Curriculum Impact Tag: Science

This week is British Science Week and we are noticing how science is all around us. We have been looking at animals and discussing how they have similarities and differences. The children have enjoyed playing a matching game - finding the halves of the animal faces and identifying each animal. We…

Yesterday we were scientists.  We explored what happened to raisins when they are submerged in fizzy water.  We watched them dance and it was fascinating! The we predicted how many cotton wool balls we could fit into a shot glass filled to the top with water and we were amazed to discover that we…

Fruit kebabs were on the food technology menu this week.  The children chopped a variety of fruit and then carefully created their own fruit kebabs.  

The children have had a brilliant first week back after half term and many have been fully engaged in water play this week both indoors and out.  We have a new water wall with a pump that children have been exploring and observing cause and effect.  

Today we explored how to separate materials from a mixture.

We looked at different methods including: filtering, sieving and magnets.

We then used each method to separate a mixture of sand, pebbles and pins.

Frieda 5A, ‘I enjoyed sieving the sand.’

Year 1 Science-Animals 

We have been sorting pictures of plants and animals this afternoon. The children have been talking about the features of an animal and designed their own animal. 

This week, we investigated which materials are soluble.

Use a range of different materials, we observed what happened when they were added to water.

George 5A, ‘I liked seeing how the different materials reacted when added to the water especially the oil when it sat on top.’

Today we explored the hardness of materials are there everyday use in life.

Working in groups, we examined which rocks could be scratched by different objects and then explained which would be suitable to use for different purposes.

As a class, we identified that granite and marble are…

Today in the outdoor resource are the children are investigating classroom objects to see if they float or sink in a bowl of water.  They were very excited to see if their predictions were correct or not! 

The children were investigating which material is the best to keep a drink warm.

Every hour, they recorded the temperature of the water and recorded their findings.

We discovered that the fleece was the best material for keeping the water warm.

Year 1-Science-Material hunt

The children worked in groups to explore and find different materials around our school.

“Fred is made out of fabric.”

The cold weather last week has inspired us to investigate ice.  The week is off to a great start using ice to practise our fine motor skills.  We are using ice blocks with food colouring to draw pictures, write our names and make shapes on the paper.