Image of Raising money to support protecting coral reefs.
29 February 2020

Raising money to support protecting coral reefs.

We made sea creature biscuits to sell to the rest of the school so that we can adopt a turtle. The WWF help to protect coral reefs and the creatures that live there. Turtles are important to the coral reef ecosystem because they eats the sponges and algae that can overrun a reef.  Turtles are an…

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5 February 2020

Amazing day at the aquarium...

WOW! What a fantastic day we have had.  We saw all kinds of amazing sea creatures and learned lots about how important it is to look after the oceans and keep all the different creatures safe and healthy.  We loved seeing the very clever seals doing their tricks, we spotted clown fish, puffa fish,…

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17 January 2020

Investigating Coral Reefs

This week we have been investigating the creatures that live in the coral reefs and finding out what coral is.  We have been drawing and painting the creatures that live on the reef as well as having a go at modelling coral with play dough.  We have written facts that we already knew and spent…

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28 November 2019

Interesting Eggsperiment!

During science week, we performed a simple scientific enquiry to investigate the affect of different liquids on eggshells.  We were very surprised by the results.  Apple cordial was the liquid which resulted in the most dramatic effect, making the hardboiled egg turn soft and crumbly.  Because…

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28 November 2019

Science Week!

We have been learning about animals, including humans. Take a look at some of our work...

 

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28 November 2019

Science Week!

We have been learning lots about animals, including humans. Take a look at some of our work...

 

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28 November 2019

Science Week!

We have been learning lots about animals, including humans. Take a look at some of our work...

 

 

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Image of Friction- Rice in a bottle!
11 November 2019

Friction- Rice in a bottle!

In Science one group had to work out how to pick up a bottle using only rice and a spoon!! They were very pleased when it worked. They thought they would have to use water to make it sticky but soon realised that they needed to increase the friction.

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11 November 2019

Friction!

Today we investigated how different surfaces have different amounts of friction. The car didn't even move until we pushed it! The quickest surfaces were the cloth and wood although we found it difficult to time!!

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9 November 2019

Investigating Autumn

As part of our ongoing work in Science, learning about the seasons, we looked back at the photographs that we took in RE during September. We talked about what had changed and why.  We went out to take some more photos so that we could compare.  In true English Autumn style it starts to rain once…

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5 November 2019

Year 3 Pre-Learning Tasks- Penguins!

Matthew told us all about his trip to Edinburgh Zoo to see the different species of penguins. He told us lots of other penguin facts.

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