Science: Blog items
Reception- If you go down to the woods today...
Date: 10th Nov 2022 @ 5:40pm
This week Holly class went on a woodland walk to Salisbury Woods, next to the golf course and the hospital, to look for signs of Autumn.
The children had such a great time collecting the leaves that have fallen off the trees, observing all the different Autumn colours and looking out for woodland animals too.
We manage to collect lots of leaves in different coloures, shapes and sizes and were also very lucky to spot a squirrel running through the tree tops. Also, on the ground, there were mushrooms growing, however, we did not touch them as they might be poisonous!
Everyone had such a good time and we will use our leaves to make Autumn pictures and leaf rattles aswell as writing about what we saw in the woods.
Take a look at some of the things we got up to down in the woods!
"The leaves are on the floor- they have fallen off the tree" Sheraa.
" In Autumn the leaves die and fall to the ground" Lennox.
"The leaves are orange, red, brown and yellow" Harper.
" In Autumn the weather is colder" Alfie
Date: 10th Nov 2022 @ 9:16am
In Science this week, we demonstrated how metamorphic rocks are made by using chocolate! We started off with white and milk chocolate. We then cut it into small pieces to demonstrate erosion. This made sediments which we then applied pressure to and squashed together to make a sedimentary rock. Once we had formed this rock, we applied heat to the rock and then allowed it to cool. This made a metamorphic rock. At the end of the lesson, we cut our rocks open and discovered the different colours and layers in our rocks.
Date: 7th Nov 2022 @ 9:27pm
Over the last few months, our aspiring young gardners have been meeting each week, after school, to prepare the school grounds for Winter and planting bulbs ready for Spring.
Mrs McAllister and her young gardners have been clearing away the dead flowers fron summer, recycling the seeds from the sunflower heads in our Nursery garden and planting Spring bulbs across school.
Now most of the jobs have been done for the year, we look forward to meeting with Gardening Club again in Spring.
Year 4 Teeth Observation RESULTS!
Date: 7th Nov 2022 @ 2:36pm
The results are in!!
The coke and orange juice caused the worst staining. If this was our teeth they would have gone through our enamel and caused decay. Even though, diet coke is low sugar it still caused a stain. This could be because of the dark colour it is. Today, we also spoke about the importance of brushing our teeth twice a day. We know what eating a balanced diet means, but it is important to brush away the foods and drinks we eat at the end of the day and before the day starts. We need to clean bacteria etc away so it doesn't stain our teeth or cause cavities or decaying. When we have finished brushing our teeth, we shouldn't rinse with water because the toothpaste won't then stay on our teeth to continue protecting them.
Year 4 Science Observation Set Up
Date: 4th Nov 2022 @ 11:48am
Today we set up a Science observation ready for our lesson on Monday. We used eggs to act like our teeth (the shell acting like the enamel of our teeth). We poured milk, orange juice, coffee, diet coke, water and full fat coke into cups with the eggs instead. We are going to leave them over the weekend and see what changes there are on Monday in our Science lesson. Check back on Monday for the results!
Date: 20th Oct 2022 @ 7:21am
Yesterday, Year Two enjoyed using the Now Press Play equipment to explore different habitats and the animals that live there especially thinking carefully about how these animals are adapted to survive in their natural habitat. We pretended we were aliens in a spaceship that crash landed on planet Earth and had to find a suitable habitat for the aliens to come and live. Whilst we were unsuccessful finding somewhere for the aliens to live we did manage to explore a variety of habitats which we have been learning about in Science. Firstly, we took a swim in the ocean and had to morph into sharks to survive with gills and fins. Next, we went to an incredibly cold place called Antarctica where we had to grow feathers and huddle together like penguins to keep oursevles warm. Then, we left Antarctica and found a jungle surrounded by tall trees and monkey's who we swung around with for a while before taking a journey to the hot desert where we met a camel. It was here we had to adapt and get a hump to store water and change our feet so they were wide to walk on the hot sand. It was great fun and helped consolidate the learning we have been doing in Science this half term.
