20
Dec
What’s happening in Year 2 – Week 8
Year 2 created Christmas hand puppets for their STEAM project. [gallery ids="16098,16099,16100,16101,16102,16103"]...
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15
Dec
What’s happening in Year 6 – Week 7
As part of our STEAM project this week, the Year 6 children were given a brief to design, make and evaluate an alarm system that could be used to warn people of the imminent threat of a Tsunami. In pairs, the children began by researching some...
15
Dec
What’s happening in Year 5 – Week 7
This week Year 5 completed their STEAM project. They researched, designed and constructed a moving Christmas toy, including making a moving mechanism out of cams and followers. The key skill was using a hot glue gun to secure the components in accurate positions to ensure...
15
Dec
What’s happening in Year 4 – Week 7
In Year 4 this week we have been doing a very exciting STEAM project. Using our knowledge of circuits and electricity we designed and created our own electronic game all about volcanoes. Our design criteria was: Must be an eye catching design Must be informative Must be an electronic...
15
Dec
What’s happening in Year 2 – Week 7
This week was STEAM week. We were tasked with creating Christmas themed hand puppets. We created our own templates and designs and we used many different skills such as cutting, threading and decorating. [gallery ids="16015,16016,16017,16018"]...
08
Dec
What’s happening in Year 6 – Week 6
Over the last few weeks, a selection of children across Year 6 have been putting their scientific skills to the test and preparing a Science Fayre enquiry to share with the rest of the school. With their minds set on the scientific strand of physics, the...
01
Dec
What’s happening in Year 5 – Week 5
This week has been busy in Year 5! We have been creating our Christmas chandelier, using paper and glitter to represent the star that was followed by the wise men to Bethlehem. [gallery ids="15751,15752,15753,15754,15755,15756,15757"] In science this half term we have been learning about forces. This week we...
01
Dec
What’s happening in Year 2 – Week 5
Year 2 have been looking at the cress seeds they planted last week. They observed how the seeds have survived in each condition. Each day, they discussed what changes they could see and how what they could conclude from this. Year 2 love to be...
24
Nov
What’s happening in Year 6 – Week 4
This week in science, Year 6 used their observational skills to find out about the effects created by different mirrors. The children used a range primary and secondary sources to find out about different mirrors and discovered that there are 3 types of mirror: - a...
24
Nov
What’s happening in Year 4 – Week 4
Year 4 went on a fantastic trip to the science museum this week. We looked at all the amazing exhibitions that the museum had to offer. We particularly enjoyed learning all about the different types of technicians there are! We then went to an amazing workshop where we watched some science experiments...