As a year group we visited Dogger Bank which is North East England’s offshore wind cluster. We learned about how companies such as Equinor are working hard to revolutionise renewable energy with wind farms using the awesome power of the North Sea wind. It was very interesting and aspirational too with lots of children learning about a range of jobs and company benefits in this industry. This trip linked well to our Geography topic ‘Energy’ but also with STEM too.
The children across the school enjoyed collected recyclable materials to create an outfit for their classmate to wear. Mrs Collinson judged all costumes to the best and awarded a certificate to every class and every class enjoyed an extra 15 minutes playtime. Well done to all!
Science Council voted on a science week visitor to wow us with some science linked to adaptation and change and it was ZooLab who topped the voting pole. Rob visited and brought in a tarantula (typically from the desert), a giant snail (rainforest habitat), a snake (grassland habitat), rats and cockroaches. We learned about lots of different characteristics which the different animals have that help them survive where they live. We got to hold/ stroke them if we wanted to and had a brilliant time.
Pupils took part in school a competition where they were asked to create a front cover and a blurb for a book they would like to read.
As part of Science Week, Year 6 visited Nissan where we had a brilliant time learning about Nissan’s manufacturing of cars, the plant itself and careers. We worked in pairs to be creative and design our own Lego cars. We also worked as part of a larger team that imitated a production line, creating cars and completing checks: we learned how to work more efficiently and all increased our production rates. On the factory floor, we saw operational robots and then got hands on with stations that allowed us to experience drills, screwing, assembling, dent management and so on. It was an eye-opening day out which left lots of us inspired by apprenticeships and jobs in this industry.
As part of British Science Week Mrs Givens worked with children in Years 4,5 and 6 on The Fatberg Experiment. Ask your children what this was about?
Year have taken part in a range of activities for British science week.
On Tuesday 11th March Year 4Â enjoyed a visit from Science Buddies where we completed investigations linked to our Sound topic. We learned how sounds are made and how to change the volume of sounds by increasing the number of vibrations. We also used sound meters to measure how the level of sound changes when a stop watch is insulated. We tried a variety of materials and concluded that cotton wool is the best insulator.
A group of 12 year 4 girls had a brilliant time playing matches at Washington Football Hub.
The girls played excellently with each other showing great team spirit and were very successful in their matches.
Katie from science Buddies visited our school today and we took part in a workshop that linked mainly to our Geography topic – Energy but also to science. She explained how some energy e.g. wind power is renewable. Then she explained how wind turbines work and showed us some pictures of a wind farm that is local to us called Dogger Bank. Our Challenge was to design and create the blades for a model wind turbine that spun the best. After experimenting with various shapes and sizes (using paper, scissors masking tape and straws) we found out that the angle the blade was positioned at was very important. Most of us managed to create blades that turned, some of the faster than others.
