Science
Properties of rocks
Year 3 have been testing the properties of rocks. We tested rocks to see if they were durable, permeable or if the rocks can float. Here are some pictures of our investigation
Mathematics
Feel the pulse
During PE this week, we enjoyed looking at how and why our pulse rate changes. We looked at resting heart rates and discussed what these might tell us about our fitness levels. We wrote a hypothesis about the link between the two. We decided to test the hypothesis by completing Read more…
Science
ABO blood groups
Year 6 have been learning about the ABO blood group system and the importance of blood transfusions. All the children in class had to complete an entry ticket before they entered to show what they had remembered from the previous lesson. We used strategies from the Writing Revolution to help Read more…
Science
What is blood made up of?
What is blood made up of? In this lesson we learned what makes up our blood. We found that our blood is 55% plasma, <1% white blood cells and platelets and 44% red blood cells. We made an artificial ‘blood sample’ using vegetable oil, syrup, food colouring and milk to Read more…
English
Supertato To The Rescue!
Reception have had an unwanted visitor these past two weeks… the Evil Pea! He first came into our classroom and took our carrots!! Supertato then left us a letter and asked for our help. Over the past two weeks The Evil Pea has done lots of silly things! We have Read more…
Computing
Wriggle and crawl
To begin our topic last week we went on a minibeast hunt in Kayden’s garden. However as it was very wet outside we only managed to find a few Minibeasts hiding. We saw worms, beetles, woodlouse and flies. This Week we have been learning all about bees to write Read more…
Design Technology
Layers of the Earth 🌍
This week year 3 have been learning about the layers of the Earth. After finding out the names for last weeks homework, today we found out more information about each layer, including temperatures, sizes and what they were made up of. We then used our knowledge to help us to Read more…
Design Technology
Do you want to build a…. nest or a den?
We went up to Kayden’s garden to make dens and nests for the woodland creatures that might come sniffing round in the garden during the night! We had lots of fun finding sticks of the right length to make appropriate dens and nests. It was great to see that the Read more…
Design and technology
Earth’s Layers
Year 3 have been learning about the different layers of the Earth. To help show their learning, we created scaled models of each layer. Sand is the crust, this is the thinnest layer. Yellow is the mantle. Orange is the outer core and red is the inner core. Here are Read more…
Geography
The Water Cycle
Maple have been learning all about the water cycle. We have learnt new words such as evaporation, condensation and precipitation. The children have been busy setting up an experiment to see the water cycle in action. Look at our photos to see how we did it. We have made predictions Read more…