In Nursery we have opened a vets surgery so this week a real vet came in to talk to us about her job and she brought in 2 guinea pigs for us to look at. We enjoyed learning about what she does and the tools she uses. We were very excited Read more…
Today, Class 10 turned into world class scientists by carrying out their first investigation within their working scientifically topic. Our investigation focus was ‘Which material is the best insulator?’. We filled 3 cups with coffee and wrapped each cup in a different material – fur, bubble wrap and cloth. Then, Read more…
Some very special eggs have been delivered in Early Years today! We can’t wait to meet our new baby chicks later this week and learn all about them. We will keep you updated with their progress as the week goes on so watch this space!
This week, Class 9 made a variety of musical instruments – including guitars, drums, pan-pipes and rainmakers – using junk model materials. This follows on from our learning of Sound in Science and our planning in DT: building instruments that could make high, low, loud and quiet sounds was our Read more…
Class 6 were given a battery, 2 wires and a bulb and Miss Robinson set the challenge – can you make your bulb light up? At first we were all a bit puzzled but, after testing different ideas, we were all able to make a simple circuit to light the Read more…
Today, Class 10 made their own musical instruments using junk model materials. Our aim was to make an instrument that could make a loud and a quiet sound and a high and a low sound. We used elastic bands, pasta shells and straws to try and achieve these different sounds Read more…
We have been reading Mr Wolf’s Pancakes. We enjoyed listening to the story on the CD player and finding out about how to make pancakes! Mr Wolf’s neighbours were very unhelpful but we were keen to help him make the pancakes and gobble them up! Thank you to those parents Read more…
Class 11 spent Tuesday afternoon investigating if materials dissolve. We discussed the difference between melting and dissolving and decided to look at which materials are soluble and which are insoluble. Working in teams, we set up our experiment and chose how much water we would use, what quantity of material Read more…
In Class 8 this week we completed an investigation to find out which magnet was the strongest. We made our predictions and worked in a team to test each magnet. We then recorded our results and wrote what we had learnt. Can you remember which magnet was the strongest for Read more…
