Blog by Tag: Science

This week we used our fine motor skills for crushing and chopping.  We prepared vegetable sticks and combined ingredients for homemade houmous.  In the afternoon the children ventured to the big school field for a picnic of veg sticks and houmous dip!  So many children did well for trying foods…

What a wonderful science week have had!  The children have looked a the differences between different animals linking with our Hattie Peck. - The Journey Home text. We have been busy planting and vegetable seeds. We also took advantage of a very windy day by making our own kites and investigating…

As part of British Science Week, we explored how to ‘unboil’ and egg led by Dr Heike Arnold from the University of Liverpool.

We looked at the structure of an egg and how it reacts when different substances are added to it.

Dr Arnold then demonstrated how to dissolve an egg using drain…

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 been very keen to play outside with their friends this week.  They have had a wonderful time in our woodland areas, enjoying their outdoor learning.  We are also developing some keen gardeners who have been busy doing some early spring planting.

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…