Yr. 4 – Changing States of Matter

Our experiment was to find out how quickly ice melted in different conditions. We tried ice in air, ice in salt and ice in water. What is your prediction?

Fire and water experiment

Year 4 found this experiment pretty exciting today!

Animals and the Outside World

Year 5 spent the first part of the afternoon learning about animals and their adaptations. Afterwards, we explored the school grounds looking for evidence of pollination. Zoolab Pollination exploration

Building Friendships Garden Project

Following on from last year’s Lottery funded ‘Building Friendships’ project, there are big plans afoot for the outside spaces at St Margaret’s! Year 2 and Reception mum Gemma Burns has volunteered her time and gardening expertise to work with the school to create an exciting vision for the garden areas in the main school and […]

A Typical Afternoon in Year 1…

The life cycle of a frog, printing with fruit and vegetables, puzzles, construction and phonics games!

Keeping fit in Y2

We have been thinking about how to stay fit in Year 2. This afternoon we challenged ourselves to do as many star jumps, laps of the cage and pencil jumps as we could. We recorded our data in tables and then created bar charts on the iPads when we got back to class!

States of Matter in Yr.4

We used custard powder and water to experiment with the properties of liquids and solids. We found out that the custard acts like a liquid when you don’t apply pressure, when pressure is applied the custard acts as a solid.

Spring is finally here!

Back in the Autumn the infants helped Miss Cooper and Gemma to plant hundreds of bulbs that we received from a charity. Thanks to the warm weather the plants have now bloomed and are looking beautiful! Check them out next time you are in the playground. Special thanks to Gemma who gave us lots of […]

Bug Hunting in Year 1!

Today in Year 1 we have been searching for all types of insects all around the school. To record our findings, we made tally charts and drew observations of any insects not on our chart.

Ahoy there me hearties!

Reception are having great fun being pirates and trying to find buried treasure with their magnets. Did you know that real pirates thought that material like calico and coffee beans were great treasures that could be traded easily?