Science
What happens to our shadows throughout the day?
We drew around our shadows this morning and predicted what might happen to them during the day. When we went back out to check in the afternoon, we stood in the same spot and realised our shadows had not only moved but were smaller and shorter too! This is what we...
Testing magnetic force
Pop, Pop, Pop !
After some of our children have been making pop corn in our home corner, we made our own real popcorn to taste. First we talked about what was in the packet, including learning new vocabulary kernels. We talked about the difference between sweet and salted popcorn and...
What are the effects of friction?
Thank you, Alice and Alfie’s mum!
Alice and Alfie's mum kindly donated some beautiful plants to us and it was our job to plant them. We had to research the conditions needed for each plant before we planted them, so we planted the buddliah in a sunny spot, the fern in a dark, damp spot and the...
What is friction?
In year 4, we have been learning about forces. One force that impacts our everyday life, but seldom think about, is friction. We planned an experiment to explore which shoes would provide me with the most friction for an upcoming hike. Which shoe do you think gripped...
Forest friends
Each week we love our forest sessions. We explore the principle of plan-do-review where we decide what we are going to do and write a list of equipment we need to help us to prepare for our session.
New additions to the Reception family
Due to our kind and caring nature we received a special delivery today. It contained a letter which we helped Miss Hayden decode to reveal we had been sent 5 caterpillars to help preserve the the butterfly species. We all wrote down a name we would like to call the...
Science week 3M and 7B
This years theme for Science week is growth so each has been given a different challenge to do with growing sunflower seeds. In 3M and 7B, we have posed the question ‘Does the size of a plant pot affect the size of the sunflower plant?’ We have made our predictions...