Science
To kick Science Week off, the Year 6 children took part in an interactive lesson about space travel. They learnt lots of interesting things about space and what plans there are for the future with regards to landing on Mars and living on the moon.
The children had their ‘Forest Fun’ session with Mrs Clark and Miss Jones. The children began with a materials scavenger hunt. They had to look for different objects made from different materials. Miss Jones reminded the children of the forest fun rules and spoke to the children about British Science Week and gave the children […]
Year 6 have been learning about Charles Darwin and his Theory of Evolution. We looked at how different finches on the Galapagos Islands have different shaped beaks and thought about what this told us about their diet. We carried out an investigation to see which type of beak is suited to which food type. We […]
As part of our topic on Living Things and Habitats, Owls class were looking at the life cycle of birds. We dissected an egg. We studied the outside of the egg with a magnifying glass. Then we carefully cracked open the egg to identify all the parts inside. We used cocktail sticks to separate the […]
Over the last half term, Woodpeckers have been learning about rocks in science. We have looked at the three types of rocks; igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. We found out how each rock is formed and looked at examples of each rock. In English, we have learnt about headings and subheadings, adverbials, adjectives, expanded noun phrases, […]
Today, in Science, the Owls learned about how flowering plants reproduce sexually. We dissected flowers and studied them under magnifying glasses to identify all the different parts.
The Swans have been learning about refraction in their topic on ‘light’. The learned that refraction is when light travels from one transparent medium (air) to another transparent medium (water) and that the speed the light travels at, slows down when it hits water and changes its direction slightly. This is why some some objects […]
In English this week, we looked at headings, subheadings and paragraphs. We learnt that headings are like a title; they are usually in a bigger size or bolder font and underlined. The heading tells us about what the page/leaflet etc. is going to be about. Subheadings are like mini titles and they tell us what […]
In Science, we are looking at the three different types of rocks and how they are formed. We learnt that igneous rocks are formed when magma cools into rock. Sedimentary rocks are formed under water and under lots of pressure. Metamorphic rocks are rocks that were once igneous or sedimentary rocks come under intense heat […]
In Science, the Owls were learning about mixtures and how to separate them. Each group was given a bowl of different substances mixed together and had to race to separate them all out using sieving, filtering, evaporating and magnets. There was lots of great scientific discussion and hands on learning, and plenty of healthy competition!
Last week, in Science Club, we did a bridge building challenge. The children had to work in groups to make a paper bridge that would support as much weight as possible. The winners were the Year 3 team, who made a bridge that held almost 4kg!
The children in Year 6 have been learning about the function of blood and it’s composition. They made models to represent the different components.