Science

Planting vegetables

Year 1 planted vegetables as part of their sustainability topic in Science.

Signs of summer

Year 1 went on a walk around school to look for signs of summer. They spotted bees, ladybirds, wild and garden flowers.

Year 4 Homework

Some of our fantastic homework projects from Spring term. We investigated sound and made our own musical instruments from recycled materials!

Gods Wonderful World 🌎🌸🪵

🌸🌼🌷 Today some of our Preschool children enjoyed a lovely walk around the school grounds. 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️ As we explored, the children noticed the beautiful flowers growing around us and took time to admire their bright colours and wonderful shapes. 🌺🌻🌹🌼

🌍✨ The children reflected on how thankful they are for God’s amazing creation and were inspired to hold an impromptu Celebration of the Word 🙏📖 to thank God for the flowers 🌷🌸 and the wonderful world He has made. 🌞☁️🌈🦋🐝

💛 It was a very special moment filled with awe, wonder and appreciation. One child beautifully summed up our thoughts by saying, “I love God’s flowers.” 🌼💐🥰

🌿🌺 We are so proud of the children for recognising the beauty in God’s creation, taking time to pause and appreciate it, and giving thanks for the many blessings around us. 🙏✨💚🌍

Sunflowers 🌻

This week, we have been reading the story “Sam Plants a Sunflower” 🌻📚. We have been learning about the different parts of a plant, including the roots, stem, leaves, and flower 🌱🪴.

The children have also explored the beautiful colours found in plants and flowers 🎨🌼. Using their creative skills, they painted their own wonderful sunflowers, carefully choosing colours and adding lots of detail 🖌️🌻✨.

We are so proud of their enthusiasm and creativity this week! 😊🌱💛

Year 5 – Science – Reversible and Irreversible Changes

We have learnt about soluble and insoluble materials, as well as reversible and irreversible changes; practising different methods of separation and partaking in observational experiments to witness these changes in the classroom.

Year 3 science

The children used torches to explore making shadows and investigating which objects formed shadows (transparent, Translucent, opaque objects)

Year 5 – Science – Properties of Materials

In Science, we have been testing the properties of materials including magnetism, heat insulation and electrical insulation.

Science Club

We went on a minibeast hunt 🐜 🐛 🐞 🦋

Science Club

We spoke about air resistance and gravity this week. We loved making paper ✈️ and 🚁!

Homework Coffee Afternoon

As always, we were delighted to welcome families into school to celebrate and share all the fantastic effort children have put into their homework projects. Thank you for supporting your child to be creative and share their learning. We were so impressed with each and every project.

Year 4 go to Martin Mere 💚

We had a fantastic school trip to Martin Mere Wetlands. 🌱 The children explored the wetlands, spotting lots of different animals and learning about the habitats they live in. We talked about the wildlife and we saw and discovered many new things about nature.
We spent time noticing and appreciating the beauty of the natural world around us. The children worked towards becoming Guardians of Nature, thinking about how we can care for our environment. To finish the day, everyone enjoyed some time in the play area! It was a lovely day full of exploration, learning and fun! 🦆 🦅 🦢 🦦

Trip to Martin Mere

Year 1 had a wonderful time at Martin Mere. They enjoyed taking part in nature activities, wonderful walks, den building and they saw lots of beautiful wildlife and ended with fun at the park!

Preschool went on our second CAFOD Lent Walk! 🚶‍♀️💛🪴

We had a lovely surprise on the way when we saw Mr Keen bringing some beautiful flowers to plant, getting everything ready for spring. 🌼🌷 The children enjoyed stopping to look at them and talking about how they will grow.

During our walk we looked at all of God’s wonderful world around us. We spotted lots of spring flowers beginning to blossom and enjoyed the sun shining as we walked together. ☀️ It was a lovely opportunity to talk about how the world changes in spring and to appreciate the beauty of nature.

Well done Preschool for another fantastic walk! 🌿

🐥 Our baby chicks update! 🐥

All 6 chicks are now in their cage together and they are doing great. They are fluffy, happy, and busy eating and drinking. The children were very excited today when we gently lifted the lid so everyone could have a look inside.

There were lots of big smiles and excited faces watching the chicks moving around and chirping. It’s already becoming a very special experience for the children. 🐣

Next week the excitement will grow even more because the children will be able to carefully hold the chicks for the first time. We can’t wait to see their reactions! 🌟

Waterproof or not?

In Science, Year 1 have been finding out if different materials are waterproof or not.

