Today in science we have been investigating friction. The children planned an experiment to test the effect of friction on a toy car. We looked at the importance of a fair test, we made predictions and then we drew conclusions from our results.
This half term in Science we are learning all about forces. Today we went to the local park to explore pushes and pulls in order to make a stationary object move. We also explored how if we increased the push force it could make us go faster or higher.
Our current science unit is materials and over the last few weeks we have been exploring all different materials figuring out their properties and purposes. This week we got into teams and designed a packaging that would keep an egg safe! We came up with team names and decided on Read more…
Today we have been exploring the permeability of soil in order to help farmer Joe work out how often to water his field. We planned out our experiment, discussed fair testing, made predictions and discussed and concluded our results.
In science, we have been learning all about soil. Today the children looked at the different layers of soil and found out about what is in each layer. We made some dirt puddings to show the different layers.
In Science this term, Year 5 have been exploring different forces. Last week, we looked at air resistance. Air resistance is a type of friction between air and another material. For example, when an airplane flies through the air, air particles hit the airplane making it more difficult for it to Read more…
This afternoon, Year 4 were on the hunt to see what invertebrates they could find in our local environment. The children had lots of fun exploring the woodland area, finding different invertebrates and logging all that they observed about each creature they found. We were lucky enough to be able Read more…
This week in science we have been exploring how fossils are made over millions of years. First we read a short text to find out about fossils and we answered some questions. We then sequenced the steps in order for a fossil to form. We also observed some real fossils Read more…
Today our lesson involved investigating how we can group rocks. We explored things such as density, permeability, hardness and erosion in rocks such as Granite, Sandstone, Slate, Limestone, Marble and Basalt. Some great observations Year 3, well done.
This half term in science we are learning about rocks and soils. This week, the children have been learning about the 3 types of rocks (sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous) and trying to group rocks into these categories by looking at them closely and following a key by observing their properties. Read more…
Last week, some of Year 5 took part in a science competition called the Phizzi Olympics. We were split into several groups with other schools and completed 5 investigations, we received points dependent on where we placed and all the points were added together to find a winner, one of Read more…
Today Year 3 have been learning all about shadows. We explored how to create a shadow and also how to increase and decrease the size of shadow by the position of the torch. We then used this knowledge to create our own shadow puppet theatres. Well done Year 3.
Today the children have been working on a range on activities to investigate how light can be reflected . First we looked at reflecting images in a mirror to create reflective patterns We then looked at how we can reflect light using a mirror to change the direction of travel. Read more…
Today we had a plant hunt in the environmental area. The children enjoyed using their magnifying glass to look at the flower in detail. We were able to identify lots of common flowers.
Along with four other schools, Heap Bridge were asked to come up with a science experiment and enter into a competition which was held at Hopwood Primary School. So this afternoon Miss Forbes, Miss Morris and six very excited children from Year 2 took part in the ‘Science Experiment Olympics’. Read more…