Science: Blog items
Year 4 - What is the link between distance and volume?
Date: 20th May 2024 @ 3:37pm
Today, we looked at the link between distance and volume. We discovered that the further away a sound is the more the soundwaves dissipate and therefore the volume is lower.
Acorns - Sam plants a sunflower
Date: 17th May 2024 @ 4:42pm
This week Acorns have been reading Sam plants a Sunflower, as our class story.
We have enjoyed learning about how plants grow and what they need, including soil, water and sunlight.
We have been developing our focus and attention, taking part in small adult led group activities based around our story.
Acorns have enjoyed the immersive sensory story, especially being sprayed with the water spray when Sam plants his seeds and waters them.
Acorns have experienced planting their very own sunflowers and can't wait to see them grow.
Date: 17th May 2024 @ 4:33pm
Acorns have been watching and waiting patiently for our caterpillars to change into butterflies. On Wednesday, we were excited to see our first butterfly leave its chrysalis.
We waited patiently for all 5 butterflies to appear and then enjoyed watching them fluttering around and drinking from some oranges and flowers.
Today, we released them back into the wild so the life cycle can begin again.
We have really enjoy watching our caterpillars grow and change.
Reception Releasing the Butterflies
Date: 17th May 2024 @ 2:02pm
After observing our caterpilars grow and change, the recpetion children finally released them into the wild. Some of the children were even lucky enough to hold them before they flew off. What a wonderful experience for the children!
"Their wings are red and black" Kisha
"the flap their wings quickly when they fly" Oliver
"They are called Painted Ladies" Levi
Reception The Lifecycle of a Butterfly
Date: 16th May 2024 @ 9:47am
Over the last few weeks the children in Reception have been observing our classroom caterpillars grow and change. We have been learning about the different stages in the lifecycle including; the butterfly laying an egg on a leaf, the caterpillar hatching a eating lots of food, the caterpillar making a chrysalis and finally transorming into a butterfly. The children have sequenced the lifecycle and written sentences about what is happening. The children were meserised when eight beautiful butterflies emeged from the chrysalis.
"The caterpillar hatches out of an egg" Summer S
"It eats leave and vegetables and grows bigger" Neveah
"It's called a larvae" Sid
""It sheds it skin when it gets bigger" Levi
"It makes a cucoon, so it can grow its wings inside" Niko
"The butterfly comes out of the cucoon" Thomas
Year 4 - Relationship between energy and volume
Date: 14th May 2024 @ 2:46pm
Today we did lots of different experiments to find the relationship between energy and volume. We discovered that the more energy the louder the volume.
Acorns - Ben plants a Butterfly Garden
Date: 12th May 2024 @ 6:25pm
This week Acorns have been exploring the story Ben plants a Butterfly Garden.
We are continuing to develop our understanding of the butterfly life cycle.
We have enjoyed a variety of sensory tuff tray experiences as well as the sensory story.
We have also noticed the change in our caterpillars, which a now chrysalis.
We have engaged well in lots of different literacy and numeracy activities, developing our overwriting skills and number knowledge. We are continuing to develop our engagement in adult-led activities alongside our peers.
What a busy week.
Date: 12th May 2024 @ 5:48pm
Acorns have been listening to our adults talk about new life spring brings and this week we went on a spring walk.
Acorns had lots of fun exploring our forest school area and looking at all the different flora and fauna around us.
We enjoyed using visuals to find different plants and tick them of our checklist.
Acorns were excited to see tadpoles from our little pond and enjoyed watching them swim in the bucket.
We are curious to see what they grow up to become and are looking forward to learn about their life cycle next term.
We were excited to spot some butterflies and collected some natural materials to create our very own natural art butterflies after learning about the butterfly lifecycle this term.
Reception- The very Hungry Caterpillar
Date: 10th May 2024 @ 12:16pm
We have been reading the story The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
It is about a very hungry caterpillar that consumes a variety of foods before making a cocoon and becoming a butterfly.
We have had lots of fun retelling the story with our friends using stick puppets, painting a caterpillar, creating our own caterpillar using art resources and making a paper plate butterfly.
