by Mrs Carr | Jan 24, 2023 | Science, Year 3
Year 3 have enjoyed being pedologists today. A pedologist is a scientist who studies soil. The pupils had a walk around the school grounds to locate where they could find soil in their locality – we discussed what soil is, how it is formed and why it is...
by Miss Howe | Jan 10, 2023 | Classes, Latest News, News, Science, Year 4
Today, as part of their ’Sound’ topic, Year 4 investigated how the distance from a sound source affects the perceived volume of the sound.They thought about their previous sound knowledge, made predictions, worked out their method and how to keep their investigation...
by Mrs Docherty | Dec 16, 2022 | News, Science, Year 1
As part of our science work about seasonal change, Year 1 enjoyed a cold and frosty walk around school looking for signs of winter. We talked about how the weather had become much colder and how we had to wrap up in coats, scarves and gloves to stay warm. We noticed a...
by Miss Thompson | Dec 15, 2022 | Art and Design, DT, Early Years Foundation Stage, English, Latest News, PSHE, RE, Science
We have been exploring lots of festive fun in Early Years. We made fake snow with cornflour and oil, decorated the Christmas tree, made baubles and Christmas wreaths, explore our Elf Shop and lots more. We read the story ’The Nativity. The Story of Baby Jesus’ by May...
by Mrs Coxon | Dec 15, 2022 | Art and Design, Early Years Foundation Stage, Latest News, PSHE, Science
Nursery and Reception have been exploring the effect of the changes in temperature. They noticed water freezing outside and enjoyed using their senses to describe what they could see, feel and hear. Some of the ice was so thick we used warm water to try and melt it....
by Mrs Mounsey | Dec 8, 2022 | Science, Year 5
Year 5 had a wonderful afternoon at Northumbria University. We learned about how scientists use ice cores from the Antarctic to find out about the past. We listened to a poem by Katrina Porteous and then used what we had learned to write our own sense poem.
