Science: Blog items
Date: 11th Jul 2024 @ 12:18pm
We were so lucky to have a mobile farm visit us at school this week. The animals were so lovely and the children were able to brush the goats and pony. The goats were a bit cheeky and tried to lick our fingers and the sheep were nore interested in eating their hay! The children were very gentle with the animals and throughly enjoyed the experience.
Date: 10th Jul 2024 @ 1:13pm
Nursery have been learning all about farms this week in preperation for the farm visit on Thursday. We read the story "Oliver's Milkshake" and learnt that we usually get our milk from cows, although you can drink goats milk too! We decided it would be nice to make our own milkshakes and voted to see who would like a strawberry milkshake and who would like rasberry. The winner was strawberry! So today we got to make a yummy, scrummy strawberry milkshake!
Date: 4th Jul 2024 @ 12:17pm
Nursery did a wonderful science experiment this week to make a rainbow! We needed kitchen towel, felt tip pens and two small bowls of water. We coloured a small rainbow at the bottom of the kitchen towel and when we placed it in water, the rainbow grew! This is becasue the fibres in the kitchen roll have lots of little holes. Water is absorbed throught the kitchen roll becasue when the first water molecule sticks to it and begind to move up, it pulls the next water molecules up with it, like a chain!
Acorns - Supertato and Health week
Date: 30th Jun 2024 @ 5:40pm
Acorns have been celebrating Health & Well-Being week this week through a variety of activities. Firstly, our very successful interactive sports session which we all loved. Our sensory story was Supertato. We loved listening to the story and exploring the Superveggies!! We had a selection of vegetables to touch, smell and taste before matching them to the correct cards. We also made fruit kebabs and loved tasting a variety of fruit and strengthening our fine motor skills, threading the fruit onto skewers. We counted potatoes and vegetables during maths and even made our own Supertato art work. We finished the week off wearing bright and sporty outfits and developing some turn taking skills during our activities.
Date: 27th Jun 2024 @ 2:53pm
This week the children in year 5 were visited by the School Nurse. She spoke to the children about the importance of exercise, sleeping and having a healthy diet. SHe also gave us some advise on how to brush our teeth and look after them properly.
Date: 25th Jun 2024 @ 1:55pm
Acorns have enjoyed meeting the ducklings and learning about their growth and life cycle.
We have incorporated lots of eggciting activities into our learning this week.
We loved our sensory duck themed tuff trays, maths activities and writing activities.
We have been reading Oh Dear and looking for the eggs and enjoyed matching the animals during our sensory story and using the correct noises of the animals.
Acorns have also been busy making ducks during art.
Our highlight was watching the ducks take a paddle in the reception play area before we said good bye.
Date: 25th Jun 2024 @ 1:47pm
Acorns have been exploring the frog life cycle.
To support our learning, we have been reading The Perfect Ribbit and signing the frog life cycle song.
We have enjoyed listening to the story, practicing frogs sounds, singing and using the sensory animals to support our understanding.
We even had a visit from the tadpoles in our pond.
We looked at how they have changed from the last time we saw them and noticed they had grown some back legs.
We are looking forward to their next visit when they become froglets and then frogs.
Date: 23rd Jun 2024 @ 8:58pm
Over the past two weeks the children have enjoyed looking after our five classroon ducklings; Sunny, Cher, Ozzy, Freddie and Bertie. The children have been finding out the importance of ensuring they have enough food and water, warmth and a clean cage. the children have taken responsibility for cleaning out their cage, topping up their ood and water and making sure then can enjoy swimming in the water trays out side, The children have produced some lovely writing about the ducks and have enjoyed taking part in lots of duckling themed activities including; making a duck the creative table, labelling the lifecycle, painting a duck and building a duckling nest. aLl the children had the opportunity to handle the duckling (some children even overcame their fear). What a fabulous few weeks!
Date: 21st Jun 2024 @ 2:03pm
In Science we recapped our learning on Rocks! We completed different activites to revisit our learning. We looked at the characteristics of metamorphic, sedimentary and igneous rocks. We used key vocabulary to complete matching activities and a Cloze. Finally, we also explored the layers of soils.
Date: 20th Jun 2024 @ 4:27pm
We were so excited when the ducklings from our Reception classes came for a vsiit. We talked about how the mummy duck laid an egg and the ducklings hatched out of the egg, We loved watching them waddle around!
Date: 19th Jun 2024 @ 5:01pm
Today we visited Martin Mere Wetland Centre as part of our Science consolidation. We got to explore the wetlands and see the different animals that habit there and looked at some of their features. We also completed some activities to help us connect with nature and become friends with it and value the things we have in natural environments.
Date: 17th Jun 2024 @ 4:42pm
Last week, we conducted an experiment to see which material would be the best to use for windows in the three little pigs house. We decided we wanted it to be translucent so some light could pass through but would be difficult for the wolf to see the pigs. We tested a variety of materials to see whether they were opaque, translucent or transparent.
Date: 17th Jun 2024 @ 4:06pm
We continued our 'Mechanical Systems' unit by finding our more about pulleys and gears. We learned how pulleys an gears can be used in mechanical systems before experimenting making different gear chains. We also made pulleys from wooden dowel and cotton reels.
Date: 16th Jun 2024 @ 7:28pm
This week the children in Reception received a very special delivery - 5 duck eggs. The duck eggs warm in the incubator until they were ready to hatch, we even saw one hatching. The children enjoyed visiting the ducks in reception, but were even more excited when they visited Acorn class. We enjoyed looking at the chicks and listening to how the ducks lay eggs and then hatch into ducklings. Then we had an opportunity to touch them and feel how soft they were.
"Ducks" said Krithik
"Quack" said Omer
"So cute" Amelia
Date: 14th Jun 2024 @ 11:36am
This week the children in Reception recieved a very special delivery- 5 duck eggs. We kept the duck eggs warm in the incubator until they were ready to hatch. The she waited patiently observing the cracks appearing in the eggs and listening carefully- they could even hear the ducklings cheeping inside the eggs. On Wednesday the children were lucky enough to observe two of our duckling hatch- Sunny and Cher. The children enjoyed getting their cage ready with food and water and making sure the heat lamp was working. Thet are extremly excited to look after and care for the ducks over the next few weeks aswell as learn about the lifecycle.
"There is a little crack in the egg" Summer
"It is making a hole with his bill" Levi
"I can hear him cheeping" Alaiya
"they have to stay in the incubator to dry their feather" Oliver
Date: 13th Jun 2024 @ 9:12pm
This Science this half term, Year 4 are recapping some of the units that have covered this year. This week, we completed a flashback about the states of matter and their properties. Then, we explained the process of freezing and melting by making ice cream!
Year 6 visit to Manchester Museum
Date: 12th Jun 2024 @ 8:09am
Today Year 6 visited Manchester Museum. There were lots of different areas to explore, including Ancient Egypt, Fossils, The Natural World and Ancient Asia. We were able to link our learning in Science to the fossil and dinosaur section as well as looking at how animals and plants have evolved over time. We had a great time and learned lots.
Nursery Release the Butterflies!
Date: 23rd May 2024 @ 1:27pm
We were all so excited this week when the caterpillars we loved and cared for turned in to butterflies! We watched them as the enjoyed the orange and sugar water we had given them and when they were strong enough we let them go so they could go in search of some beautiful flowers!
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.