Finally, we wrote about our favourite part of the story.
Take a look at our photos!
Date: 7th May 2024 @ 6:46pm
Today we learnt the differences between bulbs and seeds. We learnt that a seed is part of a plant that a new plant grows from and they can be all different shapes and sizes! We then learnt that a bulb is also a part of some plants that can be found underground, storing food for the plant, ready for when it grows. We then completed a bulbs and seeds sort, looked at examples of bulbs and seeds and made observational drawings of bulbs and seeds.
Date: 3rd May 2024 @ 9:54pm
Acorns have been learning about the life cycle of butterflies. We have enjoyed singing the life cycle rhyme to support our understanding and even had tiny little caterpillars come to live in class with us. We have been very curious over the last two weeks, watching them growing. We now have 5 very big caterpillars who are just turning into their chrysalis. It has been very exciting watching the caterpillars get bigger every day and we can’t wait to see what emerges from their cocoons.
Acorns - The Hungry Caterpillar
Date: 3rd May 2024 @ 9:36pm
This week Acorns have been reading the Hungry Caterpillar. We have engaged in a variety of learning activities and experiences to support our understanding of the world around us and the life cycles of butterflies. We have enjoyed making hungry caterpillars in Art and even feeding our very own hungry caterpillar. We found caterpillars and butterflies everywhere, including in our tuff tray and our 'Bucket'. We even had our very own caterpillars come to live in Acorns! We can't wait to see what happens.
Date: 3rd May 2024 @ 9:18pm
Acorns have been developing an understanding about how plants grow. We have explored the need for sunlight, water and soil to be able to grow. Acorns have planted their own beanstalks and cress. We enjoyed filling the plant pots and planting the big seed (bean) and the smaller seeds (cress) and listening to an adult talking about these. We have had fun watering them and checking to see how they have been growing over the last two weeks. We are excited to see the beans beginning to grow taller!!
Reception- What Does a Beanstalk Need to Grow?
Date: 3rd May 2024 @ 11:57am
A very mysterious letter arrived in Reception from Jack (and the Beanstalk!). He wanted us to find out what a beanstalk needs to grow so off we went to investigate.
We discovered that it needed soil, water, sunlight and air. The children looked at the different phases in the lifecycle of a bean and how it changes each time. We then labelled the parts of the bean using scientific vocabulary, root, shoot, seedling, leaf, and flower. Then we planted our own beans with Mrs McAllister and wrote instructions on how to plant them.
"The bean needs sunlight for it to grow" Lucy
"We need to water it " Isla
"The plant gets the goodness from the soil" Oliver J
"The roots grow under ground" Levi
"When it gets leaves it's a seedling" Esmai
Date: 2nd May 2024 @ 2:39pm
Today we learnt about the different ways that seeds disperse. We did a carousel around the room completing different activities that included an experiment, a cloze passage, sorting activities and even popping balloons!
Date: 1st May 2024 @ 10:29pm
Nursery had a visit from Zoo to You this week. The children got to meet Mishell the snail, Milly the millipede, Jagger the bearded dragon, Zeus the snake & Spike the guinea pig. Gemma from Zoo to You told a story about walking through the woods and we met all the different animals on the way. The children were so excited to meet the animals and were brave enough to stroke them all!
Nursery and The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Date: 25th Apr 2024 @ 11:25am
We have been reading the story "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle. The story is brilliant for teaching the children the days of the week, counting and exploring the life cycle of the butterfly. The children have been busy outside looking for caterpillars - we haven't found any yet! We have leanrt the caterpillar starts with a "C" and thought of other things that start with a "c". The children have also enjoyed leanring a new song that teaches us about the liec cycle of a butterfly.
Date: 18th Apr 2024 @ 10:25pm
It has an ordinary Thursday in Nursery when Mrs Robinson from the office arrived with a special delievry! What could be inside the box? We tried to guess and some people thought it might be a puppy while others thought it might of been a lizard! All good guesses - but no! Inside the box we found some teeny, tiny caterpillars! We can't wait to watch their transformation in to butterflies!
