Today, Year 4 carried out a science investigation to find out who had stolen and scoffed our biscuits! 🍪🔍
The culprit had left a message written in black ink, so we used chromatography to test the ink from the four suspects’ pens. Using filter paper and water, we separated the colours in each ink and compared the patterns.
After careful investigation, we discovered that the biscuit thief was… Mr Moon! 😲
Year 5 completed a British Science Week investigation today. They explored ‘does toast always land butter-side down?’
They learnt about probability and Murphy’s law and made predicitions.
It was lots of fun and some children even challenged themselves to see whether the type of bread made a difference!
This week, Year 3 have been exploring how mirrors work as part of their science topic on light.
They had 2 challenges using mirrors: to crack secret messages written backwards using a mirror and to follow a line on the ground while only looking up!
This week, Year 4 concluded their Iron Man and Electricity topics with an exciting teamwork challenge: designing and creating a robot face complete with light-up LED eyes.
Working collaboratively, the children carefully covered cardboard boxes with foil to form the base of their designs. To complete their robots, they used electronics kits to wire the LED eyes, applying their understanding of circuits to bring their creations to life.
It was a fantastic opportunity for the class to demonstrate their teamwork, creativity and growing confidence in electrical engineering.
This week, Year 4 have continued learning about electrical circuits and how switches control the flow of electricity. The children built simple circuits and made a lightbulb turn on and off using a switch.
They then applied their knowledge by creating their own switches using split pins and paper clips — a great example of hands-on learning, problem solving, and teamwork.
Year 5 explored why we get day and night today.
They thought about the key words axis, rotate, facing and anti-clockwise.
Year 5 had a fantastic evening stargazing.
They were able to learn about constellations and use the app ‘the night sky’ to find different ones.
They even enjoyed a hot chocolate and biscuit when they came back inside!
Thank you to everyone who came, the Year 5 team think you are all stars!
Year 5 enjoyed going outside to explore how the planets orbit the sun today. They explored the difference between rotation and revolution. It was so much fun!
Last week year 4 began to explore electricity in their science lessons using the schools’ electricity kits. They learnt how to create a complete circuit and how changing the number of battery cells and bulbs affected their brightness. We look forward to using other components in the future.
Children had a fantastic day at Thrigby Hall this week. They enjoyed watching the animals ‘in action’ at Thrigby – especially the gibbons swinging around their area. They were keen explrorers, even able to spot Raja the tiger using his stripes to hide in the bamboo. As scientists, they were able to use their science learning to help them identify if animals were Birds, Mammals, Fish, Reptiles or Amphibians. They met Scott, Zoological Director, who explained about the different animals at Thrigby and how Raja had been transported to the zoo. A fantastic day of fun learning!
