Nursery - Learning about Owls

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In nursery this week we continued to learn about autumn. We have made story maps and retold the story of 'Owl Babies' using puppets and owl soft toys. We have made nests for owls and fed the owls with some worms (counted to 5).

On our creative table we have been rolling conkers, making collage…

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Year 4 (Class 11) - Science - Vibration Strength

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Class 11 have been looking at sound in science this half term. Today they decided what experiment they could conduct to answer the question “How does the strength of vibration effect the volume of sound?”

They worked in groups to decide how the experiment should be conducted. As a class they…

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Year 3 (Class 9) - Science - Vibration & Sound

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In science we designed our own investigation to test how the strength of vibrations affected the volume of the sound.

We made choices about how to make the different sounds and then recorded them in our books. We discussed our results as a class and found that the stronger the vibration, the…

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Year 4 (Class 10) - Science - Data Loggers & Musical Instruments

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Class 10 have been using data loggers and musical instruments to investigate whether the strength of a vibration creates a louder sound. 

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Year 3 (Class 10) - Science - Data Loggers & Musical Instruments

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Class 10 have been using data loggers and musical instruments to investigate whether the strength of a vibration creates a louder sound. 

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Year 4 (Class 12) - Science - Vibration & Sound

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As part of our sound topic we have been investigating whether the strength of the vibration affects the volume of the sound.

Children designed their own investigations using musical instruments and data loggers. 

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Year 2 (Class 5) - Science - Objects & Materials

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In science we have looked at different objects and the materials they are made from.

We have started to investigate why objects are made from different materials. Today we looked at a variety of balls.

We conducted an investigation to see which ball would bounce the highest.

We then…

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Year 6 (Class 16) - Science - The Solar System

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In year 6, we are studying space and the solar system.

This week, the children built a solar system model and we watched how the planets move around the Sun.

We also got to see the constellations shining on our classroom ceiling.

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Year 2 (Class 6) - Science - Experiments

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In class 6, we carried out an experiment to find out which material would make the best pair of curtains.

We made our predictions, carried out a fair test then ordered the materials from the one that blocked out the most light to the least light.

We found the card would be the best choice of…

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Year 3 (Class 9) - Science - Hearing

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Today we investigated how animals’ ear shapes and sizes affect their hearing. 

We discussed the different animals we knew with good hearing and then looked at pictures of animals that live in the wild. We shared our ideas about how and why their ears move. 

We then tested different ear sizes…

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Year 3 (Class 9) - Science - Wildlife Club

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Wildlife garden club has begun! We are so lucky to finally have some space to develop in order to grow our own flowers, fruits and vegetables.

We have a lot of work to do before we can start growing. We have made a start by filling some of the beds made by our teachers over the Summer.

We…

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

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This week in science we have been looking at the human ear and investigating whether the size and shape of ears effect what we can hear.

We also looked at BSL and practiced signing our names and some useful phrases.

Here we signed we love science at St Bart’s.

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