Year 6 (Class 16) - Science - Theories of the Universe

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In science this week, year 6 have been looking at heliocentric and geocentric theories of the universe.

They became different scientists and told us through a story how views changed overtime.

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Year 1 (Class 3) - Science - The Body and Senses

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Class 3 have been learning about the body and its senses. Today we explored the sense ‘taste’.

The children loved trying some of the different foods and drinks, others they were not too sure about.

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Year 5 (Class 14) - Science - The Solar System

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Some great research today in year 5 science, looking at the history of how humans believed our solar system moved around in space and weather the earth was flat or spherical! 

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Year 2 (Class 5) - Science - Materials

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In science we are looking at materials.

Today we looked at objects and discussed their materials and why that object is made from that material. 

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Year 3 (Class 9) - Science - Sound (Loudest & Quietest)

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We continued learning about sound today and conducted a sound hunt around school looking for the loudest and quietest areas.

We recorded sound on our data loggers and discussed what we found in class. We also discussed if results might have been different at different times of the day.

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Year 6 (Class 16) - Homework Challenge

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Natan has completed his first homework challenge. He has made a fabulous model of the solar system that is now on display in class.

He has received 50 trackits for his hard work. Well done Natan!

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Year 4 (Class 11) - Science - Sound

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Class 11’s science topic this half term is sound.

We thought about which areas of school would be the loudest and which would be the quietist. We made a list and went round school using the data loggers to find out the decibel reading.

We found the playground was the loudest and office was…

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Year 4 (Class 11) - Science - Sound

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Class 11’s science topic this half term is sound.

We thought about which areas of school would be the loudest and which would be the quietist. We made a list and went round school using the data loggers to find out the decibel reading.

We found the playground was the loudest and office was…

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Year 5 (Class 13) - Science - Earth & Space

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This week class 13 have started their new science topic, Earth & Space.

We investigated how we know the Earth is spherical. We took our learning outside the classroom to look for evidence for this. The children loved learning outside the classroom and being mini scientists.

Back inside the…

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Year 4 (Class 11) - Science - Sound

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Class 11 have started their new science topic on sound, they have enjoyed investigating pitch and how the length and thickness of an instrument changes the pitch.

They also felt how sound travels through vibrations using drums cymbals and triangles to feel the vibration.  

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Year 3 (Class 9) - Science - Pitch

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Today we started our new science topic on sound by investigating how size of the instrument effects the pitch.

We also experimented by feeling the different vibrations made by the instruments.

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Year 5 (Class 13) - Science - Light

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Class 13 loved learning outside of the classroom for their science lesson on light.

They investigated naturally occurring colours, shadows and the effects of clouds on light. 

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