Greenacres Park visit
We had such an amazing time at Green acres Park today. We saw lots of wonderful animals and their babies, we even got to stroke and feed some of them. What a wonderful day of learning and exploring.
The Circle of Life!
Ellie from Chester Zoo visited Year 5, this afternoon, to discuss different animal life cycles and brought a collection of eggs for the students to observe. Ellie explained the different types of eggs, the conditions required for them to hatch, and the variations in size, shape, and…
Grouping Objects
As part of our new Science learning, children have been grouping and sorting buttons and play animals. The children then created Venn diagrams and Carroll Diagrams. A very Science and Maths afternoon!
Y4 Catalyst Museum
Year 4 had a super learning day at the Catalyst Museum, not only were the children able to consolidate their learning of Volcanoes (Shake, Rock and Roll), but also their Geography and Science skills.
Year 1 History and Science
In Year 1 Science we have been looking at plants in our school grounds. We are beginning to name the different plants and use a checklist to find out which plants we have in our school gardens. In History we have been finding out about the plant explorer George Forrest who was born in 1873. He…
Air Reistance - Eggcelance
This afternoon, Year 5 took part in an experiment to see if the surface area of a parachute would affect the speed the egg fell.
Safe to say, the class had an eggceptional time during this experiment.
The class learnt that the greater the surface area, the more air particles that were captured…
"What goes up, must come down", Gravity in Year 5!
This afternoon, year 5 learnt that gravity pulls all objects to the centre of the Earth.
We learnt that all objects are pulled with the same force by gravity, so when falling, they should take the same time to reach the ground.
However, air can slow down the object. This is called air…