May the forces be with you

17th October 2024Hannah McLoughlin

During our case study 2 learning, we have been learning all about gravity and friction.

We first of all watched a video introducing gravity, and we also read an informational text about Sir Issac Newton – the scientist who created the gravity law. We were then given the task to use newton metres to measure the weight and mass of objects in class.

Once our learning was secure, we moved onto delving deeper into friction. In order to do, this we carried out a class investigation, we made a hypothesis: the smoother the surface the less friction so the object will move quicker. We concluded this was in fact correct and we were shocked to realise the affects of friction on our world.

Flu Vaccinations

17th October 2024Michelle Wilcox

The School Age Immunisation Team will be delivering Flu vaccinations in school on the 19TH NOVEMBER 2024 for children in Reception to Year 6.

Please click on the link below to read the information about the vaccine and then complete the Electronic consent form with a YES or NO

https://systems.rdash.nhs.uk/eConsent/106757FLU243451

All children who successfully receive their vaccine will be entered into a prize draw to win an IPAD or Love to Shop vouchers.

Also, if a form is submitted after the 17TH NOVEMBER 2024 your child MAY NOT be vaccinated on the main session date.

If your child is absent on the day the team will be returning to school on 02/12/24.

History case study reflection in MI

16th October 2024Stacey McClare

Wow, wow, wow, Crew MI you blew me away this afternoon with the knowledge you showcased on our two history case studies. We thought about our guiding question ‘How does war change lives?’ and answered it through a mind map. We unpicked all the areas that related to our guiding question, we explored what we could remember about those areas and how they answer the guiding question. Children we so engaged and could talk about everything we had looked at throughout the two case studies. We have thoroughly enjoyed our history case studies 🙂

Anne Frank in MI

16th October 2024Stacey McClare

We have really enjoyed learning about Anne Frank in our expeditionary learning this week. We learnt about Nazi persecution on Jewish people and all about the Holocaust. We have all been so engaged in this subject area this week with so many questions raised. We were all very mature in our approach to this subject and really showcased our best selves.

What are the effects of friction?

16th October 2024Laura Hamill

To begin part one of our lesson on friction, we recapped some of our prior knowledge and looked at the scientific vocabulary that we needed for the lesson. We then looked at what friction is and watched a video that detailed what life would be like without friction. Once we’d had some more knowledge of friction, we began part two of our lesson which focused on an investigation in which we looked at the effects of friction on a toy car. Before we began our investigation, we discussed as a crew what we thought might happen and came up with a crew hypothesis. We then conducted the experiment to see if our hypothesis would be correct. We used a wooden ramp and 4 different materials to test how far the car would travel on the different surfaces. We were happy to conclude that our hypothesis was correct! We found out that a rougher surface would produce more friction, meaning the car would travel a shorter distance and that with a smoother surface it would travel further as there is less friction.