half term Year 4 Maple are learning all about different types of rocks and fossils and today we used chocolate to help us remember the rock cycle. We used different types of chocolate (milk, white and dark) to represent the different layers in sedimentary rock. We then applied heat Read more…
During Science lessons we have been looking at the three different types of rocks; Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. We started our Science lesson this week by completing a ‘Kahoot’ quiz where we answered questions about what we already know as a recap. We then used chocolate to represent the different Read more…
This week in Science, we have been learning all about mixtures. We investigated what would happen when we mixed a substance with water. The substances we mixed with water were; washing up liquid, hand soap and bubble bath. We used our fingers as bubble wands to see which mixture would Read more…
This week in Science club the children had the opportunity to make lava lamps. What fun we had! The children changed the amount of oil and water they used to investigate whether it changed the end result. The children realised that in some it took a while for the oil Read more…
This week we have been learning about Minibeasts and have learnt lots about them. We worked at five different stations, the caterpillar station, the painting minibeasts station, the bug hotel station, the bug hunt station and the sorting station. In the caterpillar station we observed our caterpillar and drew our Read more…
Today we carried out an investigation to see what happens when you melt a solid. In the experiment we placed an ice cube in our hands and observed the effects. We found that when heat is added to a solid it turns into a liquid.
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 6 schools’ including ours attended. Each school had a group of 8 pupils’ conducting a range of different Science experiments. There was also a neuroscience Read more…
