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Category

Y1 Science

British Science Week 2025

17th March 2025Fiona Goodwin
Class 4 had an amazing time experimenting with different types of sugar on Friday!
We explored how to make a fair test by discussing controlled variables and changing just one variable. Our investigation focused on whether the size of sugar granules affects how quickly the same weight of sugar dissolves .
The children loved getting hands-on with science and discovering the results! A fantastic way to celebrate British Science Week!
2024-2025,Y1 Science,Y2 Science Article 28- You have the right to education. Article 29- You have the right to education that helps to develop your personality and abilities as much as possible and to respect the rights of others and respect the environment.

Which material is best to make an umbrella?

19th January 2023Miss K. Wilkinson

Year 1 have been scientists. We investigated the properties of materials to discover which would be best for making umbrellas. We discovered that some materials were waterproof but some were absorbent. We concluded that tinfoil and plastic were waterproof materials but tinfoil would not be strong enough to be an umbrella.

Year 1 children investigating the properties of materials
Year 1 children investigating the properties of materials
Year 1 children investigating the properties of materials
Year 1 children investigating the properties of materials
Year 1 children investigating the properties of materials
Year 1 children investigating the properties of materials
Year 1 children investigating the properties of materials
Year 1 children investigating the properties of materials
Year 1 children investigating the properties of materials
Year 1 children investigating the properties of materials
Year 1 children investigating the properties of materials
Year 1 children investigating the properties of materials
Year 1 children investigating the properties of materials
Year 1 children investigating the properties of materials
Year 1 children investigating the properties of materials
Year 1 children investigating the properties of materials
2022-2023,All News,Y1 Science,Year 1 Article 28- You have the right to education. Article 29- You have the right to education that helps to develop your personality and abilities as much as possible and to respect the rights of others and respect the environment.

Releasing the butterflies!

8th July 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

Class 4 took a trip down to the Secret Garden today to release our butterflies.

The children have been observing the changes from tiny caterpillar to chrysalis and then to butterfly over the past few weeks.

Class4 releasing their butterflies in the secret garden
Class4 releasing their butterflies in the secret garden
Class4 releasing their butterflies in the secret garden
Class 4's butterflies
Class 4's butterflies
2021-2022,All News,Y1 Science,Year 1 Article 28- You have the right to education. Article 29- You have the right to education that helps to develop your personality and abilities as much as possible and to respect the rights of others and respect the environment.

Year 1 visit to Kirkley Hall

27th June 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

Year 1 had fun at Kirkley Hall Zoological Gardens this week. They had a tour of the zoo looking at all of the different animals, watch the meerkats at feeding time, got to touch a bearded dragon and a cockroach!

Year 1's visit to Kirkley Hall
Year 1's visit to Kirkley Hall
Year 1's visit to Kirkley Hall
Year 1's visit to Kirkley Hall
Year 1's visit to Kirkley Hall
Year 1's visit to Kirkley Hall
Year 1's visit to Kirkley Hall
Year 1's visit to Kirkley Hall
Year 1's visit to Kirkley Hall
2021-2022,All News,Essential Learning Experiences (ELEs),Y1 Science,Year 1 Article 28- You have the right to education. Article 29- You have the right to education that helps to develop your personality and abilities as much as possible and to respect the rights of others and respect the environment.

Parts of a Plant

5th April 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

Class 3 enjoyed exploring the parts of a plant as part of our Science lesson. We took them apart, looked carefully at them and then reassembled them before labelling the main parts of the plant.

We have also been looking at length in our maths lesson so compared the lengths of the stem with our partner.

Class 3 working hard in science to identify the parts of a plant
Class 3 working hard in science to identify the parts of a plant
Class 3 working hard in science to identify the parts of a plant
Class 3 working hard in science to identify the parts of a plant
Class 3 working hard in science to identify the parts of a plant
Class 3 working hard in science to identify the parts of a plant
2021-2022,All News,Y1 Science,Year 1 Article 28- You have the right to education. Article 29- You have the right to education that helps to develop your personality and abilities as much as possible and to respect the rights of others and respect the environment.

