Science at Excalibur

"I liked it when we used our senses to try and work out what different objects were." Year 1

"It's really important to eat a healthy balanced diet. That means little bits from each group- not just loads of one group." Year 2

"It was cool when we went outside to hunt for worms. We had to stamp on the ground. The worms thought it was the rain so they tried to come to the surface so that they didn't drown. That's what birds do so that they can hunt and eat them." Year 3

"I really enjoyed investigating whether circuits were complete or incomplete by testing to see if the bulb lit up. Most of my predictions were right because I knew that the electricity had to flow from the battery cell to the bulb and back to the battery cell." Year 4

"I found gestation periods much more interesting than I thought I would. The frog has such a short gestation period but can live for up to 20 years!" Year 5

"The heart is so interesting. I find it really amazing that our blood has plasma in it to make the blood sticky and then it forms a scab." Year 6

Preschool FS1

Pre-school children explored the way in which ice changes as it melts. It starts as water, then is frozen in a very cold freezer, before it melts as the temperature gets warmer!

Reception FS2

Reception took their first real foray into working scientifically. They asked questions, made predictions and then set up their own tests!

Year 1

Year 1 have been exploring and investigating different types of materials. They have identified the materials that different objects were made from, before then grouping them. They have also looked at the properties of different materials.

Year 2

Whilst on our residential to Delamere, we used our knowledge of habitats to help us hunt for different minibeasts and pondlife.

Year 3

As part of their topic focussed on rocks, year 3 have investigated the different properties of rocks- are they porous? How hard are they? They then took part in a dinosaur dig to excavate dinosaur bones- just like palaeontologist Mary Anning.

Year 4

Year 4 have been exploring living things. They went out onto the school field to find invertebrates then headed back into the classroom to identify and classify them using branching databases.

Year 5

So far this term, year 5 have been exploring different forces. They have made their own levers, pulleys and gears to discover the ways in which heavy loads can be moved with the minimum amount of effort.

Year 6

To build on their previous learning about the components of blood, Year 6 were visited by a research scientist from the University of Belfast, Sophie Tomkinson. During the session, the children learnt about phagocytes and acted out the process of how the body fights infection. Sophie also shared what her role involved as a research scientist.