Curriculum Impact Tag: Science

Year 2 have been observers and investigators this afternoon in the Wildlife area.  They have found a number of different mini beasts and recorded their findings in a survey using tally strikes.

Knowledge: identify and name a variety of plants and animals in their habitats, including…

In a lively Year 5 classroom, students eagerly used Oreos to model the phases of the moon. By scraping off the cream to mimic waxing and waning crescents, they transformed a simple snack into a hands-on astronomy lesson. It was an engaging and delicious way to explore the lunar cycle!

Year 5 had a fun, hands-on lesson using playdough and fractions to compare planet sizes! They scaled each planet accurately, seeing how tiny Mercury is next to giant Jupiter. This creative activity brought maths and space learning to life—well done, Year 5!

Year 5 had an amazing time taking part in the Road to RIAT event! We started by designing and creating our very own rockets, testing them out to see how far they could fly. It was so much fun seeing everyone’s creative ideas take off (literally!).

Next, they worked in pairs to design a…

Year 5 had an amazing time visiting Norton Priory’s space exhibition, where they took part in some exciting hands-on activities!

First, they put their engineering skills to the test by building lunar rovers using K’Nex—designing and creating vehicles ready for an adventure on the Moon!…

Year 2 are investigating how the shapes of solid objects can be stretched, twisted, bent or squashed.  They explored 3 materials - air dried clay, plasticine and Playdoh.

Knowledge: to find out how the shapes of solid objects can be squashed, twisted, stretched and bent

Skills: to use…

This morning, Year 5 had Sarah from URENCO visit us. Sarah gave the class a separating materials workshop.

Pupils took part in various activities. Pupils were comparing different substances and seeing how they themselves could separate materials using centrifugal force.

The class thoroughly…

Year 5 had an exciting science lesson today! They created model alloys using Play-Doh as the base material. By adding different additives like sand and salt, they explored how these changes affected the properties of their “alloys.” It was a hands-on experiment that helped them understand the…

Year 2 have set up an experiment to investigate how food can create gas in the stomach.  They used sodium bicarbonate and vinegar and observed over time the chemical reaction.

Knowledge: I can describe the importance of eating the right amounts of different types of food

Skills: I…

Children in Year 4 have been using everyday items to explore the human digestive system. 

This afternoon, Year 5 have been hard at work at seeing which items were magnetic an non magnetic.

Well done Year 5

This afternoon in science, Year 5 had quite the tasty experiment whilst looking at the difference in physical qualities of chocolate before and after having heat applied. We heated the chocolate up in our mouths and hands.

We also compared room temperature chocolate to frozen chocolate.

Well…