This week, Year 4 enjoyed having a visit from Berkshire Reptile Encounters. All of them bravely held or stroked a variety of creatures and asked brilliant geographical and scientific questions. They discussed the camouflaging and adaptations of different animals based on climates as well as considering the evolution of different Read more…
Year 5 had a brilliant day visiting the Winchester Science Museum on Tuesday. We had the opportunity to watch a planetarium show where we learned some more about space and why Neptune appears blue. We also took part in an activity to explore how aerodynamics, friction and weight can affect Read more…
Year 4 have spent time this week investigating sound waves using water and tuning forks. They explored how to change the sound waves in size using different materials and different sized tuning forks.
We have leapt into our science topic of Electricity, making circuits and testing changes to circuits by increasing/decreasing the number of components. We have also explored making our own switches from paper/card, paper fasteners and paperclips.
Our trip to the Winchester Science Museum went with a whizz pop bang! We had great fun exploring the exhibitions, learnt new facts during the rocket workshop and were wowed by an amazing planetarium show
On Monday, the whole school had a visit from Clover the goat and Jan from the Newbury and District Agricultural Society. As part of our CEE learning (climate and environmental education) each class had a session all about goats, their produce and their role in farming around the world.
This week Year 4 have investigated the digestive process by experimenting with breaking down bread. Although this experiment was messy, the children learnt lots of key terminology.
Despite being at Ufton Court, Year 4 have investigated sundials and particle size. They created paper sundials inside and used torches to understand how the shadows are created to tell the time. When the weather was finally brighter, the children used chalk to draw outside sundials so they can take Read more…
Year 6 explored making a ten second timer as part of science week. Could we create a water timer or marble run that timed ten seconds? Some of us were more accurate with others; the nearest timer was 10.21 seconds!
