Year 2 Science: identifying living and non-living things

This term year 2 scientists will be further developing a wide range of scientific skills including identifying and observing, carrying out experiments and fair tests, data collection, research and noticing patterns in findings. Today Year 2 were able to draw upon their sound knowledge of the characteristics of living things to identify and observe details […]

Year 4 visit Creekside Discovery Centre

Year 4 had a fantastic trip to Creekside Discovery Centre last Tuesday, on a glorious, sunny day. We spent some time in the classroom, learning about the history of Deptford Creek and showing off our Geography knowledge (cue a VERY proud teacher) before donning our waders and waterproofs and getting into the creek itself. We […]

Year 2’s Plant Hospital

Year 2 scientists know what plants need to thrive. They are also able to observe poorly plants and identify what they may need in terms of a recovery plan. Year 2 went on a ward round in the playground identifying dehydrated, light starved, over crowded and malnourished plants. Thankfully most plants, shrubs and trees were […]

Classification Keys in LKS2

Years 3 & 4 have been learning about how scientists use classification keys to identify living things, based on their observable characteristics (the things that you can see). We used keys to sort different pond animals, in order to identify them, then made our own keys in order to identify a different set of animals. […]

Our pirates are hunting for treasure in the playground.

We have found and sorted it into different materials. We found plastic, material, rubber, paper and metal!

Geography fieldwork in LKS2

Years 3 & 4 have visited Manor House Gardens this week in order to observe the Quaggy River as part of our Geography learning for this half-term. We used 4-digit references to locate Manor House Gardens before we left and also looked at satellite and pictorial maps of the area. When we arrived at the […]

Vortex data in Year 4

Year 4 combined Athletics and Maths on Monday afternoon. We practised throwing the vortex and then recorded our data before using the Numbers app on our iPads to put this information into a table and a chart. We’ll be using this to track our progress during the term.

Plant Life in Year 2

Year 2 started learning about the fascinating lives of plants today starting with seeds and germination. The children already know a lot about what seeds need in order to start growing /germinate and were interested to learn some more scientific details such as that seeds are dormant and have a store of energy to help […]

Community allotment phase 1

Having collected old tyres from Kwik Fitt (thanks to Barry Miller for setting these aside for us each week), the first step was to get the tyres cleaned …

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