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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
Today we refreshed our knowledge on weather symbols and used them to dress Winnie the Pooh appropriately for all kinds of weather. We discussed items we may need for different kinds of weather, for example the importance of a sun hat and sun cream on a hot, sunny day!
After listening to the story Jasper's Beanstalk, the children in Nursery used a range of resources to create our own beanstalk. First, we used pipe cleaners, twisting them around and attaching them to each other to make a giant beanstalk. Adults modelled new...
In the week where the weather brought us sun and rain we used mathematical vocabulary when investigating ”what does half mean”?
In Science we have been learning all about different materials and their properties. We found out that paper umbrellas were not waterproof so decided we could do a better job and tried to conduct a test to find which material would be the best for creating an...
