We hope that your child/children have come home full of excitement and information from our first ever science workshop day. It has been a huge success. The buzz of excitement around the school was fantastic. Thank you to all the staff for their preparation for today. Thank you also to each and every child for…
In the Year 4 classroom today, children had the opportunity to investigate ‘squishy circuits’. The younger children were challenged to light a bulb using a battery pack and playdoh, whereas the older children were challenged to think about electrical conductors and insulators and how we can make and break circuits. They were also surprised to…
Hillside’s Science ambassadors did an excellent job today, running an exciting activity, where the children were challenged to fit as many droplets of water as they could onto a 2p coin. They were very surprised at the results, it’s a lot more than you would ever imagine! Thanks to all of the science ambassadors for…
In the Reception classroom today, the children have been designing and making their own tin foil boats. The challenge was to discover which design would hold the most cubes before sinking. The winning amount was well over 100!
In year 5, children had the opportunity to make paper aeroplanes and learn about forces. There were lots of brilliant planes that flew very well!
Go Wild Forest School spent the day helping the children use a Ferro Rod (flint & steel) to light cotton wool! We talked about the 3 elements of a fire (oxygen-heat-fuel). The safety of fire. All the children managed to light the cotton wool. Lots of fun in the woods today!
The children are using an app on the iPads to bring pictures of ants and spiders to life.
What a delicious, teaser of a science activity! Children have had the opportunity to make skittle rainbows, marshmallow houses for the three little pigs and solve allsorts of problems with liquorice! The children were fab at resisting temptation and not eating their experiments! 🐷
The children have had lots of greasy fun creating bird feeders in a workshop today. The children even hung them in the trees in the woods. What a treat for the birds around Baddeley Green!
