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!!!

learning new key/note

By Olivia Mead6th March 2023

Year 5 have been learning to play ‘rocket ship’ which is a song consisting of the notes A and G. Today, the children are learning a new note, E.

We are loving our weekly clarinet lessons with Mrs Hall!

Year 6 – artist workshop

By Sophie Porteous5th March 2023

Year 6 recently had the fortune of working with local artist, Charlotte Eldred.

We began our session by looking at some of Charlotte’s work and learning about her style and doodling. Charlotte spoke to us about what it was like being an artist and what inspired her to do it.

We began the session by exploring pattern, concentrating on putting our pens to paper and thinking of as many different patterns as we could. We also took inspiration from the world around us – just like artists do. We noticed our display boards had wavy borders and we had a bricked effect on some of them – this inspired us to explore these patterns on our paper. After a few minutes, we had full pages of different patter line drawings. We then used these in the next part of the workshop.

Charlotte then spoke to us about the famous artist, Banksy. We have been studying Banksy and his style of graffiti artwork in our art lessons this term.

We looked at 2 of Banksy’s pieces: The Girl with the Balloon and the Wildstyle Cow. We didn’t know that Banksy had (controversially) graffitied on real cows too!

We discussed the different interpretations of the pieces of art. Some of us thought that the girl with the balloon represented something that was just out of reach and feelings of frustration. Some of us felt that it represented loss and sadness in letting go of something or someone you love. Some of us thought it represented hope and showed that your dreams are always within reach, you just need to push yourself to achieve them. We had some great discussions both within and after the lesson. The beauty of art is that there are no right or wrong answers!

Charlotte then spoke to us about how artists can take inspiration from other artists. She showed us how we could be inspired by and draw on Banksy’s artwork, and her style of art, to create our own versions.

Charlotte helped us to think about how we could begin our drawings but we discussed how everyone’s interpretations of art are different. We spoke about how art is a medium for expression and how we can express feelings/emotions through our creativity. We thought carefully about which of the patterns we had explored earlier in the lesson could represent the feelings we wanted to get across. Linear stripes could suggest that our thoughts were clear and calm whereas spirals and scribbles could suggest that we were confused or had a lot going on in our lives. We tried to express ourselves in our artwork: some of us gave our cows more pointed angles whereas some of use used softer curved lines; some of us drew heart-shaped balloons and filled them with patterns that represented hope and love; some of us drew more pointed balloons filled with patterns that represented more negative feelings of loss or anger. We also thought carefully about the facial expressions on our cows and of the girl/boy with the balloon.

Overall, we all had a fantastic workshop and learned a lot!

Thank you Charlotte!

Year 5 RE- What is lent?

By Mr J SUTTON3rd March 2023

In year 5 we have been researching and finding out all about Lent, Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday. The children have been focusing on the symbols that are used and how the Christian faith celebrates this religious event. They also looked at other activities that took part on this festive day such as the Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Football match that takes place in Derbyshire.

Netball Club

By Mrs H HEBDEN27th February 2023

This years Netball Club have enjoyed training together tonight.  Here are some fab shots from tonight’s mini games!

Year 5 Science – Materials, magnetic investigaton

By Mr J SUTTON27th February 2023

In science today, year 5 looked at investigating different materials and seeing if they had magnetic qualities. They made sure that they conducted a fair test through keeping the magnet and variable at the same starting distance each time and they kept the magnet the same size and direction. The children were able to predict and show their results on a table.

 

Researching musicians for arts award

By Mr J SUTTON27th February 2023

To build on our arts award mark 2023. Year 5 have been appraising and researching the following artists: John Williams, Evelynn Glennie, Nicola Bendetti, Stevie Wonder and the classical Beethoven. The children were finding out some amazing facts about these awesome artists!