This week, Kestrels have been studying the phases of the moon.

They have made a fabulous pinwheel to demonstrate the different stages the moon goes through. Why don’t you ask them about it?

Making our own Sun-Dials

In Science, Kestrels have been learning about how sundials used to help people tell the time.

They made their own sundial and tested it out in the sunshine to create a shadow.

They were able to clearly see 2 0’clock on their sundials. It was great fun. They also learnt how to use a compass to find North. 

Year 5 have been learning about how the Earth moves in space. They constructed a model of the Earth, labelled it to act as different countries and used a torch to signify the sun’s rays shining down. The children worked well together and produced so every accurate work. 

Year 5 had fun last week in Science, dissecting an egg. They were given all the main parts and asked to locate them within the egg such as the albumen and the membrane.  It was a messy lesson but a fascinating one enjoyed by all!

Before we broke up for the half term, year 5 were looking at how and why mental rusts. They put some metal items in a jar filled with salt and water.

When they came back to school after the half term, they noticed they were starting to develop rust. The children now know that rust is an irreversible change. 

Kestrels had their last lesson in science today on the properties of materials. Miss Anderson gave the children 4 solutions and asked them if they could predict the easiest separation method. There were many in-depth scientific discussions had in the classroom. 

Well done Kestrels and Miss Anderson! 

Kestrels have been testing solutes to see if they dissolve.

They predicted whether coffee, salt, oil and sugar would dissolve and then proved whether their predictions were right or not. 

This week year 5 have been learning about how solutes react differently when they are added to water (a solvent).

They mixed a variety of solutes: Oil, Squash, Coffee, Sand and Bicarbonate of soda into different pots of water to see if they would turn into a solution or if the solute would sink or float in the water. 

Year 5’s new science topic is well under way, looking at materials and their properties. The children were given several materials and had to test whether they were conductors of electricity or insulators. And, whether they were opaque, transparent, or reflective. They had great fun making circuits, using magnets and torches, to test the materials. I think testing the properties of jelly was probably their favourite!