Year 6 Science Exploring Circuits

By Mrs D WILKINSON24th March 2023

Previous learning has taught the children a circuit always starts with a battery (a cell) . A flow of electricity moves from the positive pole to the negative pole of the battery. The flow is pushed by the battery, through the wires to the other components in the circuit. This makes a complete electrical circuit.

The first challenge was to create a simple circuit…

We made a simple circuit using wires, a battery and a bulb…

 

Then the all important question..

How can we increase the brightness of the bulb ?

Time to put your scientific heads on!!! Lots of discussion; lots of hypothising, ideas and theories began to develop.Obviously, as every scientist knows, these ideas and theories need to be tested .

Then the light bulb moment !!!

By increasing the voltage we also increased the brightness of the bulb….

In the original circuit we had a total of 3V…we increased the voltage to 6V. We discovered the greater the voltage the brighter the bulb.

The greater the voltage the brighter the bulb

Then an extra challenge.

How can we make a switch out of foil and cardboard,  which will open and close so we are able to switch the bulb on and off?

We created a switch , which would open and close. We knew foil would conduct electricity. We connected the wires to each end of the foil to create a complete circuit.

Well done girls!!!

 

 

HUB Science Week

By Mrs H HEBDEN20th March 2023

Here we have lots of fabulous phots of us being Super Scientists. What the photos can not show you is the amazing discussions that we had before, during and after these activities, which blew our teacher away. We loved being hands on and we really loved accessing these investigations which were presented in a very SEN friendly way, using symbols that were kindly made for the National Science and Engineering Week (nsew.org.uk)

Super Spinners Investigation

Paper Tray Investigation

  

yorkshire water workshop

By Mrs K SMITH16th March 2023

Year 3 were very luck to take part in a Yorkshire water workshop this week.

We got to find out lots about how water reaches our home.

Did you know all the water in the world has been here since the world began, there is no new water!

We got to see how water is taken from reservoirs and the process it takes through the water treatment works.

We found out lots of information about what we can put in the toilet and what we shouldn’t put in. We saw how toilet paper breaks down in the water but baby wipes stayed the same. Things like baby wipes can get stuck in pipes and cause them to get blocked. This could then cause a burst pipe because water is very strong.

We also found out lots of ways we can save water as there isn’t always enough. We do things like turn taps off when we are brushing our teeth, taking a shower instead of a bath and water flowers with water we wash our pots with. It is really important to save water because in the summer lots of water gets used and the sun soaks it up too.

Y2 Plant Trees

By Miss P STATHERS16th March 2023

Year 2 have had a fabulous afternoon planting trees on the school field this afternoon. We each planted a tree. We planted them alongside a bamboo cane to ensure they keep their shape. On top of the tree, we placed a protective cylinder to ensure they do not get damaged. We can’t wait to watch them grow!

 

Tree planting

By Mrs C SILVERWOOD15th March 2023

Mr Wileman helped us plant trees today.  He told us what we had to do to plant them.  Although lots of the F1 children thought that they were just ‘little sticks’, we looked at the roots and talked about what they will need to help them grow.  Mr Wileman also gave us special plastic ‘blankets’ to keep them warm whilst they grown.  Alex couldn’t believe how small they were.  Ivy N thought that when they are all in Year 6 the trees will be as tall as Mrs Silverwood!

We also saw the biggest worms we had EVER seen!

 

F1 enjoy shadows

By Mrs C SILVERWOOD15th March 2023

We have joined in Science Week by exploring shadows.  Mrs Kenington made some fabulous puppets, from our Gruffalo story, which we have enjoyed exploring, especially during Breakfast Club.  The children really enjoyed listening to and joining in with the story.

 

Science week!

By Olivia Mead14th March 2023

Year 5 have been learning about changing states and materials in our science lessons. In today’s lesson (as it is science week!), we were learning about reversible and irreversible changes.

We understood that reversible changes are something that you can change back to its original form through: sieving, filtering, evaporating and through magnets.

Irreversible changes are things that cannot be undone or changed back to its original form for example, scrambling eggs, melting a candle, or baking a cake.

