It’s been a busy first week back in Year 5! We were lucky enough to have some fantastic scientists visit us from Fizz Pop Science. On Thursday they visited us in our classes and spoke to us about states of matter. Luckily, we already knew lots about this topic from our Science lessons in the Autumn term! We discussed the different states of matter and the fact that materials can go through processes that make them change state. Then the scientist demonstrated something a little bit different to us. We watched as she mixed cornflour with water and we learnt that this mixture is known as a ‘Non-Newtonian Fluid’. The cornflour and water make a thick mixture that pours like a liquid, but when force is applied to it, for example trying to mix the liquid, it becomes hard. We all had a go at mixing the mixture and letting it drip off of the spoon. We concluded our workshop by making our very own pot of slime that you probably have at home now! It was really interesting watching our gloopy glue mixture begin to get thicker and thicker as we added bicarbonate of soda and an activator to create our slime! It was a brilliant workshop thoroughly enjoyed by all!

In our weekly Science lessons, we have begun looking at the life cycles of animals. Recently, we learnt about the life cycle of a chicken, from an egg to an adult. We learnt that the eggs we buy in the shop haven’t been fertilised, so we don’t have to worry about eating a baby chicken. Then, to better understand what the inside of an egg looks like, we cracked some open! We compared our cracked egg to a diagram and tried to identify the different parts.

We’re really excited to be having weekly Forest School sessions this term on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Our first session focused on learning the ground rules for Forest School and we are looking forward to what we’ll learn over the coming term.