Year One had a wonderful time at Hall Hill Farm! The children spent the day exploring the farm and feeding a variety of animals, including goats and sheep. They especially enjoyed the chance to hold chicks, rabbits, and guinea pigs. It was a fun and memorable day for...
Science
Science – How does blood get around our body?
This half term in Science, we are learning about the circulatory system and how blood gets around our body. On Friday morning, after looking at diagrams and reading about the different parts of a mammal’s heart, we enjoyed dissecting hearts to take a closer look! We...
Kingsmeadow Visit
On Thursday 26th June, the year 5 class were invited to visit Kingsmeadow. It was very exciting as none of us knew what we were expecting. On arrival, we were warmly welcomed and observed that the school has values that they live by just like St Aidan's. We were then...
Flower Dissection in Year 5
In year 5, we have been looking at the different parts of a plant in our science lessons. Last week we dissected a range of flowers cutting them from the middle so we could locate the parts and take photos of our findings. We worked in table groups for this activity...
Professor Brainstorm
Today we were lucky enough to have a visit from Professor Brainstorm! Professor Brainstorm aims to make science fun by doing lots of exciting experiments. We thoroughly enjoyed his Magical Science Show and learnt lots about electricity, air pressure and temperature....
British Science Week – Should we flush it away?
Today Year 6 completed our British Science Week investigation: Should we flush it away? In groups, we investigated which materials change and break down easily in water so that they can be safely flushed away by submerging different materials in water and shaking them...