Mixtures and Separation scientific enquiry in Year 5!

19th September 2024S Admin (Biddick Hall Juniors)

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

16th September 2024S Admin (Biddick Hall Juniors)

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.

Science buddies visited Year 4!

5th July 2024S Admin (Biddick Hall Juniors)

Year 4 have been studying habitats and this is a visit that has been rearranged from earlier in the year. We looked at different animal’s habitats then completed an experiment to find out if a woodlouse prefers their habitat to be light and dry, light and damp, dark and dry or dark and damp. We really enjoyed this experience.

Amazing science fun in Year 6!

22nd May 2024S Admin (Biddick Hall Juniors)

Katie from Science Buddies visited year 6 to dissect some lamb hearts with us. This is part of our Science learning this half term linking to ‘Circulation’. We explored the weight, shape and size of the heart and appearance. We discussed and identified chambers and heart strings and thought about how the heart serves us. It was so extraordinary to be hands on with an actual heart. What amazing science fun!

Science Week winners!

18th April 2024S Admin (Biddick Hall Juniors)

As part of Science Week the whole school took part in a competition that centred on this year’s theme ‘Time’. Children could be creative in their presentation of this poster with some choosing life cycles over time or how over time, the planet is being destroyed as their focus. There were winners chosen from each class who were presented with an award and congratulated for the excellent efforts. Winning entries were also sent to the British Science Week 24 and we await to hear if we have any winners in early summer.

Science Buddies visit Year 3 as part of their science topic Light and Shadows.

18th April 2024S Admin (Biddick Hall Juniors)

In our session with Katie from Science Buddies, we made predictions and investigated how shadows can be changed. First, we investigated whether we could make shadows smaller or larger then we investigated whether we could change the shape and colour of a shadow.

We found that a shadow can be made smaller when the object is further away from the light source and the shadow is larger when it is closer to the light source.

We found that the shape and colour of the shadow could not be changed.

Science Buddies visit Year 6 as part of our science week in school.

15th March 2024S Admin (Biddick Hall Juniors)

Rachel from Science Buddies visited year 6 in Science Week to discuss experiments linked to ‘time’. We look at instantaneous results like touching a plasma ball, quick results like how to suck an egg into a flask using a lit match and then a longer time investigation which involved the melting time of chocolate, jelly, ice and butter in hot water and observing how water walks over time.