YEAR 3 JIGSAW HEALTHY ME!

By Miss L STEWART26th February 2023

In this Jigsaw Piece, the children in Years 3 are exploring the concept of making healthier choices…

In Year 3 we began by discussing the importance of exercise and the benificial effects it has on our bodies, our hearts and lungs.  Before participating in star jumps, burpees, boxing moves, dancing and a little jogging on the spot we felt and measured our resting heart rate then compared it with our elevated heart rate after we had exerted ourselves! We found that whilst exercising our heart beats faster to pump the blood around our bodies and that our lungs work harder to take in more oxygen.  In addition we identified that exercising, whilst tiring, actually makes us feel good!

We then explored the suggested statement ‘Children need to be active for at least 1 hour a day’ and recorded/calculated the typical average timings of the regular activities we all participate in throughout the school day every day:

Walk to school –  10 minutes
Walk up and down the stairs at school  throughout the day – 5 minutes in total
Playtime – 15 minutes
Lunchtime – 1 hour
Walking home from school – 10 minutes

Our findings found that we certainly excel the suggested 1 hour of activity from the activities we undertake in a typical school day but as this is only a suggestion we can go on to do more if we so wish.

We then went on to explore the concept of calories, fats and sugars within the food that we eat and how these can affect our health. Firstly, we identified how we can make healthier choices by swapping out certain foods with something considered to be healthier:

Chocolate – Fruit
Icecream – Plain Yogurt
Crisps – Rice Cake
Muffin – Plain Popcorn

We explored a range of food packaging to identify the calorific values (energy) fats and sugars of some food types and noticed that the traffic light coding on packages makes these easier to identify…

We then played the ‘How Much Sugar Game?’ and tried to match a specified amount of sugar with one of the food items presented…it was not easy!

 

Once the amounts were revealed we were amazed to find that there are…

35g of sugar in an energy drink
22g of sugar in a bowl of chocolate icecream
17g of sugar in a flavoured yoghurt
8g of sugar in a plain biscuit

We all agreed that whilst we find lots of food items rather yummy, that we can try to make healthier choices and keep some of those foods which have lots of sugar, fats and calories in as a sometimes treat. Great work Year 3!

 

Year 5 Materials- soluble and insoluble solutions

By Mr J SUTTON22nd February 2023

In year 5 this week we have been investigating and observing which materials are soluble and insoluble in water. We then took the experiment further after discovering that sugar was an excellent soluble in water and then investigated if it would create a soluble solution when added into oil, cordial and washing up liquid.

Year 2 Science – Materials – Which materials will block the light the best?

By Miss A STOCKTON22nd February 2023

Year 2 children are looking at materials and their uses.

Today we investigated which material would be the best at blocking out the light.

We made a prediction then used a torch to shine through each material. We used the words ‘opaque’ and ‘transparent’ to compare the different materials.

 

We found the the black paper was opaque and the plastic lid was the most transparent.

Carbon monoxide

By Mrs K SMITH10th February 2023

Year 3 were very luck to take part in a carbon monoxide workshop thanks to The Children’s University.

We found out lots of information about how dangerous carbon monoxide can be and what we should do if we suspect carbon monoxide is effecting anybody.

Carbon monoxide can make people feel dizzy, sleepy, give them headache, make them feel sick or make them confused. We found out about all of the different things in our homes that can cause carbon dioxide. We discovered that things like the cooker or boiler that we use every day can leak carbon monoxide into our home. We saw how a carbon monoxide detector can save people from the danger and we discovered where the best place in the house is to place this. Carbon monoxide detectors should be on every floor of a house and should be near appliances that could leak carbon monoxide to ensure we are as safe as possible.

We finished our session off with a quiz, we were really good at recalling all the information we had just learnt.

Engineering day!

By Olivia Mead10th February 2023

On Wednesday, Year 5 visited an egineering company – OSL – where they took part in  arange of activities linking to the subject. The activities included:

  • Completing a circuit to sound a buzzer
  •  Using their knowledge of construction to put together a triangle using nuts and bolts
  • Conduct an experiment to act against gravity – using plastic bottles, water and tubes

During these activities, the children learnt a substansive amount of knowledge about how to become an engineer and what the job role consists of.

Here are some images of the children during the day:

For the second half of the day, we then went to an architectural business – GGP. Here the children took part in an activity where they had to build their on bridge out of straws, which had to withstand a brick. We had so much fun!

Which materials are waterproof?

By Amy JEFFREY9th February 2023

Year 2 are really enjoying our current topic in Science, Uses of Everyday Materials. So far we have identified different materials and found objects in and around that school that are made of them. This week we carried out an experiment to identify which materials are waterproof.

First we predicted which materials we thought would be waterproof. Then we gathered our equipment to carry out the test. We discussed how we needed to keep the test fair, by ensuring we used the same amount of water on each item.  Then we got to the fun part – testing.

We used pipettes and 20 droplets of water on each item. We were surprised to see that kitchen roll was the least waterproof! The experiment confirmed many of our predictions that plastic is a waterproof material

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Why do objects have certain properties?

By Sophie Dale6th February 2023

Year 1 had a fantastic science lesson exploring the properties of materials. We had some meaningful discussions on when objects were designed what materials did the designers use and why? We explored objects in and outside the classroom, here were some of our findings:

“A pillow is made out of fabric and is soft. This is because if it was hard you wouldn’t get a very good sleep”. -Oliver F

“A ball is made out of rubber and is bouncy and flexible. This means we can play with it.”-Harlow P

“A bench is made from wood which is hard. If it wasn’t hard we would fall off and hurt our bottoms!”- Leo W

“A window is made of glass, it is transparent so we can look out of it to see if we need to wear a coat if it’s raining”- Lacie P

“A bucket is made of plastic which is waterproof. If not the water would fall out the bottom”.- Rellie T

“A whiteboard rubber is made of sponge which is absorbent. It can soak up the water… see!”- Georgie B

Identifying Materials in Everyday Life

By Miss P STATHERS26th January 2023

Year 2’s Science topic this half term in Materials. In Science this week, we have been identifying, grouping and classifying. We identified materials in everyday life both inside and outside.

Then we grouped our materials.

What is the difference between an object and material?

By Sophie Dale25th January 2023

Year 1 have been enjoying our new topic of materials. In the first lesson we discussed ‘What is a material?’ The children were fantastic at identifying different materials such as plastic, fabric, rock, metal and wood. 

The next lesson we focused on the difference between an object and a material. We used objects found in our own classroom and sorted them into the different materials. As a class we then showed what object we had and what that object was made out of.

Next week we can’t wait to learn more about the properties of materials.