Moving Vehicles
Year 6 have been taking part in a vehicle project funded by Primary Engineers and the Reece Foundation. They measured and cut wood to create frames then used triangles to strengthen them. They then used pulleys and small electrical circuits to connect the batteries...
Investigating wheels, axles and chassis
Today we investigated how vehicles move. We found out that wheels are attached to vehicles by axles. We worked hard to attach fixed axles and rotating axles to different chassis and decided which we preferred and were more secure. We also enjoyed testing them to see...
The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch
We have enjoyed sharing the story as a class of ‘The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch’ as well as investigating other light sources, building our own pulley system and baking lighthouse biscuits.