Year 1 (Class 4) - Science - Dan the Explorer

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Class 4 were very excited to meet a real life explorer!

We enjoyed taking part in the workshop and learned about what it takes to be an explorer. Dan (our explorer) showed us lots of photographs from his adventures and even brought in some artefacts for us to look at, touch and draw.

We got…

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Year 2 (Class 5) - Oracy - Animals & The Food Chain

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In science we worked in partners to identify the different animals in the food chain.

We then used the sentence stem to explain the food chain.

 

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Year 5 (Class 14) - Science - Properties of Materials

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Class 14 have been studying the properties of materials and designed an experiment to investigate what happens to ice when salt is added.

Great work class 14. 

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Year 2 (Class 6) - Science - Food Chains

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In class 6, we have been exploring food chains in Science.

We learnt new vocabulary - producer, consumer and predator, before working in groups to make food chains.  

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Year 3 (Class 9) - Science / Oracy - Gas and Weight

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In science this week, we investigated whether gas weighs anything. We shared our ideas giving examples from previous investigations, life experiences and our own knowledge.

Then we weighed a bottle of fizzy water. We discussed what happens when you shake fizzy drinks before opening.  We then…

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Year 5 (Class 13) - Science - Ice and Salt

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Class 13 have set up their own tests in Science to investigate the affect salt has on melting ice.

They concluded that salt rapidly speeds up the melting process.

The children loved being in charge of setting up their own experiments and only having one variable to keep it…

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Year 4 (Class 12) - Science - States of Matter

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In science this half term we have been learning about states of matter.

This week we used iPads to research boiling and melting points of different substances. 

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Year 3 (Class 9) - Science - Boiling Points

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We researched the melting and boiling points of different natural materials.

We discussed why we had to research this as it was too dangerous to have such high temperatures in a classroom.

We also discussed uses for things made out of metals with such high melting points such as for ovens…

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Year 2 (Class 6) - Science - Living Things

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In class 6, we have continued learning about living things.

Today we have learnt what a herbivore, carnivore and omnivore is and sorted animals according to what they eat.

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Year 4 (Class 12) - Science - Ice Melting Experiment

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In science this week we worked together to analyse the results from our ice melting experiment. 

We worked together to create a graph to show how quickly small pieces of ice melt compared to big pieces of ice. 

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Year 3 (Class 9) - Science - Wildlife Club - Checking our Crops

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Today we watered our lettuces that were planted last week. We couldn’t believe how much they had grown.

We also checked on our onions and garlic that were planted last year. They’re not quite ready to harvest yet.

We looked for places to put our bird boxes and we researched insect hotels so…

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Year 5 (Class 15) - Science - Famous Scientists

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The children were using their researching skills to find out about famous scientist.

They used their oracy skills to communicate and present to the rest of the class. 

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