Magnetic or not?

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The Ducklings have been exploring to see if the objects washed up on the beach are magnetic or not. They have then sorted the objects according to what they found.

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Parrots' Maths Investigation

The children in Parrots have been learning about the place value of numbers as well as their number bonds to 10 and 100. Today the children took part in a Maths investigation where they created their own numbers and then found 1 more, 1 less as well as 10 more and 10 less. They all worked hard…

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Parrots Science Investigation

The children in Parrots were all scientists yesterday. Poor Teddy had a hole in his umbrella and we needed to find which would be the best material to fix it. So all of the children conducted an investigation to test whether fabric, paper, tissue or plastic would be the best material to fix…

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Parrots' Science Investigations

The children in Parrots have been investigating the properties of different materials. Today we focused on whether a material is bendy or not bendy. The examined all different types of materials and completed a table to show whether materials are flexible. Well done Parrots - we all enjoyed being…

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Guess the taste?

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As we were finding out more about the sense of taste this week, we carried out a fun investigation. We made 3 different drinks, all red in colour, for the children to taste and guess the flavour. One was water, one orange squash and one lemon squash. The children were able to use their sense of…

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Investigating Plants

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Today in Robins we continued investigating plants in Science. 

We explored the different things plants need to grow and discussed what would happen if a plant did not receive those things. 

We have placed two cat grasses we planted in the classroom, one in the cupboard without water and one…

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Hawks are scientists!

 

On Thursday, Hawks investigated how some solids and liquids can melt, dissolve, evaporate and filtrate. Some of these changes are reversible and irreversible. 

 

What did you find out during these experiments? Can you explain each key word? Can you…

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Float or Sink?

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The Ducklings have been investigating which objects float or sink. They then recorder their findings on a table.

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Making a railway bridge

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The Ducklings have been investigating how to build a bridge strong enough to carry a train, using pasta and play dough.

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Investigating Distance travelled

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The Ducklings have been investigating sending vehicles down ramps to see which vehicle can travel the furthest distance. They then came up with the idea of checking by measuring. They were able to describe what effect changing the steepness of the ramps made or the type of vehicle that they used.

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Investigating castle catapults!

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The Ducklings have loved making their own catapults and exploring which objects or materials make the best cannons and can travel the furthest! Mrs Catterall got hit quite a few times! 

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Puddle fun

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It has been a wet and wild week, but the children have enjoyed splashing in the puddles, mixing colours in them and investigating the ripples and bubbles in them!

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