Blog by Tag: Science

We have had great fun this week in Year  6 learning about Evolution, Inheritance and Adaptation.

We have played games and simulated experiments in order to prove (or disprove) our own hypotheses and predictions.

We have played:

Camo-creature - a game which shows how animals have adapted…

Year 3 are learning all about plant life this term.

Year 2 have been very busy planting summer bulbs and vegetable seeds in our bedding area.  

Knowledge: know how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants.

Skills: be able to observe, over time the growth of plants, noting the changes in the plant's development.

Vocab: plant, seeds, bulbs,…

Reception class explored the natural world around them to find signs of the season Spring. 

Reception class explored the natural world around them to find signs of the season Spring. 

In our science lessons, we have been looking at the phases of the moon. We learnt that one complete phase lasts 29.53 days. 

Using the knowledge we’ve gained about the phases of the moon, we carefully carved the phases into the cream of an oreo biscuit with the spoon.

In our science lesson this afternoon, Year 5 compared the sizes of the planets in our galaxy.
 

We looked at the order they are in along with how long each planet takes to orbit around the sun.
 

We used various fruits to show the scale of each planet compared to each…

Reception class have been reading Little Red Riding hood and wanted to help Little Red Riding hood get to Granny's house quicker that the Big Bad Wolf so they decided to make a plane for her. We investigated 2 different types of paper aeroplane, a thin one and a fat one and we predicted which…

This morning Year 5 joined schools around the world on Mars Day. We joined a live stream where we learned about NASA and the ESA's efforts to send humans back to the moon and onto Mars.
 

We looked at what sort of professions astronauts come from, the type of rockets we need to travel amongst…