Category: Science

Year 1 had a fantastic day out at Winchester Science Centre and Planetarium. They got to explore science to is absolute fullest! The children looked at gravity, how the ear works, sound waves, telescopes, contraction and much much more. We also took part in a Rocket workshop where the children got to design their own…

Recently Year 1 and 2 visited Winchester Science Museum. It was a fantastic day and the children loved every minute. The workshop was brilliant and the children thoroughly enjoyed making slime which either bounced or stretched! They learnt that mixing different ingredients can create different types of slime!

Several children this week were fortunate enough to go to Greenfield School to take part in a mock UN discussion and debate. The children had to prepare a presentation of their choice using one of the UN statutes – they chose to focus on climate change and our ability to take care of our planet….

Green Up Your Act visited us this week to deliver a Green Shoots workshop – focusing on how we can reduce emissions from the transport of our food. We talked briefly about how our food is transported and where it comes from, and compared British products to ones found globally. Should we always buy British?…

Cooling Off in Summer Air Products came to visit us and with them they brought all sorts of science goodies – including a freezing tank of liquid nitrogen! They ran demonstrations and workshops for the school, and the children got the opportunity to learn about the freezing points of liquids and gases, about the conductivity…

When we arrived, our teachers took us to the play area which unfortunately was closed so we went to a maze made out of stacks of hay. There was a sheep and a rabbit made out of twigs so we took some photos with them. After that, we were running around the rock garden, looking…

Dr. Charlotte Rademeyer, from Camberley Dental Practice visited Lyndhurst to talk to all year groups about dental hygiene.  We all need to remember ‘Happy Teeth, Happy Smiles’! The children also received Colgate toothbrush packs and stickers. Year 4 & Year 3 impressed Dr. Rademeyer with their knowledge on how to care for their teeth during…

Year 5 became jungle explorers for the day; not in the Amazon Jungle but in deepest darkest Berkshire! Yes, that’s right, they sweated and toiled and suffered unspeakable hardships in the Living Rainforest to seek out new species, such as the 5-banded armadillo, Goeldi’s monkeys and the green iguana (which is actually pink!). Along the…

Year 5 and 6 journeyed to Baylab last week to take part in some hands-on Science! Last year they created bath bombs and lip balm so the children were expecting good things. They were not disappointed. When it was revealed that the children would be extracting their own DNA to make necklaces, there was an awful…

Year 3 & 4 have had a fantastic sunny day at Wisley Gardens. They explored trees in the Tree-mendous workshop. They learnt that one cactus is called Old Man Cactus because of it’s grey beard.  A new fact of the day was that Giant sequoia trees are largest trees in the world and they make…