This half term we have been learning all about plants in Science. This afternoon we went up to Kaden’s garden to do planting of our own! We planted tomato plants that were very kindly donated by one of our parents, into the large planting bed using a range of gardening Read more
Year 3 have really enjoyed watching the science show this morning on light and sound. It was fantastic to see how much they have remembered since learning about light in year 2 and sound at the beginning of the year. A scientist came into school and we did lots of Read more
In gardening club over the last 2 weeks, we have had lots of fun making caterpillar grass heads and creating watercolour paintings. We have planted plugs into our planters and we hope to see some growth soon.
In Science, have been learning all about plants this half term. In todays lesson, we looked at the parts and functions of a flowering plant. We used a tulip to observe each of the parts, taking it apart bit by bit, labelling each one. We found the sepals, ovule, ovary, style, Read more
This week we have been investigating how water affects plan growth. we gave one plant water and then another no water and documented our findings. here are some pictures of our investigation.
Juniper have been learning about Fossils in Science. We carried out an activity to show how fossils are made. After an animal dies, the soft parts of its body decompose leaving the hard parts, like the skeleton, behind – we used sweets to symbolise these animals. They become buried by Read more
In science, year 5 have been learning about evolution. The children researched Charles Darwin and the work he did. To help reinforce our learning, we played a game outside which demonstrated the evolution of finches and their different shaped beaks using pegs, tweezers and chopsticks. We found the children with Read more
We are already loving our new planting topic. We went up to Kaden’s Garden to do some planting in the sunshine.
This half term in Science Juniper are learning about how humans and animals have changed over time. Yesterday we were introduced to Charles Darwin and his theories. As part of his research studies, Charles found that different types of finches had evolved over time to adapt to their surroundings. Their Read more
During our Science adaptation lesson, we completed different investigations to answer the following questions- Why do some animals have blubber? Why do birds have different shaped beaks? How do birds stay dry? Why do some animals have webbed feet? How do larger feet help in the snow?