Science: Blog items
Year 3- Stop the Block Mad Science!
Date: 15th Jun 2023 @ 2:39pm
We had a special visit from a mad scientist, Inquisitive Indie, who came to speak to us about what we put down the toilet! We found out that by putting things we shouldn't down the toilet that we are clogging up the drains. Inquisitive Indie showed us how this happens through some exciting Science experiments, we even got to use dry ice! We found out that we should only flush the 3 P's (ask us what they are!) and we all got our own toilet roll to take home.
Date: 15th Jun 2023 @ 2:34pm
Today we recapped out learning on forces by doing a carousel of activities around the room. We looked at how much force was needed to make an object move, we tested if bigger magnets were strong, if magnets worked underwater, we sorted push and pull forces and finally we used magnets to complete a maze.
Date: 14th Jun 2023 @ 11:50am
On Monday Recepton had 5 little eggs delivered to your classroom. The eggs were placed in the incubator to keep them warm. The children waiting in anticipation for the eggs to begin to hatch. On Tuesday some cracks appeared in one of the eggs and at lunchline a little baby duckling hatched. the duckling had to stay in the incubator until her feather dried out. The children will be watching closely all week to observe the nest for eggs hatching.
Year 4 - Mad Science United Utilities assembly
Date: 13th Jun 2023 @ 8:01pm
This morning, we had 'Mad Science' in funded by United Utilities to talk to us about our drains. We learned about what is (toilet roll sheets and sugar) and what isn't (wet wipes, oil, fat) appropriate to flush down the toilet and down the sink.
Too add a bit more fun - we even got to feel some dry ice whilst we waited to the oil to freeze at -72 degrees.
Year 2 Transparent, Translucent or Opaque?
Date: 13th Jun 2023 @ 3:47pm
Today, Year Two began consolidating our Science learning by recapping our knowledge learnt in our Everyday materials and their properties unit. We flashbacked different materials and their properties before conducting an investigation to find the most suitable window for the three little pigs house to ensure they were hidden from the wolf but light would be able to fill the house. We tested a variety of materials and described them using key language transparent, translucent and opaque. We decided the best materials were the ones that were translucent.
Date: 25th May 2023 @ 3:38pm
Nursery had a super time when the mobile farm visited school. They found out about the animals and what they like to eat and drink and really enjoyed grooming the sheep, goats and donkey. We talked about what happens on a farm, where the animals sleep and how we get milk from a cow and wool from a sheep.
Date: 23rd May 2023 @ 9:16pm
During this half term we have been growing sunflowers for our science topic. We ended our topic by observing over time the changes that happened from seed to small plant, we saw how the plant had grown a stem and some leaves, as well as roots under the soil. We recapped the topics we had covered including evergreen and decidious trees, wild and garden flowers, seeds and bulbs - we have identified, sorted and classified plants. We then used our collaging art skills to create a model flower that included the roots, stem, leaves, petals and flower.
Date: 23rd May 2023 @ 5:50pm
Today we enjoyed a visit from Fisher's Farm and their very friendly animals! We were all looking forward to seeing the animals and finding out more about them. We looked around the different pens and asked the visitors questions such as, 'What food do they eat?' 'How old are they?' and 'How do you care for them?' We even stroked and brushed some of the animals!
Date: 23rd May 2023 @ 4:10pm
Today are children were treated to a visit from Fishers Farm. The children met a variety of farm animals and learned lots about each one. We all had great fun spending time with the animals and stroking them. A lucky few managed to groom some of them too!!
Whole School - Fishers Farm visit
Date: 23rd May 2023 @ 2:39pm
Year 6 - The Human Circulatory System
Date: 23rd May 2023 @ 1:07pm
Our Science unit this half term is focusing on the human body and how to stay healthy. We started by looking at the function of the heart before learning about the circulatory system. This week we have learned about diffision and osmosis - the way that nutrients are moved between cells in our body. Although it is a complicated concept. the children conducted an experiment using potatoes to demonstrate how osmosis works, which really helped to deepen their understanding.
Date: 23rd May 2023 @ 12:47pm
Today are children were treated to a visit from Fishers Farm. The children met a variety of farm animals and learned lots about each one. We all had great fun spending time with the animals and stroking them. A lucky few managed to groom some of them too!!
Date: 23rd May 2023 @ 12:00pm
Today the children in Reception have been lucky enough to visit the mobile farm on the Key Stage 2 playground. The children had a fabulous time visiting the different animals including rabbits, chickens, goats, sheep, a cow, a donkey, a pony and Helga the pig. The children enjoyed learing about how a farm works, why it is important to look after the animals and the job of a farmer.
