By Karen Spinks on Monday, March 12, 2018 in Science, STEM, Uncategorized, Year 6. No Comments
This afternoon, Year 6 have “combusted” iron wool and have found out that iron oxide is heavier than iron wool. This is due to the oxidation process, which changed the iron wool to iron oxide (denser). We did this by using electricity from a battery to add energy which created sparks; combusting iron wool looks very […]
By Karen Spinks on Tuesday, January 30, 2018 in Art and Design, History, Learning Adventure, Science, Year 6. 2 Comments
Here’s just a few photographs of what year 6 have been working on over the last few afternoons. On Monday, we made elephant’s toothpaste: a colloid. This was created via a chemical reaction through mixing hydrogen peroxide, potassium iodide, washing-up liquid and food colouring. In Learning Adventure this afternoon, we looked at the works of Henry […]
By Mr. Setchell on Friday, January 19, 2018 in Computing, Maths, Science. No Comments
Fancy a juicy mathematical challenge? There are some lovely questions at https://parallel.org.uk/7-01-parallelogram Don’t be put off by the fact it says year 7 – you can do this!
By Georgina Stone on Monday, December 11, 2017 in Science. No Comments
To all those budding weather forecasters and scientists, an exciting opportunity has arisen. Or should I say fallen… Please bring into school any evidence of your participation in the following challenges, such as posters, photos or jars (more to be revealed in challenge 2). This will also earn you extra ‘House Points’ and a place […]
By Abigail Tomlins on Friday, November 24, 2017 in Science, Year 5. 3 Comments
We had a super afternoon of science in 5T building and testing model cars. The children started to identify different ways their cars could be improved in order to help them travel further! We looked at the size and shape of the wheels, weight of the chassis, the amount of air blown into the balloon, […]
By Robin Adkins on Monday, October 30, 2017 in Science, Uncategorized, Year 3. 2 Comments
This term, year 3 have had an amazing time in science. One of our favourite lessons was when we investigated “thrust”. We wanted to work out how to make our model, balloon powered, cars travel further. We changed the variable of how much air was blown into the balloon. We discovered that the more air that is blown […]
By Georgina Stone on Monday, October 16, 2017 in Science. 16 Comments
What’s the link between these images? Tell me what your thoughts are and the reasons behind them. I look forward to reading them. Miss Stone
By Mr. Setchell on Friday, October 13, 2017 in British Values, Community, Computing, History, Maths, Science, STEM. No Comments
When we think about history, some of the most inspiring stories come from recent times. ‘Hidden Figures’ is a film based on the true story of three brilliant African-American mathematicians – Dorothy Vaughn, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson. They worked at NASA in the 1950s and ’60s making the important calculations that helped launch the […]
By Linda Samuels on Friday, May 19, 2017 in English, Science, Year 3. 2 Comments
Year 3 did some cross curricular investigations, which included performing a scene from a book they are studying in English. To do this they used shadow dancing to explore their Science topic which is light.
By A Carter on Friday, March 31, 2017 in Art and Design, History, Learning Adventure, Science, STEM, Year 5. No Comments
5E were tasked with building their own machines to transport water from the River Nile to land. Using inspiration from the shadufs used in Egypt, we explored the use of levers, pivots and counterweights. Ingenuity and interdependence was shown by everyone, producing some really unique devices. Amazing work and effort 5E!
