Year 6 – Arm Span Investigation

27th January 2023L Stafstrom

Did you know that a person’s arm span is approximately the same as their height?  Year 6 devised a way to test and record this hypothesis and we found that this was mostly true for us.  We had a great time finding out!

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Exciting Erosions

17th January 2023L Davison

In science this week, Year 4 looked at the effect of the sea on Marsden rock. We learned about how erosion effects the land and saw how our coastline is constantly changing. To experience how this happens, we used soil to represent the land and sand to represent the cliffs and the beach, we then pored water over the land and saw how easily it got washed away.

We even saw videos of the landslide at Marsden in 2021 and the sink hole that has appeared in the last few years.

Reception – a taste of India!

5th December 2022K Richardson

In our theme Come Fly With Me Asia we have been focusing on India. Today we have been cooking! We have made two curries. One was a lentil dahl and the other was a vegetable curry.  This afternoon we have been to our restaurant and ate our food, along with naan bread, poppadoms and rice. The children used their senses to describe the smells, what they could hear, see and how the food tasted.  We are so proud of everyone as they all tried some new foods! 🇮🇳👏🏻😊❤️

 

Reception – Come Fly With Me Asia! We are off to India!

17th November 2022K Richardson

In our theme ‘Come Fly With Me Asia’ we have travelled to India. We looked at some artefacts and placed a Bindi on our foreheads. We have been trying out some Bollywood dancing and found out about the ceremony of Rakhi.  The children then made some Rakhi bracelets and we have started to make Indian flags 🇮🇳. We also investigated some of the spices used in traditional Indian foods. The children used their senses to look at, smell and taste them. We were so impressed that most children wanted to try them!

 

1 Red are scientists at the Arctic!

14th November 2022L Chisholm

Throughout this theme of ‘Come Fly With Me: Arctic’ we have been looking at the different animals and how they survive in a harsh environment.  We discovered that many Arctic animals have blubber to keep them warm. We decided that we wanted to see what difference blubber makes to an animal.  We became scientists and we placed our hands in icy water.  We then placed our hands in blubber (zip pocket with butter in)  and put them back in the water.  We concluded that the blubber stops the animal feeling cold.  It was great fun!

Year 2 Circuit Scientists

9th November 2022L Phillips

Year 2 have been learning about the famous scientist Thomas Edison, who invented the lightbulb.

They used their investigation and problem solving skills to complete a circuit and power a light bulb.

The determination paid off and lit up their smiles too!

A fruity week in Nursery

18th October 2022N Bramley

The Nursery children all agreed that fruit and vegetables are healthy and we set about exploring.  First we used all our senses to explore a range of fruits and vegetables, talking about them using descriptive vocabulary such as furry, soft, wet, sticky, smooth and sweet.  We printed with different types of fruit and vegetables, talking about the colours and shapes.  We investigated which fruit and vegetables float and which ones sink and we have used our knowledge of shape and number to make fruit faces.  Why not continue exploring at home and see if you notice any interesting fruit and vegetables while you are out and about.