Science in Year 1 this week has been based on leaf and tree identification. The children worked collaboratively to find and collect leaves from outside and then they worked to identify them and describe what they looked like.

In our writing lesson today, the children practised their instructional language by creating a video on how to plant a bean. They then used their own instructions to plant up their own beans that they have been growing in science.

Year 1 have been busy today making their own representations of plants, making sure they include the main parts or roots, stem, leaves and flowers. The children used a mixture of resources to create their plants and then labelled them to show their knowledge.

Year 4 investigated the water cycle by observing how heat causes water to evaporate, condense on a cool surface and form droplets.

This week in Science, Year 1 have continued to explore the theme of plants. This session was focussed on identifying, drawing and then labelling the main parts of a plant. The children then share their ideas about the purpose of these parts.

This week Year 1 continued investigating plants. We focussed on what seeds need to help them grow before 'planting' bean seeds and starting their bean diaries. The children will have opportunities each day to observe and record any changes.

The children have meet and handled Giant African Snails and have sorting images of minibeasts against two criteria.

This week, Year 1 have started their new topic, and will be learning all about plants. The children shared their ideas about they already know about this topic and what they would like to learn about. Then they spent time observing and drawing different fruits and vegetables on the outside and then on the inside to show the difference and where the seeds are. Some of the children then went on to create fact files about their fruits.

In Science this week, Year 1 have been learning about how the number of hours of daylight change in the different seasons. They created sunlight maps to help them recall and use their knowledge of this.

In Science this week, Year 4 explored melting by testing a range of materials including ice, chocolate, butter, jelly and candle wax. The children observed changes over time and learned that different materials melt at different temperatures.

Year 1 enjoyed their science based visit to the safari park this week. We were very lucky with the weather as many of the animals were out enjoying the sunshine! It was amazing to see penguins up close too as we have spent lots of learning time writing about them and understanding their adaptations.

Wow!! Our Science week lesson was a really exciting today. The children had been challenged to think about Curious Chemistry. They started with milk, food colouring and washing up liquid to make the colours move and then they used skittles to create rainbows on their plates. It was a huge challenge to observe only with our eyes, but the results were amazing!

Year 4 kickstarted British Science Week with lots of curiosity as they explored the fizzy reaction between citric acid and bicarbonate of soda to make their own sherbet sweets. They tasted the ingredients and created their own recipe based on their taste preferences, before enjoying their sherbet by dipping in a lollipop. Yum!

Year 1 have come to the end of their Seasonal Changes topic this week, by investigating how clouds are made. They conducted an experiment with warm water and an ice cube to observe how water vapour cools and and forms the start of clouds.

In Science, Year 4 have kick-started their new science topic; States of matter. They explored the properties of solids, liquids, and gases by investigating balloons filled with ice, water, and air and discussed how each state of matter behaves differently.

Reception shared what they would take into space.

In Science last week, Year 1 continued their exploration of seasonal changes, focusing on Summer. We were very lucky as the sun came out in the afternoon and we were able to use the UV beads to show the strength of the sun in different areas of the playground. We discussed sun safety and what could happen if you look at the sun with your eyes.

Children in Year 4 learnt to classify faeces and identified that herbivore faeces is usually round, carnivore faeces is often long and pointy, and omnivore faeces is thick and rectangular in shape.

This afternoon the children in Year 1 have continued their exploration of seasonal changes - today's focus was Spring. The children watched images and videos and made 'notes' about what animals, weather and activities you might see in Spring before using that information to complete a task in their books.

The children in Reception have really enjoyed engaging in small world space adventures, using phrases like ‘5,4,3,2,1, lift off!!’ and ‘ Look out, look out the rocket ship is coming!’ They have also created their own stories, such as one child’s figure climbed the tower to be able to communicate with them.