10 March 2022

Science Experiment -1 Birch

We wanted to look at how fabric was made to be waterproof. We experimented with three different materials, glue stick, PVA glue and cooking oil. We predicted which one would make the fabric waterproof. After the experiment we found that the cooking oil was the most waterproof.

 

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9 March 2022

Following in the footsteps of Galileo Galilei

We recreated Galileo's experiment of measuring time with a pendulum. We investigated  the effect of changing the mass or the length on the speed of the swing. Mass made little difference but the longer the string the less swings per 10 seconds,

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9 March 2022

Glue Experiment

Today we recapped our glue timeline and discussed how the invention of glue has improved over time. After this, we used our knowledge to create our own glue and we then tested it's strength.

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9 March 2022

Mystery Scientist

 

At the start of the week, each group were assigned a scientist. Year 4's scientist sent through some photos with clues about her job. The children made prections about their job and wrote questions they would like to ask the scientist.

Today the children met Nicole and she is a…

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9 March 2022

Science week in Reception

 

This week has been Science week in Reception. We have loved being scientists! We have investigated and explored with gloop, magnets, floating and sinking, bugs, ice and salt. We have also enjoyed some science experiments including mixing mentos with coke- this made a huge explosion! Which…

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7 March 2022

World book day

 

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7 March 2022

Glue Development Timeline

This week, Dowson are taking part in a project called 'Standing on the shoulders of giants'. 

During this project, we will be looking at the process of inventions. Year 4 are exploring the development of glue and Spencer and Fry's invention of the Post-it note. Today we used dual coding to look…

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7 March 2022

Science Assembly

 

This morning, we kick-started our Science week with a special assembly. 

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7 March 2022

Science Experiments

Year 4 were set the challenge to complete a science experiment at home. This week we have shared our experiments and discussed our findings.

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7 March 2022

Ukrainian collection campaign

Mabel helped her auntie organise a Ukrainian collection campaign. They appealed for and collected donations from around Tameside for Ukrainian families. Mabel collected over 40 bags of clothes, toys, games, toiletries and much more. These things are now on their way to Poland to help out Ukrainian…

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6 March 2022

Big and Little friends, World Book Day

We celebrated World Book day by sharing books with our Little friends in Reception.

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