Electrical Circuits
This week, the children have been learning about the history of electricity, how it has impacted on our lives and how to draw a scientific circuit diagrams using the correct symbols.
The children loved making a circuit and are excited to conduct an investigation using this new knowledge…
Rocks Everywhere!
Rock Detectives!
The children have been searching for rocks all around the school. They have been identifying if they are natural or man-made.
Meet a Creature
What an amazing day we had! Dean the animal ranger brought all kinds of animals to meet us. We learnt lots about the different types of animals and about what they need to survive. We played some games that helped us to learn about how to classify animals and about the different groups of…
Very busy planting
Inspired by our trip to Strikes we have been planting our seeds. We have been learning about what will help the seeds to germinate. We set up some experiments with mustard seeds to investigate what a seed needs to germinate and grow well.
Being inspired by Strikes!
Today we had a fantastic time at Strikes Garden Centre. The outdoor Garden Centre Manager Paul was kind enough to show us around and share his in depth knowledge of plants. We learned lots about the different parts of a plant and why plants look and smell different from each other. A huge thank…
Spotting Spring on our local walk...
We had a great time on our local walk. We followed the map carefully, spotting the way markers so we didn't get lost. It was lovely to see a bit more of the countryside around Stokesley and find out a bit more about the place that many of us live. We managed to spot almost all of the signs of…
Spring Blossom
Today we were looking closely at Spring blossom to create some art work to update our seasons wall. It was hard work blowing the paint to make our branches.
Fantastic Flamingo Land
We had a fabulous day at Flamingo Land. The morning was spent learning about the different types of animal our science workshop. We investigated feathers, saw some of the biggest eggs in the world, felt snake and lizard scales as well as meeting the spiky tenrec and Freddy the frog. After lunch…
Lion Facts and Pictures
We have been getting busy finding out lots about lions. We have been working together to decide which facts are true and false and using the books we borrowed to find out the answers to our questions. We have also been inspired to have a go at drawing lions, we used the chalk pastels blended…
Investigating which wheels worked best.
Today we investigated which wheels worked best. We wanted to make the test fair so we decided to use a ramp and make sure no-one pushed their moon buggy. We tested each type of wheel ... card, wood, plastic, metal. The we tested bumpy and smooth. Finally we tested the buggies that had…