This year Science Week theme is ‘time’. Mr Grylls started the week with a Science week assembly. The children took part in live experiments - egg drop, floating and sinking, made a lava lamp, aerodynamics.  

 

Year 4 went on an excellent walk along the River Dour this week. The rain held off and they were lucky to see lots of different wildlife, including moorhens - which they've been learning all about in Science! Whilst alongside the river, the children completed photo challenges, an acrostic poem and observed the plants. The children were shocked at the amount of litter in and around the river. They look forward to returning to the Dour later on in the year to dip!

 

 

KS1 have been looking at moths and how they camouflage themselves to hide from predators in the wild.

They had great fun creating camouflaged moths and hiding them around the field, hoping that the predators (Mrs Pallett & Miss Hopgood) wouldn't find them.

Year 5 have stepped into the role of cosmologists this week and have developed their understanding of Earth and Space by working scientifically in lots of exciting ways.

They have observed and investigated the impact of different sized comets on the depth of the craters left behind. The children have also conducted five different enquiries on three different soil types to find the one that is most like Martian Soil!

Year 6 investigated how different activities can affect our heart rate. They had to ensure that after each activity, they waited for their heart rate to return to their resting heart rate to ensure fair testing to see the true affect of the different activities.

 

Danielius – “For me, it was really interesting. I was just surprised by how high my heartbeat went.”

Milton – “For me, what was really surprising was that my heart rate went up to 172bpm, even though my resting heart rate was 40bpm.”

Isabelle – “It surprised me that my heart rate was way above the average heartbeat. I found it interesting that doing a squat made our pulse go up even though we weren’t really doing anything.”

 

Reception had a ‘blast’ this week for British Science week. This year’s theme was ‘Time’. They discussed day and night and the different things we do in those times. They then continued their learning about space and created their own rockets!