Science week

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This year the school celebrated the wonderful world of science with a packed exciting week !

The following topics were studied in depth and enjoyed thoroughly by all the children and teachers :

Foundation – Ocean life and electricity

KS1 – plants and growth ( microscopy)

Years 3/4 :

Fossils and Fuels  ( material    change , Forces )

Year 5/6 : CSI: crime scene investigation ( Force , microscopy and forensics)

On Friday marking the last day of Science week everyone took part in a dressing up competition and came into school dressed up in anything relating to science . Everyone including the teachers took part.

Here are the highlights….

Oxford Royal Microscope Society

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Through an initiative of the Oxford Royal Microscope society our school took part in getting to understand a specialist area of interest in science ‘ microscopy ‘, The school had successfully applied to take part and had received a case of microscopes and many resources and samples for study for our budding scientists here at Buttercup!

Children in KS1 used the equipments to look into plant cells and were fascinated by the tiny organisms that they saw, there was a ‘wow!’ factor that had taken place in class that could not been achieved from a text book. We have decided to keep the equipments with us for the whole term and other year groups will go on to use it to discover how small things can really become interesting when looked into closely!

Watch out we will be planning on exciting Microscopy after school clubs soon!

Science Museum Shows

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We have had a visit from the science museums outreach team this Wednesday as part of our Science week, the day started off with a whole school assembly on the Greatest Hits show which had included all of the Science Museum’s favourite demos from rockets to ‘magic’ tricks, instant ice cream to earth-shaking bangs.  This promised to be science at its most entertaining! thereafter the team ran exciting shows for all year groups during the day to support the work that the children will be doing in Science this year. Children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 took part in a very interactive show based on the shadows, the children in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 enjoyed a dynamic show about forces and motion called Feel the ForceNewton and Phil the Stunt Frog joined forces in this action-packed extravaganza visiting the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Ancient Greece and the Highland Games to take a closer look at the forces that shape our world. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the day!

 

Here are the highlights….

 

 

Year 5 & 6 Trip to Victoria & Albert Museum

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Our trip to the V&A was very exciting alhamdulillah! The children were amazed with the different clothing worn throughout history, especially the difference between men and women’s attire for different occasions.  They had the opportunity to dress up and experience not only the past’s clothing but also got to understand what went on in their lives!

Here are the highlights!