Science club!

In Science club we were looking at electricity! We made circuits using bulbs, wires and crocodile clips, switches and batteries.

We discovered that the bulb wouldn't light up if the circuit wasn't complete. The circuit needed to be complete so the electricity could flow easily from the battery to the bulb.

Here are some pictures of us working.

In Year 3 - 4 we were learning how different materials burned and that burning caused a chemical change which was irreversible.

We then went on to discover that fire needs oxygen to burn. We tested this by using different sized glass bottles. Our video shows how long the largest amount of oxygen took before it went out. The smallest only took 10 seconds, the next 30 and the largest 84 seconds.

In the afternoon with Sam Science, Mrs Johnson enabled the children to make some pretty creations using permanent marker and rubbing alcohol.

Using bicarbonate of soda and vinegar the children were able to create carbon dioxide which blew up a balloon.

And finally, mixing different liquids which included honey, oil, water and corn syrup we made a beautiful array of colours.

All in all, a super day! Thank you Ms Groves for organising us all.

7th November 2014

Year 3 - 4 went back in time to the Stone Age on their trip to Celtic Harmony near Hertford. Resplendent in prehistoric costumes they spent the days outside experiencing some of the skills and lifestyles of Stone Age man.

Being able to make was a critical part of stone age life. The children learned how without matches and a lot of patients you can create a fire from rubbing sticks together.

During the day Year 3 -4 learned how prehistoric man was nomadic and built their homes from what was around. They made camps out of branches and sticks. One even had a porch!

Later in the morning the children created necklaces from clay and thread them on to string.

Pre historic man was very good at hunting so the children had a go at trying to kill a boar. Those that weren't successful learned that they needed to run away quickly as the boars would probably chase them. Fortunately, Stone Age man was generous  and always shared his food with those that didn't manage to kill for his lunch.

Multiplying by 10, 100 and 1000

Year 3 - 4 are learning that when we multiply by 10 we need to move all the digits to the left. The number will be bigger by one decimal place.

Using place value hats we showed how this happens.

Check back tomorrow to see how this looks.

Our week beginning 3rd November 2014

History/ topic

Tomorrow we are going on a trip to Celtic harmony to learn more about Stone Age life. We all know it’s going to be great! We all wrote about a Stone age animal of our choice we both did a dire wolf.

Science

One of our main subjects at school is science. In science this week we are learning about teeth and digestion.

We made different body parts Hattie made a pancreas and Eleanor made a large intestine. All of us were very intrigued because it was so fun and we drew around Jack. Next week we are having a science day with someone from Sam’s simple science and do lots of cool experiments. We used a website right click on the highlighted one and then click open hyperlink.

http://kitses.com/animation/swfs/digestion.swf

Evangeline and Corey proudly showing their intestines made out of tights and scrap paper.

Numeracy

In maths we have been doing written methods of multiplication. Hattie learnt the grid method in maths.

Eleanor and Hattie