Tag: Science
Reducing Our Carbon Footprint
Shadwell Primary school supports the aim of Polypipe Civils & Green Urbanisation to help build a greener future and become part of the solution by planting our own tree saplings.
Posted by Harriet Beaumont on 18 November 2021
Category: Class of 2015
Tags: Science
Class 6's Exit Day
Class 6 had a fabulous time creating their electrical quiz game. They used their amazing scientific knowledge of circuits as well as their fantastic art skills to create an engaging game showcasing Year 6 content from Autumn 1.
Posted by Harriet Beaumont on 5 November 2021
Category: Class of 2015
Tags: Class 6 Science Design Technology Art
Tug of War
Today, we kick-started our forces topic by learning about balanced and unbalanced forces.
Did you know that all forces have an opposite force acting against them? When they are balanced, an object will either move at a consistent, steady speed or stay stationary. If the forces are unbalanced,…
Posted by Miss Cammiss on 2 November 2021
Category: Class of 2016
Space
Today, we finished our space topic by plotting out the relative distance of the planets on our school field.
Did you know that to scale down our solar system to this size, the sun would have to be just 3cm in diameter?
Did you know that the further away from the sun you get, the distance…
Posted by Miss Cammiss on 22 October 2021
Category: Class of 2016
Electricity
Class Six have been focusing on electricity in Science this half term. This week, we were carrying out an investigation to see whether the length of the wires in our circuits or the number of batteries used affected the volume of the buzzer.
Posted by Harriet Beaumont on 15 October 2021
Category: Class of 2015
Friction Investigation
In SITE, we investigated the effect of friction on different surfaces using toy cars. We discussed the importance of conducting a fair test during our investigation and what variables we would keep the same. After making our predictions, we then we worked in groups to see how far our toy cars…
Posted by Miss Hole on 23 September 2021
Category: Class of 2018
Marvellous Marrows
Class One recently harvested the marrows they had planted when they were in Reception. The children were amazed to see how their tiny seeds had grown into something so enormous. We were pleased to donate some of the marrows to Home Instead who work with local elderly and vulnerable people. The…
Posted by Mrs Barrett on 19 September 2021
Category: Class of 2020
Push and pull - playdough elephants!
Class 3 had a fantastic SITE launch this week, learning all about forces. We followed instructions, using push and pull to create elephants from playdough!
Posted by Miss Hole on 10 September 2021
Category: Class of 2018
Wetherby High School
Class 5 loved our trip to Wetherby High School!
We were so welcomed by all the staff members we came across, which led to the children really working hard to impress!
We took part in a problem solving maths lesson, an experimental chemistry lesson, an enquiry focused history lesson and ended…
Posted by Miss Cammiss on 2 July 2021
Category: Class of 2015
Tags: Class 5 Science Maths Art History
Planting our radishes
Class 2 we’re excited to prepare their new allotment bed, first they raked the soil and pulled out the weeds. Next, they used string to mark out lines where they would sow their seeds and carefully placed each seed in. After a little sprinkle of water, they were happy that their plants would have…
Posted by Mrs Pelc on 28 May 2021
Category: Class of 2018
Shadwell Village Walk
Class 2 had a great time on their walk around the village, they followed their maps and added direction arrows as we walked through to the park. We passed many local features such as the fish and chip shop, the library, the churches, Miss Eales (and many other children’s!) houses and also Penelope…
Posted by Mrs Pelc on 28 May 2021
Category: Class of 2018
Tags: Class 2 Science Geography
Outstanding Science Work!
Year 5 have been learning all about the life cycles of different plants. As a culmination of our learning, it was time to consider how plants in different environments may be different to the ones in our local surroundings.
Children were given the choice to research desert, marine or rainforest…
Posted by Miss Cammiss on 17 May 2021
Category: Class of 2015