News: Science

Some of reception had a visit from the dentist yesterday. We are doing a good job at looking after our teeth.

Look at our cocoons!

All of our caterpillars have made their cocoons.

This week in Science, we have been learning about the roots of a plant. We have had a close look at the roots and discussed what they do and why they are important.

We have been learning about the lifecycle of a frog today.

Look how big our caterpillars are now!

Our germinating plant investigation in Science.

We have been learning about the lifecycle of a caterpillar. Ask your child to sing you our song.

Year 1 have been planting seeds in Science.

In Science, we are focusing on Forces and Magnets. This week, we have been conducting experiments to understand why different surfaces have an impact on the movement of objects. Ask your child/ren what they found out.

Today in our science lesson we have been investigating friction. Ask us what we have found out.

Look at our caterpillars

In Science, our new topic is Plants! In our first lesson we went on a nature walk to explore where plants grow and find out what plants we already know.

Our topic this term in Science is Plants. We sorted the different types of seeds and then did an investigation using a dry and soaked seed to spot the similarities and differences. Here we are opening the seed to investigate the different parts inside.

Yesterday we talked about Spring and the changes in our environment. The children then enjoyed painting in the sunshine making a lovely window display.

After completing the micro:bit simulations we used to the micro:bits for our animal monitors.

Learning about the water cycle in science.

We have been so lucky to go on two local walks this week. On Tuesday we went out out looking at the human and physical features of Mill Hill for our Geography topic. Here we are on our Science walk yesterday looking for wooden materials outdoors.

Conducting an experiment in science, changing the state of chocolate with different methods.

What a busy afternoon we have had creating our own electronic scarecrows in science; using the knowledge we have gained this half term.

Conducting an experiment in science on temperature.

This week Miss Yates came to teach us Science. We investigated which material worked best for a car ramp then measured the distance. Our results showed that wood was the best material.

Conducting an experiment on Monday.

Today in science we have been making muscle models to help us explain how muscles work. Ask us all about it!

Germs! Having noticed a number of children putting their fingers in their mouth all the time, we decided to explore a germs journey. Mrs Holden led a mini experiment to show them how germs can be transported and how we can get rid of them.

In Science this week, we have looked at grouping materials. We used our knowledge around properties from last week to help us.

Today in science we have been learning all about the human skeleton. We have made our own skeletons and labelled the different bones.

Conducting an experiment in science - which liquid ran the furthest in 30 seconds?

In Science, we are continuing to look at materials so we turned into scientists and went on a material hunt. We had to fill in a table stating which object we were looking at, what material it was made of and how it felt.

Investigating what happens to the bulbs when more voltage is added. Well done year 6.

We are looking at States of Matter in science - solids, liquids and gases.

Year 1 have a video message for Charlotte from Elektec.

What a fantastic Science Week we have had at St. Aidan’s!

Today, we had special visitor - Charlotte from Elektec!

Autumn Walk

Reception had a great time on their autumn walk.

New LEGO club at school!

Limited places for new after school club!

Reception have been planting bulbs today.

Y6 create and code a Lego cave car to test transparency!

Real life problem solving. STEAM science

Learning through play-LEGO day

Today we learnt through play! Phil from Getech and LEGO helped us see the value of hands on learning and how LEGO links to many different areas of the curriculum!