Today in Science Year 6 examined and dissected sheep hearts.  As part of our Science curriculum we have been studying  human circulation,  and functions of parts of the heart,  and this practical activity really helped our understanding of all that had been learnt.  The children were fascinated and very enthusiastic to be involved.

I really enjoyed the lesson and my favourite part was cutting the heart and seeing the interior.     

Haroon

I learned what the heart actually looks like and the way it works on the inside.   

Josue

I liked to be able to see the heart as it was very interesting.  The valves were very long.  The experience was fun.       

Maisie

This week in Science, we have been testing some everyday materials and classroom objects to see whether electricity can travel through them.

We then used this information to help us to decide whether these materials were conductors or insulators and we plotted these onto a Venn diagram to help us see any patterns.

It’s been all about words in Year 4 this week (…just kidding…it is every week!) however we have introduced a new strategy called ’taking our words for a walk’. The children have been examining words and thinking about how they could be used in many different contexts and encounters. Could you try this at home?

We have also tasked the children with hunting down their fuse box at home with the help of an adult!

This week, to embed our knowledge of planets and the solar system, we created a scaled model of the solar system. We used fruit to make a memorable model that shows the relative size of the planets, the distance of each planet from the Sun and the spacing between the planets.

We did this because scientists frequently build models of the objects they are studying are either unimaginably large or too small to see. We are ACE scientists.

4H were getting hands on with our electrical circuits this afternoon. We were playing matching pairs with the electrical symbol and experimenting with making some simple electrical circuits.

This week, Year 6 have started weekly visits to Allerton High School to carry out practical investigations using the laboratories there.  We got off to a good start by learning about laboratory expectations and the safe use of the Bunsen burner.  We also burnt some steel wool and wondered at the resulting “firework like” sparkles. As well as being a great Science opportunity, this is also a good transition activity to help the year 6s feel more confident about moving to high school.

Year 6 have been investigating the fact that light travels in straight lines and that we see things because light travels from light sources to our eyes or from light sources to objects and then to our eyes.

We have carried out some investigations and have also made our own periscopes!