31 Mar

Year 5 Art - I Need Space

This half term, Year 5 have been looking at space-themed art.

We have been looking at illustrations from the ‘Space race’ era; exploring how imagery was used and how it influenced art and design; learning the term retrofuturism and evaluating images using knowledge of the formal elements. 

30 Mar

Year 5 Trip to Catalyst Museum

Today, Year 5 had the opportunity to visit the Catalyst Museum in Widnes.

Whilst at the museum, we were lucky to be able to travel through space thanks to the planetarium. During our time in the planetarium, we could see all the planets and constellations that we can currently see in the…

24 Mar

Y6 Science - Evolution, Adaptation and Inheritance

We have had great fun this week in Year  6 learning about Evolution, Inheritance and Adaptation.

We have played games and simulated experiments in order to prove (or disprove) our own hypotheses and predictions.

We have played:

Camo-creature - a game which shows how animals have adapted…

24 Mar

Year 3 science

Year 3 are learning all about plant life this term.

23 Mar

Year 2 - Science

Year 2 have been very busy planting summer bulbs and vegetable seeds in our bedding area.  

Knowledge: know how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants.

Skills: be able to observe, over time the growth of plants, noting the changes in the plant's development.

Vocab: plant, seeds, bulbs,…

22 Mar

Signs of Spring

Reception class explored the natural world around them to find signs of the season Spring. 

22 Mar

Signs of spring

Reception class explored the natural world around them to find signs of the season Spring. 

21 Mar

Phases of the Moon

In our science lessons, we have been looking at the phases of the moon. We learnt that one complete phase lasts 29.53 days. 

Using the knowledge we’ve gained about the phases of the moon, we carefully carved the phases into the cream of an oreo biscuit with the spoon.

16 Mar

Year 5 - Comparing planetary sizes

In our science lesson this afternoon, Year 5 compared the sizes of the planets in our galaxy.
 

We looked at the order they are in along with how long each planet takes to orbit around the sun.
 

We used various fruits to show the scale of each planet compared to each…

13 Mar

Science in Reception

Reception class have been reading Little Red Riding hood and wanted to help Little Red Riding hood get to Granny's house quicker that the Big Bad Wolf so they decided to make a plane for her. We investigated 2 different types of paper aeroplane, a thin one and a fat one and we predicted which…