Year 3 (Class 9) - Science - Frogspawn

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It’s been very exciting in class 9 this week as our tadpoles have finally turned into frogs ready to be released into the wild.

We have loved watching the metamorphosis from frog spawn to froglets.

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Year 4 (Class 11 & Class 12) - Science - Forces

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Year 4 went to Armley Park to see forces in action.

They saw the push and pull off the swing and how gravity makes them come down.

They also noticed the friction involved in a slide and how adding water reduces the friction making you go faster. 

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Year 3 - Science - Forces

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Today we investigated forces in action at our local playground.

We talked about pushes and pulls, things that made us go faster or slow down, friction, gravity and air resistance...and we had lots of fun!

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Year 3 (Class 9) - Science - Data Loggers & Reflective Materials

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Today we used data loggers to test how reflective different materials are.

We used our results to design a book bag that will keep children safe when walking to and from school.

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Year 4 (Class 10) - Virtual France Trip

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Class 10 have been on a virtual trip to France this week.

After passing through 'security', getting our boarding passes and watching an in-flight safety video, we arrived in Paris! We went on a cruise down the River Seine, stopping at some of the most famous sights Paris has to offer.

We…

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Year 5 (Class 14) - Science - Light

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A great afternoon in the sun exploring colours and shadows as part of the year 5 science topic of light.

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Year 1 (Class 4) - Animal Diets

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In class 4, we have been looking at animal diets.

We know what carnivores, herbivores and omnivores eat. Today we looked at 'animal poo' and tried to guess whether the poo was from a carnivore, herbivore or omnivore by looking closely to see what we could find in the poo.

We noticed that the…

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Year 4 (Class 12) - Science - Amazing Bodies

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Today we revisited our diagrams from the start of our ‘Amazing bodies’ topic and updated them with all of the scientific things we have learned over the whole topic.

We loved showing off everything we knew.

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Year 3 (Class 8) - Science - Food Groups

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Class 8 have been learning about the five different food groups and nutrition.

Today we sorted food packaging into the correct groups.

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Year 3 - Caring for Animals

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Year 3 learned all about how to care for animals.

We had a visitor called Nigel who visited us from Animal Aid.

We talked about looking after animals and ways we can help them. 

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Year 1 (Class 4) - Science - Animal Groups

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As part of science class 4 worked in groups to sort the different animals into animal groups and talk about the features of the animals.

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Year 4 (Class 12) - Science - The Human Body

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Today we planned and carried out our own investigations related to parts of our bodies.

We investigated questions like: Can people with bigger biceps throw further? Can people with big feet know kick a ball further?

We then made predictions and went outside to test them out.

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