--- title: "Year 1 Science: Our Sense of Smell" url: "https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-12-18-year-1-science-our-sense-of-smell" school: "St Barnabas Primary School, A Church of England Academy" --- We are holding a number of open days for children due to start primary school in September 2027. Please see our admissions page for further details. Everyone welcome! # Year 1 Science: Our Sense of Smell ![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/images/news/AAA691FF-0176-407D-AFF4-820EDEA8CEB6.jpeg) 18 December 2025 Yesterday, we learnt about our sense of smell. We discovered that we have small sensors in our nose which communicate with our brain for us to understand the odour of something. We also found out that without our sense of smell, we would not be able to taste as strongly. Our experiment was to smell vanilla extract, garlic, chilli flakes, an orange and flowers and describe them as either sweet, strong, spicy, fruity or floral. We also gave them a rating out of 10. Year 1 understood that to really smell something, they had to sniff hard as this sucks up the molecules into our nostrils. ![](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/images/news/AAA691FF-0176-407D-AFF4-820EDEA8CEB6.jpeg) [Year 1](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/year-1) [Science](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/tag/science) [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/100x100c/news/IMG_2143.jpeg)](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-12-17-year-5-christmas-party) Previous ### [Year 5 - Christmas Party](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-12-17-year-5-christmas-party) [![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/imagecache/100x100c/news/activitymore-4C065740-E391-457B-A6BE-0C86AC860A2D.png)](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-12-19-year-3-visit-the-rose-garden) Next ### [Year 3 visit the Rose Garden](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news/2025-12-19-year-3-visit-the-rose-garden) ### Personal Development - [News](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/news) - [Events](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/events) - [Photo Gallery](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/photo-gallery-category/our-gallery) - [Calendar](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/calendar) - [School Council](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/attendance) - [Fundraising](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/fundraising) - [Extra Curricular Clubs](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/clubs) - [Little Leaders](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/academy-life/little-leaders) - [Visits and Visitors](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/visits-and-visitors) - [British Values](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/british-values) - [Protected Characteristics](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/protected-characteristics) ##### Location Knowlesly Road Darwen Lancashire BB3 2JA ##### Contact Us 01254 702996 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/stbarnabasce/) - [X](https://twitter.com/stbarnabasce) © Copyright 2021–2026 St Barnabas Primary School, A Church of England Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://stbarnabasdarwen.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/) ![](https://files.schudio.com/st-barnabas-primary-school/images/events/Open_Days_2026-27_(3).png)