This week Reception have been exploring a new art technique, marbling! The children loved choosing particular colours to represent the planets in our solar system. They, then mixed them up before carefully placing their blotting paper on top. We think they look amazing!
The children have been learning all about micro habits in Science. They investigated two different micro habits before attempting to create their own for a woodlouse. They gathered what they thought would attract the woodlouse before heading back inside, building it and placing a woodlouse into its new home.
After looking at the nutritional data on food packaging, the children collected data on the fat and sugar content. They presented the data collected in bar charts and then drew conclusions from their findings. All of the Science work the children have produced over the past couple of weeks will be used to create a…
Reception have immersed themselves in Dino world this week. They have had a fantastic time investigating and measuring dinosaur bones, creating dinosaur artwork, rescuing baby dinosaurs from frozen eggs and learning all about where the dinosaurs used to live, the history of the dinosaurs and why they disappeared. The children were fascinated and enjoyed sorting…
This week the children have been learning about search engines and using key phrases when searching. After practising searching during a Computing lesson, they applied these skills during a Science lesson.
This week Nursery have started their learning all about themselves. We have looked carefully at the body template and identified the different parts of the body. We then sang heads, shoulders, knees and toes and as a challenge tried to sing it really fast – ask your child to show you at home and see…
Reception have been busy learning all about their senses this week and how they help us to find out more about the world around us. We went on a senses walk around the school grounds to see what we could find. We found lots of things that we could see, hear, touch, taste and smell…
As part of Hillside’s science week, Year Four children have been involved in the STEM project ‘Potterbot’. This project, created specifically for Stoke-on-Trent, and funded by the Science Across the City project, introduced us to thinking about ‘learning machines’ and their uses in our lives and possibilities for our futures. We were also introduced to…
Throughout the week, Year Five have completed their science enquiry which focused on the design of boats and what shape of boat helped to overcome water resistance most effectively. We designed a range of boats of different shapes and tested them all on our own waterway! Afterwards, we discussed our results and decided which shape…
Yesterday, Year Six planned an investigation to see the impact of exercise on the human body. After discussing the meaning of ‘impact’, and all of the possible things that could change after exercise, children planned a fair investigation ensuring that they change only one variable. Some pupils measured the impact on heart rate, others measured…