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LO: I can identify features of living and non living things Today we explored our learning from last lesson, building on our understanding of living and non-living things. We built on our scientific vocabulary, and used new words such as: breathe, grow, change, excrete (get rid of waste) to describe living things. We also consideredContinue reading “Monday 13th September 2021”

LO: I can observe and identify living and non-living things Today was our first science lesson in Year 2. We were excited to start learning our first unit: Living things and their habitats. We started the lesson with a question: ‘How do we know something is alive?’ to which the excited children said, ‘It canContinue reading “Monday 6th September 2021”

Today we collated our photo diary of our chick embryo development, labelling the eggs with the observable features. We patiently observed our eggs, although had to be very careful as they were beginning to hatch. Of the 24 eggs we began with – 13 are still fertile and growing well. We predicted that 3 wereContinue reading “Wednesday 23rd June 2021”

Today Year 2 were really excited to finally get their (very careful) hands on our eggs. We have 24 eggs, a mixture of Peking and Silkie Chickens, and it was our job today to become real scientists.  After learning all about the difference between a drawing and a scientific diagram, we observed our eggs, representingContinue reading “Wednesday 9th June 2021”

After a few weeks off of Science, due to Art workshops, we were back and ready to begin our new unit: Life Cycles! We researched chickens today, using a range of sources to find out about the 4 main stages of a chickens life cycle: Egg Embryo – this was a new word, and willContinue reading “Wednesday 26th May 2021”

Today we observed our plants, to see how are seedlings were doing – so far not much! We will continue to observe and measure growth and changes over the coming weeks and months… We then looked again at the plant life cycle, ensuring that we could confidently identify and use the new vocabulary correctly, suchContinue reading “Wednesday 5th May 2021”

Today we finally got planting! Wahoooooooooo! In groups, we spent the beginning of our lesson ensuring we understood the requirements of a plant for growth and survival. We identified: Water Sunlight Nutrients from the Soil Air – some of us understood that we needed Carbon Dioxide from the air Space to grow – if weContinue reading “Wednesday 28th April 2021”

Today we continued with our pattern seeking enquiry, ‘Do bigger bulbs grow into bigger plants?’. First we discussed the differences we noticed in a range of seeds and bulbs, grouping them into two groups and trying to identify differences. We decided that: Seeds – are generally smaller, harder and that they grow above ground, inContinue reading “Wednesday 14th April 2021”

Today we begun our pattern seeking investigation ‘Do bigger seeds & bulbs produce bigger plants?’. After a quick comprehension exercise with Mrs Squibb, we begun by recapping our Year 1 understanding of parts of the plant and the requirements of a plant to grow. We then looked at a selection of seeds and bulbs, classifyingContinue reading “Wednesday 24th March 2021”

After a week of awesome fun and inspiring opportunities, today is our last day of Science Week!  We started today with a magic show! Dr Matt Pritchard created a incredible show of all sorts of Science based illusions, from balancing forces to do incredible things, to using light to make things disappear!  We then lookedContinue reading “2021 British Science Week Day 6”