It was a perfect Autumn day for a welly walk today! All the nursery children and staff put on their wellies and went exploring in the nature reserve. We talked about signs of Autumn and the children collected interesting things to take back to nursery. We found lots of leaves, elder cones and chestnuts in their spiky cases. The children noticed that the leaves were all different colours and they had a challenge to find as many different coloured leaves as they could.
Next week we are going to add our Autumn treasure to our investigation tray in nursery so we can explore it using our magnifying glasses.
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The children in Key Stage 2 were set a challenge as part of British Science Week. They were asked to think about what a classroom of the future might look like. After research and discussion the children set about creating their future classroom plans.
Team LL have had an amazing Science Week. We were lucky enough to be involved with a virtual chemistry workshop ran by lecturers from Sheffield University. We attended online lectures and learnt about Sir Harry Kroto and his discovery of a third kind of carbon called the Buckminsterfullerene - or Buckyball for short. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. The class had the challenge of creating their own models of the mollecule.We have met again today to talk about the different ways we can make science brilliant and exciting. We have found out a little more about the different enquiry types and each of us has talked to the children in our own class about this. We are loving being on the council. Here are just some of the things mentioned by the children attending the meeting:
' I am so excited about being on the science council. I love science and want to help make it brilliant at Park Street.' 'I can't wait to try out new investigations with my friends in class. It is brilliant to work outside and using the different science resources in school.' 'When I grow up I want to be a scientist so I think being on the science council is a good start.' We enjoyed meeting today to talk about science in school. This year we have agreed to look at ways to engage classes in the different kinds of science enquiry. We have worked with Miss Fury to come up with a plan to have a focus each half term on a different enquiry type. This will let all the children and teachers work together to share good ideas and we are hoping at the end of each half term to be able to show lots of brilliant work. We talked today about what we loved about science and want to make science really exciting. We are going to meet virtually for now because of Covid but really hope to be able to have meetings in real life from September.
From The School Council. Congratulations to all our newly elected class science councillors. Our first virtual meeting was a huge success it was fantastic to hear just how enthusiastic our pupils were. The council discussed and agreed the aims and actions to be tackled this year. Watch this space for updates.
In team CH we have been exploring objects and their physical properties. We have been able to make comparison between a variety of materials such as, wood, plastic, glass, water and describe their physical properties. Through observing the change in season and weather conditions we were able to predict which material would make the best shelter and why. We then carried out our own experiment to see which material would be the most suitable.
In Science we have been learning about materials and their physical properties. We have learnt about the difference between natural and manmade materials and we have used our knowledge of materials to predict which material would be best suited to building a house for The Three Little Pigs. We tested this and found that Lego brick was stronger than wooden sticks and paper straws. Then we found out that The Three Little Pigs had not listened to our results and they built their house from straw rather than Lego bricks like we had suggested. This resulted in a flood! So, we tested 3 different types of paper to find out which type of paper would be best suited to helping The Three Little Pigs clean up the water. We found that tissue paper and normal paper was not very absorbent, but that paper towel was the best option. In science this week, we have continued exploring States of Matter. The children worked in groups of 5 to plan their own enquiry to investigate whether temperature impacts the rate of evaporation. The children had to consider the equipment they required, what they would be measuring/observing, how they would present their findings and most importantly, how could they ensure it was a fair test. The investigations will be carried out next week and I am already looking forward to the results!
Team LL have been thoroughly enjoying their science work linked to electricity and circuits. This week they have been generating possible investigation questions and creating vocabulary checklists. In pairs the children have chosen their own investigation question. They carried out their investigation and wrote up their findings. |
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