Science

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 11^th March Year 4  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.

This week, in Year 5, in Science we worked scientifically and we made water filters in our topic: Mixtures and Separation. We cut the top off a water bottle and using an elastic band, attached a piece of gauze where the lid was to stop the materials falling out of the bottom as we constructed our filter. Then, we chose 5 materials to layer up in our filter. We could choose from sand, cotton wool, lentils, rice, pasta, dog biscuits and toy stuffing. We found that when the muddy water was poured through, the large bits got stuck in the big gaps and the tiny gaps in between the sand trapped the tiny pieces of dirt.  The water that came out was much cleaner that before but not drinkable. We worked well in our groups and had some great scientific discussions!

Year 4 enjoyed a visit from Katie, from Science Buddies. We investigated the human digestive system by cutting and mashing food and watching it travel through the different parts of the system including the esophagus, stomach and intestines. It was great fun and helped us to understand this process.