Science

Understanding of the World 

The Natural World ELG (Early Learning Goal)
Children at the expected level of development will:
– Explore the natural world around them, making observations and drawing
pictures of animals and plants;
– Know some similarities and differences between the natural world around them
and contrasting environments, drawing on their experiences and what has
been read in class;
– Understand some important processes and changes in the natural world
around them, including the seasons and changing states of matter.

Inquisitive Minds – EYFS Science examples 

Investigating – The children made kites and wanted to see if they flew better if they ran quicker… 

Demonstrating-  The children were learning about fireworks and wanted to recreate the ‘pop’ and ‘bang’…

Practical-  Changing state- what happens when we mix ingredients together? Is it the same? What changes? 

Observation-  How does your garden grow? What can you see? What will happen if? 

Year 6 have been looking at where food is grown and how many food miles are involved in the production of different burgers. Their challenge was to create a burger using locally sourced ingredients, and find food producers who use sustainable forms of energy.

Reception class have been busy planting seeds in their outdoor area and finding out what seeds need to grow and have had two visitors this week into their class. The children have been learning about how they grow. Alex, a midwife, brought her daughter Avery into school to talk to the children about babies and how they grow.

Mrs. Clews, also visited our Reception children to talk about how our teeth grow! The children were shown how to brush their teeth properly too.

Thank you so much Alex and Mrs. Clews. We loved having you in our school.

Year 2 have looked at human growth and how what we eat can affect this. Last week we had produced some pictograms showing our favourite fruit and vegetables so we talked about this. We looked at the stages of growth from baby to toddler to child to teenager to adult and discussed what we could do that we couldn’t previously.

Year 1 conducted an experiment to see if you were older, you were taller. We found out it was not always true! We made coca cola ‘grow’. We put mentos in coca cola, which reacted with the carbon dioxide bubbles and created even more bubbles which caused the liquid to expand and shoot out of the top of the bottle! We designed our own science posters with everything we know that grows.