Blog by Tag: Science

As part of our topic of animals, we have been looking closely at different types of animals, their groups and their features. Therefore, we were very excited to look after some fish for a few weeks. We are enjoying feeding them and discussing the different parts we can see e.g “...look at their…

We had a brilliant time learning about how to keep ourselves healthy this morning when the student doctors from Lancaster Uni visited. 

Today, we have been learning about air resistance. We made parachutes that were different sizes and dropped them from the same height to see whether the surface area created more air resistance. We found out that the larger the canopy, the slower they fell to the ground. We also found out from…

We have enjoyed finding out and sorting what different animals eat. We have used the vocabulary herbivore, carnivore and omnivore. We have also thought about what we eat! 

Today we have been finding natural objects with different characteristics. Some were smooth, some bumpy, some long, some short.

Today, we have started our unit on ‘Forces’. We have been learning about gravity and the link between mass and weight. We measured the mass of each object and then used the Newton meter to measure the amount of force acting on it.

We decided another category was needed so added a group called ‘Never Alive’.

In Science, we are learning all about living things.  Today we sorted various objects into two categories - living or dead.  Most objects were quite easy to classify but some made us really think.  

We have been looking and naming the different animals and learning the animal groups ( mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds and fish). We have been looking closely at the different animals to sort them into different groups. We have spotted similarities and differences between the animals and…

We went into the garden to look for signs of growth now that Spring is on its way.

Year 6 loved learning about microorganisms in Science- who says that Playdoh is only for KS1?! We created models of different types of bacteria, fungi and viruses thinking carefully about the shapes and sizes in relation to each other. We also conducted an experiment into how yeast causes dough to…

To start our new topic, we went to discover the animals we found in our school garden. We found out that the smaller animals (insects) like damp, dark places like under the logs and rocks. We found some woodlice, a ladybird, a snail and a slug!