Art Club update

In Art Club, we have embraced sculpture using plastic bottles to create dogs and people. They certainly enjoyed the process!

Science Oxford Rockets

KS1 built bottle rockets today and launched them on the field. They discovered that if you put less water in, they fly much

higher. Look at their wonderful designs.

Food chains

Yr 3/4 were treated to a session about aquatic and terrestrial food chains, learning about producers, consumers etc. They saw algae, daphnia (through our new digital microscope) and fresh water shrimps.

Amazing Forces

Which way would balloons travel if you stuck them together in different ways? 

What happens to magnets with the same poles facing each other?

How can you move iron filings without touching them? 

How can a balloon pick up paper?

Why is it that when children pull against each other they don't move?

If you want to know the answers to any of these questions, ask any year 3/4 child to tell you!

What a treat! John has such a great way of engaging with the children. 

Can you break an egg?

Years 5 and 6 enjoyed a show from Science Oxford about forces. They learned about Isaac Newton's laws of motion and how you could reduce friction using the magnificent Science Oxford friction defying device (a tray). They used a large force meter to measure the amount of force required. Natural shapes are very strong and not even Noah could break an egg holding it from top to bottom - you try it! Finally Zoe built a bridge and although not hugely confident stood on it with forces being spread out to the side so she did not fall!

What a slimetastic session!

Is slime a solid or liquid -or is it both?

Years 3/4 had great fun creating gloopy slime. Look at the faces they made! Look how stretchy the slime was!

Thanks to Helena and Sian

Science Week

Science week had a glorious start with most of the children delving into a large box of snot - yes that's right! The Respiratory Medicine Unit visited from the JR and shared about the good and bad things that are in our snot, and most importantly why it is sometimes green! The children also had the opportunity to become real doctors using stethoscopes and breath meters then finally took part in lung football - not as easy as you might think!