British Science Week

This week we joined the celebration of ‘British Science’ week, with a wide range of activities and experiments across the school.

Our youngest children found out which fruit and vegetables float and sink - this was part of their topic on ‘The Hungry Caterpillar’.

In Reception, they made edible slime and ‘Gloop’ and things got a little bit messy, with a room full of smiling faces (until the cleaners arrived!)

Year 1 and 2 made their own volcanoes, as they have been learning about volcanoes in Patagonia. They also explored leak-proof bags.

In Year 3 and 4, linked to the theme of this year’s Science Week - ‘Time’, they made water clocks and experimented with a pendulum’s swing.

Finally, in Year 5 and 6 they carried out fair tests to see whether more expensive paper towels absorbed more water. They explored parts of the water cycle and also found out whether people with longer legs jumped further.

It’s been a busy week here and we look forward to seeing you all in an even busier week, next week…..

It starts tomorrow (Saturday) with our Big Lent Walk (departing school at 11am). Then we will see you all for Parents Evening on Monday or Tuesday, Early Years Easter Concert on Wednesday morning and discos on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Don’t forget, you can also join the Juniors at mass on Tuesday (9.30am), to celebrate the Feast of St Joseph, and/or Whole School Easter Mass on Thursday (9.30am).