Year 3 (Class 9) - Science - Amazing Bodies

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Today we started our new topic on ‘Amazing bodies’.

We used post it notes to label our friends with all of the body parts we already know. Then we drew around another friend and labelled parts that we know are inside of us.

When we discussed things we realised we already know a lot but there…

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Year 4 (Class 12) - Science - Body Parts

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Today in science we started a new topic about our bodies.

To find out what we already know we worked in groups to label our body parts.

We then drew an outline of a body and drew in all the internal body parts we knew. 

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Reception - Making Pancakes

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Reception loved making their own pancakes in our school kitchen to celebrate pancake day.

We even got to taste them and choose our favourite topping – syrup, sugar or lemon juice.

So much fun!

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Year 2 (Class 6) - Science - Plants

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Class 6 have been planting today as part of our science topic.

We have each planted a bean and are going to observe how our plant changes over the half term by keeping a plant diary.

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Year 3 (Class 9) - Science - Gravity

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This week we investigated gravity and air resistance.

We talked about surface area and were amazed to find out that a bowling ball will fall at the same speed as a feather when it is dropped in a vacuum! 

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Year 4 (Class 11) - Science - Magnets

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Today we learned how to make magnets out of metal nails.

We tested how long they stay magnetised for in our own way and compared our results. 

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Year 3 (Class 9) - Science - Magnetised Nails

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Today we magnetised a nail to test how long it would stay magnetic for.

We all took different approaches and we discussed our results and anomalies as a class. 

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Year 4 (Class 11) - Science - Magnetic Fields

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Class 11 have looked at the magnetic field of the earth and how we can use this to find where we are going.

We used compass’s to find the direction of different landmarks in the area located around the playground. 

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Year 4 (Class 12) - Science - Magnetic Poles

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Today we learnt about magnetic poles. We tested different magnets and tried to put like poles together.

We recorded what we found and then learned how a compass works.

We used this to do a treasure hunt of famous Leeds landmarks and familiar local places. 

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Launchpad / Starship - Roots and Muddy Boots

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As part of our topic 'roots and muddy boots' the children helped to plant bulbs in the new flower boxes.

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Year 3 (Class 9) - Science - Friction

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We learnt about friction today by testing different surfaces.

We made sure we only changed one thing (the surface) and used rulers to measure how far the cars travelled.

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Year 4 (Class 12) - Science - Friction

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Today we investigated friction by comparing how vehicles moved on different surfaces.

We changed the surface but kept our ramp and vehicles the same.

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