Tag Archives: Science

Learning all about Temperature in Year 4

In Year 4 we are learning about temperature. We have learnt a lot and in this post I am going to try and stretch my Distilling muscle to explain the most important parts of our new learning. First, we investigated what was … Continue reading

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Silly Science in Year 4

At the moment Year 4 are learning about materials and their properties in Science. Last week, we had to think carefully about and explain why it was “silly” for certain objects to be made from certain materials. Some of the silly objects that … Continue reading

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Who lives in a place like this?

Both classes in Year 6 have been busy revising their work on Living Things. This started with some trips to Drummond Road to see what lived there before we worked collaboratively in our groups to revise our knowledge of Science … Continue reading

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Roll or slide?

Our learning focus this half term in Nursery and Reception is based around the topic of ‘wheels’.  This week we have been focusing on rolling and spinning different objects – like wheels roll and spin.  The children in Nursery and Reception have been … Continue reading

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Fair testing in Science

Year 6 have been trying to understand what makes Science tests fair. We got together in the hall and had chariot races. We kept changing the materials we used, the people who raced and the footwear to be able to … Continue reading

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