Reception: Forest Schools
Wow, what a super session Reception had today. We found squirrels, looked for mole tunnels and saw lots of different mini beasts. The children built fires, bug huts and dens too. They climbed trees and explored the forest schools area in Whitehall park.
Year 5- Science- Life cycles of mammals
This term in science, we will build on work from previous years and deepen children's understanding of life cycles, reproduction and animal characteristics. This afternoon we have explored similarities and differences that there are in different mammals. Using their knowledge the children created life cycles for a tiger, platypus and a wallaby.
Year 2 - Plants
In our science lessons we have been exploring the needs and features of plants. We have been exploring what plants need to survive and labelling diagrams with an explanation to match.
Year 5- Science- Exploring factors which affect an object's ability to resist water
This afternoon in science the children learnt that water resistance is a force which prevents an object from moving easily through the water. We tested whether air resistance or water resistance is stronger by dropping different shapes of clay, from the same height through water and the air.
Year 4 - Science: Writing Scientific Questions for an Enquiry
This week we have been learning to ask scientific questions. We voted in our groups for the question on which we wanted to base our investigations.
Year 3 Science - Forces and Magnets
Year 3 have been making predictions on magnet forces, considering the position of both bar and horseshoe magnets to see if they will then repel or attract. Once they made their predictions they worked in small groups to conduct their experiments and report their results. We discovered magnets are a non contact force. Excellent work Year 3!
Reception- Muddy Monday
We have had a lovely muddy Monday out in the sunshine. The children were looking at signs of spring on our walk around our school today. The children used a checklist to find all sorts of things we may see in spring. The children were also looking through cloud detectors to see which type of clouds were visible today. The children decided it was the cumulonimbus clouds they could see.
Year 6- London Science Museum
Year 6 also visited the London Science Museum and took part in an interactive gallery called Wonderlab:The Equinor Gallery. The interactive experience ignited their curiosity, fuelled their imagination, and inspired them to see the world around them in new and exciting ways. They enjoyed lots of hands on experiments, live science demonstrations and revealed the beauty of the science and maths that shape our everyday lives. They particularly enjoyed the friction experiment using slides with different surfaces that they could zoom down and see which one had the most friction! Kaylen said he felt like he was in heaven as he loves science!
Year 3 Super Slime!
To celebrate British Science Week, each class were given the opportunity to vote for a science experiment that they would like to try out this week. Year 3 voted for Cornflower Slime! We have had great fun this afternoon, experimenting with making slime and thinking about if slime is a solid or a liquid, along with learning how slime is different to water!
DT in Year 4 - Designing and Making an Alarm System
In our DT session today, we have finished our alarm designs and started to created them by gathering all of the relevant components for the circuit. We thought really carefully about electrical safety, how to make an effective design and what to do if something goes wrong.
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Year 5- Science- Egg Zip Line Challenge
The Year 5 scientists had a fun science afternoon. They made parachutes to learn about air resistance and tried out egg zip lines. They made special harnesses using pipe cleaners to safely transport eggs down the zip wire. It was a great way for them to learn about science and engineering whist having fun!
Year 4 - Science Week Investigation
For Science Week, Year 4 voted to carry out the Egg Zip Line experiment. The children had to make the best basket to carry an egg down a zip line at speed. The winning group were the ones whose egg went reached the bottom the fastest without it dropping on the floor.