Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet.
A high-quality science education provides the foundations for understanding the world through the specific disciplines of biology, chemistry and physics. Science has changed our lives and is vital to the world’s future prosperity, and all pupils should be taught essential aspects of the knowledge, methods, processes and uses of science. Through building up a body of key foundational knowledge and concepts, pupils should be encouraged to recognise the power of rational explanation and develop a sense of excitement and curiosity about natural phenomena. They should be encouraged to understand how science can be used to explain what is occurring, predict how things will behave, and analyse causes. National Curriculum for Science, purpose of study
Puppets in the rain.
In Kapoor class we met a little frog, a frog with a problem. He lives high up a mountain near a pond where it rains a lot. Sadly, little Froggy hates the rain! The class asked him questions like, Manha – Why do you hate the rain? Ibrahim – Do you feel cold and get...
What a Light Bulb Moment!
This term in science Year 6 have been learning about energy and electricity. Today we investigated how the number and voltage of cells (batteries) in a circuit can have an effect on the brightness of other components, such as a light bulb. We used actual batteries,...
Shape Hunting and exploring Autumn
Isra has found a circle. She knows it has one curved side and no vertex. Sarah has found a triangle. She knows it has three straight sides. Uzair and Dawud have found lots of circles. Hawa has found another circle. Rebecca has found a circle and she knows that it has...
Visitors from the Rainforest
Last week, Year 4 were visited by some very hairy, interesting and curious guests; some had 8 legs and some had no legs at all! Can you guess what it was? Yes, it was a special bugs & insects workshop with Zoo Lab! During the session, the brave children were...
Our week in science 💡
Students have been turning off the lights and picking up torches as they continued exploring the topic Light in their science lessons last week. Questions and investigations centred around what material is best for sunglasses and how shadows are formed. The class...
Welcome to Hamilton Class
We have been exploring a map of the world and finding different features. Jethro is finding different things that you can find in an ocean. Maraljin finds London on the map and now she is looking for Mongolia. Aliya is matching colours. Summer is painting her family....
Friction Fun
In Year 3, we have been learning about forces and magnetism. In today's science lesson we learnt how different surfaces have different levels of friction. This is why cycling in long grass is much harder than cycling on the road! We tested the friction of different...
Magnificent magnets!
Today, Year 3 spent a fun afternoon investigating magnetic fields of attraction and repulsion. We sorted materials in our mini scrapyard into magnetic and non-magnetic and found out that not all metals are magnetic! They have to contain iron, cobalt or nickle in order...
Making our own paper airplanes – following step by step instructions.
Last week our children were really excited about making paper airplanes, so this week we learnt how to make them independently. First we looked at the shape of a plane and talked about the insignias we might find on them. Then we followed step by step instructions and...
Mini-beast hunting.
Yasin has found a spider and keeps a tally. Mariyam has already found a worm and now something else. Uzair and Zaid compare finds. Zain is counting the ladybird's spots. The children have found something up in the tree. Amira shows me what she has found. Aaron knows...
