Blog by Tag: Science

Today we have been exploring what is the effect of water resistance. 

We discussed how water resistance is stronger than air resistance using the example of trying to move through the pool.

After, we investigated how shape affects the speed an object drops. 

Science Year 1-What types of animals are there?

We have been looking at different types of animals including amphibians, reptiles, fish, mammals and birds. We talked about similarities and differences between each animal. The children then sorted the animal pictures into the different…

Following on from our vegetable shop role play we used some of our vegetables to make a special “English Martyrs Soup”. The children peeled and chopped. We discussed the shapes and textures of the vegetables. This afternoon we enjoyed eating our soup in the woodland area. We heard words such as…

The children in our nurseries have been playing in our woodland area this morning.  They have produced a woodland shop with sticks, branches and leaves, they have worked cooperatively to manoeuvre on the adventure trail and they have played a guessing game using pebbles.  The game was a focused…

The children have continued their bug hunting this week using the magnifying viewfinders. After an adult initiated bug hunting activity last week, these children were choosing to continue and extend their learning independently.  

Year 1- Science-Mammals and Birds 

We have been learning about different types of animals including mammals and birds. We sorted the animals into the different types and talked about the features of each one. 

The children worked in groups to sort animals into vertebrates and invertebrates.

This week the children have been working in their key groups to find hidden bugs in our woodland area. They used their investigative skills to look for the photographs of different insects and to talk about their features. We will continue to learn about bugs this half term as we are reading ‘I’m…

Year 1 Science-Animals including humans 

We have been learning about what makes an animal? An animal can move freely, it can eat other living things and it needs water to survive. We also discussed why an animal is not a plant. The children enjoyed playing “ guess the animal” game in…

Today we were visited by Margaret and Michael from Lancashire Hawks and Owls. They brought some of their amazing birds with them to show us. We learnt lots of facts about the birds and we we able to stroke some of them.

Over the past few weeks the children have been really interested in pumpkins.  They have brought pumpkins in to use in our learning, and told us about visits to pumpkin patches.  We have used pumpkins in our maths counting and comparing activities, created and investigated pumpkin potions, shared…