Great shapes

During maths choosing both the Olivia's made some interesting shapes - have a look.

Autumn fun with room 16

On Friday the children and Mrs Simmons went on an autumn walk around the school. We decided to have a biggest leaf pile competition. Paddy was the judge. The children worked like beavers collecting the leaves. Room 16 won the competition as they had the biggest pile. Room 15's pile had the best shape. We all had a great time.

Olivia the scientist

Olivia was inspired by our oobleck science experiment. She made her own experiment by adding water, dishwashing liquid, sugar and food colouring. Her advice was to wash food colouring off your hands quickly as it stains!

Oobleck reconstituted

When we looked at our oobleck this morning it had turned into a solid. We discussed how to make it into a liquid again and Jarrelle suggested that we add some hot water. It did turn into a liquid again and then it seemed to be a solid too - how strange...

Could this be a record?

Today Jamie lost another tooth and Ethan lost a top tooth!

Ohh - Oobleck...

Making oobleck was wonderful (and messy) fun. Heather our cleaner thanked us for doing our experiment outside!

How to make oobleck

What you need:

Cornflour

Water

Food colouring

Bowl and spoon

Aprons

What to do:

1. Mix together 2 cups of cornflour and 1 cup of water

2. Add a couple of drops of food colouring

3. Stir until everything is well combined

4. Pick up some oobleck and experiment with it. Let it drip through your fingers, squeeze it and pour it.

Do you think oobleck is a liquid or a solid? What happens when you make it into a ball shape? Why do you think this happens?

Thanks to Olivia F for taking the great photos.

The Tooth Fairy has been busy...

In the last 3 days, 5 children from Room 15 have lost their teeth. The Tooth Fairy has certainly been busy in St Albans!

Pirate Day Movie

Thank you to Miss Dowd and Whaea Leslie who took the movie making rotation on Pirate day - here it is!

It's Clay Time

Today we began experimenting with clay - the children learned the routines that we will keep to when using clay in class. They asked some questions. Where does clay come from? How does it change from soft to hard? How do you get diffferent coloured clay?

Ka Boom! Welcome to term 2.

Welcome back to school! This term our inquiry topic is called Ka Boom! We will be finding out about solids, liquids and gases. This is what the class already know about science:

What is science?

• Science is learning about animals
• Science is about chemicals
• Science is about when people learn about un-ordinary things
• You make stuff in science
• Go out on boats to look for interesting fish

What would a scientist do at work?

• Experiments
• Look at bugs
• Look at ice cream
• Look at boxes
• Make volcanoes
• Look at art in frames
• Make fizzy things
• Look at rocks
• Look at trees
• Put potions together into bottles to make new potions
• Put chemicals into bottles
• Put colours into a bottle and mix them to make them explode
• They look through a magnifying glass
• Look at clams

As you can read the children have some interesting ideas about science and scientists. Keep reading this blog and we will keep you informed about our learning.