Date: 18th Apr 2024 @ 10:14pm
Nursery continue to learn about growth and change and this week we have been reading the story "Ben Plants a Butterfly Garden". In the story, Ben plants some wild flower seeds in his garden to encourage butterflies to come and visit - he even finds some caterpillars! We planted our own wild flower seeds and are looking forward to watching them grow. The children have also spent time exploring flowers and looking at their individual parts, sequenced how to grow and seed and created some collage flowers and some transient art flowers.
Reception- Looking for signs of Spring.
Date: 18th Apr 2024 @ 4:37pm
This week we have been looking for signs of Spring in our school grounds.
It was a little bit chilly but we wrapped up warmly and ventured out into the sunshine.
Around school, we found tulips growing, buds beginning to sprout on branches, pink and white blossom blowing in the wind, a birds nest and even some tadpoles swimming in our school pond.
As we discovered something new, we ticked it off our list until everything had been found- we were very lucky indeed!
Take a look at what Spring looks like at Boundary Primary School.
"Blossom grows on trees in Spring...it is pink and white" Esme.
"I can see tulips and they are red" Melani.
"We have a birds nest and baby birds in it in our outdoor area" Niko.
"Buds grow on trees in Spring" Elie- May.
"The tadpoles in the pond will grow up to be frogs" Mathew.
Date: 18th Apr 2024 @ 2:45pm
Today we explored the parts of plants. We dissected the plants to examine the parts. We used magnifying glasses to take a closer look. We found roots, buds, flowers, leaves and stems. We then looked at the roles of these parts.
Date: 17th Apr 2024 @ 3:18pm
This morning the children in Reception enjoyed going on a spring walk around the school grounds including; out outdoor garden, forest school and the woodland area outside year four. The children spotted blosoom on trees, flowers growing like tulips and dafodills, leaf buds and even a birds nest.
"Blossom grows on trees in spring" Kisha
"Birds make nests and lay eggs" Hunter
The leaves will grow soon" Summer
"It gets warmer in spring" Esmai
"I founds a ladybird and a butterfly" Sahiti
Date: 16th Apr 2024 @ 5:56pm
Today Year 1 enjoyed No Pen Day! We began our Science lesson by identifying the different parts of a tree, including the roots, trunk, bark, branches, leaves and crown. We then labelled these parts on a tree independently, either using the text tool on Seesaw or reading the parts and matching them to the correct label.
We then learnt what the words deciduous and evergreen meant. We looked at examples of each and discussed what we noticed about the different leaves. We learnt that evergreen leaves are usually thicker, leathery and waxier than the leaves of deciduous trees. We felt some examples from different trees, including holly, laurel and hazel. We then completed an evergreen and deciduous tree sort.
Date: 15th Apr 2024 @ 9:20pm
This week the children in Reception have been learning about how to keep ourselves healthy. We talked about having a healthy diet, identifying specific foods that are healthy and others that we should just have as a treat. We talked about the imporantce of getting plently of sleeps and keeping active through exercise. We discussed how many times we should brush our teeth each day and why this is important. Throughout the week we completed lots of different tasks including; making a healthy fruit kebab snack, sorting different foods into healthy choices and occassional treats, practised washing out hands properly, practising brushing our false teeth and exercising in out outdoor area.
"You need to get lotsof sleep because that's when you grow" Oliver
"Brush your teeth in the moring and at hight" Sahiti
"Sugar makes your teeth rot away and makes them sore " Elisha
"You need to go to the dentist so they can check them" Esmai
"Chocolate is a treat" Thomas
"You should have 5 fruit and vegetable a day" Isla
"Exercise make you strong" Levi
Have a look at some of our learning.
Date: 12th Apr 2024 @ 12:50pm
This half-term our science unit is about 'All living things and their Habitats'. Our journey started with exploring the lifecycle and reproductive process of flowering plants. In this lesson, pupils dissected a daffodil to find the different parts of the flower, such as the sepal, style and anther.
