Future Engineers

Future Engineers

As part of STEAM Day Van Gogh class chose the E in the word and took the monumental task of designing and building a structure that is strong enough to hold the weight of as many books as possible. How did they get on with this challenge? The children worked in teams...
Full STEAM ahead!

Full STEAM ahead!

It’s science week so we have been participating in STEAM (Science, technology, engineering, art and maths) activities throughout the week. We started the week with some science experiments relating to materials, their properties and changes of states of matter...
What’s the Solution?

What’s the Solution?

Year 5 got experimental this afternoon testing different substances to see if they were soluble or insoluble. After designing a fair test, we measured out 6 half cups of water, placed two spoons of substance in each cup and stirred. The substances we tested were:...
Creative Science in Hirst Class

Creative Science in Hirst Class

On Friday 4th February, Hirst Class worked with teachers from Dreamachine , who delivered creative science lessons exploring the power of the brain with perception and illusion. Children engaged with different activities to discuss questions such as: ‘How do I see the...