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Here at St Bart's we are proud of science in our school - we hold a national award PSQM (Primary Science Quality Mark) at GILT level. This means that science is embedded in everything we do.
Throughout school we ensure hands on learning through the five enquiry types where scientific skills are developed and built on from Nursery all the way to Year 6. We aim to take learning outdoors as much as possible.
Children learn about different science roles available in the world around them and how it fits in to their everyday lives. We love having visitors in to talk about their jobs in science and encourage all of the children to see themselves as mini scientists.
In our science club the children are in charge of developing and maintaining our brand-new wildlife site. We can't wait to see what they do with it!
Curriculum - Science - Key Documents
Curriculum - Science - Useful Links
PSTT (Primary Science Teaching Trust)
Curriculum - Science - Tadpoles
We have some new visitors in our classroom!
We will watch the tadpoles grow over the next few weeks and go through the different stages of metamorphosis until they turn into tiny frogs ready to be released back into the wild.
Curriculum - Science - Potatoes
Class 4 have enjoyed planting potatoes and are looking forward to watching them grow!
Curriculum - Science - Beans
Class 4 have enjoyed watching our beans grow into a beanstalk!
Curriculum - Science - Zoolab Visit (Class 4)
Class 4 enjoyed a visit from some animals, including a stick insect and a snake! Some of us were brave enough to touch and hold some of the animals.
Curriculum - Science - Bean Planting
Class 4 have been planting beans in Science. First we planted the beans in plastic bags until the roots started to grow. Then we repotted our beans into pots.
Curriculum - Science - Zoolab Visit (Class 16)
This week, children got the opportunity to take part in some very exciting science workshops, this is class 16 enjoying meeting and learning about different animals.
Curriculum - Science - Zoolab Visit (Class 9)
Class 9 were absolutely amazed with their animal encounters with Zoolab as part of British Science Week. They loved learning about each animal and were very excited to hold some of them!
Curriculum - Science - Zoolab Visit
Zoolab came into school for Science Week and brought some animals to see the children. With class 6 they discussed habitats and where the animals came from. We met a stick insect, a snake, a tree frog and a spider. The children were very brave, looking, touching and holding the animals. Following the rules of the Zoolab classroom and asking many questions about the animals. Ask the children what they remember when they get home.
Curriculum - Science - Minecraft
Today we combined our two favourite things - science and Minecraft! We learned about axolotls that are on the verge of extinction in the wild. We followed instructions to find them in the Minecraft world and built them a special pond. We bred them in pairs and then reintroduced them back into the wild.
Curriculum - Science - Forces and Magents
Today we started on forces and magnets. We Discuss familiar activities that use pushes or pulls and classified them.
Curriculum - Science - Reflections
In science this week, we investigated reflections. Children used mirrors to describe how objects reflect, and how we see our own reflections.
Curriculum - Science - Shadow Sizes
Today we carried out our investigations into shadow size. We found that shadows got bigger when the object was closer to light source because it is blocking more of the light. We recorded our results and made our conclusions.
Curriculum - Science - Opaque, Translucent and Transparent Objects
We learned about opaque, translucent and transparent objects and then conducted an experiment to see which material would make the best curtains. We explained our findings. We also discussed things that could have made our investigation better.
Curriculum - Science - Light & Data Loggers
Our topic this half term is light. This week we have been investigating which material would be best to use as a reflective strip on a book bag. We used data loggers to and torches to test which material is most reflective. We then used our data to help us to design a book bag.
Curriculum - Science - Seasonal Changes
Class 4 enjoyed going outside to look for signs of the seasonal changes that take place in winter. We measured the temperature and rainfall and used our flags to think about how windy it is in winter. We also looked at the trees and talked about what had happened to the leaves on them.
Curriculum - Science - Soil Samples
Today we investigated soil samples. We made observations about colour, sediment size and permeability. We used keys to identify which sample we thought was which. We also researched what soil is made from.
Curriculum - Science - Sorting Materials
Class 4 have enjoyed learning about materials in our Science lesson. We thought about the properties of different materials and then sorted different objects according to these properties.
Curriculum - Science - Rocks
Today we investigated qualities of different rocks in order to find the best rock to make our new school statue out of. We tested for permeability, strength and which looked the most pleasing. In our groups we decided which rock we thought would be the best and we presented our ideas to the rest of the class with our reasons from our results.
Curriculum - Science - Properties of Different Materials
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In science we are looking at the properties of different materials. This children had to think about the words ‘stretch, bend, squash and twist’ and discuss if certain objects could complete those movements.
Curriculum - Science - Classification of Living Things
Class 14 have started their new science topic of classification of living things. Today they used their Oracy skills to decide as a group how to classify animals into 2 groups then 2 subgroups.
Curriculum - Science - Manipulating Materials
Class 6 have been manipulating materials. They completed an experiment to discover what could be stretched, squashed, bent and twisted. They discovered that some materials such as plastic could be bent in the case of a whiteboard, but not bent in the case of a pen.
Curriculum - Science - The Five Senses
Class 4 have been learning about the five senses and the parts of our bodies we use for each one. Today we have tested our sense of taste and have tasted different foods, including marmite and honey. We talked about how each food tasted and then made a bar chart to show which one our class liked the best.
Curriculum - Science - The Digestive System Experiment
We had great fun taking part in an experiment that helped us understand how the digestive system works.
Curriculum - Science - Concept Maps
Year 3 had a great time creating concept maps for their science work on plants. We got to use our whiteboard pens on the tables to create a map of all of our knowledge. Luckily, it came off easily!
Curriculum - Science - Five Senses
Year 1 have been learning about the five senses in Science. We learnt about our sense of sight and then went on a colour hunt around the playground, finding colours that matched our colour swatches.
Curriculum - Science - The Digestive System
This week, we made our own models of the digestive system. We used a banana and cracker for the food, a tray for the body, a plastic bag for the stomach, orange juice for the stomach acid, water for saliva, tights for the small intestine and a cup for the large intestine. We mixed the food, water and orange juice together and fed it through the tights, into the cup and through the cups to demonstrate how the digestive system works.
Curriculum - Science - Seed Dispersal
Today we investigated seed dispersal. We looked at different seeds and read a story about how seeds move. We worked in groups to categorise the different seeds by their dispersal method.
Curriculum - Science - Bouncy Balls
Class 6 created an experiment to discover how bouncy balls were. They worked together to drop the balls from a certain height, measuring its bounce against a metre stick. They then recorded their results and ranked the balls from bounciest to least bounciest. They also worked very well in their teams.
Curriculum - Science - The Circulatory System
Class 12 have continued their work looking at the circulatory system. They finished off their models and presented what they have learnt to the class. Here are the videos of their presentation. They have all worked very hard and have a good understanding of how blood moves around our body.
Curriculum - Science - Light & Materials
Class 6 had to discover which material would let the least light through. They made a prediction that felt would let the least light through. They decided how to test their 5 materials then worked in groups to discover which let the most and least light through. They discovered that cardboard let the least light through and we’re all very surprised.
Curriculum - Science - Body Parts
Year 1 have been learning about body parts this half term. We drew around each other and labelled the body parts that we know. Some of us then made pasta people in our provision areas and labelled them too.
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