Today we began our brand new after school Science club, with children from Middle School taking part in a range of activities that explored Friction, Gravity, pulleys and fulcrums. We are very lucky to have Matt from Essex Wildlife Trust with us for a few weeks, and the weather was perfect for our outdoor activities today. We all had a wonderful time and can’t wait for next week.

Wow! What a whirlwind whistle-stop tour of States of Matter! Today we were very lucky to be able to watch this science workshop, where we encountered dry ice showers, tornados in a bottle, and high speed air! The pupils really enjoyed the workshop as an extra end of term treat.

We used sweets to help is to learn how to create a classification tree. Thinking of the Yes/No questions was quite tricky!

Mrs. Gilbert was given these two beautifully constructed nests; one belonged to a pigeon and the smaller more delicate one belonged to a blackbird family. Sadly , both had been abandoned with their eggs in.... the children were absolutely fascinated by their construction, as well as a little sad to find out that the eggs would never hatch. They discovered all sorts of things about these birds and then created beautiful charcoal drawings. Science and art - what a perfect blend!! Thank you Mrs. Gilbert for bringing the outside inside!