Category: Science
Quizclub Science Quiz
Today, two teams of four Years 5 and 6 pupils competed in the heats of the Quizclub Science quiz. In total 119 teams competed in this online heat with a team comprising Seren, Miles, Gabriel and Niharan finishing a creditable 43rd on 1415 points. We are pleased to report that our other quartet of Josephine, Seb,…
Ooh Oobleck
This week, Year 4 made oobleck (a mixture of cornflour and water) to support their learning on the different states of matter. The children soon had their hands covered with it! Oobleck acts like a liquid when being poured, but like a solid when a force is acting on it. You can grab it and…
Floating Ideas in Science
This week, Year 5 carried out their planned science enquiry. Their enquiry question was: Does the size of a parachute affect the time it takes for it to fall to the ground? The children were able to identify the affects of air resistance and make connections related to the surface area of the parachute. The…
CSI Workshop for Year 6
Year 6 got STEM week off to a flying start with their CSI workshop on Monday. Led by a forensic scientist, our pupils became crime scene investigators, looking for clues about the crime that had taken place in our school hall! They learnt various forensic techniques, such as how to take their own fingerprints, how…
Amazing Air Resistance
Year 5 have been investigating air resistance by running with a parachute, recording the time and comparing it to running without a parachute. Noah (5HG) felt the investigation went but it might have been unfair as groups had different amount of wind. Jamie (5HG) thought the investigation went well as we got accurate results and…
A Live BBC Science Lesson
On Wednesday, Year 6 took part in a BBC Live Science lesson which focused on the adaptations and classifications of sharks. This thirty-minute live lesson, hosted by Steve Backshall, had learning activities for the children to engage with too. One of the tasks required them to correctly identify a shark using a dichotomous key. There…
Inter-House Science Quiz
At the start of this academic year, the children in Year 5 and Year 6 took part in the Inter-House Science quiz. The top eight scorers were then sorted into two teams for the Inter-House Science Quiz. Today, the teams took on other children from Prep schools in the area heat of the competition. After…
Fruity Planets
This week, as part of their Science unit about Space, Year 5 have been investigating how vast our solar system is. Using fruits, we looked at the size of planets relative to each other. Mercury, the smallest, was represented by a peppercorn while the largest, Jupiter, was a watermelon! We couldn’t find a fruit large…
Hoops and Allsorts
Year 4 have enjoyed lots of practical Science this week. Firstly, they went out into the playground for some outdoor learning. The children were given animal pictures and had hoops on the ground to create a venn diagram. Working together in groups, they had to decide what the categories could be for their venn diagram…
Soundproofing Sheeran
To conclude Year 4’s Science topic on Sound this term, the children carried out an investigation on soundproofing. They wanted to investigate the best material for soundproofing a music studio and the materials used were bubblewrap, fabric, foam and newspaper. After making predictions about which material would be most effective, they played some music (Mr….