Year 2's Final Forest School Fun
Date: 17th Oct 2022 @ 2:50pm
This week Forest School enjoyed their final forest school session with Jenna and Michelle. This week, we thought about ways to survive if we got stranded in the cold on a mountain and used the parachute as our shelter thinking about the warmth it provided. We also thought about the 3 things we need for a fire- air, fuel and heat and some of us used the tools to practise lighting a fire so we could toast marshmellows. We have had a wonderful three weeks in forest school and look forward to our final three sessions in the summer.
Date: 17th Oct 2022 @ 7:48am
In Science we started to look at magnets. We discovered that magnets have a north and south pole. We spent some time exploring whcih attract and which repel each other. We then went on to investigate what materials were magnetic. We learnt that metal objects were magnetic but this did not include aluminium, copper or gold! We then went on to plan an investegation for next week answering the question 'Which magnet is the strongest?'
Date: 13th Oct 2022 @ 8:52pm
Today in Science we learned all about refraction, which is the slowing down of light as it passes through denser materials. To see this in action, we used a glass full of water and dropped a pencil crayon in the glass. We observed that the pencil crayon looked broken and distorted due to refraction occuring. We also learned that refraction can make objects appear to turn in the opposite direction. We foudn this out by placing an arrow behind the glass ad moving it slowly horizontally. We saw that the arrow appeared to change direction.
Date: 13th Oct 2022 @ 12:37pm
Today we had our Now Press Play Experience which was lots of active listening and learning fun! We went on an adventure with Squidge from an alien planet, who was learning all about Solids, Liquids and Gases. We begame particles and moved through different states including water to water vapour, liquid to solid chocolate. It has helped to consolidate our science learning from this term, whilst also getting us up and moving with a little bit of acting!
Date: 5th Oct 2022 @ 4:40pm
Year 6 continued their 'Light' unit this week by investigating shadows. The children were given some key questions to investigate and several different pieces of equipment. They were asked to investigate how shadows are created, what created the shape of the shadow, how a shadow can be made larger or smalller and what type of material created the darkest shadow.
Year 2's First Forest School Fun!
Date: 29th Sep 2022 @ 3:39pm
Today, Year Two enjoyed their first Forest School session with Jenna and Michelle who had planned some fun activities for us. We began the session by completing some tasks for the Gruffalo finding things that lived in trees, near flowers and under logs linking our learning from yesterday to the fun. Then Michelle kindly read us the story of the Gruffalo and we were experts and could join in with parts of the story! Lastly, we were tasked with the mission of creating a nest for a bird of our choosing, thinking carefully about where we were going to place the nest and the materials we used. We had lots of fun linking our Science learning of living things and their habitats to our forest school fun and cannot wait for our next two sessions.
Year 2 Exploring Microhabitats
Date: 29th Sep 2022 @ 7:58am
Today we explored different types of microhabitat. Once we had learnt what a microhabitat was, we went into the forest school area to search for microhabitats and hunted for minibeasts. We explored a range of microhabitats including under logs, in the soil, leaf piles, rocks and grass. When we found minibeasts we got very excited! Once we returned inside, we discussed how different minibeasts prefer different habitats and came up with adjectives to describe the habitats.
Date: 26th Sep 2022 @ 7:29pm
Today in Science we focussed on our sense of taste. We learnt about the different parts of our mouth and what these are used for. We also learnt new vocabulary to describe how things taste. We then tasted a range of foods, using these new key words to explain what we could taste and to enable us to categorize them.
Date: 26th Sep 2022 @ 4:58pm
In this week's science lesson, pupils in Hawthorn and Rowan continue to learn about the properties of different materials. Pupils carried out an experiment using water as a solvent, to find out which materials were soluble and which were insoluble. We also noticed that the soluble substances were edible.
We also melted and solidfied white chocolate, dark chocolate and milk chocolate by heating and cooling it. We obseved that it it was still the same substance after these changes in state - they were reversible changes. The chocolate looked and tasted the same too!
Year 3- Why do our hands warm up when we rub them together?
Date: 22nd Sep 2022 @ 7:57am
In Science we explore the question 'Why do our hands warm up when we rub them together?' In order to answer this question we carried out a range of activities, exploring friction. We used balloons to create friction, we watched videos, we identified how forces and friction is used in sports and finally we investigated the difference in rubbing our hands when we used rubber gloves. We discovered that friction is created when two surfaces rub together.