Our Chick Eggs 📦🐥🥚

Preschool have had a very exciting delivery today… our chick eggs have arrived! 🐣🥚💛

The children were so excited to see them and we have been talking about how to look after them carefully while we wait.💛

We will keep you all updated and let you know as soon as they start to hatch.💛

New life is on the way — how egg-citing! 💛🥚🐥

Year 1 science

in Science, looking at materials. Year 1 children have completed a comparative test to find out whether something is flexible or not.

Y3 Science investigation

The children investigated different rocks to find out if there were permeable or not permeable.

Water Play 💦❤️🥰

Winter weather didn’t stop our preschoolers from enjoying water play outside ❄️💦
The cold didn’t bother us as we splashed, poured, and laughed together, staying active and having fun ☀️🪣
Outdoor play in all seasons helps children build confidence, resilience, and a love for learning 😄🌿

Y6 Science

Year 6 have been investigating how angles of reflection can help them see things that are behind them like a periscope using mirrors and working together.

Y6 Science- Investigating shadows

As part of our Science topic on light, the children in Year 6 were creating their own shadow puppets. They had lots of fun experimenting with the different images that they could make by blocking the light with their hands! They also measured how the height of a shadow changes as the distance between a light source and an object changes.

Homework coffee afternoon

A huge well done and thank you for all of your amazing homework projects. We can tell how much effort has gone into them. 🏅

Year 3 science

Year 3 explored different objects around the classroom to see if they were magnet or non-magnetic.

Y3 Science

The children have been exploring magnets and investigating if the size of the magnet affects the strength of the magnet.

Y3 Science

The children have been exploring magnets and investigating North and South poles.

Y1 Science- Seasonal Changes

As part of our seasonal changes Science topic, we went on a walk to spot the different sign to show it was the season Autumn.

Planting a Wildflower Garden

We were lucky enough to receive wildflowers seeds from Buglife and last week a group of children helped to plant these seeds. First they had to clear the area and then they scattered the seeds. They can’t wait to watch them grow and hope that they bring wildlife to our school.

Planting bulbs in our spiritual garden 🪴

Preschool have been planting spring bulbs in our spiritual garden. 🪴
We have planted these in a shape of a cross to remind us that God loves everyone. ❤️

We will watch and observe our bulbs grow throughout the seasons. ☺️

Y1 Science- Tasting!

In our Science lessons, we have been looking at our 5 senses. Today we explored our sense taste. We tried foods that were sour, salty and sweet.

Year 4 Science

Melting chocolate! Today we designed an investigation to see which method melted chocolate the quickest. There were some fabulous observations and great discussion throughout. We even got to taste a bit of leftover chocolate afterwards.

Year 5 – Science – Air Resistance Experiment

Year 5 made their own parachutes to investigate the affect of surface area on air resistance.

Science- Y1

Today we looked at our body senses, focussing on sight. We went on a walk around the school grounds and drew what we could seeing using our eyes. We played blind beanbag throwing to compare how we threw the beanbag when we could see to how we threw the beanbag when we couldn’t see. We know we use our eyes for the sense of sight and we need light to help us see.

Y1 Science

Today we started our new science topic- The Human Body. We drew around each other and labelled the body parts. We also sang heads, shoulders, knees and toes.

Year One- Planting

As part of our Science topic, the children have been doing some planting. They had the choice to plant a vegetable, fruit or flower. They then took them home to look after and observe how they grow.

Minibeast Hunt

Reception went on a minibeast hunt around the school grounds, they found lots of woodlice!

Magnets

The reception children have been exploring magnets. They discovered that magnets stick to some objects, like metal, but not to others, like wood or plastic. They enjoyed testing what a magnet can pick up and were surprised by magnetic attraction and repulsion. 

Springtime

In Reception this week, the children have been learning about the season of spring. The children have been on a spring walk around the school grounds to look for signs of spring. The children have also created some beautiful observational paintings of spring flowers.

Y1 Big Lent Walk

For our Lent Walk this week, Y1 went on a Spring walk around the school grounds to observe the changes that occur when Spring arrives. We saw blue skies, new bulbs and even some birds nests. We talked to Mr Keen about the changes Spring brings and why he has covered up the vegetables and bulbs that have just been planted.

Year 4 went to Martin Mere

We had such an incredible day at Martin Mere. We loved learning about the wetlands and following Ava’s clues on the treasure hunt. It was great to learn about the wildlife that call Martin Mere their home.

