by Mrs Docherty | Jun 22, 2025 | News, Science, Year 1
Year 1 have enjoyed taking part in the ’Grow your own potatoes’ project. First, we had to chit the seed potatoes which involved leaving them on a sunny windowsill for 2 weeks. Then, we planted them and left them to grow for 14 weeks. On Thursday, we finally harvested...
by Mrs Chapman | Jun 18, 2025 | Latest News, Science, Year 2
Year 2 had an amazing time at the ‘The Centre for Life’. We became scientists for the day in a real lab! Dressed in our lab coats and safety glasses we discovered how scientists use their senses to study chemicals. It was fascinating observing what happened in each...
by Mrs Gaukrodger | Jun 11, 2025 | Classes, News, Science, Year 2
In Science we have been learning about the different stages of the human life cycle. We have thought about how humans change as they grow, what we can do now that we couldn’t do as babies and what adults can do that children can’t. We ordered pictures and descriptions...
by Mrs Armstrong | Jun 6, 2025 | News, Science, Year 5
This week, Year 5 had the opportunity to meet two STEM superstars as part of our Road to Riat activities. The children listened to Mike Glen and Heather Bates, who described their jobs and the journeys they undertook to achieve their careers. The children enjoyed...
by Miss Goddard | May 22, 2025 | Computing, Early Years Foundation Stage, English, Events and Visits, Geography, Maths, Music, News, PSHE, Science
To finish off the term, nursery have been learning about mini beasts. We started off our topic by completing a work shop with Northumbrian wild life trust. We were able to explore mini beasts in investigation jars. We looked at honey bees, spiders, dragonflies and...
by Mrs Docherty | May 16, 2025 | News, Science, Year 1
Year 1 have been exploring everyday materials in science. We have been looking at a range of materials and their properties. We found out about which materials floated and which materials sunk. We used this knowledge to build a boat that could float. We tested our...
