Science: Blog items

Nursery Invite you to Tea

Date: 6th Feb 2025 @ 2:59pm

The children cooked up a real treat in the mud kithen this week! If apples, carrots, flowers and a dash of mud are your cup of tea then head over to the Nursery Mud Kitchen! The children worked hard chopping and mixing. It was wonderful to see them working together and sharing cutlery. There was a great discussion about the inside of an apple as they discovered a star shape where the pips had been and how we can grow apple trees from the pips. 

Year 1 Carnivore, Herbivore, Omnivore

Date: 30th Jan 2025 @ 5:42pm

After recapping on the animals groups we have learnt about this half term, we discussed our question for today’s lesson. We talked about what we already know about what animals eat and learnt three new key words to describe animal diets. We tried very hard to use our new vocabulary when sorting animals according to their diets.

Year 2- It’s Electric!

Date: 28th Jan 2025 @ 4:17pm

Today, we used our knowledge of simple circuits to predict whether a light bulb will light thinking about what was included in the circuit and the role they had. 

Year 4 - Oracy in Science

Date: 28th Jan 2025 @ 3:40pm

This week in our Science we practised our oracy skills. We were given a concept cartoon and 'Challenge' stem sentences. First we practised our responses in a Nest then we did Pair work.

Nursery Paint the Ice

Date: 23rd Jan 2025 @ 2:41pm

Nursery explored a different way to paint when they were provided with blocks of ice, paint and paint brushes. We talked about the texture of the ice, how it was hard to paint on it because the ice was slippy and obserevd how the ice began to melt the more we painted on it. The children also enjoyed discovering what happened to the colours as they mixed together and water was added. 

Year 6 - Classification

Date: 16th Jan 2025 @ 9:29am

Our Science topic this half term is about classification. We have learned why scientists classify living things into different groups. Last week we focused on classifying animals and this week we have looked at plants. We learned about flowering and non-flowering plants and different types of trees - deciduous and evergreen. We have discussed questions that we could ask to group animals and plants and created out own classification keys. 

Year 4 - Electricity

Date: 16th Jan 2025 @ 8:40am

This wee, we started our Science unit about Electricity. We spoke about what it is and we looked at appliances which use mains and battery.

Year 5 - Life Span Learning

Date: 14th Jan 2025 @ 9:15am

This week the pupils in year 5 began their science journey all about animals. In this lesson we talked about the human stages of life and pupils learned the meaning of gestation and life span.  Pupils then drew a scatter graph plotting the gestation period against life span for certain animals. We discovered that larger animals had a longer life span and a longer gestation period compared to small animals. 

Reception Winter is here

Date: 13th Jan 2025 @ 4:49pm

Over the next few week the children are going to be learning about the season of Winter.  We will be looking for for signs of winter in our outside area and making observations about what how the weather and temperature has changed.  This week the children were lucky enough to enjoy the snow and take part in lots of wintery games outside including sledging down our hell and making snowmen.

"I|t might snow in Winter" Dennis

"The trees are bare and have no leaves" Lily-Mae

"It is every cold so you wear a hat and scarf" Aurora

Year 3- Identifying and classifying rocks!

Date: 10th Jan 2025 @ 3:53pm

In Year Three, we are beginning our new Science learning about Rocks. The children looked at a range of rocks to identify their qualities and discussed the different appearances. We discussed the three different rock types and made comparisons between them.

Nursery Make the Most of the Snow

Date: 9th Jan 2025 @ 2:44pm

Nursery had a wondeful time exploring the snow this week! We made sure we wrapped up warm and then went out to make snow angels and build mini snowmen. The children also had a great time sliding down the very slippery slide. Some of the snow began to melt and we talked about why it was starting to melt. 

Year 3- Investigating insects!

Date: 12th Dec 2024 @ 9:25am

In Year 3, we have been looking at Animals including Humans. In this lesson we looked at a range of insects and explored if their leg and muscle size affected how far they could jump. We then compared how animals use their muscles to move, and compared the similarities and differences between them.

Year 4 - Food chains

Date: 9th Dec 2024 @ 2:23pm

This week, we looked at food chains. We learnt the word Apex Predator which means the animal at the top of the food chain. We played an online game together putting cards in the correct position depending whether they were a producer, prey or predator. Then we had a go at it ourselves.

