by Lansbury | Jun 27, 2019 | Riley Class 2019/20, Science, Van Gogh Class 2019/20
Year 3 became seed scientists today during our lesson on seed dispersal. First, we identified the different ways plants dispersed their seeds. We cam up with: Animals, Water, Wind and Explosions! Once we had decided the categories, we investigated a wide variety of...
by Lansbury | Jun 25, 2019 | ECO Committee, Hirst Class 2019/20, Peggy Angus Class 2019/20, Science
This year, our school has joined a number of initiative to encourage our children to learn about air quality in London. In year 5, we have had air quality workshops – learning about how pollution moves with the wind and can become trapped, learnt about the...
by Lansbury | Jun 24, 2019 | Hirst Class 2019/20, Peggy Angus Class 2019/20, Science
Last Wednesday, Year 5 set off on a journey to the museums of South Kensington. Loaded with our packed lunches and first aid kits, our mission was to explore the space exhibit at the science museum, experience HUBBLE 3D, an IMAX movie set in space, on one of the...
by Sam Norman | Jun 5, 2019 | Hirst Class 2018/19, Peggy Angus Class 2018/19, Science
Our next piece of writing in year 6 is an explanation text on how the human heart functions. As part of the planning, we observed a heart dissection, looking at the details of the heart, how it works and what can go wrong. Pupils were able to see in details the...
by Lansbury | May 13, 2019 | Edible Garden, Riley Class 2019/20, Science
This half term is year 3’s turn for outdoor learning in the edible garden, which fits perfectly with our science learning on plants! Today was a beautiful afternoon for it and we got to see and water the plants, explore the plant beds and got our hands muddy....
by Lansbury | May 9, 2019 | Computing, Music, Riley Class 2019/20, Science
Today, Hepworth class had a go at using the Chromebooks to create reports about plants and how they grow. Using the PurpleMash software was a bit tricky at first, but we soon got the hang of it. We also had to make sure we included enough information to make our...