Science: Blog items
Date: 7th Dec 2021 @ 10:19am
In Science, we used the outdoors and went on a Now Press Play adventure! Our goal was to travel in time to find suitable rocks to build a palace, all while fighting off the evil fire breathers! Afterwards, we participate in a quiz to check our understanding and we ALL scored full marks!!
Date: 6th Dec 2021 @ 7:53pm
Today we completed an experiment to test which materials were waterproof and which were not. We read all about Ted’s problem and thought about what we could do to help him, as he didn’t know which material would make the best umbrella. We talked about what equipment we needed, how we were going to make our experiment a fair test, and the method we needed to follow for our experiment. We learnt that a fair test means we need to do exactly the same thing every time we do the test, for example how far away from the material we drop the water, how much water we use and how long the water touches the material before we observed the result.
Date: 1st Dec 2021 @ 10:46am
This week in science our Year 4's have been learning all about the ear. We have talked about the different parts of the ear, how they all work together and how our brain processes sounds. We then created our own PowerPoints to show off what we have learned about the human ear so far and presented to each other.
Date: 30th Nov 2021 @ 3:53pm
After learning all about rocks and fossils, we studied a very important scientist- Mary Anning. We learnt all about her life growing up and the fantastic discoveries she made. We went on a hunt around the classroom to find out facts about Mary Anning, in order to answer our trivia questiosn. Today, Mary Anning is still known as one of the greatest fossil hunters to have ever existed!
Working Scientifically - Circuits
Date: 24th Nov 2021 @ 8:34pm
We had a great Science lesson this week. As part of our electricty unit, we focussed on working scientifically and fair testing. After recapping on what we had learned so far about electricity and circuits, we were given a tray of electrical components and asked to think about enquiry questions we could ask. We learned more about voltage and decided on the question - How does the number of cells in a circuit affect the brightness of a bulb? We then discussed fair testing and which variables we could change and which would stay the same, before making predictions about the outcome of the test.
Date: 19th Nov 2021 @ 4:12pm
As part of our final Forest School session, we spent our time outdoors learning different types of survival skills.
Year 5 made dens out of different materials and learnt how to secure them using a range of knots and understood why it is important to protect ourselves from cold weather whilst out in nature. We then made a fire and understood why different factors such as the wind and types of energies can have an impact on their effectiveness.
To finish our sessions, we made pizza, shortbread and hot chocolate.
We have had such a great time and learnt so much about the outdoors.
Autumn Leaves Are Falling Down
Date: 18th Nov 2021 @ 8:34pm
We have been talking about the seasons this week and how we can tell it is autumn. The children have learnt about the signs of autumn and know that the leaves change colour and fall off the trees. They have produced some super autumn based art work including an autumn collage and printing some autumn leaves. They have also been counting conkers and making shapes using autumn sticks.
Date: 16th Nov 2021 @ 7:10pm
Today we explored everyday objects and identified the materials they are made from. We learnt the new term ‘properties’ and what this means. We then sorted the objects based on their properties and completed a properties scavenger hunt. After we had worked independently on our hunt, we came together and discussed our whole class findings. Finally we had a think about why materials are chosen to make specific objects.
We are living in a material world...
Date: 13th Nov 2021 @ 2:34pm
This half term, our Year Two Science focus is Everyday Materials. This week we took our learning outside as we went on a material hunt. We were looking for items made from common everyday materials such as wood, plastic, metal, glass and paper. We also began to discuss the propetries of each of these materials such as whether they were hard or soft, rough or smooth, transparent or opaque. We found lots of items made from metal, plastic and wood but very few items made from glass and none made from paper which began to make us think about the durability of different materials.
Why are there so many leaves on the ground in Autumn?
Date: 12th Nov 2021 @ 12:10pm
Holly went on a woodland walk to Salisbury Woods to find the answer to this question!
In the woods we saw lots of leaves on the ground, all different colours, and some were even falling to the ground as we walked along. We collected leaves, looked at their shape, size and colour and learnt that some leaves in Autumn die, change colour and then fall off the trees. We also learnt that some trees are evergreen and don't loose their leaves in Autumn but stay green all year".
We also had fun climbing trees, listening to the sound the leaves made as we ran through them, created leaf angels, played Pooh sticks and spotted some woodland animals, such as a Robin and a squirrel.
"This is a big leaf...it is brown and oval shape". Mercedes.
"The leaves make a crunchy sound!" Oscar.
"I see orange, brown, yellow and red leaves everywhere!" Jaxon.
"The leaves have died and fallen off the trees." Charlie
If you go down to the woods today..!
Date: 12th Nov 2021 @ 11:20am
This week the children in Willow class enjoyed a trip to Salisbury Woods where we were observing seasonal change and collecting lots of autumnal objects like leaves, pine cones, acrons and conkers. The children had a great time exploring the outdoors and were even lucky enough to spot some woodland animals. When we returned to school we produced some lovely writing about the things we saw, made autumn sun catchers using the things we had collected and did some leave printing.
