Blog Author: H Walmsley

We have been investigating shadows in Science. We went outside at different times of the day and measured the length of our shadows. At one point, we thought that we were shrinking! We now know that our shadows are bigger at the start of the day and smaller in the middle of the day. When the sun…

We have been investigating shadows in Science. We positioned the torch at different distances from a whiteboard and marked where the shadow reached. We drew conclusions from our investigation that the further away the torch was, the bigger the shadow.  We will continue to investigate shadows next…

In Science we have been discussing how the sun is a natural light source. We created an investigation to explore how we can be protected from UV Rays. We had UV beads which started off as white in the classroom. When we went outside, they changed to pink, purple or yellow due…

We have started our Art and Design unit on Egyptian Art. 

We have created a background using tea, paint and paper. We have then analysed Egyptian images and placed them creatively on the backgrounds in our sketch books. We have used pencil, crayons and oil pastels. We experimented with…

We have started our new Science topic all about light. 

We have investigated how light behaves on different materials. We loved having a dark classroom and the torches out.