Blog by Tag: Science

This week in science, we investigated a question inspired by The Gingerbread Man story…

Would the Gingerbread Man have been safer swimming across the river or climbing onto the fox?

The children worked in groups to order the method before carrying out the investigation independently. They…

In Science, Willow class have been investigating the viscosity of liquids and how it affects how they pour.

We carried out our experiments using our plans from the previous lesson and recorded the results.

This week in science, we explored a question inspired by a traditional tale…

Who was quicker – the tortoise or the hare?

To begin, the children recapped their learning about the five animal groups and discussed the characteristics of animals in each one. We then compared the tortoise and the…

What an incredible day we had at Rosliston Forestry Centre!

The children were full of excitement as we became real-life nature detectives, exploring a range of different habitats around the centre in search of minibeasts. Armed with nets, brushes and magnifiers, we carefully searched high and…

 Willow Class tested different circuits to see if it would light their bulbs.

Our classroom has been full of excitement as we turned into young scientists today… with a wriggly twist!

We created our very own wormeries to help us answer the question: what do worms do to the soil? The children were so curious and couldn’t wait to get started.

First, we worked together…

This week for Art Week, Maple Class have been getting creative outdoors by making beautiful minibeast nature suncatchers – and what a wonderful link to our new Science topic on micro-habitats and minibeasts!

The children began by exploring our outdoor area, carefully collecting natural…

During Busy Bee time in our outdoor learning area, the children made an exciting discovery – a friendly Common Toad hopping along the path!

The children watched carefully as the toad jumped across the path and headed towards the tyres, where it cleverly hid amongst the leaves. We talked about…

Oak class have been exploring electricity and resistance in circuits. The children were set several challenges to see who could make their bulbs the brightest.

Willow had a very creative science lesson making pan flutes.
We used 8 different lengths of straws and stuck them together. When we blew them we'd created an instrument that could achieve different pitches and we were able to explain why.

In Science this week, Maple Class travelled all the way to the forests of Tanzania without leaving our school grounds!

We have been learning about the famous scientist Jane Goodall. To truly understand her work, the children became scientists for the afternoon. We grabbed our books and…

In our science lesson today we were investigating how volume changes with distance.

What happens to the volume of a sound as the distance from the source increases and decreases? Let’s find out.