Our Science showcase

On Thursday our parents were invited to see what work we had been creating towards our science week.

We created a kaleidoscope...

.... and these are the finished products!

These were the results of our chromatography investigation....

These are the 2 types of sundials we made.

We had a very busy week and enjoyed learning all about light and shadows!

Homework from this week.

The challenge the children had for homework this week was to make a symmetrical crown. Here are the children modelling the ones they made.

Can you see which ones are symmetrical?

Wiktoria also made this fabulous weighing system. See how simple it is to see which item is heavier and which is lighter.

I do enjoy seeing your creative homework - please keep bringing it in!

Homework Menu 28/6/13

• Investigate which colours your pens leak out when dipped in water. (Write a sentence in a pen, then dip it in water to see what colours come out). 
• Create your own kaleidoscope.
• Create a periscope. Here is a website to help if you need it!  http://www.planet-science.com/categories/under-11s/our-world/2012/06/make-a-periscope.aspx! 
• Write some instructions to explain how to make one of the following: kaleidoscope, periscope, sundial. 

Remember, you can create your own homework too!  
Mrs Wood

Woodside Falconry Trip

Well, what a fun-filled and activity packed day we have had!!

Very excited children on the bus.

Mrs Addison was excited too!

The first animal we saw when we arrived was Polly the Parrot, though we didn't stop and talk to her.

After dropping off our lunches and a quick safety talk, we were off into the Tropical House with our tour guide.

Thomas looking at the terrapins.

The Lemurs that we met first of all were behind glass, but they were very inquisitive and came straight over to look at us.

Outside however, the Lemurs were free and very excited to see our guide who had a bucket full of food!

A trip around the park had us visiting the meerkats, giant tortoises, white wolves, ostriches and a huge collection of birds, including owls and falcons.

Here is Pati's fabulous impression of a meerkat!

Next up was the bird show - we had amazing front row seats!

You can see how close the birds got to us. They were swooping very low over our heads so it was very important that we didn't stand up.

After lunch was something that the children were VERY excited about, the reptile handling! They were very patient whilst they waited for them to be brought round and all of the children had a go at stroking or holding each animal.

We weren't allowed to hold the tarantula (which Ms Rogan was VERY happy about) but they did bring her around so we could have a good look.

Even the grown-ups had a go at handling the snakes.

Poor Mr Edwards got bullied into holding the snake, but I don't think he was very happy about it!

The final activity of the day was pig racing - we had to pick a colour and cheer on the pig!

I hope all of the children had a wonderful day and have told you all about it. A big thank you to our volunteers Miss Chapman and Mrs O'Donnell for coming with us.

All of the children have been given a leaflet with free admission for one child on it, so hopefully you can visit with them again!