Date: 20th Sep 2022 @ 4:58pm
Today the pupils in Year 5 have been learning about acids and alkalis. First of all we used bicarbonate of soda to neutralise an acid (white vinegar). When this happened the liquid started fizzing and bubbles of carbon dioxide were created. This tells us that a chemical reaction took place. Pupils then conducted an experiement to test the pH level of several everyday items, such as cola, vinegar and lemon juice. The pH level tells you if the substance is an acid or an alkali.
Year 6 Investigating how light travels
Date: 15th Sep 2022 @ 8:56pm
Our lesson today focussed on understanding that light travels in straight lines. To prove this we worked in groups and were given a torch and several pieces of card with holes in them. We experimented with shining the torch through the holes to try to get the beam of light to hit a solid surface. Then we moved one of the pieces of card and this stopped the beam of light from reaching the solid surface. This is because it was blocked and could not get through the opaque material.
Date: 15th Sep 2022 @ 7:41pm
Today we began to explore our five senses by naming each sense and the part of the body that is to do with each sense. We then focused specifically on our sense of touch. We recapped on the different parts of the hand, including thumb, palm, skin and wrist. As a class, we then discussed what is touch? What happens when we touch something? And is it only our hands that we touch with?
‘We touch with our skin!’
‘Your sense of touch tells you if something is hot or cold.’
We talked about what is safe and unsafe to touch, completed ‘I can feel’ sheets, labeled the properties of these objects, and completed a mystery box feely activity.
Nursery Become Archaeologists!
Date: 15th Sep 2022 @ 2:37pm
After reading "Harry and his Bucketful of Dinosaurs go to School" nursery immersed themselves in all things dinosaur! We looked for dinosaur bones and fossils and one day we even found some dinosaur eggs! We waited patiently for the babies to hatch and then had great fun making up stories about the dinosaurs together. The children also learnt about shapes by creating shape dinosaurs and worked together to paint some big dinosaurs!
Nursery Take Care of the Outdoors
Date: 13th Sep 2022 @ 8:35pm
We are lucky to have a wonderful outdoor area in nursery and everyone takes pride in keeping the area neat and tidy. The children love caring for the plants and creatures that are living in the garden and work together to keep it looking fabulous. This week the children have been busy picking up the litter that gets blown in. Using the litter pickers is a great way of developing fine motor skills! They have also been sharing the hose pipe and watering cans to keep the plants healthy and building realtionships with each other at the same time. Speaking of relationships, we found a new friend in our garden - a giant slug! We were all fasinated by the little fella and wanted to make sure he didn't go hungry. What else would you feed a slug but the carrots growing in the garden!
Date: 12th Sep 2022 @ 4:47pm
Our science topic this half-term is all about materials and their properties. In this lesson, pupils learned about the 'fire triangle', which explains that there must be fuel, oxygen and heat for combustion to take place. To help children to undertsnt this, we conducted two experiments which showed that oxygen is needed for a candle to burn and that as a candle burns it decreases in mass. The children carried out these experiments using equipment safely, measuring time and mass, and recording results.
Date: 7th Sep 2022 @ 4:39pm
In Science we started looking at forces and understanding what a force was. We played a game called Furious Forces, where we idenitfied how forces could change an object or make an pbject move. We complied a list of verbs to go along side this such as squash, roll, stretch, throw. We then went on a force hunt and carried out every day activities to identify what forces we use to complete them.
Date: 7th Sep 2022 @ 4:21pm
Today we began our new science unit of light. We spent the lesson recapping on all the work we did on light when we were in Year 3. This included how light travels, how shadows are formed and key vocabulary, such as opaque, transparent and translucent. We ended the session with a Kahoot quiz to see how much we remembered.
Year 4 discover what solids, liquids and gases are
Date: 6th Sep 2022 @ 4:12pm
Today, after learning about solids, liquids and gases and their properties, we looked at all three states. We discovered that the particles of a solid are closely packed together, the particles of a liquid are close together but able to move and the particles of a gas are spread out all over.
Remember, Solids,liquids and gases........ they all matter!!
