Science Week 2012

WORLD IN MOTION! That’s the theme

We have the following superbly stupendous scientific (check out the alliteration!)  activities for our children to wonder about; to be engaged in and to explain:

*  Presentations by the Science Museum, no less! KS1 and KS2

*  Story Science workshop especially for Foundation Stage

*   A recycling assembly and workshop

Monday 14th

Science inset for staff was greeting with enthusiasm and excitement. Teachers were pondering what kind of experienments Ms Birch had in store? Last year the Mentos and Coca Cola experiment went down really well so Ms Birch was going to surprise us all. After much discussion and collaboration our task was finally given; We had to build the tallest structure that would balance a Kinder Surprise egg using 6 marshmellows, 3 jelly babies  and a half packet of store brand spaghetti. It was a fantastic team science investigation. All teams got to work very quickly and soon had the base of their structures. The extra challenge wa s to beat Ms Birch’s countdown clock before it let off its fireworks! Great commeradery – each team were eager to win!

Tuesday 15th

Sarah Langford from Sphere Science kicked off science week, with an all day Story Science workshop for Nursery and Reception classes. The workshop consisted of 6 parts:  Thaumatropes, Boats, Balancing, Sand and snow, Whirligigs and Trucks focusing on science enquiry and investigative skills .  All the children enjoyed the exploration fun! They were thrilled with the Trucks and Whirligigs and enthralled with the sand, snow and boat predictions. A sensationally, stunning day!

Meanwhile, Year 3 classes used their ICT lesson to recreate their observations of a plant growing using 2Animate.

Wednesday 16th

Year 3 went on the most amazing trip this year. We went to the utterly amazing Kew Gardens. We were all bursting with excitement we could not control our enthusiasm. We travelled by coach which seemed to take for ever. The roads were extremely busy and traffic was at times at a standstill. We finally arrived to be greeted by luscious green banks and huge leafy trees, all with their own unique colours of browns, greens and reds. We went to the ‘tree top walkway’ and were stunned at how high we had to climb. There stood an amazing iron bridge supported by rusted steel columns that blend in with the natural environment, towering high up into the tallest trees. We had to climb the spiral staircase to reach the top, 18metres above the ground! Even though some of us felt a little wobbly we had to arm our selves with steal of nerves and plucked the courage and determination to reach the top. What an amazing site a bird’s eye view of the Kew.

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Nursery Activities

February has been a busy month for our Nursery. There has been lot of exciting activities. The month started with Sharon McLeggan the local dentist visiting Nursery to show children how to brush their teeth properly. With the help of her two puppet friends, Barney and Dragon, Sharon showed children how to brush each section of the mouth for about 2-3 minutes.

Children held a mirror and torch and said, “Open your mouth Barney”; added the smallest amount of toothpaste on their toothbrush (only paste the size of your nail) and brushed Barney’s teeth very carefully. Did you know that you should not rinse the toothpaste from your mouth? Rinsing your mouth washes away the flouride which is designed to protect and strengthen your teeth. So when you are brushing your teeth, don’t rinse, if you have to rinse then use mouthwash instead.

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Sharon also met with Nursery parents and talked to them about using disclosing tablets to check that their children have cleaned their teeth properly. Making sure that they ate a healthy diet, substitute fruit instead of sweets.