For our experiment today, the children had three ingredients: bicarbonate soda and and vinegar. The children predicted what would happen when the bicarbonate soda is mixed with the vinegar – they came up with the idea that it would fizz. We tested our predictions through the experiment where we put a tablespoon of bicarbonate soda inside a balloon and placed the balloon on top of a bottle that was filled with vinegar.

Our results showed that a chemical reaction occurred with the bicarbonate soda and the vinegar, producing a gas and changing its state. As a result, the balloon blew up! This is an irreversible change.

Science Week – Year 2

By Miss A STOCKTON14th March 2023

On Monday, we invited our parents and adults in to work with us whilst we completed our Science investigation!

We are working on Materials and their Properties – and we wanted to test if the shape of a paper bridge affected how much weight it could hold.

First we made a prediction and planned how we would fold and make our paper bridges. Lots of us predicted that the thicker the bridge, the more weight the bridge would hold.

We then tested our bridges with the weight of pennies. If the bridge collapsed when holding only a few pennies, then it wasn’t strong enough.

We had such a lovely afternoon working with our adults and discussing our methods and conclusions.

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt!

By Mrs H WILEMAN13th March 2023

We’re going on a bear hunt! We’re going to catch a big one! What a beautiful day!

We’re not scared, demonstrating our good looking and listening skills whilst watching our new story.

We absolutely love retelling all our stories through Tales Toolkit!

Mark making with paw prints, we completed our journey from start to finish using visuals to represent characters, a setting, a problem and a solution.

                                           

We creeped outdoors in search of bears using our own homemade binoculars.

                                             

Uh-Uh! We found grass. Long wavy grass.

                                             

Uh-Uh! We came across a river. A deep, cold river.

                                             

Uh-uh! We got stuck in the mud. Thick, oozy mud.

We made our own natural paintbrushes using sticks and grass creating our artwork using real mud.

                                             

Uh-uh! We stumbled across a forest. A big, dark forest.

                                             

Uh-uh! We had to go through a snowstorm. A swirling whirling snowstorm.

                                         

We arrived safely to school with our families through a real swirling, whirling snowstorm.

                                           

We had so much fun playing in real snow!

                                           

We made our own bears using a fork printing technique.

We’re still not scared!!!!!

                       

After completing the features on our bears… we felt very scared!

We ran all the way back home through the swirling whirling snowstorm, the deep dark forest, the thick oozy mud, the deep cold river, the long wavy grass, stumbled up the stairs and hid under the covers.

We demonstrated good teamwork skills creating the bedspread using a variety of materials to simulate the one in our story.

Can you spot us hiding under the covers?

We’re never, ever, ever going on a bear hunt again!!!!!

 

 

Year 6 Science Static Electricity

By Mrs D WILKINSON10th March 2023

Year 6 had lots of fun investigating static electricity.

Static electricity is the buildup of the electrical charge in an object when it is rubbed against another object. Static electricity causes objects to stick together when they have opposite charges and repel when they have the same charge. Common examples of this include rubbing a party balloon on your head.

We thought we’d give it a go…

We had some enthusiastic volunteers…

Loving the new hairstyle…

 

Some objects such as wool, glass, human skin and hair are more likely to accumulate electric charges and have static electricity. Shuffling your feet across carpet, particularly in socks, is another way your body gains more electrons; they are released when you touch something such as a doorknob or another person.

As scientists the children were  posed with a problem.

How could they get tissue paper to move without touching it ?

Working systematically and collaboratively small groups carried out their investigation…

Getting there…

How could we attract more tissue paper?

This group were more successful….

They realised rubbing the balloon for different lengths of time to hold different amounts of static electricity to pick up more tissue paper worked.

And finally making a prediction….

What will happen if you rub a balloon on your head a hold it over a mixture of salt and pepper?

The science explained…

It’s not magic, it’s static electricity! Rubbing a balloon gives it a negative charge, also called static electricity. When the balloon gains enough static electricity, and it is brought near the mix of salt and pepper, the negative charge polarizes the salt and pepper. That is, it moves the electrons of the salt and pepper to one side, leaving one end positive and one end negative. The positive end is attracted to the negatively charged balloon, but because pepper is much lighter than salt, the pepper flakes will jump on the balloon, leaving the salt behind.

 

 

 

Static electricity does more than just make your hair stand up!!!