Curriculum Impact Tag: Science

The heatwave this week has been a fantastic opportunity for discussion around how to keep cool and hydrated during hot weather.  We have learned lots of new vocabulary and scientific facts! The children have been brilliant in the hot weather and as a special reward we enjoyed a hot weather ice…

The children are having a wonderful week outdoors in forest school with the  sunshine. They are exploring with water, playing in the mud kitchen, practising balancing, playing parachute games and building strong friendships. They also enjoyed story time outdoors with an ice-pop to cool down. 

We were very excited when we came into school today and noticed that our caterpillars had hatched out of their chrysalis' into beautiful butterflies.  After lunch we all went into the garden to set them free and watched as they flew away.  

The children made delicious roasted vegetable pasta sauce today using onions, courgettes, peppers, carrot and tomato.  We prepared and chopped the vegetables, coated them in oil and baked them in the oven.  We then blended them together and combined them with cooked pasta to create a delicious…

We have had a special arrival in Reception! We were welcomed back from the half term break to caterpillars in our classroom! We have talked about the life cycle of a butterfly and even watched a time lapse of the process! We have just loved checking in on our own caterpillars each day, two have…

Today we looked at what is a mammal and an amphibian. We looked at what is a living thing before exploring the similarities and differences between mammals and amphibians.

After weeks of watching and waiting our caterpillars emerged from their chrysalis’ as beautiful butterflies. Today it was time to release them.  We were so excited, just look at our faces! 

As the warmer weather arrives, the children are enjoying looking for insects and minibeasts. They have found woodlouse, spiders, beetles, ladybirds and ants so far and are looking forward to finding more after half term. 

This week the children have enjoyed engaging in sensory water play.  Intended to support fine motor skills and develop mathematical and scientific concepts, the children have focused on this form of play for extended periods.

The children impressed us all with their creative and teamwork skills this week.  Working together and using their own ideas, they designed and made a large and imaginative birthday cake as part of their play dough and role-play.  All topped off with a rendition of ‘Happy Birthday’.  What a…

Year 1- Science-Plants 

We have been learning how to identify and describe the basic structure of trees. We talked about deciduous and evergreen trees and how they are different. The children enjoyed looking at the different tree rings outdoors and exploring the different shapes. 

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When we returned after lunch today imagine our surprise when we noticed some special visitors to our garden!  The ducks didn’t hang around long after we went to play and they waddled off down towards Year 2 but we were very excited to see them.