Year 6 - PCSO visit

Date: 5th Dec 2024 @ 11:25am

As part of our PSHE and Science curriculum, today we invited PCSO Debby Savage to talk to Year 6 about the effects and dangers of drugs and alcohol. The children were very sensible listening to what she had to say and asked some very good questions. We discussed smoking, vaping, alcohol and illegal/legal drugs and how they can affect our bodies.

Year 5 - Excellent Evaporating

Date: 5th Dec 2024 @ 9:25am

This week pupils were given the task of seperating a saltwater solution. We reminded ourselves about what a solution is and how it is different to a mixture, and pupils identified salt as the solute and water as the solvent.  Pupils completed an experiment where they heated the solution to evaporate the water. This left behind crystals of pure salt. In a discussion, pupils linked this to prior learning about the water-cycle.

Year 6 - Electricity

Date: 5th Dec 2024 @ 9:11am

Year 6 have completed some great work in Science this half term. We have learned all about electricity including how to draw circuit symbols and circuit diagrams. We have worked scientifically and carried out an investigation into what happens to a bulb when you add more cells to the circuit. The children really enjoyed this topic and remembered lots of their learning when they did the end of unit assessments. 

Reception- Boundary Learning Together

Date: 2nd Dec 2024 @ 12:16pm

Reception were asked to collect things they found when they went on an Autumn walk at home. 

Lucas's BLT project was amazing so it was displayed outside Miss Moyes room for the whole school and visitors to see.

"We went on a walk and collected leaves, twigs and grass... I made this with Mummy" Lucas.

Acorns - exploring habitats

Date: 29th Nov 2024 @ 11:16am

This week Acorns have been exploring habitats. We have engaged in a variety of multisensory activities to develop our curiosity and understanding.

We have enjoyed our tuff tray of different environments, singing the habitat song and looking at the different animals and where they live. 

Year 1 No Pen Morning

Date: 27th Nov 2024 @ 12:49pm

Today we spent no pen morning building houses for the three little pigs! We listened to the story, talked about the different materials the pigs use and the pros and cons of each. We then collected different materials from around the classroom and our outdoor area to build our houses.

Acorns - Night and Day

Date: 22nd Nov 2024 @ 10:56am

This week Acorns have been exploring night and day. We have enjoyed developing our understanding through songs and rhymes and visuals, exploring what we do at night and during the day. Some of us made choices about what we would like to do during the day.

Reception Visit Salisbury Woods

Date: 22nd Nov 2024 @ 10:54am

This week Reception have been on their first class trip to Salisbury Woods.  We enjoyed taking part in a autumn walk through the wood looking for different signs of autumn.  We found different colouredleaves, acorns, pinecorns and. conkers.  We even maged to sport some squirrels and a robin. 

"In autumn the leaves change colour" Harry

"The leaves fall off the trees" Emily

"I've found a conker and acorn" Dennie

"The squirrels are running up the threes" AuroraRec

Nursery and the Autumnal Bag

Date: 21st Nov 2024 @ 2:42pm

The children loved exporing a special bag filled with Autumnal objects this week. They selected an object and then we discussed what it looked, felt and smelt like. The children came up with some fabulous words to describe the objects including spiky, crunchy and smooth. They also had to listen really carefully to their friends and take on board their ideas. 

Nursery Explore Autumn

Date: 21st Nov 2024 @ 2:33pm

This week nursery have been talking about the changes we can see outside in the Autumn. We have been looking at different coloured leaves and talked about why they change colour and have explored these colours through painting. The children have had lots of opportunites to look at autumnal objects and have also created some fabulous leaf people. 

Year 3- What is the role of the skeleton?

Date: 21st Nov 2024 @ 1:41pm

As part of our Science learning, we were answering the question what is the role of a skeleton? To do this we looked at a range of animal and human skeletons and made comparisons between them. The children discussed the size, shape, length, width and amount of bones. The children enjoyed discussing the similarities and differences between them. We then went on to discuss why the skeleton is important and discussed it was needed for movement, protection and support. We noted that bones such as the skull and ribs were for protection.

Year 6 - Investigating Voltage

Date: 20th Nov 2024 @ 4:12pm

We had a great Science lesson this week investigating the effect on a bulb of adding more cells to the circuit. We learned that the greater the number of cells, the brighter the bulb.

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