Science week

Year 1 have had an amazing week learning all about floating and sinking.  We started by creating a definition of what thet meant. We looked at weight and the effect this can have on whether something floats or sinks. We looked at the book who sank the boat and made predictions. We even learned how to write a conclusion. We tested if we were right. We ended the week by understanding what made a good boat and we even made boats to test. What a great week we  had.

Year 1 test to see if their boats float!

The Great Bitterne Bake Off!

Science week in Year 5 culminated in a Great Bitterne Bake off this afternoon, as we applied all of the skills that we have been learning this week to design and bake our very own bread.  We worked in groups to make our bread with a fantastic team of parent helpers.

We then presented our bread to the Judges - Mary Berry-Rice and Paul Hollywood-Pucket!  They smelt, tasted and felt the bread to decide who would take the crown for the best tasting bread.  It was the "Chocolate Sensation" bread that was the favourite, with it's taste and texture like a lardy cake!  Awards were also given to the best presented and best teamwork.  Well done to everyone - what a fantastic week and thank you SO much the fabulous parent helpers - I hope you got to have a taste!!

Rooks Gym Week

As well as Science Week, Rooks have also been working hard on their gym! We have been working in partners to create symmetrical balances on the floor, large apparatus and wall bars. We also created routines which we performed to each other!
Well done to all the children for getting so involved, and in some cases taking risks and challenging themselves 😊

Swifts get MESSY!

Yesterday, Swifts had the chance to create a 'Gloop Mess!'  They worked as a team to create their desired mess.  All that was needed was: PVA glue, non-bio liquid, food colouring and glitter!

Super Science in Year 5!

Owls class have had a great start to Science Week!  Our topic is bread, so we have tasted lots of different breads and evaluated their smell, taste and texture.

 We have found out about the science of yeast and how it works and used a bottle and balloon to show how it gives off Carbon Dioxide.

 We have also been shown how to make a basic bread recipe and designed our very own bread recipes for our Great Bitterne Bake off tomorrow!

Good luck to all the groups and don't forget to bring in your "extra" ingredients.

Rooks Science week so far!

This week in Science week, Rooks have been looking at electricity.
We started by investigating a human circuit- why do we conduct electricity?!

We then investigated making circuits and which were materials were conductors and insulators. Miss Blightman also let us have some investigation time - some groups even managed to use a motor to make the propeller spin! 

Watch this space later in the term as we will be using this knowledge to make our Iron Man's eyes light up!