Yesterday, Year 3 had a visit from Dr Alison Buxton for a special day of Design & Technology, with a little bit of science thrown in for good measure. The children had to do 3 key processes: Make their frame Design and make their panels Make an electric circuit to power an LED to [...]
Today we have had some visitors to school as part of our careers initiative. We had separate assemblies for all the year groups and the children had to try and identify the jobs that our guests do by asking closed questions with only a yes/no answer. The children did very well and managed to [...]
Class 9 and five children from Class 11 spent the day at Hull Collegiate Collage today as part of a STEM in Action day. The aims of the event were to make real the aspects of the Science and Technology National Curriculum and highlight how diverse and exciting Science and Technology, Engineering and Mathematics [...]
In Geography this week Year 5 have been looking at ordnance survey maps. They have been learning how to use a key to find local landmarks and also how to locate things using the grid references. The map they have been looking at is of Whitby and had many items of interest to the [...]
Year 6 hosted this term's Stay and Solve. Parents were invited to join their children for a lesson of problem solving followed by tea/coffee and biscuits in our POD (Place of Development). A 2 x 3 rectangle contains 8 squares. A 3 x 4 rectangle contains 20 squares. A 4 x 6 rectangle contains 50 [...]
In Year 5 this week, parents and pupils had to use all their detective skills as they were tasked with solving a murder. They had to answer maths questions that would help eliminate suspects and lead to finding the culprit. There was a competitive air around the classrooms as the pupils and parents raced to [...]
Today we have had a morning of exciting maths, where pupils had the chance to experience a range of practical and problem solving activities, with different teachers in their year group. To celebrate our recent purchase and launch of 'Times Tables Rock Stars', pupils were invited (if they chose) to come dressed as rock stars, [...]
On Tuesday 14th November 6 pupils visited York University for a day of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). The pupils were joined by 5 other schools. The day started off with a bang when the children had a chemistry experiment where they had to mix chemicals together to launch a rocket. The teams had [...]
