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SCIENCE Portfolio 

Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science - Edwin Powell Hubble

We hold half termly science investigation open mornings across the school. Parents are invited into the classroom to get involved in practical science alongside their child.     

 Science Investigation Morning - Autumn 1 - 2022 

Year 1

Using my Senses - Crisp Taste Testing

Year 2

Properties of Materials - Left: Grow a Rainbow on a paper towel | Right: Absorbency

Year 3

Soil types and permeability  

 Science Investigation Morning - Autumn 2 - 2022

Year 5

Living Things and their Habitats - Flowering Plants

Year 6

Electricity - Steady Hand Circuit

Science Investigation Morning - Spring 1 - 2023

 Year 3 and Year 5 

Left: Year 3 Plants | Right: Year 5 Day and Night - Space 

Year 4

Electricity - bulb brightness

Science Investigation Morning - Spring 2 - 2023 

Year 1

Animals including Humans - making clay hedgehogs 

Year 2 and Year 3

Left: Year 2 Animals Including Humans - testing reflexes | Right: Year 3 Properties of Materials - passing of light through materials (opaque, transparent, translucent)

Year 4

Animals including Humans - identifying the different types of teeth and their function 

Animals Including Humans - making model teeth using clay

Year 5

Air resistance and gravity - making parachutes   

British Science Week - March 2023

Year 5 - STEM Enrichment 

Year 5 took part in a STEM enrichment project as part of British Science Week. The class was split into four groups and each group had a different DigiWiz kit to build. They built worm robots, mop robots, carnival wheels tanks and wind energy fan cars.