Using our senses in Reception
In Reception we have been talking about some of the different senses we had such as smell, touch, taste, hearing and sight. The children were given some different foods to smell, taste, touch and look at. We described them using words such as soft, hard, strong, tasty and sour. The children…
Ghost Launchers STEAM Challenge
Year 6 took part in a STEAM ( Science Technology Engineering And Mathematics) challenge. Their goal was to create a catapult to launch marshmallow ghosts as far as possible. They worked in teams to create plans considering: the materials they had available, how they would know the catapult was…
Classification Keys
As part of their science topic about livings things and their habitats, Year 4 have been learning about classification keys. They used a classification key to classify different invertebrates.
Living things in their Habitat at Whinlatter Forest
Year 4 had a fabulous time at Whinlatter Forest exploring the natural habitat of lots of different organisms. They enjoyed finding examples of plants and animals that they have been learning about in science and using lots of scientific vocabulary.
Y2 Habitats Workshop
This afternoon Year 2 were visited by Emma from West Cumbria Rivers Trust. She told us all about the work they do as a charity then she taught us all about the creatures that live in the River Ehen. We played ‘Who am I?’ and used tree diagrams to help us work out which of the creatures we were…
Signs of Autumn in our Local Area
Year 1 visited Egremont Castle to explore signs of autumn in our local area. We loved being autumn explorers and found lots of evidence that autumn has arrived. It was exciting to find conkers and identifying the leaves from different trees. We are going to keep looking out for any signs of…
Science Museum Show
Year 6 were delighted to attend the Science Museum show today at Lakes College, Lillyhall. We enjoyed taking part in the ‘Feel the Force’ show. The Science Museum from London travelled to Cumbria to give the pupils this fantastic opportunity. Matthew was picked out to be a volunteer and assist…
Planting Sunflowers Investigation
Our Year 2 children began their new science topic on plants by planting their own sunflower seeds. They also planned how to prove the statement ‘Plants need water for germination’. They decided that they would plant some seeds that had water and some that had no water. They also had a discussion…
The Digestive System Y4
Lots of fun was had when Year 4 used everyday items to construct the digestive system. Do you know how long it takes for food to travel through your digestive system?
St. Bridget’s Science Week Overall Winner
A big congratulations to Mia for winning the 2022 whole school Science Week competition. We were wowed by so many entries from all age groups. The entries received were all of a high standard and were creative in lots of ways. This years competition asked children to create a poster or model…
Nursery Science Week 2022
Nursery have thoroughly enjoyed Science Week! We started the week off by using some Science equipment, pretending to be Scientists. We even had some dinosaur Scientists visit us and show us an experiment to create fizzy animals, which was very exciting! Our next experiment required us to be…
Year 5 Strudda Farm Visit
As part of our British Science Week work, Year 5 visited Strudda Farm to learn about growth. They found out about the importance of the growth of wheat, corn and barley in order to produce a lot of the foods they love to eat. They were delighted to pet new born lambs and chicks and were thrilled…