EYFS

In Nursery this year, some of the things we are learning about include:  Caterpillars, making healthy choices, using our senses, collecting materials, planting seeds, and caring for the natural environment. 

In Reception this year, some of the things we will be learning about include: healthy eating, toothbrushing, good routines with screentime and sleep, being a safe pedestrian, exploring the natural world, and understanding the effects of changing seasons.

We have been learning about the season of Winter, and have been completing lots of Winter Activities, like building an igloo, creating snowflakes and playing with winter items. It snowed so much recently! We have learned about keeping safe in the snow, and we enjoyed exploring the snow and ice outside. 

In EYFS, we have been learning about what happens in Autumn. We discussed the changing colour of the leaves and how some of the trees lose their leaves. Then we made hedgehogs using the fallen leaves from the trees.  We went on an Autumn walk, to the School Nature garden, where we discovered leaves, acorns, seeds and even hibernation huts for hedgehogs! 

Key Stage One

In Year 1 this year we are learning about Everyday Materials, Seasonal Change, Plants, and Animals including Humans.

In Year 2 this year we are learning about Everyday Materials, Living Things and their Habitats, Plants, and Animals including Humans.

In Plants, we named the different parts of plants, including trees and flowers. We learnt and described the lifecycle of a plant. Pupils learnt the difference between deciduous and evergreen trees. We all enjoyed looking around our school grounds for different plants. 

In Seasonal Change, Year 1 studied the different seasons and found out about what changes we can see between them. We had an amazing time making snow! T

In Living Things and their Habitats, Year 2 investigated food chains, finding out which animal is the predator and which animal is its prey. They also investigated microhabitats in our school environment. 

In 'Every Day Materials' we  identified and 
compared the suitability of a variety of everyday materials, including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for particular uses.

Then we planned and prepared a fair test to see which material is best suited to fix an umbrella for Miss Moran. We investigated different materials to see which was the most waterproof.

Lower Key Stage Two

This year in Year 3/4 we are learning about States of Matter, Electricity, Sound, Living things and their Habitats, and Animals including Human (the digestive system).

In 'Living Things and their Habitats', we learned how to classify animals using sorting keys, we started by classifying liquorice allsorts to help us understand how the keys worked!. We explored in the nature garden, and found out about adaptations to animal habitats.

In 'Sound', we are learning about how sound travels through the air and how our ears convert sound waves into signals which our brain can understand. We experimented with how sounds are made. Then we noted what we could hear, see and feel at different sound stations.

In 'Electricity', we began by thinking about the difference between battery and mains electricity and how different appliances run off these. We then began to explore circuits and create our own circuit diagrams using symbols. To finish, we investigated conductors and insulators and made our own switches using a range of materials.

In 'States of Matter', we have been engaging in a range of fun investigations to help us learn about the differences between solids, liquids and gases. 

Upper Key Stage Two

This year in Year 5/6 we are learning about Earth and Space, Properties and Changes of Materials, Forces, Living Things and their Habitats (life cycles), and Animals including Humans (the human life cycle).

In 'Living things and their Habitats', we learned about the life cycles of amphibians and insects, which go through metamorphosis. We had some temporary visitors in class - tadpoles and  caterpillars! We enjoyed watching them develop. We dissected daffodils and recapped pollination, and explored different plants and how they grow in the nature garden such as moss. 

In 'Forces', we have been investigating the amount of force different actions perform, We've learned that force is measured in Newtons using a Newton-metre.

In 'Properties and Changes of Materials, we have been sorting materials based on their properties. We’ve learned about solubility and tested whether items are soluble, and if we can get the materials back using filtering and evaporation. 

In 'Earth and Space', we have been learning about the planets in our Solar System, including their relative size and their distance from their sun. 

We have looked at the different phases of the moon, and developed our understanding of how the Earth, Moon and other planets move relatively to the sun.