British Science Week 2022

18th March 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

Year 1’s British Science week task took them down to the Secret Garden this afternoon to search for worms. The children were all surprised to learn that there are three kinds of worms and tried hard to identify the ones we found. They used string to measure the worms. Two groups measured the same worm and were astounded to find it had stretched itself from 16 cms to 23 cms!!! The children were also intrigued to watch one wonderful working worm do a poo!

Year 1 children investigating worms in the secret garden
Year 1 children investigating worms in the secret garden
Year 1 children investigating worms in the secret garden
Year 1 children investigating worms in the secret garden
Year 1 children investigating worms in the secret garden
Year 1 children investigating worms in the secret garden
Year 1 children investigating worms in the secret garden
Year 1 children investigating worms in the secret garden
Year 1 children investigating worms in the secret garden
Year 1 children investigating worms in the secret garden
2021-2022,All News,Y1 Science,Year 1 Article 28- You have the right to education. Article 29- You have the right to education that helps to develop your personality and abilities as much as possible and to respect the rights of others and respect the environment.

How does blubber work?

23rd January 2022Miss K. Wilkinson

The children came across the word “blubber”

During our work on Arctic animals we carried out an experiment to see how a seal’s blubber can protect it from the icy Arctic seas.

We first explored how long we could keep our hand in ice cold water – which was not long at all!

Then we used plastic bags to simulate the animal skins and lard to be blubber and tested again how long we could keep our hands in the water.

The children were amazed that they could no longer feel the coldness at all! We found that the icy water didn’t feel quite so cold when our hand was surrounded by a layer of fat.

Year 1 children investigating how blubber works Year 1 children investigating how blubber works
 Year 1 children investigating how blubber works Year 1 children investigating how blubber works Year 1 children investigating how blubber works Year 1 children investigating how blubber works
Year 1 children investigating how blubber works

2021-2022,All News,Y1 Science,Year 1 Article 28- You have the right to education. Article 29- You have the right to education that helps to develop your personality and abilities as much as possible and to respect the rights of others and respect the environment.

How to keep snow!

2nd December 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

Year 1 spent this afternoon exploring how to keep snow!

The children were given a selection of materials to test after collecting snow from the playground.

They made their predictions and checked every ten minutes for changes.

The children were surprised that cotton will turned out to be the best insulator while tin foil was the least effective. Mrs Sloanes was equally shocked. We talked about how the tin foil conducts the heat and so will have sped up the melting process.


Year 1's investigation into materials Year 1's investigation into materials Year 1's investigation into materials Year 1's investigation into materialsYear 1's investigation into materials Year 1's investigation into materials Year 1's investigation into materials Year 1's investigation into materials
Year 1's investigation into materials Year 1's investigation into materials Year 1's investigation into materials Year 1's investigation into materials Year 1's investigation into materials Year 1's investigation into materials

2021-2022,All News,Y1 Science,Year 1

Would Red Riding Hood like to visit our school grounds?

18th May 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

In science Class 4’s topic is to find out if Red Riding Hood would like to visit our school grounds.

We know Red Riding Hood likes to spend time in the woods, so we went outside to investigate what kind of trees are around our school.

We were amazed by how tall some of the trees were and how big the crowns were. The boys were so excited to find some exposed roots.

We all looked very closely at the leaves and tried to match them to our identification sheet.

2020-2021,All News,Y1 Science,Year 1

Class 3 go birdwatching!

18th May 2021Miss K. Wilkinson

Class 3 had a lovely afternoon birdwatching today!

As part of our science lessons, we’ve been looking at the birds, plants and trees that Little Red Riding Hood might find in our school grounds.

Today we spotted a sparrow, some blackbirds, some magpies, a blue tit, and lots of seagulls and pigeons. We then recorded our findings and explained where we found each bird.

We had a great time exploring and observing.

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2020-2021,All News,Y1 Science,Year 1

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