Year 6 - Manchester Museum Visit
Date: 18th May 2023 @ 4:15pm
Today Year 6 went on a trip to Manchester Museum to support their learning so far. This involved areas such as:
Fossils
Dinosaurs
Ancient Egypt
Classification
Evolution
Archaeology
The children had a wonderful time bringing their learning to life and being given the opportunity to observe artifacts from a range of periods of time.
Year 3 explore how water is transported in a plant!
Date: 18th May 2023 @ 11:53am
In Science we investigated how water is trasported through plants. We had flowers, cups, celary, food colouring and water. These were placed on the children's desk and they were to decide how to use these resources to show water being transported. We placed the flowers in cups of water and food colouring. Through the next 24 hours, we observed the flowers change colour. The leaves, inside the stem, the buds and the petals all started to dye.
Year 3- Forest School Fun Part 2
Date: 18th May 2023 @ 11:48am
Week 2 of Froest School was a blast! We started by looking at the ponds and we noticed that they were drying up and that our tadpoles were in need of rescuing. Some of us dedicated our time to filling the pond back up and we loved to see the tadpoles swimming again. We also used tools to shave twigs and then used natural resources to dye them. Finally, we used shovels to get ready to plant our own courgettes.
Date: 18th May 2023 @ 10:48am
In this lesson we focused on the different parts of a plant. The children took apart plants to see parts such as the stem, roots, root hairs, petals, flowers and buds.
Date: 16th May 2023 @ 9:55pm
This week in Reception the children have visited out school pond area. We have been learning about the different animals that live in the pond and what they need to grow and survive. We observed the pond life and spotted some tadpoles. We observed them in the pond and then took some of them back to our classroom. We put them in a tank and have been wtching how they grow and change.
"The frogs lay frog spawn in the pond:" Kit
"The tadpole come out of the eggs" Albie
They have long tails to help them swim" Lelan
When they get bigger they grown legs. Then its a froglet" Alfie
Date: 16th May 2023 @ 11:43am
In our topic of Stop Motion animation we created short films from still pictures. We used onion skinning techniques to know where our previous picture were so that our changes were small. We made sure not to include our own hair/fingers in the photos to ensure consistency in the finished clip. Some people even added sound (planes and trains) to our animations. We were inspired by our Science of Growth and the WW2 topic using steam trains and fighter planes to create our animations.
Date: 15th May 2023 @ 4:53pm
What an amazing day at Blackpool Zoo! The pupils all had a fantastic time, their behaviour was a credit to the school and their families, and they walked there and back again without a moan. We saw many of the wonderful animals, including: ring-tailed lemurs, monkeys, giraffes and a close-up with the red panda, and we also had talks from the zoo's education team about sea lions, elephants and penguins. Khari the lion has been returned to Blackpool zoo into his new enclosure, and has been out exploring for the first time this week. It was great to see him back again!
Reception Find out about the lifecycle of the buterfly
Date: 12th May 2023 @ 10:29am
This week the children in Reception have been learning about the lifecycle of a butterfly. The children have been observing our classroom caterpillars, watching them grow and change.
"The caterpillar is getting bigger" Jenson
"When it is big it will make a chrysalis" Lana-Rose
"They change into a butterfly" Kit
"It happens again and again" Skylor.
The children have been getting creative painting and collaging caterpillars, cutting and sticking the lifecycle and writing sentences to explain whats happening.
Reception Five Tiny Caterpillars
Date: 4th May 2023 @ 12:27pm
This week the children in Reception had a very special delivery. On Tuesday five tiny little caterpillars arrived in our classroom. Over the next few weeks the chidren are going to be observing the caterpillars grow and change and learning about the lifecycle of the caterpillar. Keep your eyes peeled for updates.
Date: 4th May 2023 @ 10:43am
Norman the Slug with the Silly Shell left us a gift of some slime! The chilldren had a great time exploring the slime and it initiated some wonderful converstaions with the children. They used some great words to describe the slime such as "stretchy, sticky, boingy and bouncy". They were fascinated watching the slime stretch and talked about how long their slime was and whose was longer. The slime also provided a super work out for the childrens fingers with all the pulling, stretching, poking a rolling.
Date: 3rd May 2023 @ 7:11pm
Today we learnt the difference between wild plants and garden plants. We looked at lots of different examples and named these together, talking about how these plants are similar and how they are different. We then sorted some pictures into wild plants and garden plants, using a plant identification key to help us!
