Melting and Dissolving
This week, Year 5/6 investigated which substances dissolve in water! We tested coffee granules, sugar, flour, sunflower oil and butter to find out what would happen when they were mixed with water.
We made sure our experiment was a fair test by keeping the amount of water, the amount of…
Egg-citing investigations
With our growing knowledge of materials and their properties, we conducted an investigation to answer the question “Which materials are best to protect fragile objects.” First we discussed a range of materials, decided on three to test, conducted our investigation and recorded our results. With a…
Martha Maps It Out
We had a fantastic afternoon walking around Elford village today. We spotted key features of the village such as the village hall, the school and the park to tie in with our Marty Maps it Out book. We are looking forward to making some of our own maps now that we know the way around our village.
Super science
Today we have created our own shadow puppets and have been experimenting with what happens to the shadow when it moves further away from the light source
Can you explore different hues?
This week we have explored the art term ‘hue’. We were given two primary colours and tasked the make different hues of green. Great art skills shown by everyone.
What was childhood like for our parents and grandparents?
We welcomed a special guest into our class today to talk to us about their life as a child- our wonderful governor, Mrs Billingham. Thank you so much for helping to bring our history topic to life. The children asked thoughtful questions and gathered their answers. Quote of the afternoon, “I could…
Sometimes you just have to dance in phonics!
Year 1 love an alien word Thursday disco! The rules are you have to show the alien words your best dance moves, zap their sound buttons then blend to read their words. So much fun and learning too!
People Who Help Us
We have really enjoyed our topic this week exploring different jobs of people who help us. We especially enjoyed our visit from a local fireman who brought us some fire fighter uniforms and helmets to try on. We shared stories about fire safety and he taught us how to check our fire alarms and…
Shadows
Today we have conducted a science experiment looking at the difference in shadow length and direction at various times of the day.
Exploring printing with primary colours
Today we explored lego printing using primary colours. We explored making patterns and overlapping colours to colour mix.
Wanted!
We were met with a break in on Monday. Someone with muddy feet, blond hair and who is clearly a huge fan of porridge has been in our classroom. She may have had three accomplices….one large, one medium and one small. Any thoughts?
Looking after our teeth.
Our science topic has been all about people who help us. We have focussed this week on dentists and looked at how to keep our teeth healthy. We used an apple to represent our teeth piercing holes in it to show what could happen to the enamel if we didn’t brush our teeth. The children made some…