Year 6 had the chance to investigate how icebergs are formed, where they are found and the impact they can have, such as in the story of the Titanic. We created our own icebergs and used ice cubes to represent smaller chunks of sea ice. We then looked at the Read more…
Today, Year 5 have been learning about the moon. We found out lots of information about it and used equipment to understand it’s movement and why we have a light side and a dark side of the moon. We then made an information booklet, which included key information that we Read more…
Year 5 Pine have worked hard this afternoon. First they told me what they had been doing at home with remote learning and lots of children could tell me lots about the solar system already. We then discussed terrestrial and jovian planets and the children worked in pairs using information Read more…
Today Willows have been learning all about temperature and how to read a thermometer! Mrs Nuttall tested how warm her hands were and demonstrated how the liquid goes up and down based on the temperature. We all went outside in pairs and were very patient waiting for the thermometers to Read more…
This week, Year 5 have made an excellent start to their new topic ‘Stargazers’ by learning about the planets. We began by creating art work for the front covers of our books, then we learnt the names of the planets and the order from the sun. We created mnemonics to Read more…
This afternoon we have done a lovely art lesson where the children used colour to make season trees. They thought about what the trees would look like at each time of the year and created beautiful pictures to represent each season. I love the winter ones the best with Read more…
As part of our topic lessons, we have learnt about which animals and insects are friends of the garden and which are foe. We then designed and made our own garden bugs. We created the shape using newspaper, then added mod rock and left to harden, before painting and adding Read more…
This week in Year 3 Birch we have been finishing our half-term topic. At the beginning of this week we made our volcanoes out of coke bottles and paper mache with Mrs Murphy! Then today with Miss North, we have completed a science experiment to test different mixtures to see Read more…
This week we have been making and erupting volcanoes. We created a volcano using paper mache, painted them and investigated which mixture would create the best eruption. Here are some pictures of our week.
This afternoon, Year 5 enjoyed learning about pollination. We carried out a practical activity demonstrating how insects, such as bees, pollinate flowers using cheese puffs! After this, we created some fabulous work showing how pollination happens.