Y1 visit Martin Mere

Y1 had a fantastic day out at Martin Mere. We learnt all about the wetlands and the animals who live there. We made nests, learnt and copied bird sounds and hunted for mini beasts. We even visited the park. A wonderful day out for everyone!

Preschool outdoor learning

Preschool have been enjoying playing in our mud kitchen and planting some herbs in our planting patch.

Floating and Sinking

This week in Reception, the children have been exploring floating and sinking in our outdoor water area. They found different objects from inside and outside of the classroom to investigate whether they float or whether they sink.

Preschool

Investigating forces

Preschool have been investigating magnets around class.

Y3 science

We have been experience with different rocks to find out which ones are permeable. The children tested the rocks by pouring water on them to see which rocks absorbed the water.

Y6 Electricity

Year 6 have been investigating how different voltages affect the way that components work in a circuit.

Y5 Science – Properties of Materials

In Science, the children have been investigating mixing materials with a liquid to discover if they are soluble or insoluble

Winter

In Reception, the children have been learning about winter. They had chance to spot scenes of winter on a wonderful walk around the school grounds, they learnt about wearing appropriate clothes in winter to keep warm. They had the opportunity to explore freezing and melting with real life snow. They also painted some beautiful winter scenes.

Year 5 – Science – The Earth’s Rotation and Revolution

In Science, we have been learning about how the Earth spins on its axis every 24 hours, which causes our night and day time. We have also been studying the effects of the Earth’s axis on seasons in the Northern and Southern hemispheres as the Earth orbits the Sun.

Y3 Science

The children were investigating different magnets to see which one was the strongest. They used a ruler to measure when each of the magnets attracted the paper clip. They found that it didn’t matter on the size of the magnet.

Shadows

In Reception we have been exploring light and dark. The children enjoyed making shadow and finger puppets in class.

Science- Animals

Today in Y1, we have been learning about animals diets. We have been sorting different animals into carnivores, herbivores and omnivores using a venn diagram.

Y6 Science

Year 6 have been investigating the angle of reflected light using mirrors to create a human ‘periscope’.

Y3 Science

In science the children have been exploring magnets and how they attract and repel. We talked about the north and south poles and how the same poles repel but the opposites attract.

Y6 Science investigating shadows.

This week, Y6 have been investigating shadows as part of our light topic.

❤️🌈⭐️ Fun Friday in Early Years ⭐️🌈❤️

What a lovely morning we have had in our early years department this morning. ⭐️
We have been using our water play equipment, we have been pouring, mixing and strengthening our developing gross and fine motor skills.

Autumn

In Reception, the children have been learning about the season of Autumn. They had the opportunity to go on an Autumn walk around the school grounds to look for signs of Autumn. The children also rolled conkers in paint to create some fantastic pieces of art.

Year 5 – The Solar System

In Science, we have learned about orbits and the 8 planets in our solar system. We all wrote our own quirky mnemonic to help us remember the order of the planets from the sun.

Preschool potions 🧪⭐️🕷

Our amazing potions are ready! ⭐️

We went to collect them from the kitchen, and we noticed they weren’t like water anymore. One child said “it’s wobbly!” ❤️

We then enjoyed our wonderful creation together for an afternoon snack. 💛

Well done preschool! 🧪🥰

Making potions 🧪❤️⭐️

This morning in preschool we have been reading one of our termly stories “Meg and Mog” and in the story they made a potion, so preschool decided what an amazing idea it would be to make our own potion. We worked together to mix, pour and stir our amazing potion. We will keep checking our potion to see how it changes from a liquid to a solid. We look forward to updating you with our marvellous creations. ❤️

Looking after our teeth

In Reception we have been learning about people who help us, we looked at the job of a dentist. We then talked about how we can keep our teeth healthy. The children had a chance to practise their teeth brushing skills.

Science Enquiry

We measured the handspan of children from different classes. Even Mr Parry was part of the enquiry. We looked at the observations made and recorded what we found out.

Our Senses

The children in Reception have been learning about their senses. They had the opportunity to taste different foods. they tasted foods that are salty, bitter, sour and sweet.

Science – Air Resistance Experiment

In Science, Year 5 have been observing the effects of air resistance on parachutes. They have been investigating to find the relationship between the surface area of the parachute and the resulting air resistance; measuring this by seeing the time it takes for them to reach the ground when dropped.

Year 6 Science

Today in Science, Y6 have been investigating the impact of exercise on their heart rate by measuring their pulse before and after 5 minutes of exercise in the glorious sunshine.