Arctic Animals
The children in nursery are interested in learning about animals that live in cold climates. We have looked at different animals that live in the Arctic including polar bears, snowy owls and arctic foxes. We have also been exploring what happens to ice as it melts.
Investigating the effects of friction on different surfaces.
Today we looked at how friction is a resistant force between two surfaces.
We investigated which surface is best to place on the floor to prevent people slipping.
Air Resistance
In this lesson we explored the effects of air resistance.
We looked at how air resistance (drag) is a force which acts as friction between objects and air.
We conducted an experiment using parachutes to see whether the size of the parachute impacts the time it takes an object to fall.
Snow and sledging in Nursery A
We wasted no time in making the most of the sprinkling of snow we had this morning, learning a ‘sprinkling’ of new snow related vocabulary too! We used lots of teamwork to pull the heavy sledge and even more teamwork to throw snowballs at the adults! Smiles all round and despite our cold hands…
Year 2 Science: Life Cycles
In Science we talked about the life cycle of a chicken and the different stages involved. The children worked in small groups to sequence pictures and write about each stage.
Learning About Classification
Today in science, we learnt about classification and taxonomy. The children designed their very own classification chart to sort different sweets!
Bug Hunting!
The children have loved hunting for bugs in the garden this week. After reading poems about mini-beasts we all searched the garden for their secret hiding places to see what we could find. Harry was especially keen and helped lots of the children on their search. ‘I know all the good hiding…
English Martyrs Autumn Cafe!
This week’s menu:
Starter: Leaf Soup
Main: Autumn Omelette
Dessert: Spider crispy cakes
Turn-taking, playing, mixing, stirring, speaking, listening, measuring, counting, experimenting = LEARNING!
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When the lights go out…the torches come out!
A power cut in nursery didn’t stop the fun and learning this week. We used torches to find our way around nursery, exploring light, dark and shadows.
Y2 Making Smoothies
James from Active Sefton visited Year 2 today. He talked about the importance of healthy eating and we watched him make a smoothie, which we were then able to taste. It contained a variety of delicious
Year 1 Science- Sense of smell
Year 1 Science-Sense of Smell
We have being using our sense of smell to explore different foods. We matched the labels to the different pots.
“It doesn’t smell good.”
”It smells like garlic bread.”
Musical Moments
The children have enjoyed exploring different sounds on our new music wall that the children created together this week. We listened to the sounds the wooden items made when hit and described how they are different to the sounds created by striking metal objects.