19th May SCIENCE WEEK

Our Science week has been jam packed with investigations and research. To start the week, we explored how animals have adapted and created posters to inform people of these adaptations. Following on from this, we created our own creatures who had adapted to their environment and then wrote a double page spread all about them.

On Thursday, we made mini rockets and tested how far they could go. After our first attempt, we adapted the rockets to see if they would go further. Some children were successful, but others struggled to beat their first distance! On Thursday afternoon, we joined our houses and completed an enquiry about dunking biscuits. See newsletter for more information.

Today was the last day for our plants. We drew and discussed how they had changed over the last few weeks and why these changes may or may not have happened. Our final piece of science was to investigate what happens when we flush certain materials down the toilet. We put different materials into bottles of water and observed over the whole day what would happen. At the end of the day we discovered by it’s not a good idea to put plastic and wet wipes down the toilet. We were surprised that the toilet paper was the only material to start to disintegrate. 

We have also managed to complete some statistic work in Maths and find out where Egypt is in Geography. By looking at maps, we were able to compare how Egypt uses its land compared to West Berkshire. There was a lot of farming in both. Today was our final weaving lesson. The children were able to use the appropriate colours and choose between tabby weaving and Egyptian knot weaving.

Have a great half term.