Years 4, 5 and 6 carried on from a superlative Science Week with a superb visit to the British West Indies Collegiate School. Year 3 had been visited by two of their pupils during Science Week.
Head of Science, Mrs Nicola Haynes, welcomed the children and introduced them to Science at KS3 and 4. The children had the opportunity to see what the fantastic laboratories at the school are like and carried out their own scientific investigation.
Using Bunsen burners for the very first time and a range of chemicals, the children learned the different coloured flames metals produce when burned. They also learned lots about the etiquette of working in a laboratory and even got to quiz a few A-level pupils on what it’s like to learn science at such a high level.
It was a spectacular scientific afternoon and Mrs Haynes was a wonderful science teacher! Thank you for allowing us to visit.
The Year 3 Dolphins have found out that if you were a misbehaving child that lived amongst the Native Indian Iroquois tribe, your parents would not just tell you off, they would either throw water at you, or you might even get dunked in a stream to help you to mend your ways. However, if you were very, very naughty you would be sent to meet the incredibly scary Mr Longnose.
As part of World Book day, Year 5/6 took on the challenge of working in teams to complete a specially designed non-fiction quiz. The quiz was organised to ensure the children had to think carefully about how a library references its books. They also had to focus on key words in each question to work out where they would find the answer. The children worked together superbly and used their solid understanding of how to approach a non-fiction book (using contents, glossary and index) to identify the page/s needed. It was a really close competition with teams finishing just seconds after each other!
To celebrate ‘World Read Aloud Day’, children across the school shared and read science books together. Children in our Year 2 class made their own books about insects that we find here in the TCI and shared these with the Year 1. Our Year 5/6 class connected with a school in the USA and read to each other over the Internet. Buddy reading is always so much fun!
Each day of Science Week, our Ks1 and 2 classes took turns to challenge their fellow students with an exciting ‘True or False Science Quiz’!
In Year 1, we have been learning that some of the food that we eat comes from plants. In fact, many of the fruits and vegetables that come from the supermarket have grown from plants.
A successful shopping trip to IGA was had on Tuesday by the Year 3 Dolphins. We shopped till we dropped! We managed to practise our estimating and our adding skills, making sure we had enough money to pay at the till – what is that decimal point for?