Year 5 have been learning about the phases of the Moon in their science topic 'Earth and Space'. Some children represented the different Moon phases using oreos! [gallery ids="9375,9376,9377,9378"]...
Year 3 have been searching outside and inside the classroom for objects that are transparent, translucent and opaque. As you can see, we found lots of things that are opaque and more things than we expected were translucent, but not so many objects that are...
Our topic in Values is Changing me. The children have been looking at life cycles. This week they have been looking at the Life Cycle of a Butterfly and have had the opportunity to see the transitioning stage of this cycle. This is where a...
In Reception this week we have been amazed by the changes that our caterpillars have undergone. In just 8 days they went from being only 1 cm long to almost 5 cm and on Monday they transformed again into their chrysalides. We can't wait to...
The children visited Hyde Park for an amazing workshop on plants. They enjoyed using the magnifying lens to look at different plants and animals close up and enjoyed planting their very own beans. We enjoyed our lunch overlooking the Serpentine. A thoroughly good day was...
This half term, Year 3’s science topic is light. For our first lesson we explored inside and outside the classroom looking for sources of light. We also classified objects into those that were and were not sources of light. Some surprised us. For instance, we...
Year 3 had a fantastic day exploring plants last Friday. In spite of getting rather wet in the heavy rain, we had a fantastic day and had the opportunity to put all our Science learning to good use. They even corrected the teacher and explained...
Year 2 had a lot of fun this week exploring micro habitats. We looked at which micro habitats have the most minibeasts living there and we discussed why we thought this! We are super scientists. [gallery ids="8938,8939,8941"]...
In science, Year 4 have been learning all about sound and this week they made string telephones to test how the distance between things impacts the sounds that are created. The children worked in pairs to make and test their telephones, and most found that...
This week, in science we went out into the playground to observe that changes that have occurred as we have moved into the Spring season. We thought about the weather, animals and plants around us and how these have changed in the past few months. We had a great...