Year 5 had a fabulous time at forest school this week. First we thought about how science is all around us and we thought about the amazing job that scientists do. We thought about environmental scientists and the jobs they do to protect our planet. We then explored the area Read more
In Year 5, we have been learning about formulations. We have learnt that a formulation is when a specific amount of substances are mixed together to create a product such as foods and fuels. We created used formulation to create a chocolate cake mixture. We then filled oranges with this Read more
This half term Year 5 are incorporating their science topic of ‘Separating Mixtures’ into their Forest School sessions. This week everyone had a great time being outdoor scientists. First we used natural resources to create diagrams showing different states of matter. After this some children explored the mixture station and Read more
Maple have been comparing human anatomy to other animals this afternoon. We worked in pairs to try and identify which animals have backbones and which don’t. We discussed which of these animals had exoskeletons and which had endoskeletons. We classified the animals into vertebrates and invertebrates.
Year 5 have had a fantastic afternoon with Emma and her crazy creatures. As a special end of year treat, and to link with our current science topic, we had a special visitor come to school with a selection of her fantastic creatures. We met a monitor lizard, snake, scorpion, Read more
Year 5 Pine had a fantastic morning with Emma from Crazy Creatures today. We have learnt lots in our science lessons about animals and we learnt even more amazing facts today. We were able to ask lots of interesting questions. We also got the chance to handle some of these Read more
Today we’ve had a fantastic day. The day started with Sublime science show, we got to make sweets and slime and got to watch lots of fun science experiments. This afternoon we then had a party to celebrate England making it to the finals. We played corners, musical statues, Read more
Today Year 3 had Adrian Bowden visit school with his travelling science show. We spent the morning watching the ‘Light and Sound’ show and this afternoon we watched ‘Marvellous Materials’. It was really fun and we got to take part and help him with the different investigations.
Today we took part in a rock pool experience. We learnt lots of interesting facts about sea creatures, beaches and how we can better take care of marine life. We first had a talk and then we were able to hold lots of the creatures. This included crabs, starfish and Read more
Today, we had some surprise visitors in school to visit Reception! We were all very brave; we held a bearded dragon named Boris, a tortoise called Bentley, a monitor lizard called Buzz, lots of bugs and even a snake named Woody! Some of us were a bit nervous at first, Read more