Category: Year 3 and Year 4

Wonderlab

Year 3 and 4 took a trip to the Wonderlab in the Science Museum and discovered so much about forces through hands-on investigations and had an opportunity to discover more…

Fun Forces!

Now it might look like year 3 and 4 are just playing with toys whereas in fact they were investigating all the forces that are needed to make toys move. …

Bug Hunt!

All the rain we have had recently was brilliant for our invertebrates hunt this week with years 3 and 4.  We had a wonderful time finding all the living things in…

Dissecting Flowers

Years 3 and 4 have been learning about the parts of flowers.  We dissected different flowers to identify their parts.  Some were much easier than others! We also discovered how amazing and…

Engineering like Brunel!

Children in Years 3 and 4 have been recreating some of Brunel’s engineering breakthroughs by conducting their own experiments. Here they are testing the theories he used in sinking the…

Slippery Surfaces

Today in science, Years 3 and 4 took our learning outside. We were asking the question: ‘Which surfaces are the most slippery?’ We used force meters (Newton sticks) to measure…

Bridging the gap

Having learnt about strong shapes last week, Years 3 and 4 sought to put that knowledge into practice as they made their own bridges in science.  We engaged in the…