Science
Making rain gauges
Today we continued to look at the Seasons and created rain gauges to see how the amount of rainfall changes across the seasons. We will be measuring them over time and comparing our results.
Electrical Conductors
We have been learning which everyday materials are able to conduct electricity. We set up electrical circuits to see which ones created a complete loop- this made the bulb shine and told us that electricity was able to flow through some materials and not others. The...
Parts of our body
We have been learning all about the parts of the body, and we then drew around each other and labelled it with the parts we had learned.
STEM Glider Project in 6B!
6B had a brilliant day on Friday 13th January as part of a project with the Small Piece Trust. We followed their livestream throughout the day and planned, built and tested gliders. We learned about the science behind flight and how the thrust and lift on a plane...
Impact Recycling Trip
After all our hard work on recycling this half term, we have finished with a trip to a recycling bank and we got to see all the test that we performed in the classroom in action in real life. It was so interesting and the kids were full of questions. [gallery...
How is Plastic Recycled? Our Visit to a Recycling Centre.
Magnetic Recycling Machines
The children explored magnetism and how it can be useful in the real world for recycling. They then created a sorting machine that used magnetism to separate different metals.
Nursery Rhyme week
This week we took part in world Nursery rhyme week with other children all around the world. Each day we had activities and stories linked to the Nursery rhyme. We even found out we are similar to a frog as we, just life frogs, are part of a life cycle. We also...
Sorting animals into groups
We learned about the different groups that animals are part of, and we practised sorting them into their different groupings using our toy animals. We practised using the vocabulary of mammals, amphibians, fish, reptiles and birds.