Science

In Year 5, our DT topic for the first summer half term was to research and make a healthy Bolognese.  We found out about the ingredients, from farm to fork and then we looked at how we could alter a traditional recipe to make it healthier.  We prepared and added lots of vegetables including onions, peppers, courgettes, carrots, celery and mushrooms into the sauce and mixed it with tomato puree, garlic, chopped tomatoes and passata. Once it had cooked down, we blended it with a hand blender to make the sauce nice and smooth.  After pan frying some lean minced beef, we added the sauce and let it simmer for ½ hour.  We then boiled some penne pasta and mixed it all together.  The final addition was a sprinkling of parmesan (for those who wanted it) before the big taste test.  The Everyone loved it and even came back for seconds!

Year 3 children investigated shadows with Katie from Science Buddies. We created shadow puppets and investigated how to change the size of a shadow. We also found that we could not change the colour of a shadow.

The children at Biddick Hall Juniors have been involved in a variety of activities as part of Science Week. They have tested boats, designed a poster, investigated the question, ‘What should we trust machines to do for us? and had a visit from Katie Rochester from Inventors and Makers who came in and worked with each class to do an Artificial Intelligence Workshop.

Katie from Science Buddies visited year 4 to investigate how sounds are made. We carried out an investigation to find out which materials muffled sounds effectively and used a sound meter to measure in decibels. We had great fun and we developed some excellent scientific enquiry skills.

Our Year 3 children had an amazing time exploring Dennis – the Recycling Education Bus. They learned all about recycling, reducing waste and looking after our environment.

Year 6 had a fabulous time at Nissan. They went on a Nissan coach and arrived at the Nissan Education Centre where they took part in lots of fun activities: a Lego car making factory line, a Lego car creative build competition, talks about Nissan and apprenticeships and jobs for the future. They had a delicious snack and drink and also toured the workshop where they met Woody the robot who used coding to create car designs. Later in the afternoon, they played a response/reaction machine game and had a go at production line tasks like hammering out bumps in body panelling of cars, screwing and unscrewing industrial car joins, searching for nuts and bolts and speed tasks. The day was brilliant fun and the presenters from Nissan, Karen and Robyn made the day exceptional.