Date: 12th Nov 2021 @ 8:12am
In DT today we looked at gears and pulleys and how they work in order to create movement. We learned about gear trains and the direction in which gears go depending on how many gears there are in the train. We also learned about combinations of gears in order to speed up/down the gears.
Date: 5th Nov 2021 @ 3:48pm
For our WOW, we turned in archiologists and went digging for rocks and fossils. We set up a diggin site, a cleaning site and an inspections site. We looked at the characteristics of various rocks and fossils and started to group them.
Date: 4th Nov 2021 @ 6:32pm
Hold the phone...! That's exactly what our Year 4's were doing in this weeks Science WOW lesson. We are focussing on sound this half term and we thought that this would be a great way to kick off our topic. We made phones with paper cups and string, looking at how the sound of our voices travelled through the string and to the other cup! We noticed that to hear our partner properly, the string had to be nice and tight and we had a great time along the way!
In space, no-one can here you learn
Date: 4th Nov 2021 @ 4:08pm
This term our science topic is , 'The Earth and Space'.
We will be learning about some of the amazing things that can be found in the universe, including planets, moons and asteroids. In our first lesson, we worked together as a class to create a scale diagram of the planets in our solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
Using the actual sizes, we calculated how big we would have to make the planets to fit on our classroom ceilling - Jupiter has a diameter of 142,800 km (11.2 x bigger than Earth), so in our diagram, Jupiter had a diameter of 66cm. We also used the same method to calculate how far apart the planets would be on our diagram, using their relative distance from the Sun - Earth is approximately 149,000,000 km (1 Astronomical Unit) away from the Sun, but on our diagram it is just 40 cm. The pupils then used real photographs of the planets to paint or colour them in the correct colours.
Date: 1st Nov 2021 @ 1:01pm
We started our new science topic – Electricity – by experimenting with electrical components to make various circuits. We worked out how to make bulbs light up, motors move and buzzers sound. We used switches to investigate what would happen when the circuit was broken and tested various materials for electrical conductivity.
Date: 22nd Oct 2021 @ 2:20pm
Date: 21st Oct 2021 @ 8:16pm
Today we took part in the 'What's Under Your Feet? experiment.' We chose a patch to investigate in a section of grass near to our KS1 playground. Using a spade, we dug the top layer of soil and grass and tipped it onto a tray. We then sorted and identified the minibeasts we found in the soil, before very carefully putting them back and replacing the grass.
Date: 21st Oct 2021 @ 5:00pm
We took part in 'What's Under Your Feet' task where we had to check the food supply for birds. We threw a pencil onto the grass to select the area and this would be the place we were going to dig up to investigate. Once we had selected our area, we measured 30cm x 30cm ready to dig up. We used a spade to dig up the top layer of grass and soil and tipped it onto a tray. Using rulers and plastic dishes, we placed worms and other wildlife in to measure the lengths of the food source for birds. Whilst we were doing this task, we saw seaguls stamping their feet on the grass to trick the worms into thinking that it's raining so that they would come to the surface.
Shoot for the Stars! Science Club
Date: 21st Oct 2021 @ 4:08pm
Today was our last day of Science Club and we had a blast! We used baking soda and vinegar to creat a rocket and we also tried the Mentos challenge.
A huge thank you to all of the parents that joined us for the fun today, we had a great time and we appreciate your support.
Date: 21st Oct 2021 @ 11:05am
Shadows were our area of investigation for this week's science lesson. We were presented with four key questions and various equipment that we could use to investigate them. We were asked to consider how shadows are created, waht creates the shape of a shadow and how you can make a shadow smaller or larger.
Science Club's Ice Cream Makers!
Date: 14th Oct 2021 @ 10:41am
In Science Club last week we made our own ice cream! We could not believe that we actually made it work. We started by pouring ice into a bag and adding salt to make the ice extra cold. We then added milkshake to a ziplock bag and put it inside the ice. After a long shake, we had ice cream! It was delicious!
Date: 13th Oct 2021 @ 5:02pm
In Science today we have been learning about refraction. We turned out the lights and used prisms and torches to investigate how light is split into spectrum. We then created our own colour wheels. Spinning the wheels had the opposite effect and the colours appeared white.
Date: 13th Oct 2021 @ 9:26am
Today in Science we made our very own sensory bottles using a range of colourful and textured objects. We recapped the five senses and how our senses help us explore the world and keep us safe. We linked our learning to World Mental Health Day and identified objects we wanted to add to create a sensory bottle to convey a certain emotion. Children classified the items into sensory groups and thought about how different items and colours might make people feel.
Date: 11th Oct 2021 @ 7:24am
This week in Science we took part in an investigation to find out which materials are soluble.
We first ensured that we all knew what the terms around solubilty were so we could talk scientifically during our experiment.
We then took turns to gather a material and stir it into water and watch what happened. We used sand, rice, sugar, salt, coffee and whipped cream! As you can tell from the photographs, our children in Year 5 learnt so much about the materials and their solubility. Once we had finished our experiment, we spent time to write our results down and compare them with what different groups found.
