Blog by Tag: Science

Following on from last week’s icy weather we decided to explore what happens to ice and how we can melt it the quickest way.  We started off by enjoying a song from ‘Frozen’ by Olaf who wanted to see what happens to snow in summer!  We then used warm water, salt and glitter to melt the ice.  We…

The children in nursery are interested in learning about animals that live in cold climates. We have looked at different animals that live in the Arctic including polar bears, snowy owls and arctic foxes. We have also been exploring what happens to ice as it melts.  

We have been so lucky in Year 4 to have a visit from  one of our school governors, who is also a real scientist! Mr Middleman kindly brought different equipment into school to help us with our science topic on sound. 

We talked about how sound cannot travel through a vacuum, how sound waves…

Today we looked at how friction is a resistant force between two surfaces.

We investigated which surface is best to place on the floor to prevent people slipping.

In this lesson we explored the effects of air resistance.

We looked at how air resistance (drag) is a force which acts as friction between objects and air.

We conducted an experiment using parachutes to see whether the size of the parachute impacts the time it takes an object to fall.

We wasted no time in making the most of the sprinkling of snow we had this morning, learning a ‘sprinkling’ of new snow related vocabulary too!  We used lots of teamwork to pull the heavy sledge and even more teamwork to throw snowballs at the adults!  Smiles all round and despite our cold hands…

In Science we talked about the life cycle of a chicken and the different stages involved. The children worked in small groups to sequence pictures and write about each stage.

Today in science, we learnt about classification and taxonomy. The children designed their very own classification chart to sort different sweets!

The children have loved hunting for bugs in the garden this week.  After reading poems about mini-beasts we all searched the garden for their secret hiding places to see what we could find.  Harry was especially keen and helped lots of the children on their search. ‘I know all the good hiding…

This week’s menu:

Starter:  Leaf Soup

Main:  Autumn Omelette

Dessert: Spider crispy cakes

Turn-taking, playing, mixing, stirring, speaking, listening, measuring, counting, experimenting = LEARNING!

A power cut in nursery didn’t stop the fun and learning this week.  We used torches to find our way around nursery, exploring light, dark and shadows.

James from Active Sefton visited Year 2 today. He talked about the importance of healthy eating and we watched him make a smoothie, which we were then able to taste. It contained a variety of delicious