At Pleasant Street Primary School, we believe that developing an interest in science is key to the future success of our children. We aim to develop their enthusiasm and confidence to develop and ensure that all pupils:
We have set up a dedicated Twitter account for science across the school.
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Reception have enjoyed our topic of our special world in RE, this week the children were exploring our beautiful gardens looking at the natural world around them, the children used viewfinders and magnifying glasses to really look into detail about the natural world around them and the colours that they could see.
Class 3 worked very hard recalling the process of pollination and demonstrated the process using puppets.
Today in science we looked in some plant pots to find some creepy crawlies. We found some woodlouse and a slug!
We used the data we collected in our experiment last lesson to produce a graph today. We were able to scientifically show that the closer our object moved towards the light source, the bigger the shadow became.
Class 2 planted some bulbs today and when we come back from half term we will see how much they have grown.
During todays lesson, class 3 looked at cut up apples. We looked to see if we could identify the different parts of the plant. We found the anther, remains of stamens the stigma and the leaf.
Today Reception explored the school gardens looking for signs of seasonal change, they first planned which route they would walk around the gardens following directions. Then Reception examined the different plants and even saw some animals in the gardens. They loved seeing how much they have grown. After Reception had looked at the plants, vegetables and bugs they drew a picture to show what seasonal change they had found, some children drew trees that now had beautiful green leaves on and some children drew bugs and flowers.
Today in class 6 we have been explaining our understanding of shadows. We have seen how shadows change as the earth moves around the sun and conducted our own experiments to show how the shadow of an object gets bigger the closer it gets to the light source.
This week we spoke about shadows and how they are formed. We then worked in small groups to see how changing the distance between the light source and object changes the size of a shadow.
The children have enjoyed learning about bees this week. They have expored how bees make honey and where they live. The children enjoyed watching Mrs Grindley’s favourite childhood cartoon, Maya, to help them to explore bees further.
Class 3 used their knowledge of parts of a flowering plant to make flowers.
In science Reception have loved exploring different lifecycles of animals, they started by exploring lifecycles of frogs, Reception enjoyed exploring an indoor ‘pond with frogs’. Reception cut and stuck the correct order of the frogs lifecycles after learning all about their lifecycle.
This week Reception have been learning all about butterfly lifecycles, exploring the way a caterpillar transforms into a butterfly, they have decorated their very own beautiful butterflies. In art Reception have been exploring mixing water colours and using pipets to make a painting, Reception have used cotton pads to create a lovely caterpillar.
Class 3 have been busy dissecting flowers and labelling the different parts!
Nursery had a wonderful visit to Acorn Farm, building upon our Understanding of animals and the natural world
In Class 6 Science this afternoon we took the opportunity to go outside in the beautiful sunshine to measure our shadows. We chalked a starting point then worked in pairs to draw our outline. We went outside a while later to compare them as the sun (our light source) moved around.
In Science today we started our new topic- Animals, including humans. We ordered the life cycle of a human.
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Reception had a fantastic time at Farmer Teds Farm on Friday!
Reception learnt about lots of animals that live on Farmer Teds like the shetland ponies, guinea pigs, sheep and reptiles. Reception enjoyed a tractor ride around the farm which took them around the dinosaur trail, then Reception explored the animal barn, enjoyed watching the sheep show and ended the lovely trip with some fun on the climb and slide. What a fantastic trip!
Great to see our nursery children exploring seasonal change, and enjoying themselves in our wonderful outdoor environment
Reception have been learning all about plant lifecycles in Science, we planted our own sunflower seeds by following ‘Joe’s’ instructions from our Literacy story ‘The Extraordinary Gardener’, we are so excited to watch our seeds grow.
In science today class 3 looked at transparent, translucent and opaque materials.
We have been building our own fairgrounds using pulleys applying our knowledge from Science.
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Today Class 6 have been discussing all things eyes. We have learnt how our eyes work and how to label the different parts. ?
Class 3 looked at how light reflects on different objects and materials.
In science today we created different shadows and we looked at what happens when we move a light source to and away from an object.
As we are learning all about spring and the lifecycles of plants we visited Calderstones Park to explore. Reception enjoyed pointing out the different signs of spring such as the blossoms on the trees and the new green leaves. Reception also discussed the lifecycles of plants how they start as a seed and sprout into a seedling and then into an adult plant.
As we walked through the park we visited the pond and fed the ducks some lovely peas.
In celebration of Science week we seen how experiments are conducted and had a brilliant lesson exploring time and its significance in history. We performed a task to show how living things can become extinct through evolution.
This week Reception has been celebrating Science week! Reception worked on lots of different activity challenges.
the activities include: exploring an experiment with milk and food colouring to see a reaction.
Reception then created boats to see if their boats float or sink on the water.
Reception were challenged to use anything other than their hands to get the dinosaur to float, so they used stones to get the dinosaur to float to the top.
Reception were asked to build a bridge out of pasta and playdoh to see if it was strong enough to hold the trains.
Reception were challenged to make a rainbow out of blocks and to draw the rainbow.
For science day we had a special visit from Mr Stanley. We enjoyed watching Mr Stanley perform lots of different exciting experiments. We learned lots of new things about solids, liquids and gasses and much more!
In science we looked at light and investigated different sources of light. We discussed how shadows are formed and what makes a good shadow. We enjoyed going outside and drawing around our shadows?
In science this week, Class 6 are looking at different sources of light and how it travels. We demonstrated how light travels in straight lines and used symbols to create scientific sentences to show the links between the light sources and objects.
Today in science we learnt about our heart rate and if we do exercise our heart rate will be faster. We went out to the playground to test this.
Class 3 has been looking at friction in science this week. We explored how different surfaces have an effect on friction. Using toy cars we measured the distance they travelled on different surfaces.
Year 3 have been looking at magnets and forces this term. We looked at how magnets attract and repel. Using our knowledge of magnets we have made a moving maze game. We had lots of fun!!
Today we carried on learning about forces in science. We tested out how friction can stop us from pulling the books apart. We also made parachutes and experimented on how slow or fast our parachutes fall because of air resistance.
This week we used electrical components to create a circuit. We then added in a switch to observe what happened to the bulb when the switch was open and closed.
Today in class we learned about forces. We made paper airplanes to see how the different forces would effect the distance our airplanes would travel.
Electricity ?
This term class four will be looking at electricity. Throughout this term we will be constructing simple electrical circuits, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers. We will also be learning how to recognise some common conductors and insulators, and we will be investigating conductors and insulators.
Today we have enjoyed identifying components in a simple circuit along with trying to make the bulb light up.
In Science, we discussed classification keys and how they are used. We worked in groups to create classification keys using liquorice allsorts sweets. We used their features and characteristics to create our keys and then put them to the test. We discussed how questions needed to be clear and specific so that the key was clear and useful.
Our EYFS garden looked like a Winter Wonderland this morning so we couldn’t resist the opportunity to explore seasonal changes to our environment………… and to have some fun ? ❄️ ⛄️
We started a new topic this week, living things and their habitats. We thought about our prior learning before thinking about how we could sort and classify animals.
A big thank you to Schools Observatory for inviting us to their Christmas Space Lecture. We had lots of fun and found out lots of new facts and information.
This term the children have worked on an electricity topic. In lessons we have constructed circuits, found out about symbols and monitored the effect of adding components. A big thank you to Liverpool College who loaned us some voltmeters and to Mr Johnston who took the time to come in to explain PAT testing and showed us how he regularly tests equipment in school to keep us safe.
