--- title: "Static electricity" url: "https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2024-02-01-08-15-00-static-electricity" school: "Scotforth St Paul's C of E Primary & Nursery School" --- [Start your school journey with us! Book a visit for September 2027 school starters](https://www.scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/parents/admissions) # Static electricity ![](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/blog/IMG_2989.jpeg) 1 February 2024 [Mrs Mayor](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/author/tmayor) [Class of 2019](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/category/class-of-2019) Today, we have made our hair stand on end by creating static electricity and learning the science behind it. We rubbed balloons on our jumpers and hovered them above our hair. Using the same method, we also tried to pick up small pieces of paper from the table and tried to attract our balloon to the wall. It was lots of fun and we had very messy hairstyles by the end of the afternoon. [Year 4](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/tag/year-4) [Science](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/tag/science) [![](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/imagecache/100x100c/blog/IMG_3896.jpeg)](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2024-01-31-17-15-00-dt-looking-at-different-bread-textures) Previous ### [DT- looking at different bread textures](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2024-01-31-17-15-00-dt-looking-at-different-bread-textures) [![](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/imagecache/100x100c/blog/IMG_3911.jpeg)](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2024-02-01-17-15-00-y1-comparing-numbers) Next ### [Y1 comparing numbers](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/blog/2024-02-01-17-15-00-y1-comparing-numbers) - ![Healthy Schools](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/partners/healthyschoolslogo(3)_(1).jpeg) - ![Ofsted](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/partners/Ofsted_Good_GP_Colour(1).jpeg) - ![Vines](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/partners/Outlook-gg5hcrqw_(2)_(1).png) - ![QM](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/partners/Quality_Mark_5_March_2015(2)_(1).jpeg) - ![Blackbrun Diocese](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/partners/Blackburn_Diocese_(1)_(1).jpeg) - ![School Gold Award](https://files.schudio.com/scotforth-st-paul-s-cofe-primary-nursery-school/images/partners/SG-L1-3-gold-2022-23(4).jpeg) ##### Location Scotforth Rd Lancaster LA1 4SE ##### Contact Us 01524 65379 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Scotforth.St.Pauls) - [Office staff (Mrs Malin and Mrs Pearce)](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/contact) © Copyright 2017–2026 Scotforth St Paul's C of E Primary & Nursery School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://scotforth-st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)