This week in Science, Cherries have been carrying out an investigation as part of their “Rocks” topic. They have been testing to see how hard or soft rocks are. Also, if they are permeable, or buoyant.
As part of our science work this week, Cherries made cookies.
We measured the ingredients, before mixing it together. Then, we rolled out the cookie dough and sprinkled 100s and 1000s on top.
They were delicious!
As part of our Science this week, Cherries made cakes. We looked at the chemical change when ingredients are mixed and then cooked. We created a fair test by following a recipe, to make sure the correct amount of ingredients were used so the cakes tasted great!
Cherries have recently visited Marsden Beach to take part in Beach School.
We explored the rock pools and found lots of small sea creatures, including a very large crab which tried to nip us! We then played games and enjoyed the sunshine. We can’t wait to go back!
Birches created electrical circuits this week using bulbs, wires and batteries. We enjoyed seeing our bulb light up!
This week in Science, Cherries carried out an experiment where we cleaned dirty 1p and 2p coins. We used a variety of household liquids, like brown sauce, mayonnaise, floor cleaner etc to clean the coins. We predicted which we thought would work best and then tested to reach a conclusion. We found anything containing vinegar cleaned the coins perfectly.
This week in Science, Cherries made a solar power oven. We then experimented with wrapping the oven in different materials to see if this had an impact on the temperature inside. We measured the temperature using a thermometer and found out that tin foil made the oven even hotter, when the sun shone down to increase the solar energy.
In our topic work this week we looked at animal skeletons and then created our own using art straws. Great work Acorns!
This week in science the children were naming and sorting animals into the different groups of mammal, bird, fish, reptile and amphibian.
Our new topic in Acorns is Animal Safari. In this topic we will be learning about all the incredible animals that live around the world. We will explore and compare animal habitats, and investigate animals in the local environment.
We will learn how to care for pets, and find out what all animals need to grow, survive and stay happy and healthy.
Our role play area is in the process of becoming a veterinary surgery –
We’ve explored online games about how to look after animals –
We made posters about taking care of pets –
We drew pictures of our favourite animals and labelled them –
We can’t wait to find out more and become animal experts!
