This week in Maple, we explored an exciting area of science all about grouping animals and thinking like real scientists when recording information. We began the lesson by discussing how animals can be grouped in different ways. The children quickly realised that animals share certain characteristics, and these can help Read more
This week in Science, Year 1 have been learning a song about the different parts of a plant, along with actions to help them remember the function of each part. They labelled the parts of a flower and learned to identify each one. The children also explored the difference between Read more
In this exciting science lesson, children became young scientists as they investigated what seeds need to grow. The class began by revisiting their knowledge of plant parts and discussing where plants grow. After watching a video about plants around the world, the children explored how plants grow best in spring Read more
Year 1 have begun their new Science topic on plants with an exciting bean experiment to investigate whether plants need water to grow. Over this half-term, we will observe and record changes over time, just like real scientists, and discuss why careful observation is important. We started by drawing flowers Read more
This half term, Year 1 learning all about plants! For our first lesson, we took part in a plant hunt, learnt about the different parts of a plants, what they need to survive and also completed an experiment using runner beans. We also then planted our own! We are going Read more
For week 6 of our exciting at-home science challenge some children have explored chemical reactions in a fun and memorable way. Using simple household ingredients, they created their very own “burp in a bag” experiment—and the results were both impressive and very loud! The experiment involved combining vinegar and baking Read more
Main event: We have been talking about germ! With glitter on our hands, we moved around the classroom so we could see how easy it is to spread the glitter (germs) around. We then talked about how we can stop spreading germs. We were then introduced to our weekly challenge Read more
In science, we have been learning all about light and shadows. This week we had a go at creating shadow puppets by using our hands to tell stories.
This week in science, we learnt all about animal diets. We explored three important terms: carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores. Carnivores are animals that eat meat, herbivores eat plants, and omnivores eat both plants and meat. Just like real scientists, we carried out our own research to learn more about what Read more
A group of Year 5 children have continued their scientific journey at Rochdale Town hall. We are involved in a project with other Rochdale schools to investigate an aspect of renewable energy. Our children have decided to try to answer the question: If our school was to buy solar panels, Read more