Science in Year 3- Are all rocks porous?
Today in year 3, we carried out an investigation to see if all rocks are porous. We took rock samples and immersed them in water. We then weighed the rocks at regular...
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Science in Year 3- Making metamorphic rocks out of chocolate!
Today year 3 were looking at how different types of rocks are formed. We used chocolate to illustrate how metamorphic rocks are formed when both igneous and sedimentary rocks are heated and...
Science Resources- Kinetic Sand
We have kindly been gifted some exciting new ‘Kinetic Sand’ sets. These will be used to complement our ever growing science/DT resources and will also be given to EYFS classes. Lots of...
Year 5 Science – Sieving and Filtering
This week in science year 5 have been looking at sieving and filtering. They tried to separate a mixture of water, rice and marbles through sieving and while we could get the...
Year 5 Science – Reversible Changes and Solutions
This week in Science, Year 5 have been learning about reversible changes. They have looked at how we can melt ice to turn it from a solid to a liquid by heating...
STEM Update
Today, Miss Georgeson completed training at Sunderland University which will enable her to further develop and support STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) in our school. The course was sponsored by...
Year 3 Science-Rocks
Today year 3 became geologists! We talked about the three main different types of rock and how they are formed. We used magnifying glasses to examine samples of metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary...
Year 5 Science – Acids and Alkalis
Year 5 have been investigating whether substances are acidic, neutral or alkaline by testing the substance with litmus paper. We tested a range of substances including water, soap, washing up liquid, vinegar...