Investigating Light in Year 3

This week in Science, we have been asking and answering our very own questions about light! We had torches and a variety of different materials, and from this, we thought about some questions that could be answered using these resources. Our questions included:  Can light travel through liquid? Can light travel through any materials? What happens […]

Wellness Week in Nursery

As part of Wellbeing week, we have been reading the book ‘Colour Monster’ which is all about emotions. The children then had a go at marble painting their own colour monster . This activity is great as it focuses on fine motor skills such as hand strength, bilateral coordination, visual tracking to watch marbles as […]

Penguins in Year 2

Over the past few weeks Year 2 have been learning all about Non-Chronological Reports  – Fact files and have used their growing knowledge of penguins to write their own. They have been eager to share all of the information they have learned and have worked really hard to write this in a fact file style. […]

Lost and Found in Reception

Our Reception children have loved this week’s focus story ‘Lost and Found’ by Oliver Jeffers.  They have created fabulous penguin paintings that look wonderful on display.  There have been lots of opportunities to retell the story using stick puppets, story maps and small world scenes.  Just like in the story, the children had a look […]

Forest School in Year 1

Last week in forest we were looking for signs of spring.  We talked about deciduous and evergreen trees and some children identified trees by looking at their buds. There was also a racing car built and a hotel.

Light in Year 3

Year 3 have been looking at Light as part of our Science Topic. They had to create informative leaflets on how to protect yourself when out in the sun. They had to be informative and look eye-catching. They included using sun cream, sunglasses and keeping indoors at the hottest times of day.

Reflective Materials

In Year 3 this term, our topic is ‘Light’. As part of this, we have been looking at how and why light reflects, and and what makes good reflective material. We have also discussed the importance of wearing reflective material when it is dark, and we made some posters to encourage people to do so, […]

Circulatory System in Year 6

Year 6 have identifying the main parts of the circulatory system and the role of the heart. We understood that the heart is a powerful organ and where it is situated in the body. To help investigate the heart further, we were given stethoscopes and other medical equipment to check ourselves over. You’ll be happy […]

Palaeontology in Year 3

Year 3 children became palaeontologists this week. Using their knowledge of rocks and fossils they investigated the skills needed to excavate.

Investigating Teeth in Year 3

Year 3 have been learning about teeth for science and investigating how drinks can affect them. After setting up an experiment to compare 5 different drinks they are now using their scientific skills to observe and compare.  Some of our results have shocked the children.